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An enthusiastic welcome to the
opening production of Canadian
Stage’s 25th anniversary season!
We are celebrating this milestone by
presenting a selection of the most
outstanding and innovative work
from Canada and around the world,
spanning every theatrical discipline.
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BY DAVID HOU
BLUMA APPEL THEATRE NOV 11-DEC 9, 2012
25TH ANNIVERSARY
RADIO
SPONSORS
Electric Company’s Tear the Curtain!
is a theatrical, visual, and cinematic
marvel that fully embodies our
company’s mandate. Inspired by
the history of the Stanley Theatre
in Vancouver, this clever, at times
vertiginous work examines the
insidious yet passionate battle
between cinema and live theatre at
the dawn of blockbuster “talkies” in
the 1930s. Devised as a detective
story, Tear the Curtain! exposes this
battle as it is waged between the
mafias controlling these two empires,
each trying to outwit the other for
domination of the audio-visual world.
The war unravels on stage in a seamless
blend of filmed and live performance,
making it sometimes impossible for
us to decipher which medium we are
viewing. And through it all we are
faced with the opportunity to examine
what exactly it is we want - or expect from art: to be challenged and pushed
out of our comfort zones, or for
convention and order to be upheld.
Having debuted in Vancouver last
year, Tear the Curtain! is the invention
of Canadian Stage Resident Artist
Kim Collier and her long-standing
collaborators Jonathon Young and
Kevin Kerr. This is the team that
brought us the wonderful Studies in
Motion in 2010.11, and last season Kim
directed our nationally acclaimed
production of Red. We are delighted
to showcase this multidisciplinary
adventure to launch a particularly
vibrant and thought-provoking season.
Thank you for celebrating 25 years
with us, and many more to come.
Matthew Jocelyn
ARTISTIC & GENERAL DIRECTOR
COVER PHOTO: LAURA MENNELL & JONATHON YOUNG
IN TEAR THE CURTAIN! PHOTO BY TIM MATHESON
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A N E LEC TR I C CO M PAN Y PRO D U C TI O N I N A S SO C IATI O N WITH
VA N CO U V ER ' S ARTS C LU B TH E ATR E CO M PA N Y PR ES ENTED BY C A NAD IAN S TAG E
CHOREOGRAPHED AND COMPOSED BY
PERFORMED BY
HOFESH SHECHTER
HOFESH SHECHTER COMPANY
OCT 7–OCT 20, 2012
BLUMA APPEL THEATRE
BY
JONATHON YOUNG & KEVIN KERR
C R E ATE D WITH AN D D I R EC TE D BY
KIM COLLIER
PRESENTED BY
POLITICAL MOTHER BY HOFESH
SHECHTER. PHOTO BY TOM MEDWELL.
CANADIAN STAGE
CAST
CREATIVE
EDITOR, ET AL.
CO - DIR EC TO R
DAVID ADAMS
JONATHON YOUNG
BLIN, QUINCEY, BARNEY
PRO DUC TION DE SIG N E R
SCOTT BELLIS
DAVID ROBERTS
KRISTIAN, CAPTAIN, ET AL.
COSTU M E DE SIG N E R
CRAIG ERICKSON
NANCY BRYANT
ASSOCIATE
LIG HTING DE SIG N E R
SENDER, ET AL.
LIG HTING DE SIG N E R
HIRO KANAGAWA
ALAN BRODIE
JASON HAND
MAX PAMPLONI, ET AL.
CIN E MATOG R APH E R
TOM MCBEATH
BRIAN JOHNSON
MILA BROOK
COMPOSER
LAURA MENNELL
PETER ALLEN
MAVIS
SOUND DESIGNER/
RE-RECORDING MIXER
DAWN PETTEN
PATRICK DUGAN, ET AL.
GERARD PLUNKETT
STANLEY LEE
STAG E MANAG E R
JAN HODGSON
ASSISTANT STAG E
MANAG E R
JENNIFER SWAN
PRO DUCE RS
NATHAN MEDD
BILL MILLERD
OLIVER LINSLEY
MIGUEL NUNES
EDITOR
ALEX CRAIG
JAMES FAGAN TAIT
ALEX BRAITHWAITE
JONATHON YOUNG
6 SHOWS
ONLY!
AN ELECTRIFYING DANCE AND ROCK SPECTACLE
THAT HAS CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES AROUND THE WORLD
PRODUC TION SPONSOR
RADIO SPONSORS
BLUMA APPEL THEATRE OCT 24-OCT 28, 2012
25TH ANNIVERSARY
DANCE PROGRAMMING
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED
BY THE HAL JACKMAN
FOUNDATION
PRODUCTION SPONSOR
Please be advised that this performance contains strong language and uses theatrical haze.
This performance runs approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, including an intermission.
CREATORS' NOTE
KIM COLLIER, JONATHON YOUNG & LAURA
MENNELL AT WORK. PHOTO BY TIM MATHESON.
WHY TEAR THE CURTAIN!
OR IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT?
WE DON’T EXACTLY KNOW,
OR, THERE WILL BE MORE THAN
ONE ANSWER. In the spirit of the
surrealist art movement of the 1920s,
we have allowed the forces of random
chance and free association to shape
the world of our play.
THE IMPULSE TO “DISMANTLE”.
The play is inspired by all the serious
“isms” in art which began to dismantle
everything around the turn of the last
century; at first with a kind of childlike
innocence, and then with a kind of
scientific sophistication, and then with
a kind of spiritual brutality, and then
with a kind of heartless awareness of
their own eventual commodification.
NOSTALGIA for a time and place
when a radical new play or film could
stir the masses into a riotous mob.
Were we more innocent before the
cinema and the television? Were we
more “whole”? What have we gained
from such obsessive social reflection?
What’s been lost? Is nostalgia an
escapist cop-out or in fact a genuine
longing for authenticity?
ARTIFICIALITY. Tear the Curtain! is
full of imitation and convention and
will reuse old-fashioned stereotypes
with both a fondness for them and a
desire to bust them up.
IT’S A HYBRID. Tear the Curtain! has
an identity crisis, but there will be
no real fight waged here between
stage and screen – it’s more like
a conversation between the two
mediums and their respective
strengths and weaknesses. The
cinematic image can bring us within a
hair’s-breadth of our idols, tricking us
with the delirious illusion of intimacy.
By contrast, the live theatre keeps
us at a distance but reveals to us our
vulnerability, our very humanness.
Which form is more intimate? And
how do they come to our rescue when
we need them? The actual battle
lines tonight will be drawn between
the mainstream and the avant-garde;
inspired on the one hand by Stanislaw
Witkiewicz, Antonin Artaud, Hakim
ORIGINALITY. It’s a commonly held
truth that there are no truly original
ideas. But is it still possible that with
courage and a little recklessness we
can create a form that, like Alex our
protagonist, risks everything and
takes itself apart to expose a glimpse
of the new, the now, the unseen?
THE MODERN-DAY BLOCKBUSTER
and how they literally seize our
attention. We leave feeling force-fed,
stunned and maybe abducted,
wondering: While we were in there
being gobbled up by that story, was
something implanted and something
else irreplaceably replaced?
THE CAST & CREATIVE TEAM WORKING ON THE FILM.
PHOTO BY TIM MATHESON.
