Clue Program

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Based on the screenplay by jonathan lynn written by sandy rustin Additional material by hunter foster & eric price Based on the paramount pictures motion picture based on the hasbro board game clue original music by michael holland

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arely in life does a person get to step directly into the shoes of one of their mentors, but I am lucky enough to be one of the few who has. In 2014, I was an apprentice director at the Shaw Festival. While there, I had the opportunity to assist director Dennis Garnhum on The Philadelphia Story on the Festival Stage. Dennis knew I had an eye towards artistic directorship and he was, at the time, Artistic Director of Theatre Calgary.

I was there to learn from him as a director, but had the added benefit of being able to pick his brain as an artistic director. Shortly after that, Dennis made the move from Theatre Calgary to the Grand.

Cut to nine years later, and everything aligns for me to step in as Artistic Director for the Grand when Dennis makes his next move.

What a gift it has been to inherit this theatre he has been stewarding for the last seven years, and how fortunate in my first year to be able to welcome him back as a director on the fun, fabulous adventure that is Clue!

Usually when I write these notes the script, cast, team, etc are known but how those things will come together is still a mystery.

In this case, thanks to our partnership with Royal MTC in Winnipeg, I have actually seen

this production in its first iteration and I can tell you without hesitation what a hilarious adventure you are in for! Featuring some of the funniest people in Canadian theatre, this production is part nostalgia, part kitsch, and full of fun!

I didn’t grow up playing Clue, but I remember distinctly a party in university where we were tasked with coming in Clue character and we spent the night watching the film and re-watching and re-creating some of the key moments again and again (“flames, flames on the side of my face!”) Whether you are a committed player of the game, whether the movie holds a place deep in your heart, or whether you are coming to this story for the first time, I hope this production transports you through laughter and gives you an escape to a world of make-believe.

Here’s to the joy of things coming full circle!

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Spriet Stage, MARCH 12 TO 30, 2024 Opening NigHT MARCH 15 A co-production with the royal manitoba theatre centre

CLUE based on the screenplay by jonathan lynn Written by sandy rustin additional material by hunter foster & eric price based on the paramount motion picture based on the Hasbro board game Clue Original Music by Michael Holland

CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR DENNIS GARNHUM SET & COSTUME DeSIGN BRIAN PERCHALUK* LIGHTING Design KEVIN LAMOTTE* INTIMACY DIRECTOR SHARON BAJER FIGHT DIRECTOR JACQUIE LOEWEN FIGHT CAPtain TOBY HUGHES APPRENTICE DIRECTOR THERESA THOMSON APPRENTICE SET & COSTUME DESIGN JULIA ANDERSON STAGE MANAGER MICHAEL DUGGAN ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER SAMANTHA DESIREE *Indicated designers are represented by the Associated Designers of Canada, IATSE Local ADC659.

CLUE is performed by special arrangement with The Araca Group, Work Light Productions, and Michael Barra/Lively McCabe Entertainment.

CLUE: On Stage is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC serving the Dramatists Play Service Collection. www.dramatists.com Performance and rehearsal musical tracks provided by Right on Cue Services www.rightoncueservices.com

DIRECTOR'S NOTES

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grew up playing CLUE, the board game. It captured my imagination.

When it appeared a few years ago, I was quick to want to direct the stage version. It’s such a clever adaptation of a piece of nostalgia that so many people can relate to. I’ve learned that everyone plays it differently - some people always want to play a certain character (Colonel Mustard for me) and others always assume the murder is in a certain room (the study, always the study for me) and why do I imagine the murder is always done with the rope? I bring these strategies to the game - what nostalgia do you bring?

Clue is full of secrets and surprises, so let me reveal one: this production you are seeing was created and staged at the Manitoba Theatre Centre this past November. The cast you see assembled has had the great advantage of playing the play to audiences for a while now.

Watching them, you might wonder if they really are that clever, charming and funny in real life? The answer is yes. Ridiculously so. And they LOVE performing Clue. That glint in their eye is real.

