Grand Ghosts Program

GRAND GHOSTS

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WELCOME

Ambrose Small is our resident ghost here at the Grand Theatre. Reports say that he has been with us, and quite literally among us, since his disappearance in 1919. So, after over 100 years, I thought it was time to create a production that examines the life (and death!) of this notorious man.

Grand Ghosts is a production six years in the making, and our brilliant playwright Trina Davies has become quite an expert about Mr. Small. This most unusual tale that you are about to experience is based on her extensive research. With Davies’ usual theatrical flare, a unique made-in-London production has arrived.

Jillian Keiley, one of Canada’s most cele brated directors, joins us to lead a troupe of brilliant artists on our Grand stage: a vaude ville-inspired ghostly spectacle. Keiley has enthusiastically embraced the theme of this show and has directed something that will

not only entertain you, but that will stick with you, delight you, and yes, even haunt you.

The details of the life of Ambrose Small are sometimes “stranger than fiction.” Throughout the world, the Grand is mysteri ously renowned for our resident ghost. And, during rehearsals for this very production, a staff member noticed a man with a moustache appear and then disappear in the corner of the room…Clearly Mr. Small’s curiosity was piqued.

As the playwright aptly says, “Ambrose Small was a heck of a guy.” And, you are about to discover why. Maybe, just maybe, he will be watching along with us today. It won’t be the first time – or the last.

Enjoy.

dennis

ambrose s mall alongside artistic director, dennis garnhum, at the 22/23 season l aunch Party.

PHOTO BY DAHLIA KATZ

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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GREETINGS

It’s been just over a month since I stepped into the role of Executive Director here at the Grand. And what a joyous month it has been – a month of discovery and experiencing all that this great company and city have to offer. The opening of Grand Ghosts is also especially poignant for me, as it represents the first Spriet Stage series production of my inaugu ral season, and a project that is uniquely “the Grand” in so many ways.

I’ve been so inspired, joining this storied and remarkable organization. The Grand is at the very heart of London – and at the heart of the Grand, are you, the audiences who enjoy and support our work. Thank you for your continued support, and your recognition of the central role the Grand plays in our com munity, shaping our city, and advancing the creative conversation.

The past weeks have been a time of learning, of exploring with curiosity, of digging into the essential questions, of figuring out how we work, and setting priorities moving forward. I see in the Grand, an organization working

diligently, from a place of strength, working to better itself, our community, and our society at large. The work and team are strong – it’s an exciting place and time to be here.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge with gratitude my predecessor, Deb Harvey. Deb has capably led this organization over the past 22 years and has left an indelible mark on this company. It is my honour to inherit the stewardship of this theatre company from her and to continue to work with our creative leader, Dennis Garnhum, as well as our board, staff, and volunteers.

On a personal note, London already feels like home - thanks so much for the warm welcome. After a theatre career spanning the past 20 years, across much of Canada, I’m thrilled to call the Forest City my new home. I look forward to exploring more of this community and region with my partner and our husky, Tika, as well as meeting more Londoners, in the years to come.

In the meantime, I’ll see you at the theatre. Live! And In Person.

evan klassen

director

PHOTO BY DAHLIA KATZ executive director evan klassen, standing in ambrose small's favourite box a t the grand theatre.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

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GRAND GHOSTS World Premiere

By Trina Davies

Directed by Jillian Keiley

The playwright would like to thank and acknowledge Ron Jenkins for his dramaturgical acumen and assistance in the development of this play.

Trina Davies is a member of Playwrights Guild of Canada

Grand Ghosts is produced by arrangement with Kensington Literary Representation, 34 St. Andrew Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 1K6, kensingtonlit@rogers.com

Grand Ghosts was originally commissioned and developed by the Grand Theatre, London, Canada, as part of the COMPASS New Play Development program.

