Elf: The Musical Program

nov 22 to dec 31

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WELCOME The theatre is a magical place, where we ask our audiences to believe and dream large and wondrous things together. That’s why I adore the musical version of Elf so much. It takes the qualities that we all know and love about the classic movie, but incorporates glorious, new songs – giving us the opportunity to experience Elf in a fresh and exciting way.

Our central character, Buddy the Elf teaches us all that by having a positive outlook, great things can come to life. While the people Buddy meets initially mock him for being too kind and too good, the musical (and Buddy) cleverly weaves its way into our hearts and opens us up to generosity and gratitude.

I’ve always known that Santa is a kind force, and that the North Pole is a place where elves work around-the-clock to create gifts for those penned on Santa’s nice list. Some years, I admit, I might have forgotten to be a good boy at all times. Yet, like Buddy, Santa always sees the best in people - myself included. It's a

practice I too try to follow at Christmas, and throughout the year.

This year, I have been lucky enough to work on Elf – The Musical so my faith in Santa, in Buddy, and kindness to others is very high.

I hope this musical reminds you too of the kindness within yourself and those in your life.

Happy holidays to all!

Welcome. dennis garnhum artistic director

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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.

Spriet Stage, november 22 to december 31, 2022 Opening Night november 25

ELF

THE MUSICAL Book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin Music by Matthew Sklar Lyrics by Chad Beguelin Based upon the New Line Cinema film written by David Berenbaum Originally produced by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures In association with Unique Features Directed by Dennis Garnhum ELF - THE MUSICAL Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

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Picture Technicians, Artists, and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, and the London Musicians’ Association Local 209.

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CAST & CREDITS Cast Jovie Shawanda Souvlaki Vendor/Emily Understudy Walter Santa Claus/Mr.Greenway Charlie/Jovie Understudy Sam/Buddy Understudy Michelle Emily Buddy Macy's Santa/Walter Understudy Deb Matthews Chadwick Store Manager Charlotte Dennon/Deb Understudy

MICHELLE BARDACH KIH BECKE MEG BUCHANAN-LUNN SHANE CARTY A ADIN CHURCH ALICIA D'ARIANO MARCO DELUCA RILEY DELUCA MA-ANNE DIONISIO IZAD ETEMADI SWEENEY MACARTHUR CHARLOTTE MOORE JAMIE MURRAY* SHAKEIL ROLLOCK TAURIAN TEELUCKSINGH MARGARET THOMPSON

*Dance Captain

children's chorus

JIYA AGRAWAL

MIR AYA AGR AWAL

R AYA CAMPBELL MARINA DAMINELLI KRIECK

ANTHONY FRESCUR A-DENOMME LEAH GLIDDON

NICO HILTZ ISABELLE HILTZ

LACHLAN MACLEAN PA XTON NAIR 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.

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orchestra Conductor & Keyboard 3 Keyboard 1 Bb Clarinet, Alto & Tenor Saxophone, Flute Trombone Drums Bass Trumpet

ALEXANDR A K ANE ÉRIC CHARBONNEAU TONY DE LUCA DENIS JIRON ROB LAROSE WILLIAM LI PAUL STEVENSON

*Indicated designers on this production are represented by the Associated Designers of Canada, IATSE Local ADC659.

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MUSICAL NUMBERS act one Happy All The Time

World’s Greatest Dad In the Way Sparklejollytwinklejingley I'll Believe in You In the Way (reprise) Just Like Him A Christmas Song World's Greatest Dad (reprise)

Santa Claus, Buddy, Elves Buddy Deb, Walter, Michelle, Emily, Chorus Buddy, Jovie, Store Manager, Chorus Michelle, Emily Emily, Walter Buddy, Walter, Deb, Chorus Buddy, Jovie, Chorus Buddy, Chorus

act two Nobody Cares About Santa

Never Fall in Love (With An Elf) There is a Santa Claus The Story of Buddy Nobody Cares (reprise) A Christmas Song (reprise) Finale

Buddy, Store Manager, Fake Santas Jovie Michelle, Emily Buddy, Michelle, Walter, Greenway, Chorus Santa Claus Emily, Walter Company

GUEST ARTISTS

michelle bardach

kih becke

Michelle Bardach Jovie

she/her For The Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Tell Tale Harbour, Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival); Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia! (Arts Club); Mamma Mia! (Theatre Aquarius/WCT); Children of God (Segal Centre/The Citadel); Pure 90s (Stage West). film and tv Credits (Selected): Dancing Through Christmas (Lifetime); Motherland: Fort Salem (Freeform); Spirit Rangers (Netflix). other: Michelle is an Indigenous performer from the Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw. She holds a Bachelor of Performing Arts from Capilano University. She is a vocalist in two Indigenous music groups, M’Girl and Tillicum Shantie, and does voiceover in animation and commercials.

Instagram: @michyb123

Kih Becke Shawanda

she/they For The Grand Theatre: Debut. theatre credits (Selected): Anything Goes, Twelfth Night (St Clair College). other: Graduate of St Clair College Music Theatre Performance. Graduate of Atlantic Technological University Bachelor of Performance Acting. other: Instagram @keeksbeek

meg buchanan-lunn

shane carty

Meg Buchanan-Lunn she/her Souvlaki Vendor/Emily Understudy

For the Grand Theatre: Debut. theatre Credits (Selected): Jekyll & Hyde (Curtain Call Productions); Sweeney Todd (Allswell Productions/Musical Theatre Productions); Disney: Heroes and Villains, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (AK Arts Academy); Joseph & the Amazing…, Hello, Dolly (Musical Theatre Productions); Anne of Green Gables (London Community Players).

OTHER: Meg has a degree in Theatre Studies from the University of Guelph. She would like to thank her wonderful husband for his enthusiastic support.

Shane Carty Walter

For the Grand Theatre: It's A Wonderful Life, Einstein's Gift, The Great Gatsby, The Wizard of Oz. Theatre Credits (Selected): 11 Seasons at Stratford, including Much Ado About Nothing, The Duchess of Malfi, Crazy For You, The Sound of Music. Damn Yankees (Shaw Festival); Sweeney Todd, This Is How It Goes, A Year With Frog And Toad (Neptune); Onegin (Musical Stage/NAC); Assassins (TIFT/MTC); Sunday In The Park With George (Talk is Free Theatre); Beauty and the Beast (Citadel/Theatre Calgary); Hay Fever, The Red Priest, Les Miserables, Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad (Thousand Islands); Othello (St. Lawrence Shakespeare); Four seasons at the Weston Playhouse in Vermont. film and tv credits: Murdoch Mysteries, Anne With An E, Suits, Reign, Flashpoint.