This epic scaled production continues to be a joy - first in its inception and now bringing the show to the Grand.

I chose this play for the Grand when I was the Artistic Director and I am so incredibly honoured to come home with this production now. This has been one of my all-time favourite shows to work on. Hearing the laughter from the audiences nightly reminds me how vital joy is at this time.

Welcome to Clue.

Let the game begin.

DENNIS GARNHUM DIRECTOR

Dennis Garnhum, Director. Photo by Dahlia Katz.

CLUE THE CAST MRS. PEACOCK SHARON BAJER MRS. WHITE PETRINA BROMLEY UNEXPECTED COP / BACKUP COP ROSIE CALLAGHAN MOTORIST / BACKUP COP / NEWSCASTER KAMAL CHIOUA COLONEL MUSTARD BEAU DIXON MR. BODDY / CHIEF OF POLICE ALEX FURBER WADSWORTH JESSE GERVAIS MR. GREEN TOBY HUGHES MISS SCARLET REENA JOLLY THE COOK / SINGING TELEGRAM GIRL / TRACY PENNER BACKUP COP PROFESSOR PLUM DEREK SCOTT YVETTE / BACKUP COP ROSALIE TREMBLAY

UNDERSTUDIES MRS. WHITE / miss scarlet ROSIE CALLAGHAN WADSWORTH / COL. MUSTARD KAMAL CHIOUA Mr. Green / Prof. Plum ALEX FURBER YVETTE / MRS. PEACOCK TRACY PENNER SETTING: Boddy Manor, located not too far from Washington, DC. A dark and stormy night in 1954.

CLUE is performed without an intermission.

The Grand Theatre is an active members of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) and engages, under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement (CTA), professional artists who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.

The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (Royal MTC) is proud to partner with the Grand Theatre. We hope you enjoy this outrageously funny production of Clue.

Royal MTC exists to celebrate the widest spectrum of theatre art. Deeply rooted in the province of Manitoba, which gave it life and provides for its growth, Royal MTC aspires to both reflect and inform the community it serves.

Royal MTC was Canada’s first English language regional theatre, created when two Winnipeg theatre companies merged in 1958 under Artistic Director John Hirsch and General Manager Tom Hendry. Their goal was to produce great theatre with mass appeal. Royal MTC became a model for regional theatres throughout North America, and received a royal designation from Queen Elizabeth II in 2010. Over 65 years later, we remain Manitoba’s flagship theatre.

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Directed by Andrew Tribe Set Design by Brian Dudkiewicz Lighting Design by Michelle Ramsay Costume Design by Lisa Wright

THE ROOF of boddy manor is actually 2 separate pieces and weighs a whopping 1,400 pounds!

BODDY MANOR from the floor to the roof is 29’ 2” tall.

This is just under the size of a typical three-story house!

THE SET of CLUE was driven in one 53’ truck from MANITOBA. That's around a 19-hour drive from the royal manitoba theatre centre to the grand theatre!

48 practical lights (lamps, sconces, etc.) are used during the show.

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It takes a crew of 20 people working 36 hours to install the set of CLUE

REVOLVE THE REVOLVE is 30 ft in diameter - larger than the ones used for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. has Large power cables that come down through the middle of the set from the ceiling. So, After every show, the revolve needs to be “rewound” to straighten out thEse cables.

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ARTISTS

SHARON BAJER

PETRINA BROMLEY

ROSIE CALLAGHAN

KAMAL CHIOUA

Sharon Bajer SHE/HER Mrs. Peacock / Intimacy Director

Rosie Callaghan SHE/HER Unexpected Cop / Backup Cop

Petrina Bromley Mrs. White

Kamal Chioua HE/HIM Motorist / Backup Cop / Newscaster, Col. Mustard u/s

For The Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Hand to God, The Seagull, August; Osage County, Steel Magnolias, The Penelopiad, Top Girls (RMTC); Kill Me Now (NAC/ RMTC); Of Mice and Men (Citadel/RMTC); James and the Giant Peach (MTYP); The Wizard of Oz (Rainbow Stage).