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

CAST & CREDITS

Ghost 'Ingenue' as: Clara Smith/Chorus

TESS BENGER

Ambrose Small JESSE GERVAIS

Ghost 'Acrobat' as: John Doughty (Jack) CYRUS LANE

Ghost 'Contortionist Gambler' as: Jennie the Bookie/Chorus KATELYN MCCULLOCH

Ghost 'Security Guard' as: Mitchell/Chorus CHRISTIAN MURRAY Emcee/Chorus ANDREW PRASHAD

Ghost 'Singing Diva' as: Theresa Small JAN ALEXANDRA SMITH

Ghost 'Dramatic Actress' as: Violet/Chorus TAHIRIH VEJDANI

Ghost 'Scaffold Worker' as: Painter/Frank (Contractor)/Hammond/Chorus

Cast creative team

ANTHONY RAYMOND YU

~Dance Captain

Playwright TRINA DAVIES Director JILLIAN KEILEY Musical Director, Composer & Pianist ALLEN COLE Choreographer GENNY SERMONIA

Set Designer SHAWN KERWIN* Costume Designer JOSEPH ABETRIA Lighting Designer BONNIE BEECHER* Sound Designer RICHARD FEREN* Tap Dance Choreographer ANDREW PRASHAD Stage Manager SUZANNE M C ARTHUR Assistant Stage Manager KELLY BOUDREAU Apprentice Stage Manager ANDREA HANDAL RIVERA

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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act one

In 1919 Something Happened! Emcee and Chorus

Doin' What I Please

By Fats Waller and Andy Razaf Violet

Naughty, Naughty Man

By Theodore Kennick and George Bickwell Jack, Theresa, Violet, Clara, Frank, Jennie the Bookie

The World is Waiting for the Sunrise

By Ernest Seitz Clara

I Wanna Make You Happy Jack, Theresa Act I Finale Chorus

MUSICAL NUMBERS act two

Extra, Extra Chorus

Singing a Vagabond Song

By Harry Richman Theresa, Jack

Come When I Call Theresa

The World is Waiting for the Sunrise (reprise) Violet, Clara, Theresa Act II Finale Emcee and Chorus

DIRECTOR'S NOTES

Did you come here to see the famous ghost of the Grand, Ambrose Small?

We did too.

Our team figured that if we wanted to conjure a ghost, we needed to perform a séance. And the séance most effective in speaking to other-worldly spirits? Delivering something they loved.

One thing that Ambrose loved was Vaudeville. He loved London and he loved the Grand. This play is a love let ter to all of these elements, with echoes from the stages of the Grand’s past, and a vaudevillian- studded cast composed of some of the most multi-talented,

liveliest, and funniest players in the country.

All theatres are filled with ghosts. Our Grand Ghosts, a little silly and a little scary, are here to do what Ambrose loved to do most: entertain audiences.

We are glad to have conjured you here tonight, and that you can join with all the spirits of the Spriet for this Grand show.

jillian keiley

GUEST ARTISTS

Tess Benger Ghost 'Ingenue' as: Clara Smith/Chorus she/her

f or t he g rand t heatre: Cabaret, The Penelopiad.

t heatre c redits (selected): Sweeney Todd, Into The Woods (TIFT); Alice in Wonderland (Bad Hats/Soulpepper); Sunday in the Park with George (Eclipse Theatre, Dora Nomination); Miss Bennet's Christmas at Pemberley (RMTC, Evie nomination); Girls Like That (Tarragon); Dora award-winning Chasse Galarie (Soulpepper / Storefront); Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown); three seasons at The Shaw Festival including Top Girls, The Next Whiskey Bar, Sweeney Todd, The Philadelphia Story, Cabaret. other: During the pandemic Tess Benger and business partner Julia McLellan launched a notfor-profit called The Canadian Green Alliance, where they aim to bridge the gap between sus tainability and theatre. @canadiangreenalliance or @tessybeng on Instagram.

