A CHRISTMAS CAROL

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2018 Ensemble

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A Christmas Carol

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ROYAL GEORGE THEATRE, NOVEMBER 14 to DECEMBER 23

TIM CARROLL TIM JENNINGS Artistic Director Executive Director

MICHAEL THERRIAULT in

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

by CHARLES DICKENS

with KYLA COOK, PATTY JAMIESON, ANDREW LAWRIE,

MARLA McLEAN, SARENA PARMAR, PJ PRUDAT,

GRAEME SOMERVILLE, SANJAY TALWAR and JONATHAN TAN

Directed by MOLLY ATKINSON

Adapted and originally directed by TIM CARROLL

Designed by CHRISTINE LOHRE

Lighting designed by KEVIN LAMOTTE

Original music and original music direction by PAUL SPORTELLI

Music direction by RYAN deSOUZA

Movement and puppetry by ALEXIS MILLIGAN

THIS PRODUCTION IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM CLARKSON FOR HIS LOVE OF THE SHAW FESTIVAL.

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

FRONT COVER: A GHOST OF AN ILLUSTRATION BY SCOTT McKOWEN

A CHRISTMAS CAROL is generously sponsored by the

Official Hotel Partner for A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Additional Support provided by

MICHAEL THERRIAULT

AS SCROOGE.

The Cast IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Belle KYLA COOK

Mrs Dilber PATTY JAMIESON

Bob Cratchit ANDREW LAWRIE

Mrs Cratchit MARLA McLEAN

Christmas Past SARENA PARMAR

Emily (Fred’s wife) PJ PRUDAT

Mr Hubble GRAEME SOMERVILLE

Christmas Present SANJAY TALWAR

Fred JONATHAN TAN

Scrooge MICHAEL THERRIAULT

Other parts played by members of the Ensemble.

chapter 1: Marley’s Ghost

chapter 2: The First of the Three Spirits

chapter 3: The Second of the Three Spirits

chapter 4: The Last of the Three Spirits

chapter 5: The End of It

Production Stage Manager ALISON PEDDIE Assistant Stage Manager ANNIE McWHINNIE

Assistant Director LEIGH McCLYMONT Assistant Lighting and Projection Designer

NICK ANDISON

Sound Designer TREVOR HUGHES Recording Engineer FRED GABRSEK Music Captain PATTY JAMIESON Movement / Puppetry Captain MARLA McLEAN

RUNNING CREWROB GRINDLAY, Stage Carpenter; MARTIN WOODYARD, Props Runner; PAUL McMANIS, Electrician;

TREVOR HUGHES, Audio/Video Supervisor; KATY NAGY, Wardrobe Supervisor; DOT WARD, Wardrobe Attendant; LORENA GHIRARDI, Wigs Supervisor

Special thanks to Agnete Haaland and everyone at the National Theatre of Bergen, Norway, where an earlier version of this show was staged; to James Oxley for his contribution to that original

production; to Tracey Frena for lending the hand bells; and to Jeffrey Simlett for dialect.

Cratchit family puppets crafted by Mandarava Butlin. Additional puppets crafted in the workshops of Den Nationale Scene.

Running time is approximately 90 minutes including one intermission

MICHAEL THERRIAULT AS SCROOGE WITH (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) SARENA PARMAR AS CHRISTMAS PAST;

JEFF MEADOWS AS CHRISTMAS PRESENT; CHRISTMAS YET TO COME; AND THE ENSEMBLE. 2017 PHOTOS.

ARTHUR RACKHAM’S ILLUSTRATION OF SCROOGE’S ENCOUNTER WITH

JACOB MARLEY IN A 1915 EDITION OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL (BRITISH

LIBRARY). OPPOSITE: DICKENS AT AGE 18, OIL PAINTING BY JANET

ROSS, 1830 (DICKENS MUSEUM, LONDON/BRIDGEMAN IMAGES).

Charles Dickens, according to many contemporary judges, could just as easily have been a great actor as one of the giants of the English novel. In the last years of his life, before his early death at fifty-eight, he spent more time performing his books than writing them. As the actor Simon Callow, who has performed many of Dickens’ public readings himself, notes in his biography Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World, the writer’s obsession with the stage began early. As a young man, Dickens tells us, he was obsessed with the ‘monopolylogues’ of Charles Matthews, a now-forgotten giant of the nineteenth-century theatre. In these one-man performances, Matthews would impersonate multiple characters, sometimes sticking his head out between the stage curtains and dazzling his audience by the facility with which he became each successive character merely by a change in one feature. Dickens used to go home from these and other performances determined to unlock the secret of imperson-ation. One time, he tells us, he spent many hours practicing the act of getting up from a chair and walking to a door, because he had seen one of his heroes do it on stage and couldn’t get over how natural he had seemed.

Of course, notions of what is ‘natural’ on stage change from one generation to another, and what seemed natural to Dickens might well seem ridiculous to us now. I suspect Dickens would not have cared. Where Hamlet talks of the playwright holding the mirror up to na-ture, Dickens was always more likely to use the magnifying glass. Perhaps this reflected his immersion in the theatre of the early nineteenth-century, a period which, unlike almost any other since Shakespeare, has bequeathed us nothing we consider worth producing. At its best, the drama of the period is horribly overblown and exaggerated. This is, of course, a criticism that is often levelled at Dickens’ own writing; but Dickens was, himself, a larger than life character (his nickname was The Sparkler of Albion), and he knew that people are always performing themselves — so why not exaggerate? The question with his characters is not, ‘is this person real?’, but ‘do I know the type?’ The fact that we still talk of someone as a Scrooge, or a Micawber, or a Uriah Heep, suggests that Dickens had some gift in this direction.

He also had a knack for dialogue. One of my favourite passages in Dickens is from The Pickwick Papers, where a coachman warns his pas-sengers of the danger if they don’t

take care of your heads!... Five children – mother – tall lady, eating

Charles Dickens, Man of the Theatreby tim carroll

sandwiches – forgot the arch – crash – knock – children look round – mother’s head off – sandwich in her hand – no mouth to put it in!

This is the kind of writing that rolls off the tongue, and that actors long to perform. And it is not surprising that Dickens’ characters speak in such immediate and vivid langu- age: every conversation in his books is a record of a real dialogue — with himself. His daughter reported hearing a frightful scene going on in her father’s study. Fearing that the dispute she could hear was becoming so heated that it might erupt into violence, she crept to the door and opened it. Peering in, she saw that her father was on his own: he was playing out both parts in the scene he wanted to write, berating his imaginary adversary in the middle of the room before dashing back to the upright lectern he always used to capture the exact words he had spoken before he forgot them.

While he was still surprisingly young (he did everything surprisingly young), his remarkable gift for impersonation on paper had made him enough money to join the middle class. Not bad for a kid who had been reduced to working in a blacking factory at the age of eleven, because his father had gone bankrupt. As often happens, this early brush with destitution left him with a lifelong anxiety about money; but he was not by nature mean, so when the appeal came to do something to help indigent writers, Dickens was quick to combine charity with pleasure. He and Mark Lemon, the editor of the satirical magazine Punch, performed a farce called Used Up in a series of benefit performances that quickly became legendary. It is often hard with old comedies to work out exactly how they were made amusing by the actors who performed them, and Used Up is no excep-tion; but Dickens and Lemon must have been genius farceurs, because many witnesses reported that people were in danger of falling out of the balconies from laughing so hard. Dickens was cock-a-hoop: a great deal of money was raised for a good cause, and he

CHARLES DICKENS

C.1860; (OPPOSITE)

DICKENS PLAYING

CAPTAIN BOBADIL

IN A PRODUCTION OF

BEN JONSON’S EVERY

MAN IN HIS HUMOUR,

1871 (BOTH MARY

EVANS PICTURE

LIBRARY).

“I am sorry to have to introduce the subject of Christmas... It is an indecent subject; a cruel, gluttonous subject; a drunken, disorderly subject; a wasteful, disastrous subject; a wicked, cadging, lying, filthy, blas-phemous, and demoralizing subject. Christmas is forced on a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press: on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred; and anyone who looked back to it would be turned into a pillar of greasy sausages.”

bernard shaw

A SCENE FROM THE FROZEN DEEP STAGED AT

DICKENS’ RESIDENCE AT TAVISTOCK HOUSE

IN JANUARY, 1857 (THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON

NEWS); CHARLES DICKENS WITH HIS WIFE AND

HER SISTER, 1842 (BOTH MARY EVANS PICTURE

LIBRARY).

had finally realized his dream of treading the boards. All he needed now was to try his hand at tragedy.

Never one to do things by halves, for his next appearance, Dickens was not only author, but director, designer, stage manager and indeed theatre owner. Theatre-builder, more like: he had the bay windows of his house in Tavistock Square taken out to accommodate a purpose-built stage and the installation of state-of-the-art lighting and scenic effects. These were necessary for the ambitious play he was presenting, which came to its climax in the Arctic wastes. The Frozen Deep was, in fact, co-written with Wilkie Collins (so he did do something by halves), who is now remem-bered for his novels, including The Woman in White. Sharing Dickens’ taste for melodrama, Collins gave Dickens a plum role as the tragic hero who is redeemed from sin by sacrificing his life for the woman he loves. As Dickens, who was apparently never happier than when putting on a play, died with great tragic intensity, his daughter, playing the woman he loved, wept over his body, carried away by the emotion of the moment. So successful was this public charity performance (it was reviewed glowingly in The Times) that Dickens

was invited to perform it for Queen Victoria at the charmingly-named Royal Gallery of Illustration. In a sign of the way that the status of actors has changed since those times, Dickens refused to allow himself and his family to be introduced to the Queen after the performance ‘in the character of actors’, insisting that he would rather they meet her another time, when they could appear as the respectable citizens they really were.

Perhaps in reaction to this experience, when Dickens was invited to play The Frozen Deep at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, he decided it would be inappropriate to parade his own family, and so he hired another: Frances Ternan and her daughters Maria and Ellen took the roles, with long-lasting consequences: now it was the younger daughter, Ellen, who was weeping over Charles’ heroic death. Stage intimacy, not for the first or last time in history, soon led to real intimacy, and Dickens’ marriage was over.

Perhaps because his affair with an actress was such a deep secret (so well hidden that it was not made public until the twentieth century), Dickens never appeared on stage in a play again; but he was not done with performing. When he realized that he could hold an audience spellbound simply by reading from his novels (he admitted to revelling in the almost mystical power he had over his listeners), he gave a series of readings, first for charity, and then, in spite of his friends’ snobbish misgivings, for his own profit. (The

old anxiety over his financial security had still not left him, for all his success.) Although the simple lectern at which he stood suggested no attempt at theatrical pre-sentation (except for the gaslight that drew all eyes to the glowing figure of the reader), Dickens could not resist taking on his characters’ voices and even physicality. His brilliant mimicry, inspired so many years earlier by Charles Matthews’ monopolylogues, made his readings a money-spinning sensation, both in Britain and North America. One of his most-requested pieces was, of course, A Christmas Carol. When he reached the line about ‘…Tiny Tim, who did not die…!’ (his performing script, complete with underlining, still survives), he could be sure of raising a huge cheer.