Bey, Jean Cocteau, David Lynch
(taking it all apart) and on the other
James Cameron, Walt Disney and all
Hollywood (keeping it together). And
by these books: Mediated by Thomas
De Zengotita and Amusing Ourselves
to Death by Neil Postman, reminding
us to keep watch even as we are
swept away.
JONATHON YOUNG
KIM COLLIER
KEVIN KERR
CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM
CAST
CAST (CONT.)
EDITOR, ET AL.
KRISTIAN, CAPTAIN, ET AL.
MAX PAMPLONI, ET AL.
MAVIS
David Adams
Craig Erickson
Tom McBeath
Dawn Petten
David’s varied career
ranges from megamusicals Showboat,
Phantom of the Opera and Sunset
Blvd., to three seasons at The
Shaw Festival, from various roles in
theatres across the country, to many
appearances on TV & Film and an
extensive list of voice-over credits.
Recently, David played Shylock in
The Merchant of Venice, was featured
in the one-man show Jesus, My Boy,
played Daddy Warbucks in Annie,
Dara in My Granny the Goldfish,
Marley/Christmas Present/Joe in
Jeremy Tow’s adaptation of A Christmas
Carol, Mr. Green in Visiting Mr. Green,
Gino Barbieri in Mambo Italiano,
Monsieur Renaud in La Cage aux Folles,
General Yepanchin in The Idiot and
Isador Strauss in Titanic.
For Canadian Stage: Vinci
(2003). Craig is delighted
to return to Toronto with
Tear the Curtain!. Before moving to
Vancouver in 2002, he spent 7 years
in Toronto. Highlights of that time
include S.S. Tenacity, Lord of the Flies
(Shaw), Gross Indecency (Techtonic/
Berkley St.), and Our Country's Good
(Theatrefront). Recent: Dostoyevsky's
The Idiot (Neworld), Macbeth, Taming
of the Shrew, All's Well that Ends Well,
Richard II (Bard on the Beach), Nick
in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
(Blackbird/Arts Club - Jessie Award,
best actor), and Stanley in A Streetcar
Named Desire (CTF). Upcoming: Mamet's
Race and writing and performing in one
of Electric Company's next projects,
You are Very Star.
SENDER, ET AL.
BLIN, QUINCEY, BARNEY
Scott Bellis
Scott Bellis has been
an actor in his hometown
Vancouver for 25 years,
and he is very happy to reunite with
Electric Company for this unique
show. He is a founding company
member and Artistic Associate of
Bard on the Beach, where he has
appeared in most of Shakespeare's
plays since 1990. Last summer's roles:
Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor
and the title role in King John. He has
been nominated 15 times for Jessie
Awards. Upcoming: plays by Sally
Stubbs, Drew Macreadie, Willy Russell,
and Anton Chekhov. This is his first
appearance in Toronto.
Hiro Kanagawa
Like many Canadian
artists, Hiro has forged
a career for himself
wearing many hats: actor, teacher,
playwright, screenwriter. Among his
distinctions are a Jessie Award and
an MFA from Simon Fraser University.
Stage writing credits include Tiger of
Malaya (Factory Theatre/National Arts
Centre), The Patron Saint of Stanley
Park (Arts Club) and the collaborative
creation Sexual Practices of the Japanese
(Theatre Replacement). Later this fall
he will appear with Vancouver’s Solo
Collective for the premiere of Aaron
Bushkowsky’s Play with Monsters. He
is currently story editor on the gritty
rez drama Blackstone and teaches
playwriting at Capilano University.
Electric Company:
exciting. The project:
totally exciting. The cast
and crew: honoured to be among
them. Celebrating 40 years as a
freelance actor. (Amazing in so many
ways.) Still here. Still working. Still
loving it.
MILA BROOK
Laura Mennell
After years of working
in film and television,
Laura Mennell is thrilled
to revisit her role of Mila in Tear
the Curtain!—for which she was
nominated for a Jessie Award in 2011.
In 2012 Laura was nominated for a
Leo Award for her current series-lead
role in the hit television show Alphas
(Syfy/NBC Universal). Her previous
work also includes guest appearances
in Fringe and Smallville to supporting
roles in the Emmy-nominated Flight 93,
and as Janey Slater in the blockbuster
Watchmen. Laura is excited and grateful
to be working again with such a
wonderfully talented cast and crew!
Dawn is pleased as
punch to share one of
her favourite theatrical
experiences with her hometown of
Toronto and her family and friends.
She previously appeared at Canadian
Stage as Susan in Electric Company's
production of Studies in Motion.
Dawn, a graduate of UBC's BFA
Acting Program, resides in Vancouver
and has performed at the Arts Club,
the Playhouse (sigh), Caravan Farm
Theatre, MTC, and PTE among others.
She just concluded a season at Bard
on the Beach where she acted in The
Taming of the Shrew and Macbeth,
and is a multiple Jessie Award
nominee and winner. Special love to
her parents and her brother (who
worked on the film crew for Tear!).
PATRICK DUGAN, ET AL.
Gerard Plunkett
Gerard Plunkett is a
Dubliner who loves
Canada and has made
it his home for the past thirty years.
On the big screen the veteran actor
has appeared in such movies as Eight
Below, 2012, Sucker Punch, Snakes
on a Plane and has just completed
shooting The Seventh Son alongside
Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore. He
has appeared in numerous TV series
such as DaVinci's Inquest, Intelligence,
Fringe, and Sanctuary to name but a
few. On stage Plunkett is a multiple
Jessie Award nominee. He took home
the best actor award for his portrayal
of Shelley "The Machine" Levene in
Glengarry Glen Ross in 2010.
CAST (CONT.)
Gerard is delighted to be back with all
the gang in Tear the Curtain!.
CREATIVE
PLAYWRIGHT/CO-DIRECTOR
AS CAST: ALEX BRAITHWAITE
Jonathon Young
STANLEY LEE
James Fagan Tait
James Fagan Tait is from
Cornwall, Ontario and
lived in Toronto for many
years. For the last fifteen years, he has
acted, directed, and/or written plays
in Vancouver, BC at the Arts Club,
Bard on the Beach, Boca del Lupo,
The Belfry, Neworld, The Playhouse
and others. He recently created Thank
You, You’re Not Welcome with dancer
Noam Gagnon and adapted The Book
of Eve by Constance Beresford-Howe
for actress Susan Hogan. He just
completed the illustrated book A lion
in the bedroom and is thrilled to be
working on this project again in such
close proximity to family and friends.
Now based in Toronto,
Jonathon is co-founder
of Electric Company and has
collaborated on the making of a
dozen original productions since
the company began creating work
together in 1996. Jonathon has
performed in theatres across Canada:
The Belfry (Skylight), Vancouver
Playhouse (Romeo and Juliet), Arts
Club (Intimate Apparel), Citadel
(Tartuffe), ATP (Studies in Motion),
Centaur (The Invisible Life of Joseph
Finch), and the National Arts Centre
(Beauty Queen of Leenane). Recent
work in Toronto: No Exit (which he
adapted with Kim Collier), Studies in
Motion (also at Canadian Stage) and
Stockholm (Seventh Stage). For the
past four years he has had a regular
role on the SyFy series Sanctuary. Tear
the Curtain! is dedicated to Azra who
once, when she was nine, walked into
the Stanley Theatre in Vancouver and
exclaimed "it's like coming home!"