Jesse Gervais Ambrose Small

f or t he g rand t heatre: Debut. theatre credits (selected): Jane Eyre, Silver Arrow, Crazy For You, Alice Through the Looking Glass, One Man Two Guvnors, Measure for Measure, A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre); Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labours Lost (Free Will Players); 6.0, 4th Graders Present…, Fat Pig (NLT); 10\12, Passion Play, Realistic Joneses (Wild Side Productions); Buddy, Little One, Let The Light Of Day Through (Theatre Network); Joy Ride, Black Horse (Caravan Farm Theatre). film and tv credits: Tiny Plastic Men Seasons 1-4 (Super Channel); Caution May Contain Nuts

(APTN); Blind Ambition: The Wop May Story. other: Jesse has a BFA from the University of Alberta. www.jessegervais.com.

Cyrus Lane Ghost 'Acrobat' as: John Doughty (Jack)

f or the g rand t heatre: Debut. theatre c redits (selected): Sweene y Todd (Talk Is Free Theatre); On Golden Pond, Twelve Angry Men (Drayton Festival); Oil (Actors Reper tory Company); The Secret Chord: a Leonard Cohen Experience (Soulpepper Theatre); Four Chords and Gun (Starvox, Toronto and Chicago); six seasons at the Stratford Festival, including As You Like It, Possible Worlds, Macbeth, Peter Pan and Bunny. other : Roger, then Rupert Newsome on The Murdoch Mysteries. Upcoming: Accused (Fox).

Katelyn McCulloch Ghost 'Contortionist Gambler' as: Jennie the Bookie/Chorus

f or the g rand t heatre: Debut. t heatre c redits (selected): The Crucible, Treasure Island,The Breathing Hole, Romeo & Juliet (Stratford Theatre Festival); The Never Ending Story (NAC/Stratford); Jerusalem (Outside the March/Company Theatre); The Silver Arrow (Citadel Theatre); The Heart of RobinHood (Mir vish/MTC).

film and tv credits: Hudson&Rex, Pretty Hard Cases, Mary Kills People, Avocado Toast, Mind Fudge, Reign, Incorporated, Becoming Burlesque, Bystander. other : Dora and Broadway World award winner, Graduate of the BFA at York University, Award winning Film Director/Writer/Producer.

tess benger

jesse gervais

cyrus lane katelyn mcculloch

GUEST ARTISTS

Christian Murray Ghost 'Security Guard' as: Mitchell/Chorus

f or the g rand t heatre: Debut.

t heatre c redits (selected): Afterimage (Artistic Fraud); The 39 Steps, Noises Off, The Producers, Seduced, The Little Years (Neptune Theatre); And Slowly Beauty (NAC / Tarragon); Underneath the Lintel (Frankie); Feelgood (GCTC / MTC); The Hobbit (Festival Antigonish); Lauchie Liza and Rory (Mulgrave Rd / NZ Tour).

film and tv credits: Chapelwaite (EPIX); The Sinner (Netflix); Diggstown (CBC); Black Cop (The Movie Network); Haven (Showcase); Trailer Park Boys (Showcase).

o ther: Founding member of Jest In Time Theatre. Gemini Award winning comedy writer. Member of The National Arts Centre’s English Theatre Company.

Andrew Prashad Emcee/Chorus

f or the g rand theatre: Debut.

t heatre c redits (selected): Riverdance (20th Anniversary World Tour); Monsoon Wedding (Berkeley Rep Theatre); Beauty and the Beast ( Young People’s Theatre); Once: The Musical (The atre St John’s); Cinderella (Neptune Theatre); Holiday Inn (Shaw Festival); One Step at a Time (Stratford Festival); Sweeney Todd (Talk is Free Theatre). film and tv credit: Spin (Disney); The Hot Zone: Anthrax; Larry; Blues Clues and You. o ther: Andrew is one of the leading Tap dance artists in Canada. His show One Step at a Time is a critically acclaimed, multi-medium show chron icling his family’s journey with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus and has been presented by schools and theatres, raising $11,500 (to date) for SickKids Hospital and ErinOak Kids.

