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city, and deeply impressed by her tenacity to overcome this adversity in becoming the successful writer that she is today.

I wish the Grand Theatre had a better history of being more inviting. I wish that while Andrea was growing up, she felt that our Grand Theatre was her theatre I was astonished to discover so many – a place where she could take a seat, any detailed facts about Viola Desmond. I seat she wanted, and feel safe and at was disturbed to learn of the treatment home. The reality is, this space has not she received, while at the same time, been welcoming to all people throughout inspired by the strong and determined its time. People in my position bear the life that she led. More than anything, I was impressed with how Andrea achieves responsibility to change this. Please know, we are working to become a more something vital: she bridges the past inclusive space for absolutely everyone. with the present. Because, after all, this is a story for today. It is an examination, a And Andrea’s brilliant play only inspires us to ensure that it is so. call for all of us to learn from the wrongs of the past, and to treat each other with Welcome to the Grand Theatre. Please, equal respect and dignity. take a seat.

Being rejected from a space is not somedennis garnhum thing only Viola understands.

My first reading of Controlled Damage by Andrea Scott was a powerful experience.

Andrea Scott is from London. She has been honest that London wasn’t an easy city to grow up in as a person of colour. I am saddened by her early years in this

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT We are thrilled to welcome you back to the Grand Theatre, where we operate on the traditional lands of the Attawandaron (also known as Neutral) peoples and territories associated with various treaties of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, and Lunaapewak. The Attawandaron peoples once settled this region alongside the Algonquin and Haudenosaunee peoples and used this land as their traditional beaver hunting grounds.

In London, our treaties include the 1796 London Township Treaty and the 1822 Longwoods Treaty. The London Township Treaty was a regional treaty signed by diplomats representing all parties living on the land, which today we know as southwestern Ontario. The Longwoods Treaty was signed by representatives of the Crown and the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation and covers approximately 580,000 acres in the area.

Locally, there are three First Nations Communities. They are the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, the Oneida Nation of the Thames, and the Munsee Delaware Nation. We would also like to recognize the growing Indigenous urban population, comprised of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people.

We value the significant historical and contemporary contributions of local and regional First Nations, and all of the Original Peoples of Turtle Island (also known as North America), and acknowledge the traditional lands upon which we operate.

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By Andrea Scott Directed by Ray Hogg

Controlled Damaged was developed with the support of the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council and b current performing arts. It received additional support from the following arts organizations: 4th Line Theatre, Blyth Festival, Centre des Autres Dramatiques, Eastern Front Theatre, the Grand Theatre, the Gros Morne Playwrights' Residency, Native Earth Performing Arts, Obsidian Theatre, Playwrights Workshop Montreal, Roseneath Theatre, SpringWorks Indie Theatre Festival, Studio 180 Theatre, Tarragon Theatre and VideoCaberet.

The World Premiere of Controlled Damage was produced by Neptune Theatre, Halifax (2020) in association with b current performing arts.

Produced by permission of the Playwright and Marquis Literary (Colin Rivers) www.MQlit.ca Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

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CAST & CREDITS Cast Man 3 Woman 1 Woman 2 Man 1 Woman 4 Man 4 Fiddler Viola Desmond Woman 5 Woman 3 Jack Man 2

WADE BOGERT-O'BRIEN KRYSTLE CHANCE STARR DOMINGUE CAMERON GR ANT K AYLEE HARWOOD DAVID KEELEY DOMINIQUE LEBLANC BECK LLOYD MONIQUE LUND GR ACIE MACK^ STEWART ADAM MCKENSY DANTÉ PRINCE

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creative team Playwright Director & Movement Director Assistant Director Assistant Director Music Director / Composer Set Designer Costume Designer Assistant Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Projection Design Fight & Intimacy Director Movement Intern Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Apprentice Stage Manager

ANDREA SCOTT R AY HOGG KAYLEE HARWOOD LENNETTE R ANDALL ALEXANDR A K ANE BRIAN DUDKIEWICZ* MING WONG* PATRICIA REILLY* JARETH LI* RICHARD FEREN* VIDEOCOMPANY SIOBHAN RICHARDSON SHAKEIL ROLLOCK SUZANNE MCARTHUR MELISSA CAMERON KELSEY CAIN

The Grand Theatre is an active member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) and engages, under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement, professional artists who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. The Grand Theatre acknowledges with thanks the co-operation of Locals 105 and 828 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists, and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, and The London Musicians’ Association Local 279. *Indicated designers on this production are represented by the Associated Designers of Canada, IATSE Local ADC659.