Dickens loved doing these readings, and his read-ers flocked to hear him; but it is almost certain that they robbed us of many of the books he might have writ-ten. He wrote a great deal less once he became a public reader, and the energy he put into his readings cost him dearly. But he was a trouper, and hated to let down his public, often limping onto the platform against his doc-tor’s advice. One night he pushed it too far. A particular audience favourite was Sikes and Nancy from Oliver Twist, in which Dickens would work himself up into a homicidal rage as Bill Sikes. On this occasion, when he came to the gruesome murder of Nancy, he not only read it but acted it out so full-bloodedly that, as he left the stage, he collapsed. He seemed to have had a stroke, a har- binger of the one that would kill him barely a year later.

When John Forster, his oldest friend, learnt of Dickens’ death, he said ‘the wine of life is drunk, and only the lees is left’. He was not the only one to feel that a great light had been snuffed out too early; but Dickens had always said that it was ‘better to die doing’, and he was as good as his word: only a week before his death he was as busy as ever. What was he doing? Putting on a play, of course.

ARTHUR RACKHAM’S ILLUSTRATION OF THE FEZZIWIGS IN A 1915

EDITION OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL (BRITISH LIBRARY).

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: ANDRÉ SILLS AS M’CLOSKY WITH

DIANA DONNELLY AS DORA; LISA BERRY AS DIDO, KIERA SANGSTER

AS MINNIE, DIANA DONNELLY AS DORA, ANDRÉ SILLS AS GEORGE

AND RYAN CUNNINGHAM AS PETE; STARR DOMINGUE AS GRACE;

VANESSA SEARS AS ZOE; PATRICK McMANUS AS THE PLAYWRIGHT.

An Octoroon, 2017CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: ANDRÉ SILLS AS M’CLOSKY WITH

DIANA DONNELLY AS DORA; LISA BERRY AS DIDO, KIERA SANGSTER

AS MINNIE, DIANA DONNELLY AS DORA, ANDRÉ SILLS AS GEORGE

AND RYAN CUNNINGHAM AS PETE; STARR DOMINGUE AS GRACE;

VANESSA SEARS AS ZOE; PATRICK McMANUS AS THE PLAYWRIGHT.

Director’s Notesby molly atkinson

A Christmas Carol has followed me around it seems, or perhaps I have followed it. Regardless, I am always happy and excited to be a part of the story, like a beautiful old paint-ing that changes just enough to be exciting when you stare at it again, each time coming back to it to find something new. Or perhaps, only coming back to see the familiar scene that you loved when you spotted it the first time.

My journey with A Christmas Carol started when I was ten. I was cast as Tiny Tim and I was so excited to be playing a boy. A boy with an accent and an illness! I couldn't believe my actor’s luck! I was in heaven going to rehearsals, and watching how the magic was created. I can still hear the sound of the white plastic chains being spray-painted silver for Marley’s ghost, and then watching with abso-lute amazement as Marley wore those chains as though they were made of the heaviest lead. I remember watching in the wings as Scrooge made his way through the ghosts’ visits, in awe of the transformation that the actor went through. As I waited for my next entrance, I would re-enact Scrooge’s final speech to, what I believed was, the amusement and entertainment of the crew. Now thinking back as an adult, perhaps it was more amuse-ment at the exuberance and over-eagerness of a child actor.

In the town I grew up in, Christmas was a fantastic winter wonderland. There was always snow, and bells, music and lots of bus-tling, and of course the much-anticipated reading of A Christmas Carol at the local church. Various local celebrities had the chance to read the story aloud to an excited audience. They would add their certain flare and passion to their respective staves. One could imagine the absolute thrill it would have been to witness Mr Dickens himself perform it to a live audience year after year. One year, I was asked to read a stave and I was delighted to take a stab at it. The theatrical- ity in the writing made it easy. Dickens gives

OPPOSITE: MARLA McLEAN AND ANDREW LAWRIE

AS MR AND MRS CRATCHIT WITH TINY TIM AND THE

CRATCHIT CHILDREN; PJ PRUDAT AS EMILY AND

JONATHAN TAN AS FRED WITH MARLA McLEAN,

GRAEME SOMERVILLE, SARENA PARMAR AND

PATTY JAMIESON.

THIS PAGE: MICHAEL THERRIAULT AS SCROOGE;

PATTY JAMIESON AS MRS DILBER WITH JONATHAN

TAN AND GRAEME SOMERVILLE.

you everything you would ever need to know about how to deliver the words. It almost feels like it is meant to be performed to an audience, and you can’t help but devote yourself entirely to it. The audience can’t help being carried along for the ride.

There are other incarnations of A Christ-mas Carol that have stayed with me through-out the years. I created a children’s version conceived with theatre-school kids, written entirely from the ghosts’ point of view. It was awesome. Also another rendition performed by my son’s school. The joy of watching my son give the full passionate portrayal of the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge in grade two was miraculous. And then, the opportunity to join this production last year as the Assistant Director was, I must say, a pure delight. To wit-ness the story that I had known for so many years coming alive through the imagination of Tim Carroll was such a pleasure. It is a refresh-ing take on the story, but rooted deep in the original words that Dickens wrote. We were always rewriting the script, and referencing the story to make sure we plucked as much of the original Dickens text as we could fit in. We worked hard to make the story everything you would want from A Christmas Carol. I love witnessing the audience reactions to each little bit of the story, as if they had never known the story before, but yet they were somehow familiar all at the same time. It seems that we all just love a good story, and if it’s really good, we love to hear it over and over and over again, and this one is a really good one.

I hope to guide the story with all the passion of that ten-year-old kid in the wings, entertaining whoever was around. Still so fas-cinated and in awe of the actors and the stage managers and the crew, and everyone who does all the hard work of creating the magic that we get to behold. Welcome to A Christmas Carol.

THIS PAGE: MICHAEL THERRIAULT AS SCROOGE

AND ANDREW LAWRIE AS BOB CRATCHIT; GRAEME

SOMERVILLE AS MR HUBBLE.

OPPOSITE: FEZZIWIG’S PARTY; THE ENSEMBLE.

2017 PHOTOS.

For full biographical information about our cast and creative team, please visit shawfest.com/ensemble.

MOLLY ATKINSON Director SHAW 2018: Director for A Christmas Carol. Christmas was always a busy time for my family. We sang and per-formed together as The Atkinson Family Singers, for local churches, parties, fairs and Christmas bazaars. Mostly my sisters and I would fight over the microphone or the instruments — I played the tambourine and the tri- angle. This led me to my career as a performer, actor and now also a director. Christmas has always been about family, music, stories, warmth and love. The best part about being a director is that I get to create and be a part of delivering stories, music, warmth and love to audi- ences and their families.

TIM CARROLL Adapter / Original DirectorSHAW 2018: Adapter/original director for A Christmas Carol; director for The Magician’s Ne- phew, Mythos ; co-director for Henry V. My earliest theatre ex- perience? A Christmas show in Manchester, England. I must have been very young, because all I remember is that they threw orange parcels into the audience, and I was cross that I was too far back to get one. I never even found out what was in them. The best thing about being a director is that I don’t get to act. And that is good news for the audience, because I am a terrible actor. I tried at uni-versity and my friends told me I had to stop, because I was ruining every play I was in. Christmas to me means a chance to eat all the mince pies in the world. It also means seeing faces light up when I give the perfect gift, but if I had to choose, I would go for the mince pies.

CHRISTINE LOHRE Designer SHAW 2018: Designer for A Christmas Carol. My grandmother took all the family to the National Theatre in Oslo before Christmas to see Searching for the Christmas Star. I remember the warm light from the lanterns outside the old theatre falling on the snow. Inside, the theatre was decorated in gold and the stage was like looking into another world. To build an atmosphere is what inspires me. I have a way of building my memories and imagination in shapes and colours; and, as a designer, I can also help tell a story with those tools. I like the design not to be too defined, to leave it open for the actors to play with and for the audience to fill in their own imaginations. My Christmas is celebrated with family and traditional food. We still make a circle around the tree and sing carols — it’s a mid-winter ritual that I cannot be without.

KEVIN LAMOTTE Lighting DesignerSHAW 2018: Lighting designer for A Christmas Carol, The Magician’s Nephew, Mythos, The Baroness and the Pig and Henry V. My earliest theatre mem- ories are of being in school plays. In grade one I played Joseph in the Nativity scene of my public school’s Christmas pageant. The best thing about being a lighting designer is collaborating with other artists from many disciplines

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to create something new. Christmas to me means family and the joy of being with all who are present, as well as remembering family and friends who have passed.

PAUL SPORTELLI Original Music / Original Music Direction SHAW 2018: Original music/original music direction for A Christmas Carol; music director for Grand Hotel and Oh What a Lovely War; composer for Mythos. My mom starred in community theatre and my parents took me to rehearsals when I was quite young. Other parents brought their kids too, but while the other kids were in the parking lot play-ing, I was inside watching rehearsal, mesmerized. So it’s no surprise that I now find myself working in theatre. The best thing about being a music director is bringing music to life — making what’s on a page of music jump off that page and become sound — and awakening music as fully and vibrantly as possible in actors and musicians with whom I collaborate. For me, Christmas is a great time to celebrate with family and friends, as well as an opportune time for reflection.

RYAN deSOUZA Music Director SHAW 2018: Music director for A Christmas Carol; associate music director for Grand Hotel and Oh What a Lovely War. I learned to play the piano in church and grew up playing and singing the carols you will hear today. We toured the country singing them at churches and concert halls across North America, with St Michael’s Choir School; and, to this day, my brothers and I get together and do a midnight mass every year. It’s amazing how that “O Come All Ye Faithful” descant, or the choir suddenly breaking into four parts in “Silent Night”, can bring back all those great memories of Christmases past. That’s one of the reasons I love doing what I do — creating a sound-

scape that inspires the magic of the mind.

ALEXIS MILLIGAN Movement / Puppetry SHAW 2018: Movement/puppetry for A Christmas Carol; movement/puppetry director for The Magician’s Nephew; movement director for The Baroness and the Pig and Oh What a Lovely War; puppetry director for The Hound of the Baskervilles. Christmas in my family, for many years, has been all about theatre and puppets. In Halifax there is a production of The Nutcracker (now in its 28th season) produced by Symphony Nova Scotia. When I was fourteen, I was cast in the show as a young dancer and puppeteer. That is where my love for puppetry began. A few years ago, I was asked to join the cast again, only this time as one of the grown-up parts and “Mother Ginger”, which thrills my children to no end. Going to the theatre, dancing and carol singing is a staple of our holiday season, although my favourite Christmas memory has to be of my mother and me sneakily play-ing Christmas carols on cold days in October, when my father was out of the house.

