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Jeannie Wyse
Written, Conceived, Composed & Performed Written, Conceived, Composed & Performed by by Andrew Prashad Andrew Prashad
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His skill as a tap dancer is among the very top in Canada. Add to that his abilities as a singer and dancer, and you have what the business calls a true triple threat.
Acting is a challenging career path at the best of times. It is particularly challenging for a parent. To be a parent of three young children, the youngest of whom has challenges of this magnitude? Thankfully, for all of us who get to continue to experience his talent, Andrew and his family have continued to find a way to morph, adapt, and support each other so that he can keep bringing his skill to the stage.
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Thank you all so much for coming.
I’ve had so many different types of audience members come see my show over the years. Theatre folks, nontheatre folks, dancers, tap dancers… but my favourite is when the Disabled Community shows up. While the show is for everyone, it’s especially for them.
Growing up in Canada, I never saw myself represented in Theatre, Film, or TV. It was so rare, and when we did see a Brown guy, he was a stereotype. The creators always needed to justify our existence in media. We couldn’t just BE there with other Canadians, experiencing things, and going on adventures.
Advocacy for equality, equity, and representation in society is a large part of what I do and when my son was
born, I was thrust into the Disabled Community as a full-time caregiver/ parent. I thought I knew the struggles. And while I still can’t ever fully understand what it is to be disabled, I was so ignorant to what living in Canada was like for people with disabilities.
The point of this show is to use my many skills and talents for the purpose of telling stories that will resonate with a group of people that is still being left out and only brought up as an afterthought.
The point of the show is to demonstrate what LOVE can do.
I humbly present to you, our everevolving journey. I hope it changes something in you.
Much Love, Andrew ANDREW PRASHAD CREATOR
Stills from Video by Andrew Prashad in One Step at a Time, with Ulla Laidlaw and Indrit Kasapi.
AUBURN Stage, APRIL 9 TO 20, 2024
Opening NigHT APRIL 10
By Andrew PrashaD
Written, Conceived, Composed, and Performed
by Andrew PrashadCREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR SCOTT HURST
MUSIC DIRECTOR JEANNIE WYSE
ONE STEP AT A TIME is 60 minutes long and performed without an intermission.
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 (CTA), professional artists who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.
The photographing and video/audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
Behind-the-scenes in the
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.
DEREK SCOTT, ALEX FURBER, PETRINA BROMLEY, DENNIS GARNHUM, & BEAU DIXON
TRACY PENNER, TOBY HUGHES, SHARON BAJER, & REENA JOLLY
ROSIE CALLAGHAN & JESSE GERVAIS.
THE COMPANY OF CLUE
My involvement with Andrew Prashad’s solo show, One Step at a Time, has been nothing short of lifechanging for me.
For the past seven years, Andrew and his family have welcomed me into their world, and I’ve become an honorary Uncle (and sometime caregiver) to Ezra, Sophia, and Nyasha as a result (who knew that catheterizing a three-year old was that easy?!).
As a director, and as a person, I’m learning so much about accessibility, inclusion, representation, and the growing need to present authentic stories on stage that make a difference to audience members, especially those from marginalized communities and sectors.
After every performance people will say to Andrew (or me if Andrew’s busy)
“this may be your story, but it’s the first time I’ve seen MY story told on the stage.”
And that comes from persons with disabilities, parents of children who have benefitted from Hospitals like Toronto SickKids, other blended families, and families who felt that their circumstances were unique to them alone. None of us is alone, and as Andrew wrote, “we are all just taking it ‘day by day, one step at a time.’”
Thank you, Andrew, for trusting me to help you tell this story, and thank you, Family Prashad, for allowing “Uncle Potts” to come along for the ride.
Thank you, Ezra, for showing us that there are no limitations; you rock, Bro.
A big thank you to each and every person who has supported this “little show that could” since 2017 and last, but certainly not least, thank you to Dennis Garnhum and everyone at “The Grand” for making sure that this show found a safe home in London.
3TY LYR SCOTT HURST DIRECTOR Creator Andrew Prashad, and Scott Hurst, Director.Andrew Prashad he/him
Creator & Performer
f or the Grand t heatre: Grand Ghosts.
theatre credits (selected): As Performer, Riverdance (20th Anniversary World Tour); Monsoon Wedding (Berkeley Rep Theatre); Beauty & 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); The New Canadian Curling Club (Theatre Orangeville/Drayton Entertainment); Jesus Christ Superstar (Talk is Free Theatre). As Choreographer, Bright Star (Garner Theatre Productions).
f ilm & tv c redits (selected): SPIN (Disney); The Hot Zone: Anthrax; Larry; Blues Clues and You, with his son.
other : Andrew is a versatile dancer as well as musician, singer and actor. He is one of the leading Tap dance artists in Canada, teaching and choreographing around the world. Andrew is a graduate of the University of Toronto at Mississauga with an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Performance as well as French Literature.