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PLAYWRIGHT’S NOTES Ha! I told my high-school English teacher that I wanted to be a writer, and she laughed at me. It happened over 35 years ago, in a London Ontario classroom, but I still remember her smirk clearly. I continued to write, in spite of the ridicule, and now my play, Controlled Damage, is being produced at the Grand Theatre. Ha! It’s no wonder I was drawn to Viola Desmond’s story in October 2015.

She was tiny, persistent, black, and stubborn; I would tower over her with my 5’2” frame. Born 55 years before I drew my first breath, her focus and drive arrested me. There weren’t self-help books telling her she could do it, or that all she needed was grit, in post-war Halifax; so how did Viola have the audacity to try? At least 15 year old me had Ntozake Shange, Djanet Sears, and Toni Morrison as role models; I even had Oprah!

What Viola had was extraordinary in its ubiquitous ordinariness: a strong, supportive family that encouraged leadership, regardless of what society told her. Does ordinary mean invisible? In some ways, yes. Invisible stitching is ordinary, but what it does is extraordinary. The strength in being ordinary is the ability to make mistakes and grow from them without the whole world watching.

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And then one day, because you’ve been able to fall down, and screw up without criticism, you do something extraordinary.

She was an ordinary, hard-working woman living in a challenging time to be ‘other’. She was knocked down, but still managed to stand back up, do her nails, curl your hair, and hold her head high. Viola was, and still is, a role model for all of us. It’s still a challenge to be seen in a world that can grind you under its gnarly heel with nary a backwards glance, but it can be done if you absolutely stand in your truth and ignore the laughter.

And when you get through that seemingly impossible job, marriage, or treatment, you will have inspired and buoyed others. It is at that point you can throw your head back and laugh.

Ha! andrea scott

THE STORY NOVEMBER 8, 1946 Halifax business owner, Viola Desmond went to a movie at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.

Unaware that she was sold a lower-priced ticket for the balcony, where Black patrons were expected to sit, Viola took a seat on the main floor: the whites-only section. Although she offered to pay the one cent tax difference, Viola was dragged from the theatre, jailed, and charged. Her story would impact history forever.

CONTENT WARNING The historical nature of this production contains the use of words that are offensive, demeaning, and inappropriate in our current world, including the nword. Its themes of racism include racial slurs and similar-related language.

Video, haze, and atmosphere effects are also used in this production.

The "n-word" The etymology of the word is often traced to the Latin niger, meaning black. In the 1600s, enslaved Africans were referred to as “negros”; and the word evolved into the intentionally offensive “nigger”.

By the 1800s in the Americas, it was firmly established as a weapon for destroying the spirit of black people, and two centuries later it remains one of the most racist and offensive words in the English language.

The “n-word” in our modern world continues to be deployed as a language of domination and oppression, inflicting attributes of lack of intelligence, instability, poverty, criminality, and other such demeaning characteristics.

Since the 1990’s, black artists have attempted to reclaim the word through a modified version of “nigga.” This continues to be controversial in our contemporary society.

DIRECTOR’S NOTES When I reflect on what guides my moral choices, the answer is usually “making my children’s lives easier than mine has been (and easier still than my parents, and theirs before).”

I think that is a pretty universal and honorable life goal - grease the wheel, leave behind a soft place for the next generation to land, educate them, and protect their environment.

My Black ancestors had these goals and my white ancestors did too. Your ancestors likely had the same pursuits too. Today, you and I are either living their greatest dream or worst nightmare.

In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, my closest white friends and colleagues turned to me looking to (finally) understand more about the oppression that Black people face in our day-to-day lives. I would explain that their ancestors tried their very best to ensure their success today and that those efforts resulted in a system of rules, codes, behaviours, and beliefs that, combined, are called white supremacy. Not the tiki torch, Nazi salute type of white supremacy - I’ve actually never encountered that hideous brand. I mean the everyday, ubiquitous centreing of white people, their comfort, personal security, and dominant position in society (despite them being in the global minority)

that all of us live within and encounter everywhere.

This dream of white generations past is the world that we currently live in.

