One Step At A Time Program

Scott Hurst Music Directed by Jeannie Wyse Directed by

Written, Conceived, Composed & Performed by

Andrew Prashad

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WELCOME A

ndrew Prashad is a rare talent.

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.

Think for a moment about the one thing that you feel most passionate about in your life. Not people, but a thing. Maybe it is your work, maybe a hobby, or a sport. The thing that in some ways personally defines you and feels like an extension of who you are.

Then imagine discovering that your Acting is a challenging career path child may have a profoundly different at the best of times. It is particularly relationship with this very thing. This challenging for a parent. To be a parent show is an examination of this realizaof three young children, the youngest tion.

The manner in which it unfolds of whom has challenges of this magnihelps to unpack that experience into tude? Thankfully, for all of us who get something that is shareable.

We are to continue to experience his talent, lucky enough to all take a part of it Andrew and his family have continued home with us. And it is a gift we will to find a way to morph, adapt, and support each other so that he can keep carry for a long time. bringing his skill to the stage.

RACHEL PEAKE This show invites people to break some of the traditional conventions of theatre because Andrew has perspective that many people don’t: there has to be a way to have it all.

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CREATOR'S NOTES Thank you all so much for coming.

Who are you and why are you here?

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.

I’ve had so many different types of audience members come see my show over the years. Theatre folks, nontheatre folks, dancers, tap dancers…

The point of this show is to use but my favourite is when the Disabled my many skills and talents for the Community shows up. While the show purpose of telling stories that will is for everyone, it’s especially for them. resonate with a group of people that is still being left out and only brought up Growing up in Canada, I never saw as an afterthought. 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

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

ONE STEP AT A TIME

By Andrew PrashaD Written, Conceived, Composed, and Performed

by Andrew Prashad

CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR SCOTT HURST MUSIC DIRECTOR JEANNIE WYSE

ONE STEP AT A TIME is 60 minutes long and performed without an intermission.

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Behind-the-scenes in the

DEVELOPERS REHEARSAL HALL

ROSIE CALLAGHAN & JESSE GERVAIS.

DEREK SCOTT, ALEX FURBER, PETRINA BROMLEY, DENNIS GARNHUM, & BEAU DIXON

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.

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TRACY PENNER, TOBY HUGHES, SHARON BAJER, & REENA JOLLY

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.

DIRECTOR'S NOTES 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?!).

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.

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.’”

Creator Andrew Prashad, and Scott Hurst, Director.

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

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ARTISTS Andrew Prashad HE/HIM Creator & Performer

For the Grand Theatre: 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).

Film & TV Credits (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.

andrew prashad

Scott Hurst HE/HIM Director

For The Grand Theatre: 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.

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ARTISTS Jeannie Wyse SHE/HER Music Director

For The Grand Theatre: 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.

Film & TV Credits (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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In Memoriam

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.

PROSCENIUM SOCIETY Planned giving 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

Artist housing partners 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

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