Film & TV Credits (Selected): Little Bird (Crave); Written in the Stars, Love at Daisy Hills, Project Christmas Wish (Hallmark); Escaping a Madhouse; The Nellie Bly Story (Lifetime).

OTHER: Certified Intimacy Coordinator (IDC, ICC), playwright (Afterlight, Burnin’ Love, The Outside Inn, The Gingerbread Girl, Molly’s Veil, Hersteria), director, trained at Studio 58 and Stratford’s Michael Langham Directors program. sharonbajer.com

For the Grand Theatre: Oil & Water.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Clue (Royal Manitoba Theatre Company); Come From Away (Broadway); As You Like It (Stratford Festival); Enron, Tartuffe, The Sound Of Music, Metamorphoses (National Arts Centre).

Film & TV Credits (Selected): Son Of A Critch (CBC); Surreal Estate (SyFy); Snook Out On Bail (Bell Fibe).

OTHER: @petrinabromley.

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): April Fools (Segal); Frankenstein: A Living Comic Book (Kidoons/Geordie/ Segal); UNCOVERED: The Music of ABBA (Musical Stage Co.); Rumour Has It (Port Hope); Last Night at The Gayety (Centaur); Antigone, Wind in the Willows (Two Planks and a Passion); Robin Hood (Festival Antigonish); Ed 'N' Ed's New BNB, Neddy Norris Night (GMTF).

Film & TV Credits (Selected): Painkiller (Netflix); Fatal Vows (Investigation Discovery); Jane Krakowski: Get Happy (CBC/Just For Laughs).

OTHER: Musical Stage Company Banks Prize Winner 2021/2022. Graduate of Dawson College's Professional Theatre Program, and Randolph College of the Performing Arts.

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): RENT, The Wizard of Oz (Rainbow Stage); The Velveteen Rabbit (MTYP); End of the Line (Walk&Talk); School of Rock (WST).

Film & TV Credits (Selected): The Spencer Sisters (CTV); SkyMed (Paramount+); Tales from the Loop (Amazon Prime).

OTHER: Training with The Village Conservatory, Theatre and Film BA from the University of Winnipeg. Kamal would like to thank his mother, father and granny for their never-ending support. He would also like to thank his lovely partner Megan! @KamalChioua on Instagram.

ARTISTS

BEAU DIXON

ALEX FURBER

Beau Dixon HE/Him Colonel Mustard

For The Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Guys 'n' Dolls, HMS Pinafore (Stratford Festival); Ghost Quartet (Crow's Theatre); Marjorie Prime, The Father (Coalmine Theatre); Hamlet, Harlem Duet (Tarragon Theatre); The Colour Purple (Neptune Theatre); Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Soulpepper Theatre); As You Like It, Titus Andronicus (Canstage/ Shakespeare In High Park); Passing Strange (Obsidian/ Musical Stage Co).

Film & TV Credits (Selected): Station Eleven (HBO/Paramount); The Expanse (Amazon Prime).

OTHER: Recipient of two Dora Mavor Moore Awards, Two Toronto Critics Awards, Calgary Critics Award, two Dora Mavor Moore and Betty Mitchell nominations. KM Hunter Award finalist; www.beaudixon.com

Alex Furber HE/Him Mr. Boddy / Chief of Police

For the Grand Theatre: In Seven Days, Under the Mango Tree (Workshop), The Wars, Chariots of Fire.

Theatre Credits (Selected): It's a Wonderful Life (Western Canada Theatre); Buying The Farm, Marathon of Hope, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The War Show, A Few Good Men (Drayton); Saltwater Moon (GFT); My Night With Reg (Studio 180/Mirvish); Jitters (Soulpepper); Anne & Gilbert (National Arts Centre); Clue, Cabaret (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); War Horse (Mirvish).