Today, opposing, and increasingly extreme, ideologies are grappling for power in the hopes of either abolishing or upholding the dreams of our ancestors. Many of us wonder if we are at the brink of a cultural war…

Explosive no? This play begins with an explosion. I’ve been asking myself since my first reading of it “Why? Why? Why?” It finally occurred to me that when two immovable forces collide the result is explosive, severe, life-altering, and potentially fatal. In this play, those forces are Viola’s righteousness and white supremacy.

I hope that you see yourself in this play - we have been bringing it to life, with love, just for YOU. I hope that you relate to Viola Desmond’s determination to be right, to claim some power in the face of an oppressive structure, and to pursue justice at all costs. I hope that she reminds you of the humanity of your neighbours who belong to the global majority, and inspires you to consider how the system of white supremacy is everywhere, everyday, and to think deeply about how it impacts your life and theirs. ray hogg

WE HONOUR AND CELEBRATE YOUR COURAGE AND ADVOCACY. THANK YOU VIOLA DESMOND 1914-1965

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krystle chance

Wade Bogert-O'Brien Man 3

For The Grand Theatre: Chariots of Fire.

Theatre Credits (Selected): It's a Wonderful Life (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); Charles III (Studio 180/ Mirvish Productions); Saint Joan, Mrs. Warren's Profession, The Divine, Pygmalion, The Sea, Major Barbara, Our Betters, Misalliance, When the Rain Stops Falling, Candida (Shaw Festival); The Prince of Homburg (Talk is Free Theatre); A Christmas Carol, Pride and Prejudice (Citadel Theatre). film and tv Credits (Selected): Frontier, Workin’ Moms, Anne with an E, Locke and Key, Fellow Travelers.

Krystle Chance Woman 1

For The Grand Theatre: Debut. theatre credits (Selected): We Will Rock You, Obeah Opera, DreamGirl, The Wizard of Oz, Newsies, Da Kink in My Hair. Musical Direction: Once on This Island (Lower Ossington Theatre); Songs for a New World (Randolph College). other: Krystle is the Vocal Head at the Conservatory of Music and the Arts, and Creator of Vocalfy, an online vocal training platform.

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cameron grant

Starr Domingue Woman 2

For the Grand Theatre: Room, Oil and Water. theatre Credits (Selected): Red Velvet (Crow’s Theatre); Dixon Road (Musical Stage Company/Obsidian Theatre); Little Shop of Horrors, Billy Elliot (Stratford Festival); An Octoroon, Me & My Girl, Pygmalion, Sweeney Todd (Shaw Festival); Hairspray (Mirvish); Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Broadway Nat’l Tour/European Tour); Cookin' at the Cookery (Alabama Shakespeare Festival). film and tv Credits (Selected): Hudson & Rex (Shaftesbury / Pope Productions); Hairspray (New Line Cinema); Odd Squad Mobile Unit (TVO / Sinking Ship); 4 Square (Treehouse TV); Code 8 - Part II (Netflix); Priya Tate: Super Taster (Bad Hats Theatre).

OTHER: Sheridan College (Undergrad in Musical Theatre); University of Guelph (Masters in Theatre). Creator/Producer and Host of the digital talk show, The Blacktor's Studio.

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Cameron Grant Man 1

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): The Fiancèe (Persephone Theatre), Kim's Convenience (Thousand Islands Playhouse) 1851: Spirit & Voice (Soulpepper), Serving Elizabeth (Stratford Festival), Getting Married, SEX, Henry V, Hounds of The Baskervilles, Madness of George III, Dracula (Shaw Festival), Happy Birthday Baby J (Shadow Theatre), Alice the Magnet (Theatre Animal). other: Playwriting: Meet Chloe (Carousel Players); Assistant Directing: Harlem Duet (Bard on The Beach) among men (Factory Theatre), the cecil hotel (Theatre Erindale). Cameron is the Artistic Director of Shakespeare in Action.