GUEST ARTISTS

aadin church

Alicia D'ariano

Aadin Church he/him Santa Claus/Mr. Greenway

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Disney's The Lion King, Sister Act, Ragtime, Guys & Dolls, Dreamgirls. film and tv credits: Take Note, I-Zombie.

Other: Instagram @aadin7

Alicia D'Ariano she/her Charlie/Jovie Understudy

For the Grand theatre: Les Miserables Theatre Credits (Selected): Scooby-Doo! And the Lost City of Gold (Warner Bros./MONLOVE Productions National Tour); Beauty and the Beast (London Community Players); Chicago (Theatre Western); Saucy Jack & the Space Vixens (LINK Theatre); Heathers: The Musical (Musical Theatre Productions); Rocky Horror Show (Pacheco Theatre). other: Instagram @aliciadoriano

Marco deluca

riley deluca

Marco DeLuca he/him Sam/Buddy Understudy

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Happy End, Concord Floral (Theatre Sheridan); Parkdale (Musical Stage/Sheridan College); Legally Blonde the Musical, A Christmas Story the Musical, The Little Mermaid, Shrek the Musical, BIG the Musical, Hairspray, It’s A Wonderful Life, The Nutcracker Sings (St. Albert Children’s Theatre).

Other: Graduate of the Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance Program at Sheridan College. @marcodeluca

Riley DeLuca Michelle

For the Grand Theatre: The Great Grand Road Trip (High School Project), A Christmas Carol.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Annie, Cinderella the Panto, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat (Drayton Entertainment); Anne of Green Gables (London Community Players); Defying Gravity (Musical Theatre Productions); Willy Wonka, Annie, Disney Heroes and Villains (AK Arts Academy); Jack and the Beanstalk (Elgin Theatre Guild).

GUEST ARTISTS

ma-anne dionisio

izad etemadi

Ma-Anne Dionisio Emily

For the Grand Theatre: Colours in the Storm.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Miss Saigon (Canadian Premiere. Australian Premiere, London, UK); Les Miserables (International and US National Touring companies); Martin Guerre (London, UK); West Side Story (Stratford Festival); Cats (Toronto); Sunday in the Park With George (Toronto); Flower Drum Song (Broadway); Next to Normal (Toronto). film and tv credits (selected): The Waiting Room (A71 Entertainment); Five Days At Memorial (AppleTV); Astrid and Lilly (SyFy/Crave); Schitt’s Creek (CBC); Coroner (CBC).

Other: AFGOG.

Izad Etemadi Buddy

he/him For the Grand Theatre: Grow.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Sweeney Todd, Music Man, Pal Joey, The Gamblers, Amadeus (Talk Is Free Theatre); Box 4901, Colin & Lennox & Coffee & Kleenex (Timeshare).

Film and TV Credits (Selected): Ghosts (CBS); Handmaid's Tale (MGM/Hulu); Revenge of the Black Best Friend, Overlord and the Underwoods, TallBoyz (CBC); Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (CBC/Paramount+); Odd Squad (PBS Kids); Bajillionaires (Family Channel).

OTHER: CBC Actors Conservatory Resident at the Canadian Film Centre (2021/2022), Artist in Residence at Green Light Arts Theatre, Playwright in Residence at The Story Theatre Company. @izadetemadi

sweeney macarthur

charlotte moore

Sweeney MacArthur Macy's Santa/Walter Understudy

For The Grand Theatre: Grow.

Theatre Credits (selected): Bloodless (Theatre 20); Calendar Girls (Mirvish); Sad Presentments (National Theatre, England); Mamma Mia! (Mirvish); 7 Stories (Rose Theatre); Macbeth (UK Tour); Dear Johnny Deere (Charlottetown Festival); This Is How We Got Here (Magnus Theatre); Phedre (National Arts Centre); The Full Monty (Stage West); Hard Times (Teatro Proscenium); Rocky Horror Show (German Tour).

Other: Sweeney started his own production company in 2017: 3P Productions.

Charlotte Moore Deb

For the Grand theatre: Gypsy, Robin Phillips’ Grand Theatre Company (including Godspell and Timon of Athens), You Can’t Take It With You, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Side By Side By Sondheim, Anne of Green Gables, and most recently the triple held-over production of Cabaret in 2019.

Theatre Credits (Selected): 40 years coast to coast including the Shaw Festival, the Charlottetown Festival, 3 Mirvish productions, one Dora Award and another nomination exactly 30 years later.

OtheR: 3 self-produced solo albums and several Original Cast albums (including Stan Rogers - A Matter of Heart and the brand new Tell-Tale Harbour) all available on iTunes. charlottemoore.ca

GUEST ARTISTS

jamie murray

Shakeil rollock

Jamie Murray Matthews

she/her For The Grand Theatre: Mamma Mia!, Mary Poppins.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Tell Tale Harbour, Jesus Christ Superstar, Kronborg - The Hamlet Rock Musical, Mamma Mia!, Anne of Green Gables– The Musical™, We Are Canadian (Charlottetown Festival); Spring Awakening (Argyle Theatre); The Music Man, Oliver! (Stratford Festival). other: Graduate of the Pace University Musical Theatre program. Huge thanks to my family for their constant love and support. @jamiemurr

Shakeil Rollock Chadwick

he/him For the Grand theatre: Mary Poppins.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Anne of Green Gables the Musical, Tell Tale Harbour (Confederation Centre); Shades (Factory Theatre). film and tv credits (selected): Sneakerella, Spin (Disney plus); Grand Army, Locke and Key (Netflix); American Gods (Amazon Prime); Step Up 3D Live (MuchMusic). other: Instagram @shakroll

taurian teelucksingh

Margaret thompson

Taurian Teelucksingh Store Manager

he/him

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Damn Yankees, Chitra, Too True To Be Good (Shaw Festival); Bright Lights (Shaw Festival Director’s Project); Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha (Workshop) (Volcano Productions); DION: A Rock Opera (Workshop) (Coal Mine Theatre); Spring Awakening*, Cabaret, The Last Broadcast, Living The Dream (CMTP), Lost in the 80’s (Theatre Sheridan); 40th Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Onstage Chorus). other: Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance Program at Sheridan College (Class of 2021) *Theatre Sheridan WIN for Outstanding Performance. @taurian_t

Margaret Thompson she/her Charlotte Dennon/Deb Understudy

For the Grand theatre: Cabaret.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Ride the Cyclone (Tweed & Co); Something Bubbled Something Blue (TIFT/Outside the March); Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Drowsy Chaperone, Honk, Elf, Holiday Inn, Singing in the Rain, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid (Drayton); Shrek, The Addams Family (Neptune Theatre); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Perfect Wedding, Back In ‘59, Spamalot! (SFT); Crazy for You (TBTB); A Chorus Line (The Rose Theatre). other: Graduate of the Sheridan College’s Music Theatre program.