Jan Alexandra Smith Ghost 'Singing

Diva' as: Theresa Small

f or the g rand t heatre: 9 shows including: Grow, Mary Poppins, Vigilante, A Christmas Carol (2018), High School Project Evita (Director/Cho reographer). t heatre c redits (selected): Driving Miss Daisy (Director, Stage West Cal gary); Take Care (Director, Here For Now); Much Ado About Nothing (Director, Shakespeare Co.); Vigilante (Catalyst Theatre); The Hollow (Director, Vertigo Theatre); Mamma Mia!, Alice Through The Looking Glass (Charlottetown Festival); Seussical (Director/Choreographer, St. Lawrence Col lege); As You Like It, Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare in High Park/CanStage); The Mountaintop, God of Carnage (Director, Theatre Calgary); Lost (The atre Calgary); Forests (Tarragon); Shakespeare’s Will (Citadel Theatre); Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Shaw Festival); Les Misérables (Royal Alexandra).

Tahirih Vejdani Ghost 'Dramatic

Actress' as: Violet/Chorus she/her

f or the g rand t heatre: Debut. t heatre c redits (selected): HMS Pinafore, Treasure Island, The Pirates of Penzance, Elektra (Stratford Festival); The Invisible – Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare (Catalyst Theatre); Portia’s Julius Caesar (Shakespeare in the Ruff); The Men in White (Factory Theatre); Taming of the Shrew (Driftwood Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (Tarragon Theatre); The Jungle Book (Young Peoples Theatre); The Hobbit, Shrek, Honk! (Globe Theatre). film and tv credits (selected): Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (CBS); Kim’s Conve nience (CBC); Let it Snow (Netflix). o ther: Catch Tahirih this December as Aurora in Sleeping Beauty – A Panto Awakening at The Capitol Theatre. www.tahirihvejdani.ca

christian murray

jan alexandra smith tahirih vejdani

andrew P rashad

GUEST ARTISTS

Anthony Raymond Yu Ghost

'Scaffold Worker' as: Painter/Frank (Contractor)/Hammond/Chorus

he/him

f or t he g rand t heatre: Debut. t heatre c redits (selected): [inboks/outboks] (Porchlight Theatre/Hamilton 7/rejzndkliv); Head à Tête (Roseneath Theatre); Then Comes Marriage, ANAK, KALDERO (Carlos Bulosan Theatre). film and tv credits (selected): Let’s Get Merried (Merry Me Productions); Y2K-9 (Mail with a Movie); Le Genre qui tue (Randy Cruz Productions). other : Graduate of the Theatre and Drama Studies program at Sheridan College and the University of Toronto. Anthony is a Queer Canadian actor, director, producer, & cir cus collaborator of Filipino & Chinese heritage.

Trina Davies Playwright

Trina Davies is an award-winning playwright whose plays include Shatter, Multi User Dungeon, The Auction, The Bone Bridge, The Romeo Initiative and Waxworks. Her play Silence: Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell premiered at The Grand in 2018 and went on to open the 50th Anniversary Season of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Silence is currently being translated into Italian for an Italian production, and recently received a presentation in NYC. Her plays have been per formed across Canada and in a number of other countries including the United States, Germany, Italy, and India. She has participated in artist residencies at the Stratford Festival, Banff Cen tre for the Arts, the Playwrights Theatre Centre and the Bella Vita Playwrights Retreat in Italy. She is beginning research for her next play, The I Don’t Care Girl, about a famous Canadian-born vaudeville star. www.trinadavies.com

Jillian Keiley Director

f or t he g rand t heatre: Between Breaths, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Oil and Water, Tempting Providence.

t heatre c redits (selected): Under Wraps, AfterImage, The Cheat, Fear of Flight, The Chekhov Variations, Salvage: Story of a House and I Forgive You (Artistic Fraud); Between Breaths, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night (as imagined by the Old Trout Puppet Workshop), Metamorphoses: Based on the Myths of Ovid, Tartuffe, Copenhagen, Oil and Water (Nation al Arts Centre); Bakkhai, The Diary of Anne Frank, As You Like It, The Neverending Story, Alice Through the Looking-Glass (Stratford Festival); Tell Tale Harbour (Confederation Centre for the Arts –touring this fall). other: Jillian holds Honorary Doctorates of Letters from both Memorial Uni versity and York University. She was the winner of the Siminovitch Prize for Directing in 2004 and the Canada Council’s John Hirsch Prize in 1997. Jillian was the first Artistic Director of Artistic Fraud, founded along with the team from In Your Dreams, Freud.