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kaylee harwood

david keeley

Kaylee Harwood Woman 4 / Assistant Director

For The Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): The Invisible (Catalyst); Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (1st & 2nd National Tours); Jesus Christ Superstar (Broadway, Stratford, La Jolla Playhouse); Camelot (Stratford); Cabaret, Trifles, The Light in the Piazza (Shaw); Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Radio City Music Hall); Sweeney Todd (Citadel); The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady (Western Canada Theatre); Les Misérables (Arts Club); The Jazz Singer (HGJTC); Musical Stage Company, Niagara Symphony. Directing: In Studio (Theatre Sheridan); Now What?, ReTold (Musical Stage); Assistant Director: Dixon Road (Musical Stage). film and tv Credits (Selected): Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Workin’ Moms, Luckiest Girl Alive, Mayday, Christmas Movie Magic, Reign, Good Witch, America’s Got Talent, The Tony Awards. other: kayleeharwood.com, @kaylee.harwood

David Keeley Man 4

For The Grand Theatre: Debut. theatre credits (Selected): Mamma Mia! (Broadway); Urinetown - Dora Award (CanStage); Rock of Ages, Billy Elliot (Mirvish); True Love Lies (Factory Theatre) Renovations for Six (Theatre Aquarius); Wrong Son (NAC); Light in The Piazza (Theatre Calgary); Children of God (Canadian Tour); Liberty Valance (RoyalMTC); Hamlet, Richard III, Coriolanus, Oklahoma, Fuente Ovejuna, Trojan Women, The Three Musketeers (Stratford Festival).

FILM AND TV CREDITS (SELECTED): Manchurian Candidate, Akilla’s Escape, The Barrens, Ten Truths About Love, Albatross, Heartland, Copper (Series

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beck lloyd

Regular), Designated Survivor, Suits, Good Witch, Murdoch Mysteries. other: davidkeeley.ca

Dominique LeBlanc Fiddler

For the Grand Theatre: Debut. theatre Credits (Selected): April Fools (Segal Centre); Almost A Full Moon: In Concert (Citadel Theatre); Master & Margarita (Crow’s Theatre); Ride the Cyclone, Almost A Full Moon, Cabaret (Theatre Sheridan); Argyle Street Kitchen Party, Shrek, The Wizard of Oz, Christmas Carol (Neptune Theatre); Annie (Drayton Entertainment).

FILM AND TV CREDITS: Weirdos (Lithium Studios); It’s The Hard Knock Life (Sinking Ship Entertainment).

OTHER: Training: Elaine Overholt, Donna Garner, Royal Conservatory of Music, Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance at Sheridan College. Much love and gratitude goes out to my family in Nova Scotia, and Sarah & Jess at 10! @leblancdominique

Beck Lloyd Viola Desmond

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): The Miser, Richard iii, r+j (Stratford Festival); The Gruesome Terror & Most Brave Triumph of Bluebeard's Bride, The Madwoman of Chaillot (The Lunar Stratagem); Portraits, Patterns, Possibilities (Culcha Works); The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Lower Ossington Theatre). other: Graduate of the MFA Program at York University, Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre, Factory Mechanicals. @beckklloyd

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monique lund

gracie mack

Monique Lund Woman 5

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Mamma Mia! (US National Tour); Crazy For You, Tommy, The Lord of the Rings (Mirvish); Meet My Sister (Port Stanley Festival Theatre); 12 seasons at the Stratford Festival. Director for Here For Now Theatre in Stratford. upcoming: Where You Are (Port Stanley Festival Theatre).

Other: Winner of the Brian Macdonald award for emerging directors at the Guthrie Awards / Stratford Festival.

Gracie Mack Woman 3

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Chicago (Stratford Festival); The Flood, Exercise Your Demons (Stratford Director’s Workshop); Fame (Randolph Theatre).

FILM AND TV CREDITS: A Way of Life (2022) other: Graduate from Randolph College with the Triple Threat and Governor General Award.

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danté prince

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For the Grand Theatre: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Theatre Credits (Selected): “Lola” in Kinky Boots (Arts Club); Caroline or Change (Musical Stage/Obsidian); Brigadoon, The Horse and His Boy, Me and My Girl, Ragtime (Shaw Festival); The Wizard of Oz, Kinky Boots (US National Tour/ Mirvish Productions); Hairspray, The Producers (Mirvish Productions); “Beast” in Beauty and the Beast, James and the Giant Peach (Young People’s Theatre); “Sebastian” in The Little Mermaid, The Buddy Holly Story (The Globe); To Kill a Mockingbird, My One and Only (Stratford Festival). upcoming: Lola in the New Zealand Premiere of Kinky Boots (GNT); World Premiere of Starwalker (Urban Ink & Raven).

Danté Prince Man 2

For the Grand Theatre: Debut. other: Artist born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario. He self describes as having an obsession with the craft of storytelling. Committing himself to refine his discipline. To be the best Actor, Playwright, or whatever else he can be.