GUEST ARTISTS

jiya agrawal

miraya agrawal

Jiya Agrawal Children's Chorus

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits: Perfect World (Palace Theatre Arts Commons).

OTHER: Jiya is a Grade 6 student at Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts and a member of the Pearson Symphony Orchestra and Vivace Strings Group. She is also a member of the Junior Amabile Singers of London. She frequently participates in the Kiwanis Festival at the local and provincial level for piano and voice.

Miraya Agrawal Children's Chorus

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits: Perfect World (Palace Theatre Arts Commons). other: Miraya is a Grade 8 student at Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts and a member of the Pearson Symphony Orchestra, Vivace Strings Group, and “Twelve” singing group. She is also a member of the Amabile Youth Singers of London. She frequently participates in the Kiwanis Festival at the local and provincial level for piano and voice.

raya campbell

marina daminelli krieck

Raya Campbell Children's Chorus

For the Grand theatre: Debut. dance Credits (Selected): Let’s Dance, Winterlude, Celebrate, Beyond the Stars (North London Dance Centre). other: Raya trains in dance at the North London Dance Centre and studies voice/piano at The Voice Studio London. She is a recipient of the Ontario National Gold Medal (Royal Conservatory Level 1 Classical Voice) and the Ontario Medal of Excellence (Conservatory Canada Level 2 Contemporary Voice). She enjoys participating in music festivals and has received recognition for her piano compositions Joyful Jubilee (2022), The Elephant Dance (2020), and A Day at the Fair (2019).

Marina Daminelli Krieck Children's Chorus

she/her

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Joseph and the Amazing Tecnicolor Dreamcoat (Musical Theatre Productions); Perfect World the Musical - staged readings (Palace Theatre Arts Commons); Show Off – 30 Years of Musical Theatre (Musical Theatre Productions); Disney Heroes & Villains (AK Arts Academy).

FILM AND TV CREDITS: Blue’s Clues & You (Orange).

GUEST ARTISTS

anthony frescura-denomme

Leah gliddon

Anthony Frescura-Denomme Children's Chorus

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits: Legally Blonde Jr (The London Performing Arts Academy); Frozen Jr (St Nicolas School - cancelled due to COVID-19).

OTHER: Anthony is currently enrolled in the sixth grade at St.Nicholas Elementary School.

Instagram @anthonyfdenomme

Leah Gliddon Children's Chorus

For the Grand theatre: A Christmas Carol, Chariots of Fire, Titanic, Great Grand Roadtrip.

Theatre Credits (Selected): The Little Mermaid, Anne of Green Gables, Joseph Technicolor and the Dreamcoat, Peter Pan - A Panto (Drayton Entertainment); Theory of Relativity (Beal Musical Theatre); Fun Home (Calithumpian); Catch Me If You Can (Stagedoor).

FILM AND TV CREDITS: The Delivery (ACP).

OTHER: Attending Beal Musical Theatre at H.B. Beal.

nico hiltz

isabelle hiltz

Nico Hiltz Children's Chorus

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits: HONK! (Little Theatre Company).

Isabelle Hiltz she/her Children's Chorus

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits: HONK! (Little Theatre Company); Annie (Drayton Entertainment); The Miracle Worker (Drayton Entertainment); The Wizard of Oz (Little Theatre Company); Cinderella The Panto (Drayton Entertainment); The Nutcracker Ballet (Ballet Jorgen).

GUEST ARTISTS

lachlan maclean

paxton nair

Lachlan MacLean Children's Chorus

For the Grand theatre: Debut. theatre Credits: Hello, Shakespeare! (Romeo; Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts); A Christmas Carol (Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts). other: Lachlan is trained in highland dance and ballet, piano and trombone, and is currently enrolled in the eighth grade at Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts in London.

Paxton Nair Children's Chorus

For the Grand theatre: Debut. tv Credits: Principal Ukulele U (CBC Gem). other: Competitive Dance Team: O'Neill Academy of Dance. Voice: Amabile Boys' Choir.

Instagram @Paxton.Dance

Dennis Garnhum Director

he/him For the Grand theatre: Grow, Home for the Holidays, Cabaret, Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Prom Queen: The Musical (High School Project), Chariots of Fire, Beethoven Lives Upstairs, A Christmas Carol.

Theatre Credits (Selected): World premiere of musical 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 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 the Grand Theatre since 2016. Artistic Director of Theatre Calgary

dennis garnhum

alexandra kane

from 2005-2016. Recipient of a Calgary Award for 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 October.

Alexandra Kane Music Director

she/her For the Grand theatre: 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: Black is Beautiful, Fracture, Nova:Prime, Shelter other: Graduate of the B.MusA program at Western University, Graduate Certificates in Corporate Communications and Public Relations from Fanshawe College, and Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University.

GUEST ARTISTS

lisa stevens

scott penner

Lisa Stevens Choreographer

For the Grand theatre: Home for the Holidays, Prom Queen (High School Project), Mamma Mia! Theatre Credits (selected): Dolly Parton’s 9 To 5 The Musical (West End, London; UK Tour: US Tour; Australian and South Africa Companies); Anyone Can Whistle (Off-West End, London); Bingo, The Musical!, Executive Decision (Off-Broadway); Bombay Dreams (US Tour); Disney’s High School Musical (worldwide); West Side Story, Grease, Spamalot (Drayton); Coriolanus (Bard on the Beach); In The Heights, Xanadu (Arts Club); The Little Prince, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Cats, Mary Poppins (Theatre Calgary); Guys & Dolls (Axelrod). film and tv credits (selected): Dreaming Of A Jewish Christmas (Intl Emmy nomination); Swinging Nutcracker; Diary of A Wimpy Kid 2.

UPCOMING: Escape to Margaritaville (Walnut St. Theatre) other: @lisa_l_stevens

Scott Penner Set Designer

he/him For the Grand theatre: Hair, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Theatre Credits (Selected): Loves Labours Lost, Raisin in the Sun (American Players Theatre); Intimate Apparel, Fireflies (Northlight Theatre); Happy Days (Flint Rep); Cymbeline (Stratford Festival); Romeo & Juliet, Billy Bishop Goes to War (Globe Theatre); Small Mouth Sounds (Theatreworks Colorado); Body Politic (Buddies in Bad Times); Therefore Choose Life (HGJT); Extinction Therapist (Upcoming, Theatre Aquarius).FILM AND TV CREDITS: Assistant Costume Designer, Station Eleven (HBO MAX); Assistant Costume Designer, Five Days at Memorial (Apple TV). other: www.scottpennerdesign.ca @scottpennerdesign

Dana Osborne

kimberly purtell

Dana Osborne Costume Designer

For the Grand theatre: Mary Poppins, The Penelopiad, Joni Mitchell: River, The Passion of Narcisse Mondoux, Ed’s Garage, Shirley Valentine, Hana’s Suitcase, Helen’s Necklace.