PLAYWRIGHT
Kevin Kerr
Kevin Kerr is playwright
and founding member of
Electric Company, with
whom he’s co-written numerous plays
including The Wake, The Score, Dona
Flor and Her Two Husbands, Flop,
The Fall, and Brilliant! The Blinding
Enlightenment of Nikola Tesla.
He received the Governor General’s
Literary Award for his play Unity
(1918) in 2002. Electric Company’s
production of his play Studies in
CREATIVE (CONT.)
Motion was seen at Canadian Stage in
the 2010.11 season. He was recently
appointed to the faculty at University
of Victoria’s Department of Writing
and is serving as the current Artistic
Director at Electric Company.
CO-CREATOR/DIRECTOR
Kim Collier
Kim is currently the
Resident Artist at Canadian
Stage and was for 14 years
Co-Artistic Director of Electric Company,
with whom she continues to create work
that tours nationally and internationally.
Last season she directed Red (Canadian
Stage, Vancouver Playhouse, Citadel
Theatre) and All The Way Home (Electric
Company/Vancouver Playhouse).
She has directed/co-created such
Electric Company productions as:
Studies in Motion (part of the Canadian
Stage 2010.11 season) and a live-video
adaptation of Jean Paul Sartre’s No Exit.
In 2005, Kim made her debut as a
film director with the feature length
adaptation of Electric Company’s
The Score for Screen Siren Pictures
and CBC. Kim is the recipient of the
prestigious Elinore & Lou Siminovitch
Prize for Directing and numerous other
directing, production, writing and
innovation awards with her collaborators.
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
David Roberts
David is a Vancouverbased scenographer
who has worked across
Canada and Europe. He is pleased
for all involved that this amazing
production is coming to Toronto.
Recent projects include Hotel
Bethlehem (Ruby Slippers) and
Don Pasquale (Saskatoon Opera).
Upcoming projects include She
Stoops to Conquer (Arts Club),
Attempts on her Life (Studio 58),
Eternal Hydra (Touchstone), and
Terminus (Pi Theatre, Vancouver).
David represented Canada at the
Prague Quadrennials 2003 and
2011. David received his Masters in
Scenography at Central Saint Martins,
London and DAMU, Prague. David is a
member of The Associated Designers
of Canada.
COSTUME DESIGNER
Nancy Bryant
Selected costume
design credits include:
The Overcoat, Amadeus
and Sweeney Todd (Canadian Stage);
You Never Can Tell and Hotel Peccadillo
(The Shaw Festival); The Flying
Dutchman, Rodelinda and The Rake’s
Progress (Pacific Opera Victoria);
The Threepenny Opera (Vancouver
Opera); The Importance of Being
Earnest, Tear the Curtain!, The Constant
Wife, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl and
She Loves Me (Arts Club Theatre);
The Amorous Adventures of Anatol,
Oliver and Fiddler on the Roof (The
Vancouver Playhouse); The Tempest
Replica (Kidd Pivot); Plot Point
(The Netherlands Dance Theatre);
CREATIVE (CONT.)
productions for Les Ballets de Monte
Carlo, Stuttgart Ballet, Dance Theatre
of Harlem, Ballet BC and Dancemakers.
Film and television credits as a costume
designer include: The Legend of Earthsea,
The Snow Queen, A Wrinkle in Time,
Snow White, The Mermaid Chair and
Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
Nancy is the recipient of twelve
Jessie Awards and a Leo Award.
www.nancybryant.ca
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Alan Brodie
Since 1989 Vancouverbased lighting designer
Alan Brodie has worked
for regional theatres across Canada.
He has created lighting for opera
productions including Turn of the
Screw (COC), Magic Flute (Vancouver
Opera), Macbeth (Pacific Opera) and
dance works including Emergence
(National Ballet of Canada) and Plot
Point (Nederlands Dans Theater). Alan
has 10+ seasons at The Shaw Festival
(Ragtime) and 5 seasons at Stratford
(Wanderlust). Canadian Stage credits
include Red, 7 Stories, Miss Julie:
Freedom Summer, Frost/Nixon,
Glorious!, Little Shop of Horrors, Vigil
and The Overcoat. A graduate of
Theatre@UBC, Alan is a member of
the Associated Designers of Canada.
www.alanbrodie.ca
CREATIVE (CONT.)
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Brian Johnson
Brian has received
numerous awards and
accolades for his work as
a director and as a cinematographer.
He has won two Golden Sheaf awards,
a Leo and been nominated for a
Gemini for his work as a cinematographer
on feature films such as On the Corner
and The Delicate Art of Parking. Brian
has recently completed direction of a
one-hour anthology on BC artists for
Knowledge Network. He is a frequent
collaborator with Electric Company,
The Hard Rubber Orchestra, and
contemporary dance artists such as
Katy McLeod–Harris, Josh Martin and
Crystal Pite. His most recent work,
Lornezo, Isabella and the Pot of Basil
was programed at the 2011 New Forms
Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia.
SOUND DESIGNER /
RE-RECORDING MIXER
Miguel Nunes
Miguel Nunes is one
of Canada’s leading
independent film sound artists.
He has received numerous awards
including 2 Gemini Awards and 10 Leo
Awards. In addition, he has received
28 nominations including 2 Genie
nominations, 24 Leo nominations
and 1 Jessie Award nomination.
Miguel is currently working on several
film, television, video game and web
series projects at his personal studio
and in partnership with various sound
major facilities. Recent credits include:
feature films Donovan’s Echo, Repeaters,
Year of the Carnivore; as well as television
series Da Vinci’s Inquest, Intelligence,
Hiccups, and R.L Stine’s The Haunting
Hour. www.miguelnunes.com
Anatol (Tarragon Theatre); The Tales
of Hoffman (Edmonton Opera); THIS
(Canadian Stage); Blue Planet (Young
People’s Theatre).
STAGE MANAGER
Jan Hodgson
Previous credits for
Canadian Stage:
Studies In Motion and
The Overcoat. Credits for Electric
Company: Dona Flor and Her Two
Husbands; The One That Got Away;
Brilliant!; Palace Grand; No Exit;
Studies in Motion; Everyone; Tear
the Curtain!. Recent Credits: La Cage
Aux Folles and Catalyst Theatre’s
production of Hunchback for the
Vancouver Playhouse; Right Robert
and His Notorious Robber Bride for
Caravan Farm Theatre.
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
COMPOSER
Peter Allen
Peter is an active member
of the Canadian League
of Composers and
the Canadian Music Centre. Peter
has been commissioned to write
numerous pieces which were often
recorded and broadcast by the CBC,
and has also been active in the jazz
and rock communities as a player and
a writer, and also as a church musician
and composer of sacred music. To date
Peter has scored over 100 films for
a wide variety of Los Angeles and
Canadian film companies including
Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures,
Warner Brothers, Twentieth Century
Fox, Disney, Hallmark, Lifetime, Cinetel,
the CBC and the National Film Board
of Canada.
ASSOCIATE
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Jason Hand
Recent theatre credits
include A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, The Winter's Tale
(Canadian Stage); The Trespassers
(Stratford Shakespeare Festival); The
Ugly One (Dora nomination), Tijuana
Cure (Theatre Smash); and Man of
Mode, Ivona Princess of Burgundia
(George Brown College). Operas
include Giulio Cesare (Orchestra
London); Dido and Aeneas (Opera on
the Avalon) and Turn of the Screw, La
Bohème (Against the Grain). In March,
he was part of a Canadian creative
team that placed third in the biennial
European Opera-Directing Prize.