He feels very grateful to have been able to do this as a career. Living out long time dreams that even he didn’t know were there. And he hopes to eventually be able to share his art with everyone reading this.

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ray hogg

Andrea Scott Playwright

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Controlled Damage (Neptune Theatre); Every Day She Rose written with Nick Green; (Nightwood Theatre - Buddies in Bad Times); Don’t Talk to Me Like I’m Your Wife (SummerWorks); Eating Pomegranates Naked (SummerWorks); Better Angels: A Parable (SummerWorks). film and tv Credits: The Porter (Season 1); Murdoch Mysteries (Season 15 and 16); Departure (Season 4). other: Thank you, Mommy and Daddy, for letting me be a weird theatre kid.

Ray Hogg Director & Movement Director

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill (Theatre Calgary); Dixon Road, Starwalker (The Musical Stage Company); Da Kink In My Hair (Arts Club Theatre Co); Cats, The Producers, Sister Act, Shrek, Little Shop of Horrors (Rainbow Stage); Five Guys Named Moe, Dreamgirls, Billy Elliot (Neptune Theatre); Indecent (Segal Centre); Love and Information, An Enemy of the People, Damn Yankees, Chicago (Sheridan College).

OTHER: Currently Artistic Director for The Musical Stage Company, Affiliate Artist at Neptune Theatre, and Founder of Prime Mover Theatre Company. From 2012-2017 Ray was Artistic Director of Rainbow Stage.

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alexandra kane

Lennette Randall Assistant Director

For The Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (selected): Directing: Steel Magnolias (Theatre Calgary); Duty (A Little Tw!sted); The Sound of Music (Kaleidoscope Theatre).

Acting: Hamlet (Sainsbury Theatre LAMDA); Da Kink in My Hair (National Arts Centre /Theatre Calgary); Julius Caesar (The Shakespeare Company).

Other: Lennette is the Artistic Director Intern for the Grand Theatre 22/23 Season; A Member of Obsidian Theatre’s Young, Gifted and Black Cohort 22/23 Season. Lennette is a graduate of Rosebud School of the Arts, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and is currently doing her Master of Studies in Creative Writing at the University of Cambridge.

Alexandra Kane Music Director / Composer

For the Grand theatre: Elf - The Musical, Finding Black Joy, Grand Re:Opening Festival, Comfort and Joy, Home for the Holidays.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Ride the Cyclone, The Wizard of Oz (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Dixon Road (Musical Stage Company); The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Disney Hero’s and Villains (AK Arts Academy); The Little Mermaid (Musical Theatre Productions). film and tv credits (selected): Black is Beautiful, Fracture, Nova:Prime, Shelter. otheR: Graduate of the B.MusA program at Western University, Graduate Certificates in Corporate a communications and public relations from Fanshawe and Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University.

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brian dudkiewicz

ming wong

Brian Dudkiewicz Set Designer

For The Grand Theatre: Titanic -The Musical Theatre Credits (Selected): Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Theatre Calgary); Jukebox Hero (Mirvish); Jersey Boys (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Dixon Road (Musical Stage Company); Sound of Music, Kinky Boots, Rocky, Newsies, Billy Bishop (Drayton Entertainment); April Fools, Indecent, Bad Jews, Million Dollar Quartet (Segal Center); The Last Five Years (Neptune Theatre); Never Not Once (Theatre Aquarius); The Great Divide (Harold Green); The Jungle Book (Alberta Theatre Projects); and dozens of shows Off-Broadway and across The United States. other: @briandud1

Ming Wong Costume Designer

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Peter’s Final Flight (Ross Petty Productions); Is God Is (Canadian Stage/Obsidian/Necessary Angel); Pipeline (Soulpepper); Red Velvet, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Orphans for the Czar (Crow’s Theatre); Hamlet 911 (Stratford Festival); Just to Get Married, Trouble in Mind (Shaw Festival); Hansel und Gretel (Canadian Opera Company); Julius Caesar (Crow’s Theatre/Groundling Theatre); The Color Purple (Citadel Theatre/ RMTC). upcoming: Rent (Stratford Festival); Things I Know to be True (Company Theatre/Mirvish). other: 2021 recipient of the Virginia & Myrtle Cooper Award, 2022 Dora Award Winner for Is God Is. mingwongdesign.com