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KYLA COOK BelleSHAW 2018: A Christmas Carol; 1st season. My earliest theatre memory is preforming in A Christmas Carol in my beautiful hometown of Charlottetown, pei, at the Confedera- tion Centre of the Arts. In this production I played Young Cratchit and will never forget the incredible learning experience I had while working with seasoned profession-als. It’s unbelievable how things in life come full circle. I have the same feelings now about the wonderful cast and crew I have the privilege of working with in this production at the Shaw Festival. The best thing about my job is that it never feels like a job. As a performer, I feel alive when I’m on stage and there is nothing I would rather be doing. Christmas to me is a time to reflect on what’s truly important in life. It is a time for rejoicing and a time to be grateful for all the great experiences life has to offer us.

PATTY JAMIESON Mrs DilberSHAW 2018: A Christmas Carol, The Magician’s Nephew and Grand Hotel; 21st season. When I was young, my fam-ily lived in Germany. I attended a French school there in grade four, and a puppet troupe came from France to present a show with paper puppets. They asked for a volunteer, and I was chosen to help assemble a big, red, dog puppet. I hadn’t mastered the language yet and didn’t understand what they were saying, but I felt the magic of being “in the show”. There are many good things about being an actor...one of them is travelling and per-forming in different cities and countries. It’s like being paid to explore people and places that you might never get to see otherwise. Travelling can be a little difficult at Christmas when it’s important to be home with family; but my family, with their military background, has gen-erously spent Christmas with me in several hotel rooms over the years.

ANDREW LAWRIE Bob CratchitSHAW 2018: A Christmas Carol, Of Marriage and Men and The Orchard (After Chekhov); 2nd season. My earli-est theatre memory was going to see The Phantom of the Opera with my uncle, at the Princess of Wales Theatre. I was seven years old and was mesmerized and invigo-rated by the performance. I suppose that’s one of the best things about being an actor — to be able to invigorate, uplift and delight those who come to see my work. And funnily enough, I also think that’s what Christmas is about for me — people coming together to share in some-thing that brings hope and joy.

MARLA McLEAN Mrs CratchitSHAW 2018: Appearing in A Christmas Carol and Oh What a Lovely War; appearing in and assistant director for Grand Hotel; 12th season. All of my earliest theatre memories take place in my home province of Nova Scotia at Neptune Theatre. My school was sponsored to see a number of different shows there. Each time I sat in the audience I felt sure that both the actors and the audience were sharing something singular. When my time came to step onto that stage, years later, I realized that what I loved most about being an actor was the opportunity to step into another’s shoes and to allow the audience an opportunity for empathy toward another or for themselves. The Shaw Festival has been my home for several years. To spend Christmas with my little one and my husband in this gorgeous town, while doing this beautiful play, is the perfect Christmas gift.

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SARENA PARMAR Christmas Past SHAW 2018: A Christmas Carol and Stage Kiss; appearing in and author for The Orchard (After Chekhov); 2nd season. Every year my elementary school put on a Christmas show. My fifth-grade teacher was a Star Trek fan, so naturally we presented “Christmas on the Enterprise”. I was too shy and nervous to audition for any of the parts, so I was given the role of the computer. I sat behind a box and spoke in a monotone computer voice, which suited me just fine. The best thing about being an actor is always getting to try new things or learn new skills. Nothing ever stays the same for very long. Soon enough you’re on to another adventure. Christmas is my favourite holiday! It is a time when magic is possible and people lead with kindness.

PJ PRUDAT Emily (Fred’s wife) SHAW 2018: A Christmas Carol; 2nd season. I am a proud Métis theatre artist and writer, born in a wild snowstorm in northern Saskatchewan on twelfth night. Stories and con-nections to this land are what guide me as an artist. I was

five years old when I took my first steps onto a stage to play a dancing lady in The Twelve Days of Christmas. The best thing about being an actor is the freedom to play and connect to others in the sharing of a great story. Christmas, to me, has always been about fam-ily, kindness and offering generosity to those in need.

GRAEME SOMERVILLE Mr HubbleSHAW 2018: A Christmas Carol, Henry V and The Hound of the Baskervilles; 16th season. I have a photo which was taken in the lobby of the Shaw Festival theatre thirty-five years ago. In it, I stand beside my father, who has just purchased a book from the gift shop for me, entitled Model Theatres and How to

Make Them. In a romantic gesture he has inscribed within: “To Graeme, who at the age of eight has a love for the theatre. May it last a lifetime.” This Christmas will be the fourth with our son and the sixth without my father. I hope that, in time, Griffin may come to love this raucous and joyful revel of an art-form as much as his grandfather did, and as his wonderful mother, Marla, and I do.

SANJAY TALWAR Christmas PresentSHAW 2018: Stage Kiss, The Orchard (After Chekhov) and A Christmas Carol; 4th sea-son. Decorating the tree, carols, presents (and so, shopping), It’s a Wonderful Life, the Grinch, Scrooge, counting down to the big day (sometimes in minutes and seconds), playing games with my sister between 5 and 7am so my parents could get some rest… but, mostly Christmas has been about family for me since I was little.

My parents, my sister and at least one guest that my father would have brought to our house — an exchange student, a new Canadian, someone whose home was far away. It made me realize that family could mean more than I ever thought. Merry Christmas to you and your family!

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JONATHAN TAN FredSHAW 2018: A Christmas Carol; 8th season. My first time in the theatre was seeing a huge Mirvish musical and being swept away by the sheer size of it: the roar of the orchestra, the spectacular set, the anthemic numbers that moved me to tears. A few weeks later, some puppeteers came to my school to do a wacky, half-improvised sketch with no set, a gibberish language and some cheeky audience interaction...and I laughed and howled till I couldn’t breathe. No matter the scale, good theatre provokes, and great theatre transforms through empathy and compassion. Now an adult and an actor myself, I’m proud to champion theatre’s role in an increasingly cynical world, inviting strangers to let down their guard, to share in the same story, to listen and believe. We’re all “fellow passengers to the grave”. Our humble Christmas offering is a light-hearted reminder that our journeys are not so different after all.

MICHAEL THERRIAULT ScroogeSHAW 2018: A Christmas Carol, The Magician’s Nephew and Grand Hotel; 2nd season. My earliest theatre memory is playing a tap-dancing dog in a recital when I was five. I didn’t do much tapping as I recall. I located a coloured mark on the stage, panted a bit and walked in a circle; a performance you are likely to see echoes of tonight! I have always said that the best thing about being an actor is the people I get to spend my life around. Kind, easy-going, sup-portive, playful; they are some of the most inspiring people I know. As for my feelings on Christmas, although my family doesn’t exchange gifts anymore, we do love spending time together and for me Christmas is a yearly reminder to do that as often as I can.

ALISON PEDDIE Production Stage ManagerSHAW 2018: Stage manager for A Chris- tmas Carol and Mythos; 13th season. My favourite memory of Christmas with my family was the big Christmas Eve party my grandparents threw every year. There were cousins in every cor-ner of the house and loud laughter from every room. As adults, my cous-ins and I still talk about those parties with child-like happiness. For me, my grandparents, great-aunts and -uncles, and parents live again, larger than life, in Christmas Eve memory. As an adult, and now with a child of my own, I still enjoy the anticipation that is such a part of Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

ANNIE McWHINNIE Assistant Stage ManagerSHAW 2018: Assistant stage manager for A Christmas Carol, Stage Kiss and The Orchard (After Chekhov); 10th season. My earliest theatre memory is seeing musicals as a child and then going home to play the cassette recordings on repeat until I had learned every word. One of my favourite things about working in stage management is collaborating with all the different depart-ments, creative and technical, from the rehearsal process all the way through to the closing of the show. For me, growing up in an interfaith household, the holiday season has always been about celebration and spending time with those I love.

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Staff

EXECUTIVE TEAMArtistic Director

TIM CARROLLExecutive Director

TIM JENNINGSExecutive Assistant

JANET HANNA

CREATIVE MANAGEMENTAssociate Artistic Director

KATE HENNIGPlanning Director

JEFF CUMMINGSProducer

NATALIE ACKERSMusic Director

PAUL SPORTELLICompany Manager

BARRY BURNSInterim Company Manager

NIKI POIRIERPublications Co-ordinator

JEAN GERMANAssociate Music Director/ Conductor/Company Pianist

RYAN deSOUZA

THE SLAIGHT FAMILY ACADEMYAcademy Director, Acting

KATE HENNIG Voice and Dialect Associates

EDDA SHARPESARAH SHIPPOBOTHAM

Voice and Dialect CoachJEFFREY SIMLETT

Alexander TechniqueVICTORIA HEART

Singing CoachesCAROL BAGGOTT-FORTEEILEEN SMITH

Movement CoachesESIE MENSAHALEXIS MILLIGAN

Senior Manager, EducationSUZANNE MERRIAM

Education Co-ordinatorMEGAN GILCHRIST

Intern DirectorsDIANA DONNELLYTAWIAH BEN McCARTHY

Music InternPATRICK BOWMAN

PRODUCTIONProduction Director

DON FINLAYSONTechnical Directors

MARK CALLANANRITA PETRAROIAJASON WOODGATE

Production AdministratorMARGARET FERENCZ

Production BuyersDAN GALLONICOLE JAMES

DesignLighting Design Director

KEVIN LAMOTTEAssistant Lighting Designers

NICK ANDISONMIKAEL KANGASCHRIS MALKOWSKINICHOLAS VINCENT

Design AssistantsHANNE LOOSENCHRISTINE URQUHART

Assistant Projection DesignerLAURA WARREN

Stage ManagementProduction Stage Manager

ALISON PEDDIEStage Managers

BEATRICE CAMPBELLDIANE KONKINMEREDITH MACDONALDANDREA SCHURMANALLAN TEICHMANDORA TOMASSI

Assistant Stage ManagersBRADLEY DUNNASHLEY IRELANDAMY JEWELLLEIGH McCLYMONTANNIE McWHINNIETHÉA PEL

Apprentice Stage ManagersKATE HENNIGARKEN JAMES STEWART

PropertiesHead of Properties

WAYNE REIERSONProps Co-ordinator

TAMMY FENNERBuyer

BRENT HICKEYDriver

DAN GALLOBuilders

JEFF BINGLEYANNA-MARIE BAUMGARTROB BROPHYMARTINA ERSKINEMATT LECKIEALEXA MacKENZIEJENNA PURNELLJENNIFER STEVENSBUNNY TURNBULL