Allen Cole Musical Director, Composer & Pianist

f or the g rand theatre: Debut. t heatre c redits (selected): Alice (Shaw Festival); The Taming of the Shrew (Stratford Fes tival); Pélagie (Canadian Stage/NAC); Rockbound (Two Planks and a Passion); Mary Stuart (Soul pepper); Anything That Moves (Tarragon); Hush (Theatre Passe-Muraille); The Sound of Music (NAC). other: Five Dora Awards and eight Merritt Awards as composer, musical director and/or playwright. Former Artistic Director of The Caravan Farm Theatre.

anthony raymond yu

j illian keiley

trina davies

allen cole

GUEST ARTISTS

Genny Sermonia Choreographer

f or t he g rand t heatre: Elf (2013). t heatre c redits (selected): Choreog rapher/Movement Director: Take The Moment (Musical Stage Co.); Follies in Concert (Royal Conservatory of Music); The Barbecue King (Toronto Fringe, Globus Theatre) Little Women, Once On This Island (Stage Door Academy); A Funny Thing… Forum (Sunshine & Co.); Assistant Choreographer: The Phantom of the Opera, Urine town (Theatre Sheridan). film and tv credits (selected): Odd Squad (PBS Kids); McDonald’s, Best Buy Canada.

other: Honours Graduate of Sheridan College - Music Theatre Performance.

Shawn Kerwin Set Designer she/her

f or the g rand theatre: Buddy, Pride and Prejudice, Miracle on 34th St., Colours in the Storm, Moonlight and Magnolias, Sherlock Holmes, Later Life.

t heatre c redits (selected): The Bakkai (Stratford Festival); float (Choral Canada); Between Breaths (Artistic Fraud); Sea Sick (Theatre Centre); Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Class, Speed the Plow (Belfry Theatre); Betty’s Song (Charlottetown Festival); The Two Odysseys, Pimooteewin (Signal Theatre /Soundstreams); Colony of Unrequited Dreams (Artistic Fraud); If Truth Be Told (Blyth Festival); How Do I Love Thee (Canadian Rep Theatre); All’s Well That Ends Well (Canadian Stage/Dream in High Park); Dead Metaphor (Mirvish Productions, Canadian Rep Theatre).

other: Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance, York University.

Joseph Abetria Costume Designer

f or the g rand theatre: Debut.

t heatre c redits (selected): Costume Design : Calpurnia, Tiny Plays Big Ideas, Bang Bang, Last Train to Nibroc (RMTC); The Player King (SIR); Voice (PTE); Plé, Spelling 2-5-5 (MTYP); Mary’s Wedding, Iceland (TPM). Assistant Costume Design: The Neverending Story, Othello, The Rocky Horror Show, Romeo and Juliet (Stratford); Billy Elliot (RMTC).

other: BA Honours University of Winnipeg.

Bonnie Beecher Lighting Designer she/her

f or the g rand theatre: Room, Mary Poppins, The Penelopiad, A Christmas Carol (2018 and 2017), Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Art, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), Ned Durango Comes to Big Oak. t heatre c redits (selected): Over 350 productions for theatre, opera, and dance across Canada and internationally. Recent produc tions include Just to Get Married (Shaw); Was Ihr Wollt (Karlsruhe Ballet, Germany); Swan Lake (National Ballet of Canada); I Forgive You (Artistic Fraud); Don Giovani ( Pacific Opera); What If (Ballet B.C.); Jane Eyre (Citadel Theatre). other: www.bonniebeecher.com

genny sermonia

shawn kerwin

jose P h abetria

bonnie beecher

GUEST ARTISTS

Richard Feren Sound Designer

f or the g rand theatre: Every Brilliant Thing, The Wars, Silence. t heatre c redits (selected): Hamlet (Stratford Festival); The Cold War (VideoCaba ret); Public Enemy, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure For Measure (Canadian Stage); Every Brilliant Thing, Perfect Wedding, Miss Cale donia (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). u P coming: Frankenstein (Kidoons/Wyrd Productions). other : Richard has been creating music and soundscapes for theatre, dance & film since 1992. He has won seven Dora Awards, the 1999 Pauline McGibbon Award, and was the first sound designer ever shortlisted for the Simino vitch Prize, in 2012.