Upcoming: The Arsonists (Canadian
Stage); The Amorous Adventures of
Jennifer Swan
This past year, Jen stage
managed Hansel & Gretel
for Vancouver Opera
in Schools and God of Carnage at
the Belfry Theatre, and Assistant
Stage Managed La Cage Aux Folles
for the Vancouver Playhouse. The
last time she was at Canadian Stage
was in 2010 with Electric Company’s
production of Studies in Motion.
Prior to that, she toured here several
times with Victoria’s Theatre SKAM,
performing shows at the Tarragon,
Theatre Passe Muraille, Dufferin
Grove Park, and most memorably, the
loading dock behind Honest Ed’s.
ABOUT THE SHOW
CREATION HISTORY
Tear the Curtain! was developed
over several years beginning with a
commission from Vancouver’s Arts
Club Theatre in 2006. Inspired by the
historic Stanley Theatre’s dual identity
as a live theatre and former cinema,
Electric Company set forth to create
a piece that would live equally in both
forms. As a result, the project was an
unprecedented collaboration between
artists from Vancouver's thriving film
and theatre communities.
Looking into the actual history of the
venue revealed that the Stanley was
originally conceived as a vaudeville
theatre but, perhaps as a response to
the growing popularity of the cinema
and the advent of the “talkies,” plans
had changed before construction
even began. In 1930, the Stanley
opened as a motion picture house
with Lillian Gish’s first talking picture,
a film adaptation of Ferenc Molnar’s
stage play The Swan. These events
from the theatre's past were woven
into a fictional history, drawing the
spectator into a liminal state between
illusion and reality.
SYNOPSIS
The script was written as a screenplay
making the project particularly difficult
to stage. This “beautiful problem” was
an opportunity for innovation as the
entire creative team reverse-engineered
cinematic language for the live theatre.
In February 2010, a three-week film
shoot resulted in 70 minutes of edited
footage – approximately half of a
production where narrative flows
seamlessly between stage and screen.
Tear the Curtain! was shot almost
entirely on location at the theatre,
with scenes at the ticket window,
in the lobby, the auditorium, in the
wings, the catwalks, dressing rooms
and under the stage.
LEFT: A WORK IN PROGRESS: THE CREATIVE TEAM DESIGNED THE SET FOR THE STAGE, THEN ADAPTED
IT FOR FILM. THESE ARE SOME EARLY SET SKETCHES FROM PRODUCTION DESIGNER DAVID ROBERTS.
RIGHT: JONATHON YOUNG AND LAURA MENNELL IN TEAR THE CURTAIN! PHOTO BY TIM MATHESON.
Tear the Curtain! is set in a fictional
Vancouver during the 1930s, when
the popularity of the cinema and the
advent of the "talkies" is threatening
the existence of theatre. At the height
of the Great Depression, local mob
families are running the show - and
deciding what gets shown. Pat Dugan
controls the live venues and has
his eyes on a plot of land on the
Southside rise. The rival Pamploni
family would prefer that property be
developed as a movie theatre.
Amidst that conflict, Tear the Curtain!
follows the story of Alex Braithwaite,
the city's most revered theatre critic
whose sense of identity begins to
fracture after a chance encounter
in the city park. Alex believes he
has found the long lost Stanley Lee,
director of an infamous, avant-garde
theatre called The Empty Space. As
Alex digs deeper into Lee's past he
becomes convinced that a resurgence
of Lee’s radically subversive ideas
is what he needs to awaken minds,
shatter complacency and save a
threatened art form. Tear the Curtain!
pitches a battle between stage and
cinema but is ultimately a quest for an
authentic expression of self in a world
of imitations and stereotypes.
INSPIRATION AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT
In its use of conventional cinematic
language and genre, the project speaks
to our fears of being caught in an
irresistible cultural undertow stemming
from Hollywood. But as a merging
of avant-garde and “mainstream,”
the piece experiments with the push
and pull between surrealist strategies
of disorientation and the well-worn
screenwriting formulas that give the
viewer a sense of order and catharsis.
As Electric Company began to imagine
a story set at the time of the Stanley’s
opening, they were drawn to the
work of the European avant-garde.
The emergence of the surrealist
movement in the ‘20s set out to
challenge the accepted conventions
of artistic practice and question the
very function of art. The cinema was a
popular medium of expression for these
artists with many in the avant-garde
believing it was the perfect vehicle for
transmitting new and radical ideas.
Antonin Artaud was one such artist
who began in the theatre, and came
to view cinema as a powerful means
of stirring the senses and engendering
a primal reaction in the audience.
Essentially, Artaud believed that Western
civilization has resulted in our being
removed from our authentic selves—our
spiritual and animal connection to the
world. He also believed that the function
of art should be to restore this connection,
activate our senses, and work directly
upon our subconscious. The pursuit of
authenticity resonated with the show's
creators as being increasingly relevant
in today’s media saturated world.
ELECTRIC COMPANY
ELECTRIC COMPANY IS:
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Tear the Curtain! was originally
commissioned by Vancouver’s Arts
Club Theatre Company. The premiere
production opened in September 2010
at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage,
produced by the Arts Club in association
with Electric Company, presented with
the 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
award for playwriting, the first Alcan
Performing Arts Award for Theatre,
and numerous other industry honours
around the country. Electric Company
is headquartered at Progress Lab
1422, a theatre production studio
in Vancouver’s Commercial Drive
neighbourhood that is shared with
Boca del Lupo, Neworld Theatre, and
Rumble Productions.
WWW.ELECTRICCOMPANYTHEATRE.COM
ABOUT ELECTRIC COMPANY
2012 marks Electric Company’s
third visit to Toronto, following the
live-cinematic No Exit (Nightwood
Theatre, 2009) and Studies in Motion
(Canadian Stage, 2010). The company
is known throughout Canada for
creating daring, original performances
that are rich in spectacle and
adventurous in form, strong in narrative,
and developed with creative teams
that often include experts in film,
digital media, dance, visual art, and
the sciences. Electric Company was
originally formed as a collective in 1996
by Kim Collier, David Hudgins, Jonathon
Young, and Kevin Kerr, who met while
training at Vancouver’s Studio 58.
Currently steered by artistic
director Kevin Kerr, the company’s
methodology has evolved over 15
years, but the creative process remains
highly collaborative, blurring traditional
boundaries between playwright,
director, dramaturgy and design.
With a growing body of work,
Electric Company has created 15
mainstage productions, toured ten
times (Canada, USA, UK), and made a
feature film with CBC (The Score). The
company and its members have been
recognized with the Siminovitch Prize
for direction, the Governor General’s
SPECIAL THANKS AND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Electric Company sends thanks to
their fans and donors in Toronto and
around the world; to the entire staff
and crew at Canadian Stage; to the
entire staff and crew at the Arts Club
Theatre Company; to Theatre Cares;
and to Silver Commission Founders
and Donors, Stan & Kathy Hamilton.
The Playwrights acknowledge
the assistance of the 2009 Banff
Playwrights Colony – a partnership
between the Canada Council for the
Arts, The Banff Centre and Alberta
Theatre Projects.
