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ambrose Small alongside artistic director, dennis garnhum, at the 22/23 Season Launch Party.

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 celebrated directors, joins us to lead a troupe of brilliant artists on our Grand stage: a vaudeville-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 mysteriously 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 garnhum artistic director

the installation of feathers in our lobby represents the lives lost in canada’s residential school system. 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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executive director evan klassen, standing in ambrose small's favourite box aT the grand theatre.

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 inaugural season, and a project that is uniquely “the Grand” in so many ways.

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.

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 community, shaping our city, and advancing the creative conversation.

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.

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

In the meantime, I’ll see you at the theatre.

Live! And In Person. evan klassen executive director

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Spriet Stage, october 18 to november 5, 2022 Opening Night october 21

World Premiere

GRAND GHOSTS

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.

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CAST & CREDITS Cast Ghost 'Ingenue' as: Clara Smith/Chorus Ambrose Small Ghost 'Acrobat' as: John Doughty (Jack) Ghost 'Contortionist Gambler' as: Jennie the Bookie/Chorus Ghost 'Security Guard' as: Mitchell/Chorus Emcee/Chorus Ghost 'Singing Diva' as: Theresa Small Ghost 'Dramatic Actress' as: Violet/Chorus Ghost 'Scaffold Worker' as: Painter/Frank (Contractor)/Hammond/Chorus

TESS BENGER~ JESSE GERVAIS CYRUS LANE K ATELYN MCCULLOCH CHRISTIAN MURR AY ANDREW PR ASHAD JAN ALEX ANDR A SMITH TAHIRIH VEJDANI ANTHONY R AYMOND YU

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creative team Playwright Director Musical Director, Composer & Pianist Choreographer Set Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Tap Dance Choreographer Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Apprentice Stage Manager

TRINA DAVIES JILLIAN KEILEY ALLEN COLE GENNY SERMONIA SHAWN KERWIN* JOSEPH ABETRIA BONNIE BEECHER* RICHARD FEREN* ANDREW PR ASHAD SUZANNE M C ARTHUR KELLY BOUDREAU ANDREA HANDAL RIVER A

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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MUSICAL NUMBERS 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

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

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liveliest, and funniest players in the country.

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

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 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 letter 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,

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

jesse gervais

Tess Benger Ghost 'Ingenue' as: Clara Smith/Chorus SHE/HER

For The Grand Theatre: Cabaret, The Penelopiad.

Theatre Credits (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 sustainability and theatre. @canadiangreenalliance or @tessybeng on Instagram.

Jesse Gervais Ambrose Small

For The Grand Theatre: 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

cyrus lane

katelyn mcculloch

(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)

For the Grand Theatre: Debut. theatre Credits (Selected): Sweeney Todd (Talk Is Free Theatre); On Golden Pond, Twelve Angry Men (Drayton Festival); Oil (Actors Repertory 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

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (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 (Mirvish/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.

GUEST ARTISTS

christian murray

andrew prashad

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

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (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).

Other: 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

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Riverdance (20th Anniversary World Tour); Monsoon Wedding (Berkeley Rep Theatre); Beauty and the Beast (Young People’s Theatre); Once: The Musical (Theatre 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. Other: 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 chronicling 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.

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tahirih vejdani

Jan Alexandra Smith Ghost 'Singing Diva' as: Theresa Small

For the Grand Theatre: 9 shows including: Grow, Mary Poppins, Vigilante, A Christmas Carol (2018), High School Project Evita (Director/Choreographer). Theatre Credits (Selected): Driving Miss Daisy (Director, Stage West Calgary); 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 College); As You Like It, Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare in High Park/CanStage); The Mountaintop, God of Carnage (Director, Theatre Calgary); Lost (Theatre 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

For the Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (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 Convenience (CBC); Let it Snow (Netflix).

Other: Catch Tahirih this December as Aurora in Sleeping Beauty – A Panto Awakening at The Capitol Theatre. www.tahirihvejdani.ca

GUEST ARTISTS

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trina davies

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

HE/HIM For The Grand Theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (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, & circus 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 performed 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 Centre 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

allen cole

Jillian Keiley Director

For The Grand Theatre: Between Breaths, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Oil and Water, Tempting Providence.

