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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Adapted by KIM SELODY from the book by MAURICE SENDAK Originally adapted for the stage by TAG Theatre Glasgow, Scotland
DIRECTOR & CAST KELTIE FORSYTH Director LESLIE DOS REMEDIOS Performer (Mom/Narrator) VICTOR MORIANO Performer (Max)
PRODUCTION/CREATIVE TEAM KIM SELODY JENNIFER WILSON LINDA LEON* BRAD TRENAMAN* CATHY NOSATY
Original Production Director Stage Manager Set, Props & Costume Design Lighting Design Composer & Sound Design
Approximately 65 minutes, with no intermission
WCT is proud to tell our stories in the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc territory within the traditional lands of the Secwépemc Nation. Western Canada Theatre is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) and engages professional artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the terms of the jointly negotiated Canadian Theatre Agreement.
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* Indicated designers on this production are represented by the Associated Designers of Canada, IATSE Local ADC659.
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NOTE FROM KIM SELODY I first came across this project in 2000 in Scotland, where I met Jon Morgan, the Managing Director of TAG Theatre. TAG was doing a very small, guided play experience for 20 children at a time, based on Maurice Sendak’s popular book, Where the Wild Things Are. Carol Heleas created the concept, and TAG was willing to share it with me. I approached Mr. Sendak and asked if we could do a similar thing in Canada, but adapt the experience into a full play for about 120 children and adults. He was very generous and gave us permission to do an adaptation of the TAG version. By the time we were ready to begin, we learned that the original creator of the idea, Carol Healas, had passed away from cancer. She was only 36 years old. I am forever grateful for her insight into how to bring this story to life in the theatre. Since then, our production has toured extensively across Canada, to Japan twice, and throughout the US. Maurice Sendak clearly understood what children need. He once said, “Children are honest, brave, and want to know the truth. They are perhaps the only sane audience left.” This production continues to bring joy to audiences and is always an invigorating challenge for the performers. I am in awe of what they achieve every time they play the show. – Kim Selody, Original Production Director
ARTISTIC TEAM BIOGRAPHIES LESLIE DOS REMEDIOS – Performer (Mom/Narrator) Originally from Toronto, Leslie works as an actor, director, dramaturg and producer on the unceded Coast Salish lands known as Vancouver. She is so honoured to be stepping into the exciting and magical world of Max and the Wild Things, and is always so happy to return to the Presentation House Theatre family. Recent acting credits include Scrooge/Narrator in A Christmas Carol (Presentation House Theatre); herself in Lxdy Parts: Babes (After Party); and Mariana in Measure for Measure (Bard on the Beach). Recent director credits include People Like Vince and For Now (Green Thumb Theatre); Grandma.Gangsta.Guerrilla. (Ruby Slippers Theatre); and Gillty As Fin (Studio 58); assistant director for East Van Panto: West Van Story (Theatre Replacement). Endless love and gratitude to Stephen and to my very own Wild Thing, Rosalind – I’ll eat you up, I love you so.
VICTOR MARIANO – Performer (Max) Victor (he/him) is a Vancouver-based theatre artist with a focus on physical theatre and work for young audiences. Recent and favourite stage credits include: Heavy and Light, Learning and Forgetting, Where the Wild Things Are, and Pop! Pop! (Presentation House Theatre); The House at Pooh Corner and The Velveteen Rabbit (Carousel Theatre for Young People); Suddenly Slaughter (The Biting School); and Die Hard: The Musical-ish (District 13 Presents). Since 2008, Vic has also worked extensively as a drama instructor and workshop facilitator at several elementary schools in the North Vancouver area (The Firefly Project), at Carousel Theatre for Young People, the Gateway Academy, the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, and the School for the Contemporary Arts (Simon Fraser University), where he received his BFA in Theatre Performance.