WardrobeHead of Wardrobe

JASON BENDIGAssociate Head of Wardrobe

JANET ELLISWardrobe Co-ordinator

KENDRA COOPERWardrobe Apprentices

HALEY HELMJOANNE PACINDA

BuyerMAUREEN GURNEY

MillinerMARGIE BERGGREN

Milliner AssistantKATHRYN URBANEK

Bijoux/DecorationMICHELLE HARRISSON

Boots/ShoesSADIE DUCROIXKAREN BEAMES

DyerJEAN RUMNEY

CuttersTRULY CARMICHAELRAMONA CRAWFORDMORGAN MACKINTOSHAVRIL STEVENSON

TailorCHERYL HUGHES

First HandsAUDREY-JOY BERGSMA

PILLINGCHRISTINE GROSSKURTH

DARLENE HENDRYANDREA MacKENZIE

SewersTIINA ADAMSSTACEY BONARREBECCA BOYDCASEY BROWNCAROL FARNANMICHELLE GADULAFRANCINE GAUVREAUERIN HUITEMANANCY KAPODISTRIASALIS KILICOGLUCARLA LONGDARLENE NASZADOSBRONWYN PELBOBBI PIDDUCKELAINE REDDINGROWAN REIMERKATHY SCOZZAFAVAMIA VAASJOKATHLEEN VAN DYKEMICHELLE WARRENVERONICA WATKINSMADISON WATSON

Scenic ArtHead of Scenic Art

GWYNETH STARKScenic Artists

PAULA ENGSTROMANDREA HARRINGTONREBECCA LEEJANA SIMMS

Scenic ConstructionHead of Scenic Construction

LESSLIE TUNMERAssistant Head of Scenic Construction

PAUL JENKINSTrades

CHRYSTINE ANDERSONGEORGE GALANISMICHAEL HASLEHURSTTOM HURSTKIRK NORTHMIKE PALMIERIDAVID WESTLAKE

Shop AdministratorSHANNON ENGEMANN

Construction ElectricsHead of Construction Electrics

JOHN VANIDOURConstruction Electrician

ANTHONY BLASCHUK, JRAudioHead of Audio

WALTER LAWRENCEFestival Audio Operator

FRED GABRSEKRoyal George Audio Operator

JULIAN MAINPRIZEStudio Audio Operator

ETHAN RISING2nd Royal George and Studio Operator

JOEY BALDUCCHI1st Festival rf Technician/3rd Royal George Audio Operator

COREY MACFADYEN2nd Festival rf Technician

JAMES MASSWOHLElectricsHead of Electrics

JOHN BOBRELFestival Electrician

BRENT TOMLINSONRoyal George Electrician

PAUL McMANIS

Studio ElectricianJOHN MARSHALL

Royal George Lunchtime Operator

BILL TALBOTVideo Technician

TREVOR HUGHES2nd Royal George/Studio Operator/Swing

MELANIE THIVIERGEFestival Deck Electricians

JASON CHESWORTHROBIN FARMERSHAWN GILBERT

1st Spot Operator/Deck Electrician

JEAN ST ONGE2nd Spot Operator

BRIAN SKELTONFestival Changeover Electricians

BRYAN OSMANPAUL TOYNE

Stage CrewHead Stage Carpenter

DAVID EDWARDSFestival Stage Carpenter

ARCHIE MacKENZIERoyal George Stage Carpenter

KEVIN WATSONStudio Stage Carpenter

JEFF BINGLEYRoyal George Swing Stage Supervisor

DAVID SCHILZStudio Swing Stage Supervisor

FOLKERT BERGSMARoyal George Lunchtime Supervisor

JEREMY KLASSENFestival Flyperson

TOM POLCIFestival Properties Runner

JOY BEELEYRoyal George Properties Runners

PETER GRACIEMARTIN WOODYARD

Studio Properties RunnerJOE BONAR

Festival Stage TradesFRANK ZALOKAR

Changeover CrewFestival Changeover Supervisor

KEVIN McGUIREFestival Changeover Flyperson

ROB MAZZAFestival Changeover Hands

CARM SACCOPAUL TIMMERMANAARON WILLICK

Royal George Changeover Supervisor

ROB GRINDLAYRoyal George Changeover Trade

PAUL CZARTOWSKIRoyal George Changeover Hand

ROLF LIEDTKEWardrobe RunningHead of Wardrobe Running

MARGARET MOLOKACHFestival Wardrobe Supervisor

JOANNE BLASCHUKRoyal George Wardrobe Supervisor

KATY NAGYStudio Wardrobe Supervisor

PAM GALLOP2nd Royal George Wardrobe Supervisor

MICHELLE GADULA

2nd Studio Wardrobe SupervisorSTACEY BONAR

3rd Royal George Wardrobe Supervisor

KATHLEEN VAN DYKEFestival Wardrobe Attendants

CAROLINE DELAVAULTSADIE DUCROIXCHRISTINA GALANISDOT WARD

Royal George Wardrobe Attendant

ELAINE REDDINGStudio Wardrobe Attendant

BOBBI PIDDUCKWigs and Make-upHead of Wigs and Make-up

LORNA HENDERSONFestival Wigs Supervisor

FLORENCE LEWISRoyal George Wigs Supervisor

LORENA GHIRARDIStudio Wigs Supervisor

SHERRY NASMITH-JONES2nd Festival Wigs Supervisor

JOE PAONESSA2nd Royal George Wigs Supervisor

CHRISTINE SMITH2nd Studio Wigs Supervisor

CINDY EMERY3rd Royal George Wigs Supervisor

NANCY BOONFestival Wigs Attendants

ROXANNE DiFRANCESCOLIN McCOY

MANAGEMENTHuman ResourcesDirector

DIANNE GIBBSHousingCo-ordinator

MARGARET CATHERWOOD

MaintenanceLARRY BENNETT

DEVELOPMENTDirector of Advancement

CINDY MEWHINNEYDirector, Donor Relations

JANE DAGGAssociate Director

MARION RAWSONSenior Officer, Individual Gifts & Legacy Giving

KIMBERLEY WHITESenior Major Gifts Officer

SHELLEY KUZMAManager, Governors Council

CHRISTINE PELLERINManager, Membership Services

TIM CZABANStewardship Officers

CATHARINE CARRJULIANNA COLE HEATHER

SARGESON-CALLARAAssociate, Donor Relations

RENATA DiFILIPPOCo-ordinator, Data and Reporting

COLLEEN MONFILSCo-ordinator, Gift Processing

ANTOINETTE MOORECo-ordinator, Corporate Partnerships

TINA SCHMIDT

Supervisors, Membership Services

JEFF MacKAY MATT RATELLE

InternKATY LITTLEJOHN

Membership StaffELIZABETH ABRAHIMJENIFER BASSILTERESA COSTELLOTHERESA FEORDANIEL LIZZOTTISHELLEY McBAINANNE WILSON

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIONDirector

ROY REEVESController

JULIE ALLEN-SARGENTPayroll Co-ordinator

RICK FOKKENSSenior Accountant

CATHY CONDINAAccounts Payable Clerks

MONICA BUDDTRISH FEDOROWICH

Finance AssistantJAYME SWANWICK

Audience Services and FacilitiesSenior Manager

CHUCK MEWETTManager, Food and Beverage

JULIANNA UGUCCIONIManagers, Front-of-House

CHRIS ANDRONEYLAURA CAHILLRYAN HULLGREG McARTHURGEORGINA PIOVESANAMURIEL TRIANO

Head of HousekeepingCHERYL CAIRNS

Head of Maintenance/SecurityGREIG HUNTER

Front-of-House/Food and Beverage Staff

DENNIS ALBERTJON BALDJEANNIE BERGLAUREN BOWMANLEA BOWMANOWEN BROWNWILLIAM CROTHERSDAVID DiFRANCESCOSUSAN DYERBEVERLY EDWARDSONDARCY ELLISONCATHERINE ENSWENDY FRASERGAIL HEWITTJULIA HILLSHARON JEANCONNOR KINGDARREN KLASSENGARY KRAUSEANTHONY KUCHARANNE MARIE LENCVERA LENCISAAC LILLIEMARY MATHEWSAMANDA McDONNELLSARAH McDOUGALLJENNIFER McLARENF. PAQUITA MUNDAYSTERLING PENTALADRIANNA POLITO

JOANNE PRIESTMANMELANIA RADELICKIROSS RINGLERKATHERINE ROBERTJESSICA SCHRYERJIM SMIRNISELEANOR SNIDERPAUL SNIDERKEITH SUTHERLANDMELANIE THOMPSONOLIVIA TRIVIERIJEANETTE WARD

Housekeeping StaffPAMELA BRAZEAUMARIE DUMOULINWENDY JARRYJOANNE JONESLORI-ANN McALLISTERPAT McAULAYNELLA MULLENCARMELLA SAPIENZADONNA SMITHJUDY SOBIERAJ

Maintenance Lead HandDAVID McCARTHY

Maintenance Crew HeadANDY LOUTER

Maintenance/Events CrewNEIL SMITH

Grounds CrewTYLER LEYLAND

DistributionSupervisor

PAUL RODGERSCo-ordinator

MARGARET CUMMINGInformation TechnologyDirector

SARAH FABIANISenior Developer

MIKE FARRDatabase Analyst

VIKTOR STREMLERNetwork Administrator

JOHN CHRISTIANReceptionSupervisor

LEEANNE PRICEDatabase-Maintenance Receptionists

SUSAN ASHUKIANMAUREEN BUTLERJOAN CHAMBERS

MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS AND SALESDirector

VALERIE TAYLORSenior Marketing and Brand Manager

NATHALIE IVANY-BECCHETTI

Direct Marketing Co-ordinatorMARY CLARE LAMON

Graphic DesignerSARAH DOWSE

CommunicationsSenior Manager

LAURA HUGHESCo-ordinator

JENNIFFER ANANDDigital Engagement Specialist

ALYSSA LEPPProduction Photographer

DAVID COOPERPhotographer

EMILY COOPER

SalesSenior Manager, Ticketing and Analytics

AARON BOYDBox Office Manager

KELLY McNEELYAssistant Managers, Sales and Box Office

CARI GOSNELLRYAN HULL

Co-ordinator, Staffing and Reporting

SARAH RODGERSCo-ordinator, Sales Technology

SHANNA TAILLONBox Office Staff

BEV BURGERANDREA COLEGENY COLICCHIO-QUINNELISA DAVISBENNETT FERGUSONSUSANNE HESLOPJOY LAMBERTCOURTNEY

O’DONOGHUEJOEL RENNERNICHOLAS SIDLARANDREW STADTMULLERANTONETTA TREMONTE

Senior Manager, Group and On-site Sales

WES BROWNGreen Room Kitchen Manager

ALISON KICULStaff

HANNAH ANDERSONSARAH JONESERIKA LOFFELMANNDANNI MORRISON-

FUHRMANNRetailManager, Retail Sales and Shaw Express

MATT WEAVERStaff

MARCUS ANDREWSPIPPA BARWELLMARK FRIESENJENNIFER PALABAYDANA PERESSOTTISTACY ROBERTSONCHELSEA TOTTEN

Special TicketingSenior Manager

ALLISON COCHRANAssistant Co-ordinator

JANE McINTYREAssistant

JULIE JONES

House ProgrammesPUNCH & JUDY INC

Theatre Chiropractor/rmtDR BREANNE SCHULTZ

Shaw LibrarianNANCY BUTLER

Resident ScholarLEONARD CONOLLY

Artistic Directors EmeritiJACKIE MAXWELLCHRISTOPHER NEWTONPAXTON WHITEHEAD

Cumulative GivingThank you to the following individuals and family foundations who have given $250,000 or more in cumulative donations to the Shaw Festival.