Suzanne McArthur Stage Manager

f or the g rand theatre: 13th season (2 seasons with ghostly encounters). t heatre c redits (selected): Hamlet-911, Hosanna, The Tempest (Stratford Festival); The Birds and the Bees, Aladdin: The Panto, Snow White: The Panto, Weekend Comedy, Perfect Wedding (Drayton Entertainment); The Fixer-Upper, It’s Your Funeral, Lunenburg, Buying the Farm, Birds of a Feather, Storm Warning, Wrong for Each Other, Knickers! A Brief Comedy (Port Stanley Festival Theatre); The Normal Heart (Studio 180/Buddies in Bad TimesTheatre); Forests (Tarragon Theatre); Beauty and the Beast (Silver Mist Productions). u P coming: Controlled Damage, Homes: A Refugee Story (Grand Theatre). other: Love to Phil, Michael and Charlie.

Kelly Boudreau

Assistant Stage Manager

f or the g rand theatre: Silence. t heatre c redits (selected): Elf the Musical, Beauty and the Beast, It’s a Wonderful Life, Hairspray (Theatre Aquarius); Innocence Lost (Soulpepper); Mamma Mia!, The Sound of Music, Twelve Angry Men, Joseph and the… (Drayton Entertainment); Jerusalem, John (The Company Theatre); Dry Powder ( Evermore Theatre); The Melville Boys ( Bluewater Summer Playhouse); Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet (Classical Theatre Project); On Golden Pond (Rose Theatre). other: Graduate of Sheridan College.

Andrea Handal Rivera Apprentice Stage Manager she/they f or the g rand theatre: Debut. t heatre c redits (selected): Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Garneau Block (Citadel Theatre); I Don’t Even Miss You (Tiny Bear Jaws); once + after (KnK Collective); Michener Park (Independent). other: A proud Salvadoran stage manager and arts administrator based in Treaty 6 Territory, Andrea is passionate about the arts as a medium of connecting cultures and voices. They are a graduate of the BFA Stage Management program at the University of Alberta, and send love to their friends and family for all their support.

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kelly boudreau andrea handal rivera richard feren

DEVELOPERS REHEARSAL HALL

Check out this page in every house program to see a selection of behind-the-scenes photos of productions in development.

From the cast and crew meet and greet until the team moves to its final rehearsals on the Spriet Stage, the magic of theatre comes alive in the rehearsal hall.

We are grateful for the financial support provided by the following companies whose contributions assisted in the refurbishment of our main rehearsal hall – now aptly named: The Developers Rehearsal Hall.

GRAND GALA THANK YOU!

Held on June 23, A Grand Goodbye celebrated Deb Harvey’s 22 years as Executive Director.

Thanks to the Sponsors, Partners and Donors, the 46th Grand Gala raised $250,000 to support the High School Project and the Deb Harvey Futures Fund.

An extra special thanks to the talented guest artists who joined us in the celebration:

Susan Ferley

Rick Miller

Aidan deSalaiz

Richard Gracious

David Michael Moote

Andrew Petrasiunas

Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane

Jan Alexandra Smith

. . . and the many High School Project students and alumni

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Peter Markvoort

Sandra Panzer

Rachel Ross

Anita Shah

Tom Tillmann

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Special thanks to our Raffle Partners: Channer’s Nash Jewellers

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Team Building at The Factory

who was AMBROSE SMALL?

Ambrose Joseph Small was a Canadian theatre magnate who owned several Ontario based theatres including the Grand Theatre in London. The last known sighting of Small occurred the evening of December 2, 1919. At age 53, Small owned theatres in seven Ontario cities and was the controller of 62 other buildings, a self made millionaire at the height of his career.