Electric Company receives ongoing
support from the BC Arts Council,
the Canada Council for the Arts, City
of Vancouver, the Melusine Foundation,
the Vancouver Foundation, the Leon &
Thea Koerner Foundation, and countless
individual and business supporters.
TEAR THE CURTAIN!
ADDITIONAL FILM CREDITS
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
Kevin Kerr
Nathan Medd
MANAGING PRODUCER
PRODUCER
Nathan Medd
Bill Millerd
PRODUCER
PRODUCER
Jessie van Rijn
Oliver Linsley
COMPANY MANAGER
FILM EDITORS
Jennifer Swan
Alex Craig
Alex Leigh Barker
ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES
Kim Collier
Jonathon Young
David Hudgins
INTERNS
Linsey Callaghan
Natalie Lefebvre Gnam
2012-13 RESIDENT DESIGNER
Naomi Sider
BOARD PRESIDENT
Jessica Bouchard
PAST PRESIDENT
TOURING TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Ace Martens
VIDEO WRANGLER
Michael Sider
HEAD PROPS
Michael Gall, Robyn Volk
HEAD WARDROBE
Kendra Cooper
Jodi Jacyk
Jayme Cline
HEAD SOUND
Karen Berkhout
Geoff Hollingshead
VICE PRESIDENT
EARLY STORY DEVELOPMENT
Margaret Tom-Wing
TREASURER
John Mackenzie
SECRETARY
Gillian Behnke
AT LARGE
Mitch Anderson
Mavis Dixon
Julia Mackey
+ Many Associates, Partners & Donors
across North America.
David Hudgins
ADDITIONAL DRAMATURGY
Rachel Ditor
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Greg Milton
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Jan Hodgson
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
Alex Craig
FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA
Jos Oman
Kieran Humphries
Robin Smith
SECOND ASSISTANT CAMERA
Werner Thomas
Eric Zhang
ADDITIONAL
FILM CREDITS (CONT.)
ADDITIONAL
FILM CREDITS (CONT.)
ADDITIONAL
CAST ON FILM
KEY GRIPS
SET DECORATOR
Mike Branham
Trevor Gray
EXTRAS WRANGLER
LaVonne Girard
VARIOUS
Katherine Hazen
Robert Moloney
SOUND RECORDIST
FIRST AID
DOLLY GRIP
Jeff Carter
BEATRICE
Aaron James
Patti Allan
David Kershaw
GRIPS
John William Parrott
Harvey Thompson
Vincent Phillips
GAFFERS
Andrew Macleod
John Helme
FOLEY ARTISTS
Don Harrison
Ian Mackie
CRAFT SERVICE
ESS TICKET WOMAN
The Butler Did It
Barbara Bourget
SPECIAL EFFECTS
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
STAGE MANAGER
Michael Wheeler
Louis-Marie Bournival
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
GOON 1
Josh Epstein
Blake William Turner
Alex Diakun
Brant McIlroy
Martin Testa
STUNT COORDINATOR
Rob Hayter
MAKE-UP
STAGE FIGHTS
Rexford Bangle
Kevin James
BACKGROUND MAKE-UP
ADDITIONAL EDITING
Deborah Slonowski
Brian Johnson
HAIR STYLIST
COLOURIST-TECHNICOLOUR
Janie Mackay
Claudio Sepulveda
HAIR
CARPENTERS
Codey Blair
Sylvia Betts
Darel Boyes
Joseph Chung
Brett Eaton
David Gagnon
Joseph Lilly
Dana Lindahl
Gal Minnes
Francesca Moore
Paul Walker
Philip Piper
Chris Willis
Mark Ransom
Isabelle Rubin
Robert Scurrah
ON-SET WARDROBE
Naomi Sider
ON-SET WARDROBE ASSISTANT
Nicola Ryall
BACKGROUND WARDROBE
Trina Skare
BACKSTAGE WARDROBE
Patti King
PROPS ASSISTANTS
Corey Adams
Michael Wheeler
PAPER PROPS
Corwin Ferguson
PORTRAIT PAINTER
Linda Chinfen
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Craig Petten
BOOKKEEPER
Jennifer Swan
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION
– ARTS CLUB
Stephan Baeuml
HYACINTH
Duncan Fraser
NEWSBOY
Julien Galipeau
FENCING DOUBLE
Claudia Golombiewski
GOON 2
Kim Kondrashoff
WOMAN IN LOBBY
Samantha Mouchet
FENCING TUTOR
David Roberts
WAITER, ESS AGENT
Parnelli Parnes
YOUNG ALEX
Emmett Plunkett
MAYOR
Robin Mossley
MAN IN CAFE
Nathan Medd
A complete list of film performers appears
in the show’s rolling end credits.
ELECTRICIANS
Robin West
Isa Mills
SCENIC ARTISTS
LIGHTING TECHNICIAN
Skai Fowler, Beth Snelgrove
Adrian Muir
ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT
VIDEO TECHNICIAN
Yvonne Albert
Robin Greenwood
FIND OUT MORE:
Please visit Electric Company’s display
in the lobby for more information.
WE ARE 25 YEARS OLD
AND WE HAVE YOU TO THANK FOR IT.
CANADIAN STAGE
IN OUR SCHOOLS
We have come a long way and the
path has been full of colour, twists
and turns and sizzle. Canadian Stage
has been on the Toronto theatre arts
scene for a quarter century and we
share this moment of pride with you
—our supporters.
Each year, 35% of our operating budget
comes from private sources. The best
part is that we arrive at this number
through a wide range of donations. As
they say, “every little bit counts” and
when we do the math, it all adds up!
PHOTO BY ERIN SCHACHTER
But we can only look back for so long.
We are eager to bound forth and
embrace turning 26, 34, 42 and of
course 50 and beyond. We can truly
dream, aspire, plan and grow if you
empower us with an investment in the
life of our company, and in your own
experience of the theatre.
If you are currently amongst our valued
contributors, thank you and bravo to
you. If you have not taken this step yet,
I encourage you to join us. There is no
limit to how large our circle can get.
You know what it takes to keep live
theatre alive—you!
Tenny Nigoghossian
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT
“Our students were thrilled with every aspect of the
experience. In a time when the arts are often underfunded
or seen as a ‘frill,’ an experience like today's visit is a credit
to your company and to its benefactors."
—JENNIFER WHITE (EDUCATOR, JARVIS COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE)
Theatre is an invaluable medium through which we educate and inspire,
particularly when audiences are given the tools to engage more meaningfully
with the material we present on stage. Through educator preview nights,
student workshops, comprehensive study guides, and matinee performance
talkbacks, Canadian Stage provides dynamic enrichment materials and creative
experiences that bring our productions alive for over 10,000 teachers and
students involved in our Education Programs annually.
25
SEASONS
To make a contribution to our Education Program, contact Marielle Bryck at
416.367.8243 x327 or [email protected].
OF SPECTACULAR
PERFORMANCES
TAMARA PODEMSKI, JOHN
CLELAND, RICHARD LEE,
MARK CRAWFORD, PIERRE
SIMPSON IN A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT’S DREAM. PHOTO
BY CHRIS GALLOW.
DONATE TODAY TO CELEBRATE YOUR FAVOURITE!
To make a gift and join our partnership program:
visit https://www.canadianstage.com/support or contact Marielle Bryck, Patron
Development Officer, at 416.367.8243 x327 or [email protected].