$1 MILLION+ The 1916 Foundation • Marilyn & Charles+ Baillie • Estate of Mona M. Campbell • Val Fleming+ • Nona Heaslip+ • Tim++ & Frances Price • The Slaight Family Foundation • Donald+ & Elaine+ Triggs • Carol Walker & Estate of John Greenhill Walker

$750,000+ Anonymous Buffalo Donors • Carol & David+ Appel • Estate of Walter Carsen • Estate of Valerie Delacorte • Richard++ & Darleen Falconer • The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation • The John R. Oishei Foundation • William++ & Meredith Saunderson • Shaw Festival Guild

$500,000+ Estate of Bram & Bluma Appel • Rennie & Bill+ Humphries • Colleen++ & Brian Johnston • Diane & James King • Nancy & John McFadyen • Andrew++ & Valerie Pringle • Corinne++ & Victor++ Rice • The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation • 1 anonymous gift

$250,000+ Charles Balbach++ • James F. Brown++ • Michael Eagen & Michele Darling+ • Mr & Mrs Anthony++ R. Graham • Mr Richard M. Ivey • Don & Gundy+ Jackson • Michael & Sonja+ Koerner • George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation • Philip & Berthe Morton Foundation • Sylvia & Bernard+ Ostry • Barbara Palk+ & John Warwick+ • Peter M. Partridge • Ada W. Slaight+ • Allan Slaight+ • Liz Tory+ • Maureen+ & Wayne Squibb • Jim++ & Michal+ Wadsworth (Carlos & Elizabeth Heath Foundation, Mulroy Family Foundation, Robert & Patricia Colby Foundation) • Estate of Gerald Yanke • 1 anonymous gift

We also recognize the following corporations for their cumulative donations.

$1 MILLION+ Bell Canada • CIBC • Honda Canada Inc • HSBC • RBC • Scotiabank • Sun Life Financial • TD Bank Group

ENDOWMENT & ESTATE GIFTS

Marilyn & Charles+ Baillie • Estate of William Clarkson • Estate of Sharon & Frederick Dixon • Estate of Murray Fitzsimmons • Doralee & Lawrence Garfinkel • Martha+ & Tom++ Hyde • Cynthia & Malcolm+ Macdonald • Mary I. McLeod Foundation • H & R Mida Charitable Foundation • Petrina & Peter++ Nesbitt • Ruth & Charles Schwartz • 1 anonymous gift

ANDY PRINGLE CREATIVE RESERVE Tim++ & Frances Price Risk Fund • Shauneen++ & Michael Bruder • Anthony & Shari Fell • Colleen++ & Brian Johnston • Andrew++ & Valerie Pringle • Gary & Donna Slaight • Jaime Watt++ & Paul Ferguson • Libby & Chuck Winograd

Annual DonorsGifts in support of annual operations and special projects.

MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS

$250,000+ Gabriel Pascal Memorial Fund • The Slaight Family Foundation • 1 anonymous gift

$100,000+ Nona Heaslip+ • Colleen++ & Brian Johnston • Andrew++ & Valerie Pringle • Corinne++ & Victor++ Rice

$50,000+ ARTISTS CIRCLE James F. Brown++ • Val Fleming+ • Mary E. Hill • Dr Christopher & Mrs Jeanne Jennings • Diane & James King • 1 anonymous gift

$25,000+ PRODUCERS CIRCLE Richard & Mona Alonzo • Carol & David+ Appel • Gail+ & Mark Appel • Charles Balbach++ • Wendy & Bruce Gitelman • Martha+ & Tom++ Hyde • Kristian++ & Anita Knibutat • Mona+ & Harvey Levenstein • The Jasmine & Kevin++ Patterson Family Foundation • William++ & Meredith Saunderson • Philip Terranova & Audrey Allen • Barbara+ & Colin Watson • Jaime Watt++ and Paul Ferguson • 2 anonymous gifts

GOVERNORS COUNCIL

HONORARY LIFE MEMBER Ada W. Slaight+

DONORS

We salute all the generous donors who help us to create great theatre!

AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2018 + BOARD ALUMNI ++ BOARD MEMBER * SHAW COMPANY/ENSEMBLE MEMBER

DRESS CIRCLE ($15,000+) Patricia & Barrie Barootes • Sheila++ Brown & Doug Guzman • Robin Campbell & Peter Jewett++ • Truly Carmichael* & Tim Jennings*++ • Alberta G. Cefis++ • Corinne Hansen • Oliver Kent & Martine Jaworski • Mrs Susan Lee • R. Susan MacIntyre • Lois Murray & Linda Murray • Peter M. Partridge • Dr Reza Rastegar & Mrs Sheryl Armstrong Rastegar • J & L Rogers Charitable Foundation • Esther & Sam Sarick • Nancy Smith+ • Diane P. Stampfler • Dorothy Strelsin Foundation • Jim++ & Michal+ Wadsworth • 1 anonymous gift

FOUNDERS CIRCLE ($10,000+) Eric Baker Family Foundation • Evelyn Bateman • Shauneen++ & Michael Bruder • William Chapman • John+ & Lynn+ Clappison • Michael Eagen & Michele Darling+ • Vivien Dzau++ & Daniel MacIntosh • Richard++ & Darleen Falconer • Wayne & Isabel Fox • Kenneth++ & Amy Friedman • Dr Bob Gaines & Toni Burke • Judy Goetz Sanger+ • John & Judith Grant • Mike Grey • Lyle Hall++ & Brian Morrison • In memory of Charles J. Hahn • Nathan & Marilyn Hayward • Elizabeth Heersink • Rennie & Bill+ Humphries • Mr & Mrs C.L. Hunt • Rebecca & Ian++ Joseph • Kingfisher Foundation • Betty & Jamie Knight • Mr & Mrs Charles F. Kreiner, Jr • Janet & Sidney Lindsay • Eugene Lundrigan++ & Tracey Remkes • Nancy & John McFadyen • Jim Meekison+ & Carolyn Keystone • Petrina & Peter++ Nesbitt • Sandra & Jim Pitblado • Margaret A. Riggin • Barrie D. Rose, Karen Solomon & Family • Dr Frederick Ross & Mrs Nancy Gosewich Ross • Evelyn M. Spielmann • Carol Walker • M&N Walker Fund at the Niagara Community Foundation • 1 anonymous gift

BENEFACTOR ($6000+) Richard & Diane Armstrong • Scott & Ruth Aspinall • Keith Ambachtsheer & Virginia Atkin • James Baillie & Elizabeth Kocmur • Marilyn & Charles+ Baillie • Lee & Barbara Bentley • Edward & Nancy Berkhout • Jim Bertram & Bonnie Foster • Peter & Suzanne Bland • Helen & Bob Bradfield • Doug & Valerie Brenneman • Thomas Burrows • John+ & Pattie Cleghorn • Marion Cross • Serge & Giulia Delannoy • Mr James Duhaime & Dr Heather Hannah • Andrew Fleming+ & Roger Keglevich • Marlene & Darryl Fry • Dan Hagler & Family • Jack & Sally Harmer • Sandra McKee Hind-Smith • Mr Richard M. Ivey • Omar & Leslie Khan • Naomi & Dave Lee • Cynthia & Malcolm+ Macdonald • Dr & Mrs Mario Malizia • Richard McCoy+ • Noel D. Mowat • Bill & Lee Nelson • David Pakrul & Sandra Onufryk • David & Daphne Pfaff • Wayne Shaw & Marilyn Pilkington+ • The Pottruff Family Foundation • Margaret Rieger • Drs Jolie Ringash & Glen Bandiera • Mr & Mrs Paul Rowcliffe • Frank & Susan Saraka • James & Marguerite Schellentrager • Stuart & Wendy Smith • Maureen+ & Wayne Squibb • Liz Tory+ • Tom & Carmela Vert • Paul Warun • Gregg+ & Joan Watkins • Jeanne & William Watson • Dr Richard & Mrs Marion Wilkinson • Stefa & Les Williams • Ron & Kay Woodfine – Just Christmas • 3 anonymous gifts

LEADING PATRON ($3500+) Robert C. Anderson • Dr Charles & Mrs Susanne Armitage • Lynne & Tony Ashworth • Mr & Mrs Gregory+ James Aziz • Ed & Connie Babcock • Peter & Marilyn Balan • Barberian Steak House Family • Laurie Barrett • David & Faith Bell • Nani & Austin Beutel • Edward & Caryn Chatten • Jeffrey Chessum • Rosemary Chew • Jean & Joe Chorostecki • David & Valerie Christie • Jane Dagg* & Peter Hartwell* • Margaret Davidson • Patricia G. Debrusk • Marilyn Dickinson • John & Patricia Dimitrieff • Victor C. Laughlin, MD Memorial Foundation Trust • Sydney Duder • Sarah* & Tom Fabiani • Mrs Margaret Fairman • Mario Ferrara & Annabel Kennedy • Donald & Cathy Fogel • Carol & Burke Fossee • Mark & Frannie Gallien • Nancy & Graham Garton • John Geller • Robert H. Gibson & F.H. Gibson • Fred & Charleen Gorbet • Mr & Mrs Anthony++ R. Graham • Art Grierson • In memory of Charles J. (Jack) Hahn: Perelandra Fund • Dr Susan E.H. Hall • Mike & Cindy Hansen • Laurie & Douglas Harley • Donald Harrington • Douglas+ & Colleen Hunter • Jacob & Inge Iliohan • Oliver Jakob & Bettina Buss • David & Joanne Jones • Douglas Kahn • Ellen & Nick Kammer • Ursula Keller • Dr Gordon Kirke • Michael & Sonja+ Koerner • Mira & Saul Koschitzky • Lori Labatt • Joanne Lang • Esther Lee • Larry Lubin • Brian & Joanna MacDonald • Robert+ & Margaret MacLellan • Rita & Charles Maimbourg • Jefferson & Sally Mappin • Prof Frederick Marker & Anne Dupre • Gail Martin & John Kaloyanides • Anthony B. & Mary+ S. Martino • John & Marg Mather • Hon Margaret McCain • Sandra & Dennis McCarthy • Janet+ & Bruce McKelvey • Dr Donna McRitchie & Dr Shaf Keshavjee • Cindy* & Derek Mewhinney • Claudia & Gerry Morelli • Paul & Karen Munninghoff • J.A. Newey • Emile Oliana & Alvin Iu • Jean Lam & Paul Ostrander • Anne & Don Palmer • Ms Elissa Rastegar • Joyce & Roy* Reeves • Pinky+ & Bill Regan • Sam & Robin++ Ridesic • Blake Murray & Nancy Riley • Joy Rogers • Harry & Anne Rusling • Lori Russell • Susan & Peter Salomonsson • Mr & Mrs Michael S. Schwenger • Rick & Jari Searns • Doug & Cheryl Seaver • Ms Suzanne V. Slater • Craig E. Smith & Kelly A. Lee • Wendy & Wayne Smith • Dr Diane M. Soubly • Estate of Helen Allen Stacey • Marc St-Onge+ & Kellie Saunders • Ken Stowe & Nita Farmer • Gerald & Margaret Sutton • Adele & Michael Swartz • Lois Tatelman • Elizabeth Terry • Donald+ & Elaine+ Triggs • Ian Waldron & Tim Redmann • Barbara Palk+ & John Warwick+ • Mr Justice David Watt • Thomas & Sasha Weisz • Dr Michael & Margaret Westwood • Chris & Lorayne Winn • Bruce++ & Susan Winter • Joseph L. Wooden & Linda Girard • Bob & Joan Wright • Terry+ & Brenda Yates • 4 anonymous gifts