Start at the beginning

Ambrose Small is born on January 11, 1866, in Newmarket, Ontario, to Daniel Small, an innkeeper, and Helen (Ellen) Brazell, each twenty years old.

Small’s family moves to Toronto, where Daniel becomes the manager of the Grand Hotel. Next door to the hotel is the Grand Opera House, a prestigious establishment that presents the best shows coming out of New York

Young Small begins working at the opera house as an usher and bartender. He's also involved in an illegal bookmaking operation taking bets on horse races

After a quarrel with Grand Opera House manager Oliver B. Sheppard, Small goes to work for the Toronto Opera House, a venue for vaudeville and popular melodrama on the touring circuits controlled from New York and Montreal. While Small learns the intricacies of the business and is promoted to manager, his mother dies His father marries Josephine Kormann, daughter of wealthy beer baron Ignatius Kormann.

In London, The Grand Opera House is the focus of theatrical activity in the second half of the 19th century Although it's destroyed by fire in 1900, it's now replaced by the Grand Theatre, at the present site.

Ambrose goes into partnership with Detroit theatre mogul Clark J. Whitney, who controls a major circuit in Ontario. When Whitney dies, Small buys theatres in Peterborough, Hamilton, St. Thomas, Kingston and other communities across Ontario

Ambrose marries Theresa Kormann, his stepmother’s younger sister, in 1902 in York (Toronto). The Smalls live in an opulent mansion in Toronto’s affluent Rosedale district They never have children

Theresa uses some of her family money to help Ambrose purchase theatres he's leasing, including the London Grand Opera House. London is one of Ambrose’s favourite cities and he gives the theatre his special attention.

Live theatre is in decline due to the growing popularity of motion pictures, the impact of WWI and the Spanish Flu. Small decides to get out of the business and strikes a deal to sell his chain of theatres to Trans Canada Theatres Limited of Montreal for $1 75 million On December 1, 1919, Small sells all of his theatre holdings The following day, he meets with lawyer F W M Flock in Small's office at the Grand Opera House. Flock leaves at 5:30 p.m. and is the last person to see Small.

In January 1920, Small's attorney and Theresa Small, now alarmed by Small's lengthy absence, notify the local police Theresa offers a $50,000 reward for information about her husband's disappearance and whereabouts if found alive, and $15,000 if dead. The reward went unclaimed.

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comPass New Play Development is committed to creating and premiering new work on the Grand’s stages. This program is dedicated to igniting imaginations by bringing a modern, unconventional, and brand-new sense of theatre engagement to London.

Spectral: The Spirits are Willing

The supernatural is a revived subject of interest among artists and academics, as well as within popular culture. Such attention has many precedents. One of these—Spiritualism, a movement that sought communication with the “other side”— emerged in the United States in the 1840s and spread throughout North America and beyond. More recent upsurges in occult belief also occurred after the Second World War, during the 1960s, and in the New Age systems of the 1980s and 1990s.

Globally, recent scholarship has reconsid ered the metaphysical underpinnings of mod ern art or celebrated the supernatural in our contemporary moment. Major exhibitions include Surrealism and Magic: Enchanted Modernity (Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice), Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art (Minneapolis Institute of Art); Not Without My Ghosts: The Artist as Medium (Hayward Gallery, London), and As Above, So Below: Portals, Visions, Spirits & Mystics (Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin). For its 2022 iteration, the globally influential exhibition at the Venice Biennale was entitled The Milk of Dreams, after a book by Surrealist painter Leonora Carrington, and it took on its oth erworldly mindset. In the United Kingdom, artist Tai Shani won the 2019 Turner Prize for her work that blends the paranormal with science fiction and feminism.

Many historical Canadian artists have embraced and explored the spiritual and supernatural through their work. 19th cen tury artist Homer Watson was a committed Spiritualist, believing that a painting could convey the mystical relationship between humanity, nature, and the spirit world. In the early 20th century, prominent painters

such as Lawren Harris embraced Theosophy, which claimed it possible for humans to discern the laws of the universe and inhabit different planes of existence.