Theatre Credits (selected): Costume Design: Skyward (National Ballet); Bernhardt/ Hamlet (Goodwin Chicago); Chicago, Billy Elliot the Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, The Front Page, The Music Man, The Rocky Horror Show (Stratford); Art (Soulpepper). Set and Costume Design: 9 to 5 the Musical, Miss Bennet: Christmas At Pemberley (Citadel); The Hound of The Baskervilles, Androcles And The Lion (Shaw); Bed and Breakfast (Blyth/Arts Club). other: www.danaosborne.ca, @danaodesigns.

Dana is a member of I.A.T.S.E. 659 the Associated Designers of Canada.

Kimberly Purtell Lighting Designer

For the Grand theatre: Home for the Holidays, This London Life, Prom Queen The Musical.

Theatre Credits (selected): Almost A Full Moon (Citadel Theatre); Dido and Aeneas (Opera Atelier); Indecent (Mirvish/Studio 180); Public Enemy (Canadian Stage); Uncle Vanya (Crow’s Theatre); Queen Goneril, King Lear (Soulpepper); Hamlet (Stratford Festival); Cyrano de Bergerac, Gaslight (Shaw Festival); The Barber of Seville (Vancouver Opera); Newsies (Arena Stage). other: Recipient of three Dora Mavor Moore Awards, the Pauline McGibbon Award, a Montreal English Theatre Award, and an Elizabeth Sterling Award. She is the Vice President of the I.A.T.S.E. 659 the Associated Designers of Canada.

GUEST ARTISTS

brian kenny

kelly luft

Brian Kenny Sound Designer

For the Grand theatre: Grow, Mary Poppins; Between Breaths, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (Artistic Fraud); Big Shot (SurReal So Real).

Theatre Credits (Selected): Billy Elliott, Little Shop of Horrors, The Rocky Horror Show, Music Man (Stratford Festival); No Change In The Weather (Terra Bruce); I Forgive You, Everybody Just C@lm the F#ck Down (Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland); Dear Rita (Charlottetown Festival). other: Brian is a graduate of Sheridan College as well as The National Theatre School of Canada where he now coaches design students. Brian sits on the board of I.A.T.S.E 659 the Associated Designers of Canada.

Kelly Luft Stage Manager

For the Grand theatre (selected): Grow, Home For the Holidays, Grand Re:Opening Festival, Mary Poppins, Prom Queen, Chariots of Fire, A Christmas Carol ('17,'18), Art, The Wizard of Oz (’16, ’09, ‘02). theatre Credits (selected): Hamlet-911, A Festival Queerstory, The Front Page, The Komagata Maru Incident (Stratford Festival); The Sound of Music, Hairspray (Drayton Entertainment); Le Bal (Theatre Plus); Not Wanted on the Voyage (Canadian Stage Company); 2 years in London England’s West End. opera credits: 2 seasons with Opera Lyra Ottawa, 10 seasons with Hawaii Opera Theatre, 7 seasons with Orchestra London and Opera Pacific Victoria, 16 seasons with Opera Hamilton / Opera Ontario, Wagner’s Ring Cycle - Götterdämmerung for the Canadian Opera Company, and Idomeneo for Opera Atelier. upcoming: Rubaboo (Grand Theatre / Arts Club Theatre).

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andrea schurman

Jordan Guetter Assistant Stage Manager

For the Grand theatre: Mary Poppins, A Christmas Carol (2017, 2018), Chariots of Fire, Home for the Holidays.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Il Trittico, Don Giovanni, Carmen (Pacific Opera Victoria); The Music Man, Serving Elizabeth, Kim’s Convenience, Ring of Fire (Thousand Islands Playhouse); R.U.R. A Torrent of Light, Oksana G (Tapestry Opera); Treemonisha (Volcano); Passing Strange (The Musical Stage Company/Obsidian); The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom (Sudbury Theatre Centre); The Brothers Size, The Testament of Mary, Hosanna, The Odd Couple (Soulpepper); Disney’s Newsies (Drayton); Good Morning, Viet Mom (Cahoots); Stage Fright (Lighthouse Festival Theatre).

Andrea Schurman Assistant Stage Manager

For the Grand theatre: Stage Manager: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Other Desert Cities, Hair, The Hobbit, Legends, Assistant Stage Manager: Rock & Roll, It’s a Wonderful Life.

Theatre Credits (Selected): 7 seasons with the Shaw Festival. 2 Pianos 4 Hands (Theatre Marquis); NSFW (Studio 180); The Mountaintop (Obsidian); A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline (Globe/ Persephone). Various productions with Canadian Stage, Young People’s Theatre, Mirvish, soulpepper, Citadel Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Theatre Passe Muraille, Nightwood, Tarragon, Factory Theatre, project: Humanity, Alameda Theatre, Stratford Festival, Theatre New Brunswick, Tapestry New Opera, Opera Ontario, ShakespeareWorks, Resurgence, Toronto Operetta Theatre, Frank Collymore Hall (Barbados), AfriCanadian Playwrights Festival, b current, & Victoria Playhouse.

GUEST ARTISTS

conner bustamante

Éric charbonneau

Conner Bustamante he/him Apprentice Stage Manager

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): King Henry Five (Driftwood Theatre); RUR: A Torrent of Light (Tapestry Opera); Grounds For Goodness (Jumblies Theatre+Arts). other: Graduate of the Theatre Production Program at Humber College.

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he/him

For the Grand theatre: Les Misérables.

Theatre Credits (selected): Chicago, Billy Elliot The Musical, The Music Man (Stratford Festival); Call It Love (Eclipse Theatre); Sweeney Todd (Opera on the Avalon); Susannah (Peck Productions/London Community Players); Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, JUDY: Stonewalled!

(LINK theatre); The Secret Garden (London Community Players); Company (Music Theatre on the Thames); Heathers: The Musical (Musical Theatre Productions); Street Scene (Halifax Summer Opera Festival); The Daughter of the Regiment (Fountainhead Theatre/London Community Players).

OTHER: Conductor of the Stratford Symphony Youth Orchestra, M.Mus in collaborative piano from Western University.