Film & TV Credits (Selected): Macy Murdoch, Most Dangerous Game, Murdoch Mysteries, Mayday, Flashpoint.

OTHER: Graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.

JESSE GERVAIS

TOBY HUGHES

Jesse Gervais Wadsworth

For the Grand Theatre: Grand Ghosts.

Theatre Credits (Selected): The Breathing Hole, Women of the Fur Trade (NAC); Jane Eyre, Silver Arrow, Crazy For You, Alice Through the Looking Glass, One Man Two Guvnors, Measure for Measure, A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre); Romeo and Juliet, Love's Labours Lost (Free Will Players); 6.0, 4th Graders Present..., Fat Pig (NLT); 10/12, Passion Play, Relistic Jonese (Wild Side Productions); Buddy, Little One, Let The Light Of Day Through (Theatre Network); Joy Ride, Black Horse (Caravan Farm Theatre); Evelyn Strange, Lost Lemoine, Eros and the Itchy Ant (Teatro Live).

Film & TV Credits (Selected): Tiny Plastic Men Seasons 1-4 (Super Channel); Caution May Contain Nuts (APTN); Blind Ambition: The Wop May Story.

OTHER: Jesse has a BFA from the University of Alberta; www.jessegervais.com

Toby Hughes HE/HIM Mr. Green / Fight Captain For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Yaga, Hand to God, Women of the Fur Trade, It's a Wonderful Life (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); Outside Joke: The Improvised Musical, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley (Prairie Theatre Exchange); Henry IV, Henry V, Comedy of Errors, Richard III, A Winter's Tale (Shakespeare in the Ruins); The Golem's Mighty Swing, After Jerusalem (Winnipeg Jewish Theatre); The Snail and the Whale, The Hobbit, House at Pooh Corner (Manitoba Theatre for Young People).

Film & TV Credits (Selected): Sniper: Rogue Mission, Channel Zero, The Pinkertons.

OTHER: Member of the fully-improvised musical improv company Outside Joke; outsidejokeimprov.com

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ARTISTS

REENA JOLLY

TRACY PENNER

DEREK SCOTT

ROSALIE TREMBLAY

Reena Jolly Miss Scarlet

Derek Scott Professor Plum

Tracy Penner SHE/Her The Cook / Singing Telegram Girl / Backup Cop

Rosalie Tremblay SHE/Her Yvette / Backup Cop

For The Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Trouble in Mind, Network (RMTC & Citadel); Perfect Wedding (TIP); Cabaret, Venus, Assistance, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (NTS); Hamlet (SIR); Torn Through Time (MTYP); Marat/ Sade, Nothing Sacred, After Magritte, Titus Andronicus (Black Hole Theatre).

Film & TV Credits (Selected): Meet Me Under The Mistletoe, Made for Each Other, Love in Design, Journey Back to Christmas (Hallmark); Don't Even (Bell Media/ Crave); Elizabeth Thomas Story (Lifetime); Channel Zero (Syfy).

OTHER: Graduate of the NTS Acting Program 2022.

U of M – Black Hole Theatre Graduate of 2018.

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Into the Woods, The Seagull, Top Girls (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); John and Beatrice, The Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven Blatz (Theatre Projects Manitoba); Village Wooing (zone41 Theatre); Awaken (zone41 with Shakespeare in the Ruins); Frankenstein (Catalyst Theatre).

Film & TV Credits (Selected): Elizabeth Thomas Story (Lifetime); Spencer Sisters (CTV); Psycho Killer (New Regency).

OTHER: Graduate of the BFA Acting Program at the University of Alberta. Tracy is also a playwright and wrote Awaken, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale (produced in 2020 for RMTC’s ShakespeareFest).

For the Grand Theatre: Barnum.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Slava’s Snow Show (World Tour including Broadway and London’s West End); The Neverending Story (YPT/ NYU Skirball Ctr); The Overcoat (World Tour incl. London’s Barbican); Cirque du Soleil, The Stratford Shakespearean Company.