THANK YOU FOR MAKING
OUR DREAM COME TRUE
Thank you to the nearly 30,000 patrons, 120 volunteers, countless donors,
the entire cast, crew, and creative team of this summer’s A Midsummer Night’s
Dream for making the 30th anniversary of Shakespeare in High Park such a success!
We look forward to seeing you again next summer in High Park.
12.13 MAJOR CORPORATE SPONSORS
Proud Sponsor:
12.13 Berkeley Season
Production Sponsor:
TEAR THE CURTAIN!
Production Sponsor
Production Sponsor:
POLITICAL MOTHER
Primary Supporter: Emerging
Artist Program
Volunteer Program Sponsor
Official Television
Sponsor
Official Hotel
PERFORMANCE
SPONSORS
Davis + Henderson
KPMG LLP
Gluskin Sheff &
Associates
Mackenzie Financial
Osler, Hoskin
& Harcourt LLP
Pricewaterhouse
Coopers LLP
2012 CANADIAN STAGE
CORPORATE CAMPAIGN
CIBC Mellon
Front Print
Giesecke & Devrient
(Education Program
Support)
IBM
CORPORATE DONORS
Barrick Gold Corporation
Investor's Group
Greg & Susan Guichon
SAP Canada Inc.
Minto High Park Village
Discount Ticket
Programs Sponsor
Educator Outreach Program Sponsor
Program Sponsor
CORPORATE SUPPORT
RAFFLE PRIZE
Mindham Fine Jewellery
MAJOR AUCTION DONORS
Alf Wirth
Atom Egoyan & Arsinée Khanjian
Bernard Langer
Bryan Graham
Caesars Entertainment
Colliers International & Tim Bristow
SHAKESPEARE IN HIGH PARK
David Allan
Exclusive Resorts
Foley & Fredricks
JLEntertainment
John Tory & Barb Hackett
Merrithew Health & Fitness
Rob Richards
Shay Lowe Jewellery Design
Susan Crocker & John Hunkin
Tailor Medical
The Emergency Task Force
The Investors Group Stars on Ice Tour
presented by Lindt
Tom McEwan
Tom Woods
V. Tony Hauser
FOUNDATION SUPPORT
Radio Sponsors
GENERAL
The Bennett Family Foundation
The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation
The Judith Teller Foundation
The Japan Foundation Toronto
DANCE PROGRAMMING
The Hal Jackman Foundation
ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES
The J.P. Bickell Foundation
The Joan and Clifford Hatch
Foundation
The Henry White Kinnear Foundation
The John McKellar Charitable
Foundation
PERFORMING ARTS INTERNSHIP
The George Cedric Metcalf Foundation
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
ARTISTIC PATRONS' CIRCLE
MAJOR GIFTS
The Artistic Patrons' Circle (APC) is a passionate group of cultural advocates whose invaluable
contributions to Canadian Stage help us bring the best contemporary theatre to our audiences.
For more information about the APC, please contact Heather McDonald, Associate Director of
Development, at 416.367.8243 x244 or [email protected].
Canadian Stage would like to acknowledge the generous leadership of the
following individuals:
Susan Crocker & John Hunkin
Ron Lalonde & Jane Humphreys
John & Nancy Embry
Maureen & Roger Parkinson
John & Nancy Embry*
Ron Lalonde &
Jane Humphreys**
ENDOWMENT FUND
The outstanding gifts of the following supporters play an ongoing role in
sustaining the vitality of Canadian Stage’s artistic programming and community
outreach initiatives.
J.P. Bickell Foundation
William A. MacKinnon
The Sarmite D. Bulte
Musical Commission Fund
The John McKellar Charitable
Foundation
The Bluma Appel Artistic and
Audience Development Fund
The James W. Leech Playwright Fund
The Henry N.R. Jackman Foundation
The Martin Bragg Fund
In Memory of John D’Angelo
TAKE A SEAT CAMPAIGN
We thank the generous donors who have contributed to our Take a Seat
Campaign. For more information on naming a seat, contact Heather McDonald,
Associate Director of Development, at 416.367.8243 x244 or
[email protected].
BOX:
The Appel Family
Foundation
Trevor Lloyd &
Margaret Craw
Craig & Kim Loudon
Maureen & Roger
Parkinson
Jack & Judith Rose
* Two Orchestra seats
ORCHESTRA AND
BALCONY SEATS:
The Abel &
Mason Families
David G.P. Allan &
Cynthia Young*
Hans & Suzy
Brenninkmeyer
Wendy Marion Cecil
Susan Crocker &
John Hunkin*
In Memory of
J. Gordon Fleming
PACESETTERS
$50,000 +
Peter & Dianne Gillin*
In memory of Marilyn
Gould
Richard & Pamela
Hallisey*
Frances & Peter Hogg
Edward & Ann Kerwin
Ron Lalonde &
Jane Humphreys*
Catherine Lawrence &
Jerome Morse
Margaret Ann Pattison
Robert & Penny
Richards*
Jane Sanderson
The Staff & Crew of
The St Lawrence
Centre for the Arts
Sylvia Soyka
Tim Thompson &
Matthew Campbell
George Turnbull & Family
In Memory of
John David Wood
James Peter
Howitt Wood
AMBASSADORS
$25,000 - $49,999
Susan Crocker &
John Hunkin**
Maureen & Roger
Parkinson**
ARTISTS
UNDERWRITERS
$10,000 - $24,999
Appel Family
Foundation
Nita Farmer
& Ken Stowe*
The Fleck Family
Foundation*
Barbara Hackett &
John Tory*
Jack & Judith Rose**
Sylvia Soyka**
DIRECTORS
$7,500 - $9,999
Andrée Appleton
& Alex Leman*
Jill E. Black
& Barry Allan**
Adrian Lang
& Ash Taylor
Doug & Alexa Murphy*
Gabrielle M.R.