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denis jiron

Tony De Luca Bb Clarinet, Alto & Tenor Saxophone, Flute

For the Grand theatre: Home for the Holidays, Mary Poppins, Joni Mitchell : River, Elf Theatre Credits (Selected): Stratford Festival, Golden Buzzer Winner and Finalist on Canada's Got Talent, The Grand Theatre, The Victoria Petrolia Playhouse, Drayton Entertainment, The Imperial Theatre, Season 10 of America’s Got Talent, Musical Theatre Productions. other: Tony De Luca is a versatile woodwind and keyboard player who works in all musical genres and styles. He holds both a Bachelor of Music Degree with Honors in Music Education and a Bachelor of Education Degree from the University of Western Ontario, with additional studies from Humber College.

Denis Jiron Trombone

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (selected): On Your Feet, My Fair Lady (Pantages); Ain't Too Proud (Wharton Center); Beauty and the Beast (La Mirada).

FILM AND TV CREDITS: The Voice, American Idol, The Ellen Show, The Tonight Show, American Music Awards, Pacific Rim, Little, Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas! other: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Detroit Philharmonic, Earth Wind and Fire, Queen Latifah, Kanye West, Sting, Gladys Knight, Chris Botti, Andrea Bocelli, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Snoop Dog. DMA from Michigan State University Currently Assistant Professor of Trombone at Western University. www.DenisJiron.com

GUEST ARTISTS

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william li

Rob Larose Drums

For the Grand theatre: Into the Woods, Grow, Home for the Holidays, Mamma Mia!, Titanic, Mary Poppins Theatre Credits: In The Heights, Annie, Songs for a New World, Secret Garden; Chess (Musical Theatre Productions); Heathers (Sarnia Little Theatre). other: Faculty - National Music Camp (95-99), Music Educator (1989-2018), Instructor-Don Wright Faculty of Music (current). roblarosemusic.weebly.com

William Li Bass

For the Grand theatre: Great Grand Road Trip (High School Project), Mamma Mia! Theatre Credits (Selected): Musical Direction - Frozen Jr (Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy); Bright Star, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Mamma Mia! (Original Kids Theatre); A Killer Party (Musical Theatre Productions) Instrumentalist - The Secret Garden (Musical Moments, Musical Stage Co); Sweeney Todd (MTP/Allswell Productions); Chicago (Theatre Western); Mamma Mia! (Huron Underground Dramatic Society).

Arranging/Recording - Dance of The Fox, Milo’s World (4Score Productions); Post Production - Quarantine Story (MTP); Little Women (King’s Players). other: Bachelor of Music, Honours Composition from Western University. www.willli.ca

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Paul Stevenson Trumpet

For the Grand theatre: Pal Joey, Girls in the Gang.

Theatre Credits (Selected): West Side Story, Drowsy Chaperone, Into the Woods, South Pacific. other: Music Educator (1993 - 2023), Principal trumpet Brassroots (1987 - present), Principal trumpet Jeans and Classics Rock Symphony, performed with Diana Krall, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Aretha Franklin, Roger Hodgson, Natalie Cole.

The story of Viola Desmond

"It is so much more than a simple history lesson."

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On November 8, 1946, Black Nova Scotian, Viola Desmond walked into the whites-only section of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Unaware that the theatre was segregated, Viola took a seat on the main floor, instead of in the balcony where Black patrons were expected to sit. She was eventually arrested and dragged from the theatre. In Controlled Damage, award-winning playwright Andrea Scott illuminates the story of Viola Desmond – a woman who took a stand against racial discrimination, by taking a seat at a theatre.

Andrea Scott immerses audiences into a pivotal moment in Canadian history with incredible grace and power. It will captivate you. And, it will stick with you for years to come. We are truly honoured to have this powerful play on our stage. – DENNIS

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PLAYWRIGHTS

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Chad Beguelin

Chad Beguelin is a four-time Tony Nominee whose works include Disney's Aladdin (Tony Award Nomination for Best Book and Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Lyrics and Best Book) and The Wedding Singer (Tony Award Nomination for Best Book and Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Lyrics). He also wrote the lyrics for the Broadway musical Elf, which broke several box office records at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. His play HARBOR premiered off-Broadway at Primary Stages.

Chad also wrote the book and lyrics for Judas & Me (NYMF Award for Excellence in Lyric Writing), The Rhythm Club (Signature Theater) and Wicked City (American Stage Company).

Chad reunited with Elf collaborators Matthew Sklar and Bob Martin to create the new musical The Prom, which ran on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre and was nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. He is the recipient of the Edward Kleban Award for Outstanding Lyric Writing, the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, the Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Musical Theater Award and the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award. Chad is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Dramatic Writing Program.

Bob Martin

Bob Martin has been working as an actor and writer in Canadian theatre, film and television for over 3 decades. He has had a long association with the Toronto Second City, where he co-wrote and performed in four Second City

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revues, directed three, and had a stint as Artistic Director. He is a co-creator of The Drowsy Chaperone, and has performed in many of its incarnations including Ahmanson Theatre (Los Angeles), Marquis Theatre (Broadway), Novello (London). Bob has won a number of awards for his work including an LA Drama Critics Circle Award, an L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award, a Drama Desk Award, a Theatre World Award, and a Tony Award. He is also co-creator of the critically acclaimed dramatic series Slings & Arrows. Recent TV projects include Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays I & II (CBC), Sensitive Skin I & II (HBO), and Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas (NBC). Recent theatre projects include Elf (Broadway), Minsky's (Ahmanson LA), and in dev., Gotta Dance, The Sting, and Millions.

Bob reunited with Elf collaborators Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin to create the new musical The Prom, which ran on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre and was nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Thomas Meehan

Thomas Meehan (Book) received the Tony Award for co-writing the book for The Producers in 2001 and in 2003 for co-writing the book for Hairspray. He received his first Tony Award in 1977 for writing the book of Annie, which was his first Broadway show, and has written the books for the musicals Rocky, Elf the Musical, Cry-Baby, Young Frankenstein, Chaplin, Bombay Dreams, I Remember Mama, Ain’t Broadway Grand and Annie Warbucks. In addition, he was a long-time contributor of humor to The New Yorker, an EmmyAward winning writer of television comedy, and a collaborator on a number of screenplays,

including Mel Brooks' Spaceballs and To Be Or Not To Be. Mr. Meehan was also a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild. He and his wife, Carolyn, divided their time between a home in Nantucket and an apartment in Greenwich Village, near which, on Hudson Street, she owned and presided over the long-running and near-legendary children's store Peanut Butter & Jane.