Film & TV Credits (Selected): Gooby (Gooby); Tah Dah! featuring Derek Scott, The Tracey Fragments, The State Within (BBC); Just For Laughs.

OTHER: Derek has performed his solo work in over 40 countries, from Bahrain to Brazil, from Australia to Ethiopia, from Las Vegas to North Korea (yes, North Korea); www.derekscott.ca

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Henry V (Driftwood Theatre).

OTHER: Graduate of The National Theatre School.

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SANDY RUSTIN

Jonathan Lynn Original Screenwriter

Jonathan Lynn has directed 10 feature films including the cult classic Clue (he also wrote the screenplay), Nuns on the Run, My Cousin Vinny, The Distinguished Gentleman, Sgt. Bilko, Greedy, Trial and Error, The Whole Nine Yards, The Fighting Temptations and most recently, Wild Target. His first produced screenplay was The Internecine Project (1974).

For television, Jonathan's writing credits include dozens of episodes of various comedy series but he is best known for the phenomenally successful, multi-award-winning BBC series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, co-written and created with Anthony Jay. His numerous awards include the BAFTA Writers Award, Writer's Guild (2x), NAACP Image Award, Environmental Media Award, Ace Award - Comedy Series on US cable, and a special award from the Campaign For Freedom of Information. Lynn recieved an MA in Law from Cambridge University and now lives in New York, describing himself as a recovering lawyer.

Sandy Rustin Writer

Sandy Rustin is an actress and award-winning playwright named by American Theatre Magazine as one of the "Most Produced Playwrights of the 2022/23 season." Her stage adaptation of the film Clue is one of the most-produced plays in the U.S. with over 3000 productions worldwide. Her original comedy, The Cottage, premiered on Broadway in July 2023 at the Hayes Theatre (Jason Alexander, director). Other works include: the concert adaptation of Dear World and I Married An Angel for New York City Center Encores!, Mattel's American Girl Live, The Suffragette's Murder, Rated P for Parenthood (OffBroadway/ABC-TV) Houston (New American Musical Award), Always Something There for Primary Wave Music, and many others. She lives in Maplewood, NJ with her husband and two sons. sandyrustin.com; @ sandyrustin_

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Hunter Foster Additional Material

Hunter Foster is an Artistic Associate at the Bucks County Playhouse where he directed: Clue (World Premiere), Guys and Dolls, Company, Ain't Misbehavin', The Buddy Holly Story (2016, 2017), National Pastime, The Rocky Horror Show (2013-2014, 2016-2017), Summer of '42, and It's A Wonderful Life. As a writer, he co-wrote the stage adaptation of the movie Clue, and has written the books to two Off-Broadway musicals: Jasper in Dreadland and Summer of '42 (Outer Critic Award nomination for best new Off-Broadway musical). As an actor, he has appeared on Brodway in The Bridges of Madison County, Hands on a Hardbody, Million Dollar Quartet, The Producers, Little Shop of Horrors (Tony Award nomination), Urinetown, Lew Miserables, Footloose, Grease, and King David. Hunter is a graduate of the University of Michigan (BFA in Muscial Theatre).

Eric Price Additional Material

Eric Price has written the lyrics and book to the musicals The Violet Hour, Radioactive, Presto Change-o, Around the World, Hello Out There, The Sixth Borough and additional material for the stage adaptation of the film Clue. His work has been produced at theatres in New York, around the U.S. and in Europe.

Production experience includes work at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theatre, Goodman Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Menier Chocolate Factory, Barrington Stage, Symphony Space, Merkin Recital Hall, Minetta Lane Theatre, Audible.com, Joe's Pub, 54 Below (including solo show), Birdland, the Ravinia Festival and more. Eric's adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma was commissioned in 2015 and has had over 150 productions around the world.

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Michael Holland Original Music

Michael Holland is a multi-talented artist with work across the entire musical spectrum. His orchestration and vocal arrangement work can be heard on the 2011 Godspell revival cast recording (co-producer).