Richards
SUPERSTARS
$5,000 - $7,499
Cathy Bateman
Susan & Hans
Brenninkmeyer**
John Dimitrieff &
Patricia Biesecke
Dimitrieff*
Angela & Bryan
Gransden*
Peter Jelley
Mike Leshyk
& Andrea Waddell*
John & Gail
MacNaughton**
Emmanuel Pressman
James Riley*
Robert Rowe
Daniel & Sandra
Sullivan**
Stephen Williamson
& Margot Hallman**
Susan Willmot
Anonymous
STARS
$2,500 - $4,999
David G. P. Allan &
Cynthia A. Young**
Schuyler Bankes
and Family**
Martha Burns
& Paul Gross
Helen Burstyn*
Bruce & Mary Ann
Burton*
Patti & Gordon
Cunningham**
Brian Doyle &
Victoria Welsh
Bob & Irene Gillespie**
Peter & Dianne Gillin**
The William and Nona
Heaslip Foundation**
Robert Hutchison**
Kathy Inch
& Steve Simpson*
Matthew Jocelyn†
Donald & Marjorie
Lenz**
Cheryl Longo
Ian & Patti Milne
Noel D. Mowat
Anne Marie O'Donovan
& Steve Lunn*
Sarah Perry
& Ronan McGrath
Tim & Frances Price**
Len & Vivian
Racioppo**
Rob & Penny Richards**
Ellen & Brian Rose**
Joy Rychlik
Stephen & Leslie
Sigurdson*
David Staines
Jean & Linda Taillon*
Antoinette Tummillo
& John Carter
Julie Walters
& Gerry Frascione
George & Mary Turnbull
Foundation at the
Toronto Community
Foundation**
In Memory of
John David Wood
Anonymous
CAST MEMBERS
$1,500 - $2,499
Richard T. Adams &
Ken Burke**
Anne-Marie H. Applin*
Richard Archbold**
Ernest Balmer
Tony Baylis
& Jacqueline Kirk
John & Randi Bitove
Murray & Ellen
Blankstein**
Walter M & Lisa
Balfour Bowen
Louise Cannon**
Melanie Carr
& Donald Livingstone
Wendy M. Cecil**
Margaret Craw
& Trevor Lloyd
Laura Dinner
& Richard Rooney*
Ken Drope**
Dr. Roy Eappen*
Robert & Julia Foster*
Ralph & Roslyn
Halbert**
Pamela Hallisey**
Robert Henderson
& Diana Burke*
Kathleen Hermant*
Jane Hill
Ken Hugessen
& Jennifer Connolly
Su Hutchinson
& Graham Mitchell
Brian Imrie
& Carol Sewell**
Edward & Ann
Kerwin**
Catherine Lawrence
& Jerome Morse*
Simon & Cathy Lewis
Janet & Sid Lindsay**
Larry Lubin**
Peter Lyman
& Judith Moses
Brian & Susan Magee*
Jason Martin & Susan
Bedford-Martin
Heather McDonald†
& Dale Marsden
The Don Middleton &
Clayton Wilson Fund**
Tenny Nigoghossian†*
Perry Orestes
& Tim Giguere*
Greg & Jennifer Rowe*
George & Henri Stalk
Doug & Gail Todgham**
Chip & Barbara Vallis**
Stuart Watson
Dr. Blossom T. Wigdor,
C.M.**
Carole Winberg
Chung Yue
Berta Zaccardi &
Craig Robertson
Anonymous
**10 or more years of
support
*5 or more years
of support
†Canadian Stage
Staff Member
PARTNERSHIP
With their support, Partners demonstrate their passion for innovative theatre.
Canadian Stage salutes our partners for their generosity. For more information
about the Partnership Program, please contact Marielle Bryck, Patron Development
Officer, at 416.367.8243 x327 or [email protected].
PATRONS
$1,000 - $1,499
Karen & Bill Barnett
Frank L. Bilotta
& Stacey Lynn
Bilotta
Denise & Bob
Graham**
Shawn McReynolds
& Elaine Kierans*
M. A. Pattison**
Winsor & Ruth Ann
Pepall**
The Schaal Family**
Sam Sniderman**
Chris TwiggeMolecey**
Carole Winberg
Anonymous
ASSOCIATES
$750 - $999
David & Patti
Bragg**
H. Ian & Dorothy
Macdonald**
Jim Milligan**
Elizabeth Terry**
BENEFACTORS
$500 - $749
Phyllis & David Agg*
Blaine Allan*
Marilyn Balan**
Rory Barnes
Nani Beutel**
Andrew & Ann
Brown*
Michael Christian
Margaret E.
Cockshutt**
Kim Collier†
Maggie Dickson**
Robert & Ellen
Eisenberg**
Paul Ellis**
Lorne Fox*
Lei-Beng Goh*
Sheila Goldman**
Ellen Hand*
Nancy Howe**
Patrick & Barbara
Keenan**
Ruth Kenins**
Helen McArthur*
Susan Moellers**
Robert Morassutti**
Julian Mulock**
Ed & Cindy Nowina
Eric E. Parker**
Maureen Parry**
David Robertson**
Patricia & David
Rubin*
Ivor Simmons**
Peter H. Sims**
Tony Stapells**
Martin Teplitsky
Professor Paul
Thompson &
Jennifer McShane**
Jennifer Tory*
Dr. Paul Truelove**
Karen Wynnychuk*
Morden Yolles*
Eb & Jane Zeidler*
Joyce & Fred
Zemans
Mary Zuberec**
Anonymous (2)
SUPPORTERS
$250 - $499
Malcolm S.
Archibald**
Joshua & Karen
Auslander**
Carmel P. Badour**
Laurie Barrett &
Giles Meikle**
The Bhabha Family*
Alec Bollini**
Clare Booker*
Barbara Bruser**
Cansfield Family**
Marjorie Clark**
Robert Cook
Jill Craigie**
Tom & Nancy
Cutler**
Leslie Dan**
Thelma Davidson
Alan & Joan
Dessau**
William Dunk-Green*
Brodie Edmonds**
Buddy & Leigh
Eisenberg**
Christopher
Ferguson**
Carol & Russell
Finch**
Carol & Peter
Foster**
Briar Foster
Lynn From**
Darren Gobert
John & Susan
Goddard*
Diana Goldsborough
Stephen Greiner**
Colin Gruchy**
Mr. Matthew Hassell
Karen Henderson**
Frances Hogg**
Richard & Susan
Horner
S. Iyer**
Seona Jennings*
Sharon Jorgensen
Karin Kalchhauser**
Diane King
S. Kirschbaum**
Samuel Kolber**
Jill Koplowitz
Mr. & Mrs. Alex
Korn**
Kevin Lamotte
Anita & Leon
Lapidus**
Sheila Laredo &
Richard Marcovitz*
Hernando Lopez
Sallie Lyons
Farrell Macdonald**
Jo-Anne Mackie**
Mrs. Isabell
McDorman
Mr. Gordon McKay*
Fiona & Anson
McKim**
Jamie McRoberts*
Dr. & Mrs. Meghory*
James Moore**
Lea & Syd Moscoe*
Ann Murphy
Mary S. Nutson**
Maureen & John
Orton**
Roger Pearce
M. Penrose**
Graham & Edie
Pett**
Mr. Walter Pitman*
Margaret Planck*
Harold Povilaitis**
Georgia Quartaro**
Bob Rempel
Gretta RiddellDixon**
Janice Romaldi
Yvonne Rosenberg*
Deanna Rosenswig*
Sue Russell**
J. Douglas
Sanderson**
Robert & Kathleen
Saunders**
Ron Schlumpf
Esther Schrieder*
Hart Schutz**
Jason Silzer**
L. E. Smith &
G. Kozorys-Smith**
Lorraine Spragg*
R. G. Stackhouse**
Myrna & Chris
Stait-Gardner**
Julia Stavreff**
John C.
Stephenson**
John Stout
Earle & Iris
Toppings**
John & Elizabeth
Tory**
In memory of Art &
Thelma Trotter**
Kaley Walker**
Nick & Marg
Walker**
Ruth WattsGransden**
Joan York
& Peter Webb**
L. S. C. White**
Lance &
Joycelyn Williams
James H. Wilson**
Donald L. Woods &
Alida Dubray**
Joe Wright**
Anonymous (6)
**10 or more years of
support
*5 or more years of
support
v Visionaries
member
† Canadian Stage
Staff Member
Canadian Stage is
also grateful for the
support of Partners
at the Donor and
Member levels.