Matthew Sklar

Matthew Sklar is a Tony®, Emmy®, and Drama Desk Award-nominated composer. His works include the Broadway musicals Elf and The Wedding Singer (Tony Award Nomination for Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Music). He also wrote the music for The Rhythm Club (Signature Theatre), Judas & Me, and Wicked City (American Stage Company).

Matthew reunited with Elf collaborators Chad Beguelin and Bob Martin to create the new musical The Prom, which ran on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre and was nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Matthew received a 2015 Primetime Emmy® Award Nomination for Outstanding Music Direction for the critically-acclaimed NBC stop-motion animated TV special "Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas", starring Jim Parsons. He adapted and arranged the music of Marvin Hamlisch for the Emmy Award-winning documentary film Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love, seen on PBS/American Masters. Matthew has contributed original songs/music to Sesame Street, Wonder Pets!, and the NBC Broadcast of The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

As an 18-year-old freshman at New York University, Matthew began playing keyboards for the Broadway production of Les Miserables, eventually conducting the show at 21. He has also been a keyboardist, conductor, and/or arranger for many Broadway productions including Shrek, Caroline, or Change, Nine, Oklahoma, 42nd Street, Putting It Together, Annie Get Your Gun, On the Town, Titanic, Guys and Dolls, Sunset Boulevard, and Miss Saigon. Matthew also appeared onstage as Oscar

in the Broadway revival of 42nd Street.

Awards include the ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, the Gilman/Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Award, and the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award. Matthew is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, and the American Federation of Musicians, Local 802. His music is published by Warner/Chappell Music.

Matthew was educated at The Juilliard School of Music (Pre-College Division), the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and New York University.

GET TO KNOW

Your Buddy

What’s the best part about playing the iconic Buddy the Elf? That’s an easy one. I get to meet Santa!

What’s your favourite scene in the musical?

The one where I get to eat spaghetti on stage. Who doesn’t love binge-eating spaghetti with syrup and then singing and dancing for two more hours?

What are the similarities between you and Buddy the Elf? We’re both extremely good looking. But beyond that, we both love Christmas. This is my favourite time of year. There’s nothing I love more than Christmas music, decorations, and lights! When I was younger, my parents would drive around our hometown looking at all the houses with extravagant lights and decorations. I sat in the back seat staring through the window in awe. Even now, a beautifully decorated storefront gives me that same warm and tingly feeling.

Audiences were captivated by your innocent, lovestruck character of Samuel in Grow, a World Premiere production in the Grand’s 2021/22 season. Do you think there are any similarities between Buddy and Samuel?

I think there are a lot of similarities between Buddy and Samuel. Both are very innocent, naive, and optimistic. They’ve ever only known one world and way of life.

Through their journeys, they break out of their sheltered shells, discover new parts of themselves, and grow to accept their new normals.

Beyond “singing loud for all to hear,” what do you think is the best way to spread Christmas cheer?

Listening to Mariah Carey’s Christmas album and watching Jennifer Coolidge in Single All The Way on Netflix.

Elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup. What are your main food groups?

Greens, greens, nothing but greens! As long as it’s dairy-free, it’s in my food group.

Seriously, if you see me eating dairy, yank it out of my hands.

What are the ideal toppings for spaghetti and syrup?

Ketchup.

Buddy the Elf: what’s YOUR favourite colour?

Yellow because it’s like the sun :)

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Meet Set and Costume Desig Scott Penner & Dana Osbor

What is your favourite Christmas or holiday tradition?

Scott: I would have to say decorating the tree. I love going to pick out the tree in the lot and bringing it home and watch it come to life as each ornament (some old, some new) is placed on it. This is usually when I break out all my favorite Christmas albums. The evening is usually wrapped up with a little eggnog and spiced rum.

Dana: Favourite tradition is a real fir tree. I love how the house smells and it reminds me of growing up in B.C.

Have you worked on Elf: The Musical or a holiday show before? How do you think theatre helps us get into the Christmas spirit?

Dana: I’ve never done Elf but I worked on a few Christmas shows over the years. I think theatre during the holiday season really fosters community sharing an live experience with family, friends and strangers.

It’s also a great opportunity to bring generations together.

ACT ONE, SCENE 1, 2, 3. OUTSIDE THE TOY FACTORY. STORYBOARD DESIGNED BY SCOTT PENNER

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Which costume/set piece are you most excited to see realized on stage and why?

Scott: I am really excited to see the huge billboards which are based on the nostalgic Christmas illustrations I mentioned earlier. The scenic art team here at the Grand are some of the best painters I get to work with and I'm really excited to see them take these festive illustrations and make them sing for the stage!

Dana: I’m most excited about creating our Elves.

I’m hoping to create a lot of personality with each actor yet keeping them still looking like a collective. Get ready for lots of colour!

COSTUME SKETCH BY DANA OSBORNE

This show requires a lot of Sparklejollytwinklejingley!

How did these words provide inspiration for the design of this show? Where else did you draw inspiration from?

Scott: I was inspired a lot by vintage Christmas cards and artwork from the 1960's and the artwork of Mary Blair. Mary was an artist and illustrator who spent much of her career creating concept art for Walt Disney.

Dana: Sparkle was the word for me creatively and also reacting to Scott’s wonderful design! I was inspired by old vibrant holiday commercials using graphic winter prints like plaids, snowflakes and nordic pattern.

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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS *Donation directed to the Grand Theatre Foundation ^Donation directed to Annual Fund and the Grand Theatre Foundation

GRAND VISIONARIES DIRECTORS’ CIRCLE $20,000+

Lynn Davis ^ • Elizabeth & Allan Drewlo* • Caroline & Rodney Hancock^ Nicole Le Riche & John Howard^ • Linda & Cecil Rorabeck* • Debbie & Bob Schram* Helen & Andy Spriet* • Carol Stephenson* • Susanne & Marty Thrasher • Judy White^ 1 Anonymous Donor

patron's CIRCLE $10,000–19,999

Lynne Cram* • Noreen De Shane • Alison Hannay* • Susan & Ron Holliday* Jacqueline Crosby & George Kerhoulas^ • Diane & Michael Smith Anne Toal & Paul Brisson^

AMBASSADOR'S CIRCLE $5,000–9,999

Heidi Bayley & Jamie Crich* • Sharon Bryan • Allan & Susan Edwards Harry Joosten & Kathleen Murphy • Peter Markvoort* • Alison & Doug Ross* Anita & Amit Shah^ • Susan Smith-Goddard • Roberta & Dr. Robert Sokol Nicole Spriet & Sandy Mikalachki* • Marianne & Richard Zelinka*