PATRON ($2000+) Judith M. Adam & Marc Zwelling • Jerome Andersen & June Hajjar • Elaine Anderson • Callie Archer • Diane Arsenault & Gwyer Moore • Ms Heather Bacon • Nancy Bailey • Aubrey+ & Marsha Baillie • Janet & Roy Baldwin • Richard J. Balfour • Mona Bandeen • Mr Bradford H. Banks • Lorne++ & Rosemary Barclay • Michael Barnstijn & Louise MacCallum • Robert & Loretta Barone • Dr Brian & Jenifer Bassil • Paul & Sue Baston • Roland H. & Mary Bauer • Bob & Marilyn Beach • Elizabeth Bedford-Jones • Thomas Beechy •

Michel & Doreen Bell • Ken & Peggy Bell • Robert Berckmans & Joanne Heritz • Dr David H. Bergen & Deborah Kehler • Greg+ & Karen Berti • Ronald D. Besse+ • Lynn Bevan • Patricia Bigelow • Elisabetta Bigsby • Stacey Lynn Bilotta • Colin & Sandy Black • John & Nancy Bligh • David & Marion Bogert • Barbara Gage Bolton • Nancy Bongard+ • Ronald James Boone • The Rev Dr Catherine G. Borchert • Joan & Larry Bourk • Walter M. Bowen & Lisa Balfour Bowen • Mr Peter Bracken & Ms Margaret Mitchell • Michael & Katie Bradie • Ann-Louise Branscombe Fund at the Niagara Community Foundation • Bernard & Annette Braude • Mary & Tony Brebner • Mr & Mrs Bruce R. Brown • Harriet ‘Sis’ Bunting Weld+ • Dr & Mrs Margot Burnell • Bob & Lynn Burt • Paul Butler & Chris Black • Dr & Mrs+ John L. Butsch • Mark Callan* & Marion Rawson* • Douglas & Maureen Cameron • Patrick & Vanda Carbone • Tim Carroll*++ & Alexis Milligan* • Rob & Arlene+ Carson • Ms Renee Castagnola • Joan Chilcott & the late Ernest Chilcott • Roger & Susan Christensen • Robert & Karen Christmann • Kathie & Bill Clark • William+ & Elisabeth Clarkson • Hazel Claxton+ & Jude Robinson • Amanda Demers & Brian Collins • Glenna & Derek Collins • Earlaine Collins • Cathy & Gary+ Comerford • William Constantine & Margaret Wellington • Drs Charlie & Diana Cook • Harry M. Core • Dr George Corella & James Frackenpohl • Katherine Robb Corlett • Catherine Cornell & Declan Lane • Dr Lesley S. Corrin • Cathy & Paul Cotton • John & Ruth Crow • Al Cummings • Elizabeth T. Daly+ • B.H. Davidson, md • David & Linda Dayler • Michael+ & Honor de Pencier • George & Kathy Dembroski • Dr Delf Dodge & Mr Timothy Dodson • Ken & Ginny Douglas • Vicky Downes • Peter & Suzanne Durant • Paula & Thomas Elsinghorst • Bill & Barb Etherington • Donald G. Evans • George A. Fierheller, cm • Tina Filoromo • Russell C. & Carol N. Finch • Don Finlayson* • James R. Fleck & Dr Sandra Zakarow • Gary & Valerie Foerster • Ron Folkes • Susan Janke & Jeff Ford • JE & Michele Fordyce • Patricia & Robert Forsythe • Jim & Mary Lou Fullerton • Richard Furnstahl & Teresa Stankiewicz • Rev Ivars Gaide & Rev Dr Anita Gaide • Marian Galligan • Angeline Galotta • Dianne Gibbs* • Hope & Libby Gibson • Robert Gibson • Judy & Peter Gill • Penny Gill & Christopher Pibus • Robert & Ann Gillespie • Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson • Dr Alexander Gluskin & Ms Shauna Sexsmith • John & Susan Goddard • Vaughn & Lauren Goettler • David Gooding & William Martin Jean • Mr Richard Gotlib and Ms Virginia Kairys • Suzanne Gouvernet • In memory of Bernice Graham • Ruth & Sarah Grandoni • David & Sharon Graper • Roe Green • Rob Haines, ue • Annette Hamm & Daniel Smith • Ms Elisabeth Harding • Chris & Michelle Hatch and Family • Doris Hausser • Ms Maggie Hayes • Dr & Mrs Gerald Heasman • Pamela+ & Robert Heilman • Hon Paul & Mrs Sandra Hellyer • Anne T. & Thomas C. Hilbert • Marion F. Hill • In memory of Pauline Hinch • April & Norbert Hoeller • Mary E. Hofstetter & R. David Riggs • Christopher Hoile & Howard Clarke • Ann Holcomb & Rene Bertschi • Richard & Susan Horner • Dr & Mrs C.E.M. Horning • Sheila Hosking & Carol Mae Maidens • Susan A. Howard • Henry N.R. Jackman+ • Susan Janke & Jeff Ford • George & Zoya Jenks • Tim++ & Lisa Johnson • Dr David & Glenda Jones • Lorraine Kaake • Patrick & Barbara Keenan Foundation • Tony & Val Keenleyside • Jay & Marni Kell • David Ker & Vivienne Salamon • Ed+ & Ann King • H. Rachel King • Carol A. Kortanek • Rajendra K. Kothari • Kelly & Bryce Kraeker • Ms Janet Kramer • Barry Kropf • Shelley Kuzma* • Jane E. Laird • David Lane & Grayson Sless • Rai Lauge & Jo Holden • Ms Miriam Lee • Kay & Sheldon Lenahan • Sharon Levite++ • Elizabeth Lewis & Thomas Saunders • Dr Harlan L. Lewis & Doris F. Wittenburg • Marian Lips & Dr Kevin Smith • Ms Nancy Lockhart • Richard & Dianne Lococo • Virginia Lovelace and Jonathan Taylor • Daniel & Sharon Lowenstein • Ronald Luczak++ • Edward & Dorene MacDonald • John & Susan MacDonald • Mrs Hartland M. MacDougall • Dr Robert & Mariette MacKenzie • Richard Mackler • Terry+ & Terry Mactaggart • Sharmini Mahadevan & Diana Dimmer • James & Virginia Mainprize • Susan R. & P. Todd Makler • Leo Maloney & Dennis Thomson • M. & M. Marques • Dennis & Bernadette Martin • Ms Eileen Martin & Dr Hugh Gayler • Kevan O’Connor & Lynn Masaro • Arnold Massey & Carole Cole • Sue & Biff Matthews • Nancy May • Elaine Mayo • Dr & Mrs James W. McClellan • Jim McDonald & Michelle Arsenault • I. McDorman • The John McKellar Charitable Foundation • Ian & Carol McLeod • Frank Mersch • Dr Lisa Mikitch • Michael+ & Katie Militello • Mark Dawson & Wendy Millar • Alan & Patricia Mills • Peter Milne • Valerie & Jim Milostan • Polk Family Charitable Trust • Florence Minz & Lionel Koffler • Mary Mogford & Tom Campbell • Gerda Molson • Frank & Nancy Moore • John Murphy & Joyce Macredie • The Kitchener & Waterloo Community Foundation – Ken Murray Fund • Sue & Wayne Murray – In memory of Jeffrey Marshall • Mary Murty • Peter & Laurie Nixon • Robert & Susan Noseworthy • Wanda & Jim Novinger • Pamela & Richard Nowina • Lorraine Lee & Michael O’Bee • Suzanne O’Connell • George Oleske & Carol Duncan • Maureen & Robin Ollerhead • Dr & Mrs Brian P. O’Malley • Jonathan F. Orser • Richard & Nadine Osborn • Deborah Pacinda • Janet & John Panabaker • Andrew & Claire Papierz • Brian & Paddy Parr, Honorary Members • Lynne Patterson • Victor & Esther Peters • Carole & Paul Pizzolante, on • Tom & Mary Powers • John & Norine Prim • Andy Filardo & Beth Profit • Len & Vivian Racioppo • Julian++ & Alice K. Rance • John & Shirley Rednall • Terry Schoenick & Debra Reger • Carol Reid+ • Margaret & Joseph Reynolds • Heather & David Ring • Bea Lo Katz • Shirley E. Roberts • Anita & Joe Robertson • Dr Lynn Rosen & Bradley C. Rosen • Carolyn & Don Rosenthal • Tuula & John Ross • Rubens Family Foundation • Richard Russell & Thomas Ouellette • Linda Sauro • Robert & Marlene Savlov • Donna Scott, oc • Henderson Scott & Cairine Caldwell • Harry & Lillian Seymour • Kenneth G. Shelley • Dr A.P.J. Sheppard • Fred Sherratt • Joyce Sirianni • Sara & Michelle Sirkin • Mr Matthew Skinner • Britton Smith Foundation • Mrs Doreen Smith • William & Linda Smith • Dr & Mrs Robert J. Sokol • Martha Spears • Mrs H. Stairs+ & Mr E. Mooney • John Stanley & Helmut Reichenbacher • Susan & Ron Starkman • Dr Jean Stevenson • Mr Lawrence+ & Mrs Pamela Stevenson • Elizabeth Stirling & Tom Millward • Styles Family Foundation •