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richard feren

Jareth Li Lighting Designer

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Every Little Nookie (Stratford Festival); Peter’s Final Flight (Ross Petty Productions); The Hours That Remain (Theatre Aquarius); Three Women of Swatow (Tarragon Theatre); Trojan Girls and the Outhouse of Atreus (Outside the March); The Home Project, The Wolves, Casimir and Caroline, Punk Rock (The Howland Company); Ring of Fire (Citadel Theatre). upcoming: Jersey Boys (Citadel Theatre); Prince Caspian (Shaw Festival). other: Stagecraft instructor at York University, member of the Associated Designers of Canada IATSE 659. @jareth.li.

Richard Feren Sound Designer

For the Grand theatre: Grand Ghosts, Every Brilliant Thing, The Wars, Silence.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Hamlet (Stratford Festival); The Cold War (VideoCabaret); Public Enemy, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure For Measure (Canadian Stage); Every Brilliant Thing, Perfect Wedding, Miss Caledonia (Thousand Islands Playhouse); The Flick (Outside the March/Crow’s Theatre). film AND TV CREDITS (SeLECTED): Going, Going (short film by Fiona Highet); Carmen (feature film score). upcoming: Frankenstein (Kidoons/Wyrd Productions) other: Richard has been creating music and soundscapes for theatre, dance and film since 1992. He has won seven Dora Awards, the 1999 Pauline McGibbon Award, and was the first sound designer ever shortlisted for the Siminovitch Prize, in 2012.

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suzanne mcarthur

VideoCompany Projection Design

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (selected): Black and Blue Matters - Track 1: No One Gives A F**k About A Cop (Black Theatre Workshop/NAC); Scientific Americans, The Graduate, Once, Same Time Next Year, Tribes, Equus, Indecent, The Dybbuk April Fools (Segal Centre); Sherlock Holmes (Starvox/Segal Centre); Grease (Juste Pour Rire); Innocence Lost (Centaur, NAC); The Tashme Project (Tashme Productions). web credits (selected): Imposter Cities (Canadian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021, CCftA); The Siminovitch Prize Ceremony and Documentaries (2020, 2021, 2022); Porte Parole (trailers and branding videos, 2021-2022); Canadian Stage (trailers and branding videos, 2020-2022); Investors Group Private Wealth Management (Marketing videos, 2022); Bugatchi (2022 Fall/Winter Campaign). upcoming: Depth of Field (Experimental documentary / interactive web installation, funded by CCftA, 2023).

OTHER: VideoCompany is a multimedia production studio based in Montreal, co-founded by George Allister and Patrick Boivin. With over a decade of experience working with arts organizations and companies across the country, their work lies at the intersection between the performing arts, documentary, cinema, projection design and beyond. videocompany.ca IG: @videocompany

Suzanne McArthur Stage Manager

For the Grand theatre: 13th season.

Theatre Credits (selected): Hamlet-911, Hosanna, The Tempest (Stratford Festival); The Birds and the Bees, Aladdin: The Panto, Snow White: The Panto, Weekend Comedy, Perfect Wedding

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kelsey cain

(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 TimesTheatre); Forests (Tarragon Theatre); Beauty and the Beast (Silver Mist Productions). upcoming: Homes: A Refugee Story (Grand Theatre); Les Belles-Soeurs (Stratford Festival).

Other: Love to Phil, Michael and Charlie.

Melissa Cameron Assistant Stage Manager

For the Grand theatre: Grow, Re:Opening Festival - Seeds of Self & One Year, Grow, Chariots of Fire, Once. theatre Credits (Selected): Anne of Green Gables, Munschables (Charlottetown Festival); Sweeney Todd, The Gamblers, The Prince of Homburg, I Claudia, The Last of Romeo & Juliet, Offline (Talk is Free Theatre); Miracle on 34th Street (Chemainus Theatre Centre); The Last 5 Years, She Loves me, The 39 Steps (Rose Theatre, Brampton); Legally Blonde (Theatre Sheridan); Gin Game, Cottagers & Indians, Crimes of the Heart, Boeing Boeing, Dial M for Murder, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Barefoot in the Park (Watermark Theatre). Other: Love to Natalie and Rocky.

Kelsey Cain Apprentice Stage Manager

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): The 39 Steps (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Bon Appetit and the Italian Lesson (Pacific Opera Victoria); The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito (Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People); Flight (Pacific Opera Victoria). upcoming: Macbeth (Canadian Opera Company).