As a composer and lyricist he has written Horizon Line (Theatre Latte Da, Minneapolis), Hurricane (NYMF) and Believe in Me... a Bigfoot Musical (fringeNYC). He has written incidental music for various theatre companies including Playwright's Horizons, The Alley Tehatre The Old Glove, Dallas Theater Center, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Juilliard, and NYU Tisch. As a performer/arranger/music director he created the multi-award-winning alt-cabaret favourite Gashole! (2001-2013). His orchestrations include Emma! A Pop Musical (Stageworks), Disco Party, and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Playscripts). Recording unclude four solo CDs of original music, as well as Another Day in the Modern World on the Maury Yeston Songbook (ps classics).

Dennis Garnhum Director

For the Grand Theatre: Artistic Director from 2016 - 2023. Director: Elf, Grow, Home for the Holidays, Cabaret, Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Prom Queen: The Musical (HSP), Chariots of Fire, Beethoven Lives Upstairs, A Christmas Carol.

Theatre Credits (Selected): World premiere of The Little Prince (Theatre Calgary); Barber of Seville (Florida Grand Opera, Opera Lyra, Vancouver Opera); Timothy Findley's The Wars (Theatre Calgary, Vancouver Playhouse); Director / Adapter of Lost: A Memoir (Theatre Calgary, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Neptune Theatre); Director / Adapter of King Lear (Theatre Calgary, Bard on the Beach); Carmen, La Traviata (Pacific Opera); West Side Story (Bangkok University); Rat in the Skull (Berkshire Theatre Festival); Stratford Festival (four seasons); Shaw Festival (six seasons).

OTHER: Artistic Director of Theatre Calgary from 2005-2016. Recipient of a Calgary Award for

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Community Achievement in Arts and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Dennis published his first novel TOWARD BEAUTY: Reigniting a Creative Life on the Camino de Santiago in 2022.

Brian Perchaluk Set & Costume Design

For the Grand Theatre: Once, Papers, Over the River and Through the Woods.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Burning Mom, The Three Musketeers, Billy Elliot the Musical, Harvey, August: Osage County, The Lonesome West, Patience (RMTC); Picasso at the Lapin Agile, M. Butterfly (RMTC/NAC); The Color Purple (RMTC/Citadel); La Cantatrice chauve et La Leçon (Théâtre Cercle Molière); The Whipping Man (WJT); The Hockey Sweater and The Little Mermaid (Rainbow); Post Democracy (PTE).

OTHER: Brian’s work has been featured at theatres across the country, including two seasons each at the Shaw and Stratford festivals. Brian is a graduate of U of W and NTS, and is the recipient of Gemini, Jessie Richardson, Prix Rideau and Evie Awards.

Kevin Lamotte Lighting Design For the Grand theatre: For The Pleasure Of Seeing Her Again, Little Shop Of Horrors, Billy Bishop Goes To War (National Tour), The Foursome, Dancing In Poppies, North, Patience, The Glass Menagerie, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Clue (Manitoba Theatre Centre); Mahabharata (Barbican London); Blithe Spirit, Playboy of the Western World, The Clearing, Gem of the Ocean, Everybody, Desire Under the Elms, White Christmas (Shaw Festival); A Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary); La Traviata (Opéra de Montréal); Fidelio (Pacific Opera Victoria).

OTHER: Kevin has created lighting designs across Canada and internationally. He is the Director of Lighting Design at the Shaw Festival and a member of the Associated Designers of Canada/IATSE 659.

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theresa thomson

Jacquie Loewen Fight Director

For The Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Fight Director: Yaga, Into The Woods, The Rez Sisters, Matilda (RMTC/ Arts Club/Citadel); Vietgone (RMTC/fu-GEN/ Hope and Hell); Hand to God, Private Lives, Gone With The Wind, August: Osage County, Romeo and Juliet, The Seafarer (RMTC); Macbeth (Bard on the Beach); Indigenous Playwrights New Works Workshop (PTC Vancouver); Beauty & The Beast (Rainbow); The Flood Thereafter (CS); Don Giovanni (Manitoba Opera); Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Taming of the Shrew (SIR); Prarie Nurse (PTE). Actor: The Three Muskateers, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Top Girls (RMTC).