ONE NATION UNDER THE ARTS

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APR 26 – MAY 19, 2019

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Doug & Lynda Swackhamer • Douglas Tallon • Lynda & Stephen Tepperman • Jacques Thibault & Ruth M. Gover • Tim & Alice Thornton • In memory of Dr John Treilhard – Dr Lynne Thurling • Gail & Doug Todgham • Brenda & Fritz Trauttmansdorff • Mark & Bettie Tullis • Upper Canada Animal Hospital • Greg Virelli & Mario Vecchi • Jack Walsh • Carolyn J. Warner • Jack Watkins & Erin English • Ruth Watts-Gransden • Catherine Waugh • Ellen V. Weissman • Lyman & Deana Welch • Garry & Shirley West • Mark & Marilyn Wheaton • Dr James & Anne White • Robert & Marina Whitman • Donald Will • Robert G. Wilmers & Elisabeth Wilmers • Brenda Wivell • Deborah & Derek Wolstenholme • Morden S. Yolles • Walter & Marie Zelasko • Carole & Dr Bernard Zucker • 8 anonymous gifts

FRIENDS

PREMIER ($1000+) Mr Antony D. Abbott • Urve & Lewis Abbott • M. Ackerman • Ronald Andersen • Bob & Irene Bader • John Bailey • Brandon Bell • Ann & Bud Brown • Peter & Elaine Bursztyn • Ellen & Brian Carr • Miriam M. Carr • Wayne Carswell • Henry & Jeanne Ciok • J. Orange & F. Clayton • Dr Lawrence & Mrs Teresa* Costello & Dr Edith Costello • Douglas & Nancy Court • Bob & Lorraine Crouse • Dr Roger I. Dacre • Prof K.G. Davey • Andrew W. Dorn • Robert F. Dunigan • Alan & Susan* Dyer • Eleanor L. Ellins • Paul Epner & Janet Gans-Epner • J. Trevor Eyton • David Fife & Ruth Ann Hagedorn • Mr & Mrs Ian Fraser • Alan Green • Daina & Heinz Meusel • Mr & Mrs S. Halas • Timothy & Ann Hardy • Mrs Maura Harrington • Shira Hart • Mary & Arthur Heinmaa • Lawrence & Beatrice Herman • Ann & Glen Herring • Lauri & Jean Hiivala • James Hinds • Robin & Charlotte Hoy • A. Hyde & D. McIntyre • Kathy Inch • Elspeth Johnson • Ailsa Hanson & Larry Johnston • Ms Dawn Joki • C. & D. Kaloutsky • Howard Kaplan • Elaine & Clarence Katz • Jim & Jean Keenleyside • Peter Kluge • David & Sarena Koschitzky • Madeleine Lefebvre • Richard & Lynne Liptrap • Diane Loeb • Ms Linda MacDonald & Dr Thomas Gray • Diana Macri • Mr Nick Marentette • Ross & Fran McElroy • Donald McGerrigle & Christina Brouillette • Roy & Vera McMillan • Ms Mary Monette • Robert & Geraldine Murray • Lisa Rae Philpott • Wally Pieczonka • Mr & Mrs William Pigott • Cecylia Podoski & Derwyn Sangster • Donald & Betty Richmond • Mr John Robinson • Dr Lyn Robinson • Nancy & Abby Robson • Diane & Joe Rosenthal • P & E Ryan • Mrs Dinah Sanderson • J. Douglas Sanderson • Mary & David Saunders • Paul Gerard Schreiber • Michael & Manuela Scott • Mary-Anne Seppala • Ivor & Renee Simmons • John & Gayle Smallbridge • Victor & Anne Solomatenko • Phil Spencer • Mr Denis Sykora • Gordon & Annette Thiessen • Jan & Ken Thompson • Marilyn and Geoff Trout • Mrs Barb Vanzante • Peter & Joyce Walker • Alan Wheable • Ms Jane Wilson • Mark Wilton • Dennis & Suzanne Zwicker • Dr Lavonne Adams • George & Jean Alpervitz • Ruthanne Beighley • Ms Abigail Bennett • Harriet Berlin & Andrea Berlin • Roberta Black • Terry Brackett • Chris Bucko & Eva Wu • R. Wayne & Donella Clemens • Community Foundation – Buffalo • Reed Drews & Lisa Iezzoni • Mr & Mrs Ronald Fondiller • Howard & Joann Girsh • Myfanwy Hall • Alton B. Harris • Von & Connie Hawley • Mary & James Heaton • Judith & David Hecker • George & Mac Hoover • Frederic & Marie Houston • The Jaquith Family Foundation • Kyle Kerr • Mr Douglas Koschik • Alan & Margaret Leaver • Dr & Mrs David M. McConnell, Jr • Mr & Mrs Peter McDonnell • Francis & Viola McDowell • Frederick W. & Linda K. Moncrief • Mr & Mrs Albert Olszowka • Mr Robert W. Plyler • Ms Suzanne Quinn • Prof Alan Miles Ruben & Judge Betty Willis Ruben • Dilip Sarwate • Mr Timothy Thompson • Harriet Tunmer • Dr Joyce Sirianni • Jim & Sidney Storry • Mrs Ann Throop • Joan & Jean Waricha • Mr Donald E. Will • Donna & Barry Winnick • Jane & Arnold Wolff • 6 anonymous gifts

SUSTAINING ($600+) Dr Julian Adams • Margaret Agar • Susan Aihoshi • Brigita & Vitauts Alks • Audrey Amo & Alan Bowers • Alan & Karen Anderson • Ms Fay Arnoldt • Catherine Arnott & Brian Jones • Gail Asper & Michael Paterson • Wendy & Robert Atkinson • Graham Bailey • Ms Pippa Barwell • S. Basmajian & K.J. Conway • Michael Berlis & Ellen Cheslock • John R. Birkett • Roy & Ronna Birnboim • Ms Isabella Bisanti • Albert & Lynne Bishop • George & Helen Bishop • Steve & Helen Bittner • Ellen & Murray Blankstein • D. & L. Bogert-O’Brien • Arlene Book • Patricia Bossert • Jeannette Briggs • Desi Brownstone & Kandice McKee • Heather Caloren • Graham Campbell • Carol Canton • Graham & Maureen Carpenter • Francesco & Betty Catanzariti • Ms Yvonne Causer & David Bell • Dean & Mary Jane Chamberlain • Karen Cheah • Briana Chen • Dixi Chorlton • Patricia Clarke • Mr & Mrs James Clemens • Kenneth Copland • Mr & Mrs M.G. Corbett • Louise & Peter Coumans • Jim Cressman • Sheila Croft • Mike & Heather Cross • Mr & Mrs Bill Crothers • Jean Cuddy & Henry Labatte • Jeff Cummings* • Ross Currie • Ms Nancy Cvitkovic • Mr Michael Disney • Stafford & Susan Dobbin • Fr Michael W. Downey • Mr Michael Durman • Mary & Frank Eberl • Tom & Kim Elltoft • Mrs Evelyn Ernest • John & Shari Ezyk • James Farquharson • Barbara Fingerote • Briar Foster • Trevor & Sandra Francis • D.J. Fraser • Janet Fraser • Mr Currie Gardner • Allen & Maida Gerskup • Virginia Gilbert • Mr John S. Gillespie • Steve Goldberger & Dorothy S. Karr • Mr Robert Gouinlock • Dorothy Graham • Sheila Graham • Ms Cindy Grant • Neville Grant • Sandra Green • C.S. Greiner • Peter & Frances Hogg • Ms Sharon Holland • John Honsberger • James Hughes • Dr Jann Istead • Janet James • Randy, Cyndi & Erika Janowicz • Joseph & Averil Jany • Mr Duncan Jewell • Mr Hallam Johnsyon • Dave+ & Joanna Jones • Ms Joyce Jones • Keith Jones • Mrs Gail Julie • Brent Kelman • Mr & Mrs Charles T. King • Lois Kurtz • Mr & Mrs Peter D. Kyle • David & Donna Lailey • Kevin Lamotte* & Cynthia Kamin • Mrs D. Laubitz • Craig & Abby Lewis • Judy Lewis • Mr Colin Lindsay • Carol Lipsett • Anthony Lisanti • Nancy Lofft • Heather Lundberg • Edward Lupa • Mr Arthur MacDonald • James & Gladys MacPherson • Frank & Joan Mahabir • Marlene Masales & Victor Ramanauskas •