As of September 12, 2012 we have made every effort to ensure appropriate recognition. If, however, your name
has been accidentally omitted, listed incorrectly or misspelled, please notify us of this error. We apologize in
advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
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GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
Canadian Stage recognizes the significant support of our public funders:
Human Resources and
Skills Development Canada
The Social Investment Fund of
Toronto Community Housing Corporation
We acknowledge the support of the
Government of Canada through the
Department of Canadian Heritage
Nous reconnaissons l’appui du
gouvernement du Canada par l’entremise
du ministère du Patrimoine canadien
GENERAL INFORMATION
CANADIAN STAGE STAFF
Cellphones, pagers, candy wrappers
and beeping watches are distracting for
performers and audience members.
For those who must have access to
pagers for emergencies, please leave
them with the House Manager who will
record your seat number and name.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
& CUSTOMER SERVICE
Canadian Stage, 26 Berkeley St,
Toronto, ON M5A 2W3
Matthew Jocelyn
Artistic & General
Director
Su Hutchinson
Managing Director
Box Office
416.368.3110
Administration
416.367.8243
Facsimile
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Email [email protected]
ARTISTIC
Please respect other patrons with
sensitivity to perfumes.
LATE ARRIVALS
As a courtesy to the audience and
artists, latecomers will be seated at an
appropriate break in the performance if
possible.
PHOTOS AND RECORDINGS
The use of cameras and recording
devices during performances is
strictly prohibited.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Stagehands and wardrobe/wig attendants engaged
by Canadian Stage are represented by Locals 58
and 822, respectively, of the International Alliance
of Theatrical Stage Employees. Canadian Stage
is a 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. Canadian
Stage is a member of the Toronto Alliance for
the Performing Arts (TAPA)
ST. LAWRENCE CENTRE STAFF
James Roe
General Manager
Carol Henderson
Director of Sales &
Marketing
Karen Kingsmill
Box Office Manager
Thomas Quinlan
Assistant Box Office
Manager
Yvette LeClair
Ticket Services
Supervisor
Leif Conti-Groome
Simon Esler
Michael Hiscock
Davor Mamuzic
Max Rubino
Kathleen Strader
Ticket Service
Representatives
Sean Tasson
Director of Production
and Communications
Heather Lacey
Production Co-ordinator
MK Piatkowski
Stage Door Supervisor
David Pearsons
Director of Guest
and Client Services
James Ufton
Event Manager
Lynn Frenette
House Manager
Hayde Boccia
Director of Finance
Darwin Kan
Accountant
Jennifer Oracion
Accountant
Andrea Bragg
HR/Payroll
Peter Kincaid
Systems Manager
JANE MALLETT
THEATRE
Eric Meadows
Head Technician
BLUMA APPEL
THEATRE
Ashley Rose
Head Electrician
Reg Taylor
Head Carpenter
Douglas Parker
Property Master
Keijo Makela
Sound Operator
Kevin Lake
Flyman,
Theatre Technician
Susan Batchelor
Head of Wardrobe
Kim Collier
Resident Artist
Natasha Mytnowych
Associate Artistic
Producer
Joanne Williams
Artistic & Company
Manager
Birgit Schreyer-Duarte
Artistic Consultant
Heather Bellingham
Mandy E. MacLean
Cydney Penner
Artistic Programs Interns
Steve Levitan
Chair
Councillor Gary Crawford
Carrol Anne Curry
M. Ann Hughes
Edward Kerwin
Councillor
Pam McConnell
Nalini Stewart
Stage employees of the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts are represented by Local 58 and Local 822 of the
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Usher and concession staff of the St. Lawrence Centre for the
Arts are represented by Local 2652 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Ted Glaszewski
Graphic Design Manager
Stefanie Gnys
Marketing Coordinator
James Metcalfe
Sales Manager
Alison Uttley
Communications Manager
Tenny Nigoghossian
Executive Director
of Advancement
Erin Schachter
Education & Audience
Development Manager
Heather McDonald
Associate Director
of Development
Cameron Johnston
Audience Services
Manager
Allan Gillespie
Senior Patron
Services Supervisor
Mark Crawford
Ellen Hurley
Shaun Shetty
Audience Services
Supervisors
Guy Legault
Berkeley House
Manager
Katie Mills
Corporate &
Special Projects Officer
Elise Chalmers
Corporate &
Foundations Officer
Marielle Bryck
Patron Development
Officer
Ellen Burch
Development Assistant
Sharon Karn
Hilary Prue
Berkeley Front of
House Supervisors
PRODUCTION
Vladimir Vukovic
Director of Production
Peter Eaton
Interim Technical Director
Mary Spyrakis
Head of Properties
Kate Ann Vandermeer
Assistant
Production Manager
Douglas Arculus
Operations Manager
Jasmine Knox
Production Assistant
Alex Vass
Metcalf
Foundation Intern
Susan Batchelor
Bluma Wardrobe
Mistress
ADMINISTRATION
Sandra Cesario
Controller
Joycelyn Williams
Senior Accountant
Pathma Mahadeva
Accounts Payable
Coordinator
Janet Llewellyn
Payroll & Benefits
Coordinator
Gianna Ceci
Executive Coordinator
Emma Letki
Administrative
& Artistic Intern
Colin Benoit
Berkeley Senior
Head Technician
Jay Blencowe
Berkeley Head
Technician
Julie Cloutier
Manager of Volunteer
Resources & Rentals
Coordinator
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair
Sabrina Kolbegger
Ron Lalonde
Mona Lee
Shawn Hernden
Director of Marketing
& Communications
Amar Bajracharya
Patron Systems
Administrator
Ashley Ballantyne
Publicist
(rock-it promotions)
Trevor Campbell
Online & Social
Media Coordinator
DEVELOPMENT
Ron Lalonde*
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
MARKETING &
COMMUNICATIONS
Tony Baylis*
Barbara Hackett*
Vice-Chairs
* Executive Committee
Andrée Appleton*
Cathy Bateman
Frank Carnevale
Councillor Gary
Crawford
Brian Doyle
Peter Jelley
Patrick Keeley
Adrian Lang*
Cheryl Longo
Fernando Lopez
Peter Lyman*
Councillor Pam
McConnell
Jason Martin
Doug Murphy*
Anne Marie O’Donovan
John Ozikizler*
Manny Pressman
Gabrielle M.R. Richards
James A. Riley*
Robert Rowe
Joy Rychlik*
Monika Skiba
David Staines
Kathy Steffan
Daniel F. Sullivan
Jean Taillon
Antoinette R. Tummillo*
Stuart Watson
M. Scott Wetmore
Susan Willmot
AN OLD TROUT PUPPET WORKSHOP PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY CANADIAN STAGE
ignorance
BY
THE OLD TROUT PUPPET WORKSHOP
A WILDLY INVENTIVE, TOTALLY GROWN-UP PUPPET SHOW
NEW
DATES
ADDED
DEC 10
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PHOTO BY JASON STANG PHOTOGRAPHY
BERKELEY STREET THEATRE
NOV 27-DEC 15
25TH ANNIVERSARY
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GET THE INSIDE SCOOP! Join us on the following dates and attend a free post-performance
Q&A with select members of the cast and/or creative team. Visit our website for details.
WED, NOV 28, 2012 1:30 PM
THURS, NOV 29, 2012 8 PM
WED, DEC 5, 2012 1:30 PM
THURS, DEC 6, 2012 8 PM
WED, DEC 12, 2012 1:30 PM
THURS, DEC 13, 2012 8 PM
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