OTHER: Jacqueline was a founding member of the Canadian Comedy Award-nominated sketch group Hot Thespian Action.

Theresa Thomson Apprentice Director For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Directing: Brother Henrick, The Hockey Sweater, A Flicker of Light on a Winter Night (MTYP/WSO); Sapphire Butterfly Blue (MTYP Summer Studio). Acting: Maple Route (Theatre Incarnate); Lies of a Promiscuous Woman, Macabre Tales (Winnipeg Fringe); Puppetry: Home for the Holidays (MTYP).

Film & TV Credits (Selected): The Apprentice, Doc, Nuit Blanche, This is Wonderland, Omerta, Wind at My Back, Flashpoint.

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Julia Anderson Apprentice Set & Costume Design

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Clue (RMTC); Scenic Design: From Up Here (U of W); Design Assistant: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (Dry Cold); Twelfth Night (SIR).

OTHER: Julia graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Design for Theatre and Film at the University of Winnipeg, was a part of the inaugural year of The Village Conservatory and is in the 2023/24 Creative Manitoba Mentorship Program.

She has recieved the V. Beatrice Shaw Scholarship and had annually obtained the Jean Murray - Moray Sinclair Scholarship throughout her university education.

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Michael Duggan Stage Manager

For The Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Into the Woods, New, Calpurnia (NAC/BTW); Vietgone (fu-GEN/Hope and Hell); Hand to God (Royal MTC); The Nutcracker (RWB); The Little Mermaid, The Wizard of Oz, Mamma Mia! (Rainbow Stage); Space Girl, The War Being Waged (PTE).

OTHER: 2022/23 National Mentorship Program with Royal MTC

Samantha Desiree Assistant Stage Manager

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Clue, Yaga, Into the Woods, Network, The Rez Sisters, Orlando (RMTC); Narnia (Bad Hats/MTYP); Castor et Pollux, Mansplaining Division (MUO); Looking Glass, Season Launch 22/23 (WCD); The Wizard of Oz (Rainbow Stage). Apprentice Lighting Designer: Narrow Bridge (WJT). Production & Tour Coordinator: Seven Visions digital school tour (Sarasvàti). Associate Producer/Sound Design: Othello (Echo). SM/ Production Assistant: FemFest 2019 & 2020 (Sarasvàti).

Upcoming: Merrily We Roll Along (Dry Cold).

OTHER: Bachelor of Honours University of Winnipeg. Associate Company Member of Winnipeg Independent Theatre (WIT). Artistic Founder of Beau Theatre Company. Performer Services Manager for the Winnipeg International Fringe Festival.

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Jazz Marcelino Apprentice Stage Manager

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Among Men, Clue, Burning Mom, Assassinating Thomson (RMTC); RENT, The Hockey Sweater: The Musical (Rainbow Stage); La Cenerentola (MB Opera).

Film & TV Credits (Selected): Alter Boys (Farpoint Films).

OTHER: Graduate of the BA Program at the University of Winnipeg: Theatre and Film Production.

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In Memoriam 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.

PROSCENIUM SOCIETY Planned giving 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.

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 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 • Elizabeth Stratton Judy White • Michael Wojtak

Artist housing partners 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: Brian Baillargeon • Becca Beith • Ross & Cathy Burgar • Jill Ellis-Worthington • Denise Jung • Mabel Kane • Janet McAllister • Bill & Maryanne McGarth • Leon Melville • Cam Quinn • Patricia Reilly • Francine Rheault • Julie Ryan• Anita & Amit Shah • Allan Stichbury • Mark Uhre • Peter & Jan Vogel • Bob Ward & Susan Yerema • Megan Watson • Doug & Connie Weir

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