Scott Hurst he/him Director
f or t he Grand t heatre: Barnum.
theatre credits (selected): As Performer, Beauty and the Beast (Globe Theatre); Peter Pan, The Music Man, The Taming of the Shrew (Stratford Festival); 42nd Street (MDM Moscow); Guys & Dolls, Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival); Oliver!, Laughton Common (Theatre Aquarius). As Director, Man of La Mancha (Theatre by the Bay); Stagefright (Talk is Free Theatre); Spitfire Grill (Sunshine Festival); Andrew Prashad’s One Step at a Time (TPM/Stratford).
other : Scott continues to work on his solo show, “Laughton Common”. Originally workshopped at the Stratford Festival, it is based on the life of the late actor Charles Laughton, who premiered his own solo show at London’s Grand Theatre in October 1949.
andrew prashad
f or t he Grand t heatre: Hair.
theatre credits (selected): As Vocal Teacher, Coach and Music Director, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Holiday Inn, The Drowsy Chaperone, Anything Goes, Chicago, Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins (Drayton Entertainment); Jersey Boys (Dancap); The Sound of Music (Mirvish); Seussical: The Musical (Young People’s Theatre); Nine, Kiss Me Kate (Theatre Sheridan); Canadian Women in Song (Angelwalk); The Full Monty (Rose Theatre); Guys & Dolls, Fame, Wonderful Town, Into The Woods, The Rocky Horror Show (Randolph College); Side by Side by Sondheim (Sonus Stage Productions); You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Georgian Theatre Festival). As Performer, Riverdance: The Show; Elmer Iseler Singers; AIMS Festival Orchestra; Summer Opera Lab; Vocalpoint Chamber Choice; Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir.
f ilm & tv c redits (selected): Over the Rainbow (CBC).
other : Jeannie is Vocal Department Head at the Randolph College for the Performing Arts and has served as conductor of the Intermediate Chorus for the Canadian Children’s Opera Company. She was Associate Music Director for the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto (including three recordings with The Choir of MCC) for 21 years and is the current Music Director at Jubilee United Church. Jeannie studied Voice, Piano and Organ at the Western Conservatory of Music and Opera with Lois McDonall and at the American Institute for Musical Studies in Austria. She has a private studio teaching Musical Theatre, Pop and Classical voice and is also active as a Clinician and Adjudicator.
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Janet E. Stewart
Sarah Stewart
Ian Stone
Joan & Ken Sumnall
Anne & Don Thede
Ann & Robert Thomas
Neville Thompson
Diane & Steve Thompson
Gerard Tillmann
Joanne & Brian Timney
Andrew Tribe
Lisa Uptigrove
Mary Joan Vallis
Elizabeth Van Dongen
Kathryn Varey
Catherine Vermue
Linda Vurma
Judith Walker
Janis Wallace
Beth-Anne & Alex Wasko
Dorothy Weatherstone
Viola & John Weil
Doug and Connie Weir
Drew N. Weir
Heather Wenman
Linda & Tim Wharton
Margaret & Mark Whitley
Ian and Mary Wilton
Patricia Wise
Stephen Woo
Christine Wood
Barrie Woodey
Cathrine Woods
Andrew Wright
Pat & Glen Wright
Richard Allan Yake
Michelle Young
Tova Zarnowiecki
Seven Anonymous
Thank you to those who gave in memory of Noreen Davis, Eleanore Reynolds, Shirley Brown, Vivian Deleary, Mary Loncke, James A. Ross, Pam Samuels, Robert Swartman & Lister Waugh, Pamela & Joseph Samuels, cherished friends of the Grand who are dearly missed.
We are deeply grateful to the compassionate individuals who have made the important and thoughtful decision to make a planned gift to the Grand Theatre. We honour them through their membership in the Proscenium Society. Their legacy will help ensure that the Grand continues to flourish.
Membership to the Proscenium Society is available to those who have chosen to make a planned gift in one or more of the following ways:
• Bequests (donations through your will)
• Listed Securities
• Life Insurance Beneficiary Designation
• Charitable Gift Annuities
• Life Insurance Policies, rrsp, rrif
Barbara Belbeck • Hazel E. Bell • Marista Ateena Brooks (Mikolaski) • Robert Crawford • Buck A. M. Cuddy
• Theresa Cutler • Lynn Davis • Helen Ann Day • Walter R. (Wally) Duffield • Cathy & James Dunlop • Innis Hammond • Barbara Horne • Dr. Nicole le Riche & Dr. John Howard • Beryl Ivey • Elizabeth Ann Jones • Karen Killeen • EJ Lamb • Mary & Roger Lilliman • Myrtle McCallum • Douglas McCullough • Mary Eleanor Miller • Susan Nickle • Diane & Gary Alan Price • Glenda Robinson • Maureen Elizabeth Ryan • Joseph Samuels • Pam Samuels • Donald Smith • Doris Spence • Helen & Andy Spriet • Elizabeth Stratton • Judy White • Michael Wojtak
We would also like to thank the members of our community who have welcomed visiting artists into their homes as Artist Housing Partners for this season:
Brian Baillargeon • Becca Beith • Jill Ellis-Worthington • Denise Jung • Mabel Kane • Janet McAllister • Bill & Maryanne McGarth • Leon Melville • Cam Quinn • Patricia Reilly • Francine Rheault • Julie Ryan• Anita & Amit
Shah • Allan Stichbury • Mark Uhre • Peter & Jan Vogel • Bob Ward & Susan Yerema • Megan Watson • Doug &
Connie Weir • Terry Wood
MAY 23rd, 2024
12 INCREDIBLE ARTISTS WILL GO HEAD-TO-HEAD IN THREE ROUNDS OF LIVE PAINTING, WITH THE WINNERS DETERMINED BY THE AUDIENCE’S VOTE.