Theatre Credits (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 (National 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 University 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

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (Selected): Alice (Shaw Festival); The Taming of the Shrew (Stratford Festival); Pélagie (Canadian Stage/NAC); Rockbound (Two Planks and a Passion); Mary Stuart (Soulpepper); 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.

GUEST ARTISTS

genny sermonia

shawn kerwin

Genny Sermonia Choreographer

For The Grand Theatre: Elf (2013).

Theatre Credits (Selected): Choreographer/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, Urinetown (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 For the Grand theatre: Buddy, Pride and Prejudice, Miracle on 34th St., Colours in the Storm, Moonlight and Magnolias, Sherlock Holmes, Later Life.

Theatre Credits (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

bonnie beecher

Joseph Abetria Costume Designer

For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (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 For the Grand 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. Theatre Credits (Selected): Over 350 productions for theatre, opera, and dance across Canada and internationally. Recent productions 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

GUEST ARTISTS

richard feren

suzanne mc arthur

Richard Feren Sound Designer

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

Theatre Credits (Selected): Hamlet (Stratford Festival); The Cold War (VideoCabaret); Public Enemy, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure For Measure (Canadian Stage); Every Brilliant Thing, Perfect Wedding, Miss Caledonia (Thousand Islands Playhouse); The Flick (Outside the March/Crow’s Theatre). film and tv credits (selected): Going, Going (short film by Fiona Highet); Carmen (feature film score). UPCOMING: Frankenstein (Kidoons/Wyrd Productions).

OTHER: Richard has been creating music and soundscapes for theatre, dance & film since 1992. He has won seven Dora Awards, the 1999 Pauline McGibbon Award, and was the first sound designer ever shortlisted for the Siminovitch Prize, in 2012.

Suzanne McArthur Stage Manager

For the Grand theatre: 13th season (2 seasons with ghostly encounters).

Theatre Credits (Selected): Hamlet-911, Hosanna, The Tempest (Stratford Festival); The Birds and the Bees, Aladdin: The Panto, Snow White: The Panto, Weekend Comedy, Perfect Wedding (Drayton Entertainment); The Fixer-Upper, It’s Your Funeral, Lunenburg, Buying the Farm, Birds of a Feather, Storm Warning, Wrong for Each Other, Knickers! A Brief Comedy (Port Stanley Festival Theatre); The Normal Heart (Studio 180/Buddies in Bad TimesTheatre); Forests (Tarragon Theatre); Beauty and the Beast (Silver Mist Productions). upcoming: Controlled Damage, Homes: A Refugee Story (Grand Theatre). other: Love to Phil, Michael and Charlie.

kelly boudreau

andrea handal rivera

Kelly Boudreau Assistant Stage Manager

For the Grand theatre: Silence.

Theatre Credits (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 For the Grand theatre: Debut.

Theatre Credits (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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who was AMBROSE SMALL? Ambrose Joseph Small was a Canadian theatre magnate who owned several Ontariobased 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

1866 1880 1884

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.

1889

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.

1901

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.

1902

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.

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1905

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.

1919

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.

1920

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.

Information gleaned from Katie Daub’s 2019 novel "The Missing Millionaire” and other sources.

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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 reconsidered the metaphysical underpinnings of modern 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 otherworldly 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 century 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 undercurrent. 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 narration by the Grim Reaper.

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ENDOWMENTS & GIFTS THROUGH the LONDON COMMUNITY Foundation 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

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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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Casual Fine Dining

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

Premium Casual

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

Brew Pub

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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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NEW ARRIVALS!

FALL

WINTER

2022

Stop by Channer’s for the latest styles and ideas for your Fall & Winter wardrobe.

581 Wonderland Rd. S (519) 472.3470 channers.com Monday – Friday: 9am – 6pm Saturday: 9am – 5:30pm Sunday: 12pm - 5pm