GRAND CHAMPIONS LONDON PROUD CLUB $2,500–4,999 Ahria Consulting* Anne & Bruce Barran* Chris Alleyne & Chris Costello Jim Cressman Deb Harvey* Jennifer Ho*

Lily & Grant Hopcroft Joan & Glenn Johnson Evan Klassen Ron & Deborah Koudys* Suzanne Lanthier Lesley MacAskill & Chris Jackman^

Mike Meddaoui* Amira Moussa^ North Moore Catering* Jenny, Matt & Finn Parr* Jackie & John Porter Jennifer Slay^

GRAND SUPPORTERS ASSOCIATES $1,000–2,499 Jill & Brian Allen Jane & Justin Amann* Yvonne & Dr. Ross Archibald Diana Bennett & Spencer Lanthier Brenda & Kerry Benson^ Terianne & David Brebner The Paul Butler and Chris Black Foundation Susan Carlyle & David Southen* Dr. Paul E Cooper & Mr. David J Hiebert Dianne Cunningham* Jan & Guy De Rose Danna DeJong

Chandlee Dickey & Larry Panych* Emma Donoghue & Chris Roulston* Jennifer Duncan Glen & Marg Gagan Dennis Garnhum & Bruce Sellery* Mary Gillett & Thomas Burnett* Jo-Anne & Richard Hammond^ Barbara & Paul Hebert Eleanor Huang & Jack Jung* Sandy Jamieson^ Elana Johnson & Christopher Collins*

Michael Johnson* Kirsten Knight & Craig Emptage Ruth Laidlaw* Sharon & Brian Lessard Sandra & Don Letton London Foods Ltd. Liz & David Macdonald Mary-Jane & Rick Mann Teresa & Ron McRae Cydna Mercer* Valerie & Michael Milde Kate Milner Ina Pakkert Dawn & Franco Paron* Sandra & Robert Pearson

Elaine Stalker & Jack Norman* Domenico Strano Debbie & Dave Tennant* Jane & Tom Tillmann K L Turner Rick Verrette & George Jolink^

Dr. Janet Pope Carey & Holden Rhodes* Glenda Robinson Pam Samuels Georgina & Ralph Schinkel Heather & Peter Scott Liisa Sheldrick* Elaine & Ian Simpson Joanne & Jack Smit Sarah Tattersall & Kevin Endo* The United Church of Canada Foundation - Mary and Norman Warner Fund Beth & Peter Whatmore^ John Zubick Ltd

GRAND SUPPORTERS FRIENDS

$500–999 Sharon & Harold Arbuckle Diane Baird & Jurgen Tietz Doreen & Mike Bartlett Maureen Boland Carolyn & Colin Botten C Chamberlain & C Bell^ Jennifer & Peter Day Midge & Phil Dean Eileen Dobell^ Linda & Louis Ferraro Marilyn & Art Fidler Joyce Garnett Najet & Hanny Hassan Margaret & John Hewitt Patricia Hoffer* Nitzan Holzberg* Lily & Grant Hopcroft* Alicia Jeffery Ann & John Judson Marty Kolls Schram & Dave Schram* Mary Margaret & Gary Koreen Michael Leopold* Dianne Lesperance Catharine & Trev Luke Darlene & Larry Marsh Jennifer Matthews* Libby & Earl McMillan Kate Milner & Andrew Petrasiunas* Julie Nicholson Bekki Ollson* Deborah & Joe Owens Sandra & Robert Pearson John Peebles^ Christina Poddubiuk & Scott McKowen Deborah & Ronald Purdy Lili Rechnitzer Linda & Scott Ritchie Sabrina Sater & Dave Schram Andrea Scott Carolyn & Jack Scott Kim Shuit Celia & Rod Silverson^ Anne Souter & William Dawson Linda Staudt Erin & Dave Stimac* Norma Stokes Maureen & Michael Tilson Jacki Yellowlees Dr. Betty Anne Younker 5 Anonymous Donors

supporters $100–499

Judy & Jack Abell^ Susan Agranove Henry J. Albers Carole Alton Mary Arrand Reg Ash Karen & Eric Auzins Carol & Ted Aziz* Lenny Bain* Ruby Bantock Sister Simone Batte Alice Beddoe Beverly & David Bell Pat & Rodney Bell Jane & Don Benson Helene Berman Ingrid & Monica Betz Julie Bevan* Sherri & Brandon Bocchini Joan & Robert Boyce Lorena & Jack Brown Sean Brown* Susan Brown & Barry Deathe Moira Burke Sharon & Bill Burns Linda & Larry Burt Pamela Cameron Madeline Campbell Paul Caplan Lesley Carmichael James Cassidy Judy & Peter Castle Catherine Charlton* Donna Chute-Dolan Eileen & Hugh John Cook Jane Corbett Ada & Henry Cornelissen Catharine Cornhill Larry Cornies Grace Coutinho Aindrea Cramp Cecilia & William Davies Noreen Davis Bonnie Dawe Alfred Day Lauren De Koster* Eileen Dobell Joanne Dow & Harry Homer^ Vicki & Gord Drimmie Joseph Driskill Mary Dryden Adam D'Silva* Frances Dyson Jeanette & Stuart Eberhard Penny Eizenga Doris England Shirleyan English* Betty Escaf

Muriel & Bob Estey* Liz & Jim Etherington Kim Eyre Laurie Farquharson Rudy & Lorna Fast Barb & Bruce Fearnall Andrew First Valerie & Chuck Ford Lorie Forwell & William Clark Elizabeth Fowler Suzanne Fratschko Elliott Rhonda & David Freeman Barbara Froats Paul Fujimoto-Pihl Kim Gadsdon Aaron Garber Nathan Garber Haley & Ryan Gauss Beth & David Girvan^ David Gliddon Belinda & Basil Gracious Sheila & Al Green Najla Guthrie* Rhonda Hallberg Bea & Gavin Hamilton Leah Hamilton Pauline & Peter Hart Judith & Manfred Harth Muhammad Hassan Margaret & Bruce Hastings Denise Hay Lois & Glenn Hayter Maureen & Ian Herrick Jennifer Hiltz Mark Hodgkinson Gail & Rick Hoevenaars Kathleen Holland Nancy & Martin Holmes Gord Hume* Marian Hundt Brenda & Morrison Hurley Heather & Paul Huston Jenna Hutchison Patricia & Richard Hutchison* Barbara Hutton* Wayne Jamieson* Allan Johnson Terry & Evelyn Julian Mabel & Elton Kane Michelle Kaplansky Bev Kari* Maureen & Shayne Kasiurak Heather & David Keast Tanis Kelly Annalee & Bill Kerr* Marianne & Paul Kippax M. E. Kirk^ Rose & William Klein Sheila & Stan Kogon Steve Kopp