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When Rick first created BOOM, his one person tour-de-force, it took off and toured extensively including a wildly successful stop at the Grand Theatre. He’s back with the sequel, BOOM x. Surely he will captivate us all once again. Generation X is my time. Bring on the stories, memories, and music! – DENNIs

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Of course, we also cherish our long-standing relationship with the Grand Theatre, local plays and musicals provide a platform for a wide range of voices and perspectives that we may not have been exposed to otherwise.

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By Deirdre McCorkindale The story of Viola Desmond is a remarkable tale of courage and conviction. However, Desmond’s stand against segregation is part of a much larger history of white supremacy in Canada, and of the brave Black Canadians who opposed such inequity.

For example, in Ontario anti-Black racism has existed since before Confederation.

While Black settlement of Ontario has shaped the region’s history and culture, Black people are subject to anti-Black racism. Slavery existed in the province until the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, and as a consequence of this, some of the first Black residents of Ontario were enslaved peoples. However, abolition did not stop white supremacy in Canada; in fact, Black freedom seekers who settled in Ontario after travelling on the Underground Railroad in the 19th century found that they were often unwelcome and subject to segregation and discrimination—an experience shared by many Black settlers who followed well in the 20th and 21st centuries. From the 19th century onward, Black people all over the province were subject to segregationist practices including: job and housing discrimination, school segregation, and the denial of access to facilities like hotels, restaurants, and theatres.

What those white supremacist practices had to contend with, however, was an enduring Black spirit which continually strove toward full freedom and equality in the province. Experiences of racism in the 20th century gave rise to civil rights organizations, some of which—like Desmond herself—were interested in direct action. In 1927 London, Ontario was host to the Canadian League for the Advancement of Colored People. The meeting brought together Black people from places like Toronto, Windsor, and the United States to strategize how best to combat racial prejudice. In 1948 a group of Black Canadians from Dresden, North Buxton, and Chatham in Ontario formed the National Unity Association for this same purpose, specifically to target segregation in places like restaurants, theatres, stores, and barbershops. This was especially a problem in the city of Dresden, the hometown of Hugh Burnett, one of the co-founders of the National Unity Association. The efforts of the National Unity Association directed media attention toward Dresden, which in turn drew scrutiny toward the issue of segregation in the province.

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In the 1950s the National Unity Association joined forces with other human rights activists to help pass the Fair Employment Practices Act of 1951, which outlawed discrimination in employment, and the Fair Accommodations Act of 1954, which outlawed discrimination in public services and housing in Ontario.

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Enhance your theatre experience with this informal chance to dive deeper into the show’s content while mingling with fellow patrons and artists. Please visit our website or social media channels for special guest announcements and schedules.

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As we continue to build back audiences after two years of shutdown due to COVID19, we need your support more than ever before!

Your donation will ensure we are able to continue to deliver on our mission of creating transformative experiences on our stages, through our stories, to connect with and inspire our communities.

Donations of any and all amounts are valued by our Grand theatre family and come with a range of benefits. Thank you for your generous support.

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Pace-setting support at this elite level will, in turn, provide you with the most exclusive and personalized benefits, designed to bring you up close and personal with the staff and artists working at our theatre, as well as the Artistic and Executive Directors. Benefit highlights include: complimentary hosting opportunities, curated events, Opening Night subscriptions and more.

GRAND Champions $2,500–4,999 LONDON PROUD CLUB

Donors at this level will directly assist your fellow Londoners who may not be able to afford access to the Grand through programs like Student Club, Holiday Wish for Kids and the CANOO program welcoming new Canadians to London. As a Grand Champion, you will attend specially designed events with like-minded supporters that will unlock the backstage experience of productions. Added benefits include: exclusive behind the scenes events including invitation to sneak peeks of coming seasons and a full season of posters!

GRAND Supporters $10–2,499 Partners / Members / Friends / Associates

Your support will enable the Grand to expand and enhance programming. Benefits highlights include: recognition in our house programs, complimentary beverage tickets, a season poster collection and more!

A complete list of donor benefits is available on our website at grandtheatre.com. Any comments, questions, or suggestions can be directed to our Development Team at development@grandtheatre.com.

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS Please note this donor list contains all donations received within the past 18 months

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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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