Southern Ontario is culturally distinguished by a longstanding supernatural undercur rent. It prioritizes the extraordinary and gothic, as exemplified in the work of authors Margaret Atwood, Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, and Jane Urquhart. In London, playwright James Reaney Sr., is probably the best-known author to focus on the folkloric and supernatural, his subjects including the Black Donnellys and the Baldoon Mystery. In 1963, he collaborated with acclaimed London painter and filmmaker Jack Chambers to publish a book of poems, The Dance of Death at London, Ontario, which featured narra tion by the Grim Reaper.

Inspired by the unknown, uncanny, and unearthly, the Museum London exhibition Spectral complements the launch of Grand Ghosts, featuring ghostly phenomena from myth and popular culture in mysterious nar ratives and spooky, immersive environments. Selections from the Museum’s large histori cal artifacts collection demonstrate the ways in which Londoners have conceptualized the afterlife. Artworks include loans and com missions from regional and nationally based artists—Christina Battle, Corinne Botz, the Broadbent Sisters, Mere Phantoms, Dana Holst, Ed Pien, and Marigold Santos—who create fantasy worlds, or thrust nightmare into the everyday.

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COSTUMERS Morgan Cameron Fiona Major Karen Merriam Georgina Schinkel

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FIRST CARPENTER Tom Stewart

SECOND CARPENTER Rory Leydier

SCENIC ART

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SPRIET STAGE

HEAD STAGE CARPENTER Steve West

HEAD OF AUDIO Aaron Ouellette

HEAD OF LIGHTING Liam Arbogast

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STAGEHANDS Chris Barker Mark Jovanovich Bart Kinney

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PRESIDENT Anita Shah

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PAST PRESIDENT Chris Jackman

TREASURER David Brebner

SECRETARY Anne Toal

Richard Bain Blair Fantillo Alexis Gordon Jennifer Ho Ron Koudys Richard McKenzie Amira Moussa Matt Parr Jennifer Slay Dr. Robert Sokol Tom Tillmann Judy White

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AfterWORDS

On Wednesday evenings immediately after the performance, come up to the Drewlo Lounge for a brief guided discussion with Grand staff members, guest artists, and creative team members!

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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YOUR GIFT

IMPACT

As we continue to build back audiences after two years of shutdown due to COVID-19, 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 con nect 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.

GRAND Visionaries

Directors’ Circle / Ambassadors’ Circle / Patrons’ Circle 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.

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 for your collection!

GRAND Supporters

/ 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 at grandtheatre.com. Comments, ques tions or suggestions can be directed to Grace in our fundraising office at gdayhodson@grandtheatre.com or 519-672-9030 x245

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*

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^ Elaine Stalker & Jack Norman*

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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*

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Dr. Janet Pope Carey & Holden Rhodes* Glenda Robinson Pam Samuels

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Mary Margaret & Gary Koreen Michael Leopold* Dianne Lesperance Catharine & Trev Luke

Darlene & Larry Marsh Jennifer Matthews* Libby & Earl McMillan Kate Milner & Andrew Petrasiunas*

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Linda & Scott Ritchie Sabrina Sater & Dave Schram

Andrea Scott Carolyn & Jack Scott Kim Shuit

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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

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Annalee & Bill Kerr* Marianne & Paul Kippax M. E. Kirk^ Rose & William Klein Sheila & Stan Kogon Steve Kopp

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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

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Beverley & Paul Mills Shirley Mitchell Jean Monteith* Brett Morritt^

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Celia Nichols & Cam Johnston Sandra O'Brien Helen & Gordon Olmstead

Norine & John Opper* Dorothy & John Palmer Steven Parfeniuk

Elizabeth Parmeter & William Horne^

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Lisa Putman & Bruce Reed

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Cindi Ryde & Chris Arenburg*

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Joan & Ken Sumnall Anne Sutton Bob Sutton*

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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*

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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

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The Barbara and 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

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

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Marista Ateena Brooks

Walter R.

Douglas McCullough

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

Susan

Peter

Vogel

Bob

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