Susan & John Koval Margaret E Laird Patti Lake* Robert Lamers* Jennifer & Wayne Lawrence Shirley & William Lawrence Eugene & Willy Leenders^ Marie Liddell Karen Lilley Sheilanne Lindsay & Ian McIlraith Bonnie & Frank Littell Joanne Lubansky Johns & Dennis Johns* Sharon & Dennis Lunau Murray MacKenzie* Suzanne Majhanovich Heather Manness* Kathy & John Manness* Mary Lynn & Paul Mansell Lynn Marshall Cheryl Masson Janine & Jeff Mathyssen Sheila McBride Gwen McBurney Cheryl & Jamie McCallum Joan McCarthy Lindsay McDermott* Mary Ellen McDermott Nancy & Ian McDowell Ann McEwan-Castellan Dianne & Ian McIntosh Ann & Hugh McIntosh Jason McIntyre* Nancy & Bill McKeough Luella Barath & Paul McKnight Marilynne McNeil Keith Merker* Rick Miller* Louise Milligan Beverley & Paul Mills Shirley Mitchell Jean Monteith* Brett Morritt^ Michelle Mylemans Nancy Needham Celia Nichols & Cam Johnston Sandra O'Brien Helen & Gordon Olmstead Norine & John Opper* Dorothy & John Palmer Steven Parfeniuk Elizabeth Parmeter & William Horne^ Susie & Larry Patrick Ann Pinchin Norma & Jim Poel Blair Poetschke Wilma & Wesley Prescod Claire Prins Karen & Rick Pritchett

Tanya & Jason Prouty* Maxine Pulbrook-Chiu & William Chiu* Lisa Putman & Bruce Reed Nancy Quinn & Jeff DeLuzio^ Gail & Gary Rains Eleanore Reynolds* Sharon Rich Kathleen & Douglas Richards Doris & Frank Robak William Robins Garrett Rodman* Karen & Paul Romanson Trudy Roth Walker & Lloyd Walker Elizabeth & Ralph Rudy Dianne & Rick Rumney Lynda & Howard Rundle Inge & Paul Russell* Courtney & McMichael Ruth*

Cindi Ryde & Chris Arenburg* Peggy Sattler^ Denise & Gordon Saylor Catherine & Gordon Sellery Ramu Seshan* Valerie & John Sharpe Bonny & Gary Shawyer^ Jennifer Shields Christen Shoesmith & Phil Dwyer Terry Sicular^ Lynne Sinclair-Ifill Judy & Kevin Smith Judith & Robert Southcott Jacqueline & Erich Specht Nancy & Jerry Springer Helena Steinmetz & Bruce Hewitt Susan Steven Shonagh Stevenson-Ramsay Janet E. Stewart^ Sarah Stewart^

Karen Stone Janice & Paul Strickland Bill & Sheila Strybosch Joan & Ken Sumnall Anne Sutton Bob Sutton* Janet Szilagyi Margaret Szilassy* Janice Thielenhaus* Diane Thrasher Gerard Tillmann Jane Tillmann* Rebecca & Trevor Timbeck* Jody Timmerman Joan & Ross Totten Dr. Jane Upfold Christine & Jake Van Dyk Jan Vanesch Margaret & Ernie Vanderschot* Jennifer & Keith Vincent David Wake

Judith Walker Susan Wallace & James Reaney Beth-Anne & Alex Wasko Tracey Watters & Cam Pettinger Susan Waugh Alice Wehlau Denise & Ronald Wexler* Judy & Gerry Wheaton Margaret & Mark Whitley^ Faye & Rod Willis Cheryl & Mark Willison Joe Wilson Pam & Paul Wilton Ailene Wittstein Katie Wright* Sharon Wright-Evans Elizabeth Yurkiw Beverley Zaifman 7 Anonymous Donors

ENDOWMENTS & GIFTS THROUGH the LONDON COMMUNITY Foundation The Barbara and John Cronyn 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

In Memoriam Thank you to those who gave in memory of Shirley Brown and Mary Loncke, 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 E.J. 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: Ross & Cathy Burgar • Bonnie Delanghe • Jill Ellis-Worthington • Christine Hoover • Denise Jung • Janet McAllister• Jan Pringle • Wendy Sanderson-Culley • Anita & Amit Shah • Allan Stichbury • Mark Uhre • Peter & Jan Vogel • Bob Ward & Susan Yerema • Megan Watson • Doug & Connie Weir

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The past two years have impacted many businesses and industries in our city. Please take note of and support the Grand Theatre Dining Partners listed below. Try out a new dining experience before or after your performance!

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS RESTAURANT RANGE

DINING STYLE

PRICE

Armouries Grille 325 Dundas Street, London 519-640-5030 www.marriott.com/yxudl

Premium Casual

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The Church Key Bistro Pub 476 Richmond Street 519-936-0960 thechurchkey.ca

Casual Fine Dining

$$$

Che Resto Bar 225 Dundas Street 519-601-7999 cherestobar.ca

Casual Dining

$$$

Fellini Koolini’s 155 Albert Street 519-642-2300 fellinikoolinis.com

Casual Fine Dining

$$$

RESTAURANT

DINING STYLE

PRICE RANGE

Garlic’s of London 481 Richmond Street 519-432-4092 garlicsoflondon.com

Upscale Rustic Cuisine

$$$

Gnosh Dining & Cocktails 125 Dundas Place 519-601-8050 gnoshdining.com

Casual Fine Dining

$$$$

Grace Restaurant 215 Dundas Street (at Clarence) 226-667-4822 gracelondon.ca

Farm-to-Table Fine Dining

$$$$

Joe Kool’s 595 Richmond Street 519-663-5665 joekools.ca

Casual

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Marienbad Restaurant 122 Carling Street 519-679-9940 marienbad.ca

Casual Fine Dining

$$$

Michael’s on the Thames 1 York Street 519-672-0111 michaelsonthethames.com

Casual Fine Dining

$$$

Moxie’s Grill & Bar 441 Richmond Street 519-936-0745 moxies.com

Premium Casual

$$$

Toboggan Brewing Company 585 Richmond Street 519-433-2337 tobogganbrewing.com

Brew Pub

$$$

Villa Cornelia Restaurant 142 Kent Street 226-234-6267 villacorneliarestaurant.com

Continental Fine Dining

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Winks Eatery 551 Richmond Street (on Albert) 519-936-5079 winkseatery.com

Casual Dining Pub

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FALL/WINTER 2022

HOLIDAY

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