KIM SELODY – Original Production Director Kim Selody has worked as a writer, director and actor in Canadian theatre for over 30 years, directing more than 100 productions, many world premieres for youth and young audiences. Playwriting credits include Silverwing, The Hobbit, Fool’s Angel, Synthetic Energy, Suddenly Shakespeare, and The Last Drop. Kim wrote and co-created L’en Vol Du L’ange for Montreal’s Dynamo Theatre and co-created and directed a musical version of The Cat Came Back with Jay Brazeau and Fred Penner for MTYP. Kim has served as Artistic Director of the Playwrights Theatre Centre, Carousel Players in Southern Ontario, and at Presentation House Theatre since 2011.
KELTIE FORSYTH – Director Keltie is the Artistic Managing Director of Presentation House Theatre on the unceded territories of the Skwxwú7mesh and Səl̓ ílwətaʔ Nations on Vancouver’s North Shore. Keltie is a theatre director, instructor, producer and administrator of settler ancestry, she holds an MFA in Theatre Directing from UBC. Select credits include: Lia and Dor (Ensemble Theatre/K.I.A. Productions/ Catûn); Superior Donuts, In the Next Room or the vibrator play (Ensemble Theatre); Beautiful Man (Pi Theatre); In Response to Alabama (Little Thief Theatre); Viet Gone, The Red Priest (United Players of Vancouver); The Audition (HealthPitch UK); She Kills Monsters, Eurydice, The Dumb Waiter, Marion Bridge (UBC).
JENNIFER WILSON – Stage Manager Jennifer Anne Wilson, an SFU Fine Arts alum specializing in stage management, spent three years with Princess Cruises’ entertainment team before stage managing Vancouver productions like her favourite, Bacio Rosso. She toured Canada with Ballet Jörgen, enriching her stage management expertise while exploring the country. Thrilled to return to theatre, Jennifer hopes you enjoy the show!
LINDA LEON – Set, Props & Costume Designer Linda Leon was thrilled to work on Where The Wild Things Are with her friends Kim, Linda and Cathy. Her designs have been seen on stages throughout Canada in the past twenty-five years. But she has a special love of theatre for young audiences. Select design credits include Café Daughter - sets (Gwaandak Theatre); A Story Before Time - sets, puppets and costumes (Kahawii Dance Theatre and Banff Festival of the Arts); and The Cat Came Back - sets, puppets and costumes (MTYP). Linda Leon is a member of Associated Designers of Canada.
FURTHER LEARNING Presentation House has created a fantastic document for educators that may also be of interest to parents. It includes additional information and learning outcomes for the show, plus some fun activites. Scan the code to view.
BRAD TRENAMAN – Lighting Designer Previous PHT credits include Little Pea, Heavy and Light and The Magic Hour (in association with Electric Company Theatre / Innovation Lighting). Vancouver productions include White Noise (Savage Society / Firehall Arts Centre); Redpatch (Hardline Productions / Arts Club Theatre - Jessie nomination); Salmon Girl (Raven Spirit Dance - Jessie award); and Black and Rural (Pi Theatre). Brad regularly designs for Lamondance in North Vancouver and has been a guest artist at Studio 58 and Arts Umbrella. Other notable projects include CATS (Panasonic Theatre, Toronto); singer Matt Dusk (Las Vegas Hilton); The National Chinese Acrobats with the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony (Sony Centre, Toronto); Menopause the Musical (Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas) and tours with the Virsky Ukrainian Dance Company and illusionists Ted and Marion Outerbridge. Brad is a regular contributor to Professional Lighting and Production Magazine, President of New Works Dance (Vancouver) and a member of Associated Designers of Canada (IATSE ADC 659). www.batlighting.com
CATHY NOSATY – Composer & Sound Designer Cathy Nosaty is a musician, composer, musical and choral director, teaching artist and music facilitator. She began her musical training at age three as a classical pianist and her love of creative collaboration led her to theatre, dance and scoring to picture. Her work has been heard in over one hundred theatre productions across Canada including twenty-seven seasons at Manitoba Theatre For Young People and two dozen productions at Young People’s Theatre. She was nominated for the 2020 Louis Applebaum Composers Award (Composition for Young People) and has been nominated for five DORA awards. She completed a Master’s degree in Critical Studies in Improvisation in spring 2024 and is delighted to be part of this Wild Rumpus.
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