Pauline Mateas – In memory of Lyle R. Nickle • Mr & Mrs Lawrence Mattson • Ms Marcia McClung & Franklyn J. Griffiths • D. Ann McClure • Heather L. McKee • Mrs Adrienne McLennan • Caryl & Dennis McManus • Stephen Meadows & Colleen Rogers • Bishop Daniel Miehm • Lynda & Jim Miller • Ms Sharon Millman • Judith Mills • William & Jane Milne • Delia M. Moog • Ms Myers • Mr Robert J. Myers • Doug & Mary Neal • Michael Nemeth • Carol & Jerry M. Nesker • Mr Tod Nickerson • Carol & Victor Nunn • Ian & Yvonne Oldaker • Alek & Dyanne Oleszkowicz • Dr Elizabeth Oliver-Malone • Charles & Judy Overland • Marnie & Larry Paikin • Ms Jennifer Palabay* • Mr George Papatheodorou & Mr Kenneth Deeth • John Park & Sharon Tocher • D. Murray Paton • Roger Hughes & Susan Peacock • Dr Elizabeth Pearce • Irmgard Penner • Margaret Perschy • Susan Peterson • David C. Phillips • Nina & Terry Picton • Dorothy A. Quann • David and Judith Reed • A. Reeve & C. Rose • Mr & Mrs John Rennie • Celia & Owen Ricker • Mr Bruce Roberts • Mr & Mrs G. Rosenberg • Ron & Kristen Ryan • O. Salamon • Rowena & Peter Samuel • Ms Ann Savege • Catherine Saxberg • John & Donna Schwartzburg • Phyllis & Chuck Scott • Marilyn & Wes Scott • Jack & Kathy Seedhouse • Linda Seppanen • David Shapiro & Kim Graves • Alia Sheikh • Ms Maggie Siggins • Jim & Nancy Sissons • Bryan Smale & Sherry Dupuis • Jack & Doreen Smith • Sheila & Peter Smith • Rex & Martha Mann Southgate • Sylvia Soyka • Linda & Mark Steinman • Dagmar & Jan Stodola • Gen Fred & Heather Sutherland, PhD • James Sutherland • Rosalie Tansey • Maureen Simpson & Almos Tassonyi • Ms Jane Taylor • Douglas & Jennifer Tufts • Philip & Nanci Turk • Turnberry Fund of the Elgin-St Thomas Community Foundation • Helen Vosu & Donald Milner • Charis Wahl & David Hamilton • Charles Walden • Mr Donald Walter • Gary Wasserman • June & David Weind • Suzanne Carlson (in memory of Peter) • Debra Simpson & Tim Wichert • Lois & Terry Wichman • Dr David & Mrs Shelagh Williams • The Hon & Mrs Theo Wolder • Mrs Beverley Wood • Jane & Gord Wright • Betsy Ann Balzano • Dr Marilyn Ann Barker • Sandra J. Collins & Mark Bartnik • Donald Behr • Diane F. Berlinski • Mel & Elaine Brothman • David & Donna Carpenter • Anne C. Levy • Gerry & Carol Chrisman • Mark Cipra & Ann Fairhurst • Constance & Ron Corrigan • James & Mary Frances Derby • Judy & Mark Devaney • Mr Bryan Dinwoody • Karen Elting • Robert W. Esler & Silvia Marcus • Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund • Thomas M. Gervasi • Cathy & Ken Glick • Judith & A.C. Goodson • Christopher Graham • Margaret Ann Harris • Joseph Hassett • Phil & Dolores Haverstick • Richard L. Hay • Timothy M. & Rosalind Hayes • David M. & Joyce F. Hecht • Mary Toll & William Heimann • Robert A. Hetherington • Bill & Rosette Hillgrove • John J. & Maureen O. Hurley • Tina Lee Isham • J.P. Morgan Charitable Fund • David & Diane James • Mr Edwin M. Johnston, Jr • David & Pamela Handley • Barbara Kessler & Richard Soble • Pamela Sanabria & Karl Kieninger • Richard & Sally Kinsey • Nancy & Douglas Kirkpatrick • Elliott C. Krick • Mildred C. Kuner • Helen H.S. Lam • Lon & Claudia Lanzendorfer • Stanley & Patricia R. Levine • Ms Terry Lewis • Howard Lichtig & Kathleen O’Neil • Donald C. Lubick • Ed & Jane Marti • James McCullough & Rickne Scheid • Rees Midgley & Jane Coon • Mr Jonathan A. Millen • Virginia Fallon & George Miller • Elliott & Elyse Milstein • Richard & Mary Ann Morse • John Mrowiec & Karen L. Granda Family • Lynn & Stephen Muench • Mrs Dawn D. Mullinger • Miriam & Ben Nelson • Jena Oberg • Linda & Peter Obourn • Lee & Maria Parks • Mr Ken Peters • Brenda R. Piazza • Mr & Mrs John G. Polzin • Joseph & Pamela Priest • Dr & Mrs E. Lee Robbins • Thomas R. Roese & William H. Franklin • Mary Anne Rokitka • Marti & Bob Sachs • Tony & Jan Schmitt • Edward & Elizabeth Simmons • Donald Szydlo • Lori L. & John R. Twombly • Lynne & Dean Weber • Larry Willis & Robyn Ellis • Rev Mark J. Wolski • 23 anonymous gifts

BRIAN DOHERTY LEGACY SOCIETY

Callie Archer • Lillian Aylesworth • Rob Ayling & Philip John • The Rev Leslie Ball • Thomas & Linda Beran • Dr Brenda Birkin • Norman Bradshaw & Dana Weston • James F. Brown++ • Thomas Caster • Anne C. Levy • Drs Kathy J. Chambery & Marilyn J. Haring • Barbara Chipman • Mr & Mrs William W. Collins • Cathy & Gary+ Comerford • Catherine Cornell & Declan Lane • Douglas & Barbara Crowe • Michael+ & Honor de Pencier • Marilyn Dickinson • Dr Delf Dodge & Mr Timothy Dodson • Estate of Jerry Doiron • Jean Dryden • Steven Endicott • Val Fleming+ • Carol B. Forte • Ms Agnes Fox • John Geller • Mrs Priscilla Gerde • Dr Alexander Gluskin & Ms Shauna Sexsmith • G.A. Goede • Steve Goldberger & Dorothy S. Karr • David Gooding & William Martin Jean • Granger Homestead • Estate of Judith Grant Finch • David & Sharon Graper • Miss Bernice Grayson • Mike Grey • Maryann & Peter Grierson • Phyllis M. Hale • Donald Harrington • B. Harrison & D. Novak • Ellen L. Hawman • Suzanne Hebert+ • Jay Helms & Terry O’Loughlin • Lauri & Jean Hiivala • Mary E. Hill • Eric H. Hodgins • Mary E. Hofstetter & R. David Riggs • Derrick Hough • Susan A. Howard • Jackie Johnson • Ron & Nancy Johnston • Steve Johnston & Ron Price-Jones • Frank & Edwina Jones • Constance Julius • Douglas Kahn • Sonja Kelling • Tom & Barbara Kuby • Tammy Laber • Mrs Susan Lee • Dr Harlan L. Lewis & Doris F. Wittenburg • Larry Lubin • Cynthia & Malcolm+ Macdonald • James & Connie MacDougall • R. Susan MacIntyre • Richard Mackler • Joann R. MacLachlan • Leo Maloney & Dennis Thomson • Jefferson & Sally Mappin • Dennis & Bernadette Martin • Mary I. McLeod • Sylvia M. McPhee • Jack Medley • Stephanie Meredith • Cindy Mewhinney* • Michael+ & Katie Militello • Frank & Nancy Moore • Paul & Karen Munninghoff • Ms Gail Nagley+ • Christopher Newton*+ • W.N. Nicholls • Muriel O’Mulvenny • Richard & Inge Page • In memory of John Parker • Robin B. Pitcher • Dr Elio E. Ricci • Margaret A. Riggin • Dr & Mrs Forrest H. Riordan, III • Thomas R. Roese & William H. Franklin • Joy Rogers • Mrs Margaret Russell • Larry J. Santon • Ms Phyllis Schaefer • Bill & Nancy Schwarz • Mr & Mrs David A. Scott • Carole & Steven Shmurak • Wendy & Wayne Smith • Gordon & Joan Stevenson • Elizabeth Stirling & Tom Millward • John & Patricia Stocker • Al Kozlik • Mr & Mrs H.A. Swanson • Adele & Michael Swartz • Douglas Tallon • Charles W. Tate • Bonnie Teevan • Elizabeth Terry •

Merilyn & Jim Thompson • Francis & Blanche Toole • Donald+ & Elaine+ Triggs • Mr Manfred Vaegler • Marie Van Der Gulik • Ian Waldron & Tim Redmann • Paul Warun • H.R. Watts, MD • Jim & Barb Whitehead • Deborah & Grant Williams • Joan Williams • Deirdre Wright • 7 anonymous gifts

TRIBUTES & IN MEMORIAM GIFTS

We gratefully received gifts made in honour or in memory of the following individuals:

John & Lynda Rogers • Robert Beattie • Gurney Lawrence Trites • Sheila Delaney • Charles J. (Jack) Hahn & Perelandra Fund • Connie Cussons • Joanne Pacinda • Jim & Michal Wadsworth • Tim Carroll • Calvin Rand • Shaw Cricket Team • Jack Harmer

DONATIONS IN KIND ($1000+)

Estate of Mary Elsie Dean • Don Finlayson* • Pam Gallop* • Jean German* • Melissa Gorton • Jackie Maxwell*+ • Ian & Carol McLeod • Ms Rosanna Petraroia • Timothy Stewart • Mrs Deborah Whitehouse

FOUNDATIONS

J.P. Bickell Foundation • Cullen Foundation • The Cowan Foundation • DeRoy Testamentary Foundation • Donner Canadian Foundation • Fleming Foundation • The Joan & Clifford Hatch Foundation • Jackman Foundation • Kingfisher Foundation • The Henry White Kinnear Foundation • The Lawrason Foundation • The McLean Foundation • Mary I. McLeod Foundation • The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation • George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation • Gordon Mollenhauer Family Foundation at Toronto Foundation • Jack & Anne Mollenhauer Family Foundation at Toronto Foundation • Philip & Berthe Morton Foundation • Niagara Community Foundation • John R. Oishei Foundation • The Slaight Family Foundation • Wuchien Michael Than Foundation • 1 anonymous gift

SPECIAL APPEAL ($300+)

Graham Campbell • Mr & Mrs James Clemens • Ruth-Ellen Cohen • Douglas & Nancy Court • Sheila Croft • Tom & Kim Elltoft • Donald & Cathy Fogel • Giftfunds Canada • Audrey Hendrickson • Jewish Foundation of Manitoba • E. Merle Jones • Dr Robert & Mariette MacKenzie • Karen Magee • Judith Mills • Mary Minnes • Retired Teachers of Ontario • Keith J. Salmon • 2 anonymous gifts

CORPORATE

THEATRE SPONSORS Paradigm Capital Inc, Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre

PRODUCTION SPONSORS BMO Financial Group • CIBC • Hummel Properties Inc • PricewaterhouseCoopers llp • The Shaw Guild • TD Bank Group • Vintage Hotels

PROGRAM SUPPORTERS BeauChapeau, Wardrobe Support • Critelli’s Fine Furniture, Shaw in the Community • Delta Air Lines, Official Air Line • Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life, Education Partner • The Guarantee Company of North America, Tuesday Q&A Program • Hodgson Russ llp, Shaw at Shea’s • IBM, Volunteer Support • Niagara Airbus, Education Partner • Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, US Marketing • Pratt & Whitney Canada, Continue the Conversation • RBC Emerging Artists Project, Emerging Artists Program • Riverview Cellars Estate Winery, Continue the Conversation • Scotiabank, Stage Door Program • Sun Life Financial, Theatre for All Program • Trafalgar Tours, Official Travel Partner

MEDIA AND PRODUCT SPONSORS Balzac’s Coffee Roasters • Hummel Properties • Peller Estates Winery & Restaurant • Trius Winery & Restaurant • Wayne Gretzky Estates Winery & Distillery • Writers Tears Irish Whiskey, Walsh Whiskey Distillery

PERFORMANCE HOSTS & BUSINESS MEMBERS Bond, Schoeneck & King • Fourgrounds Media Inc • London Born Wine Co • Old Town Goodies • Procor Limited • Simpson’s Pharmacy, Virgil & Simpson’s Apothecary, Niagara-on-the-Lake • The Woodbridge Company Limited

VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES

Thanks to all of our volunteers — without their support many of our programs and events would not be possible.

THE SHAW GUILD Julian Rance++, President • Arlene Carson+, Past PresidentThe Shaw Guild is a large group of volunteers who support and promote the Shaw Festival. They assist the Members’ activities, fundraising, hosting and providing financial support to the Shaw Festival Endowment Fund.

SHAW BOXING EVENING Robert C. Olsen+, Chair

SHAW SHIVAREE Patrizia Trapasso, Chair

SHAW SOCIAL Robin Ridesic++, Co-Chair • Rob Cameron, Co-Chair

FESTIVAL FILM SERIES Stephen Levy • Carol Walker

In the Interest of All PatronsCELLULAR PHONES, CAMERAS AND RECORDING DEVICES During the performance, there is no photography or filming permitted, and we ask that you turn off your cell phones. We do invite you to take photos when the house lights are on — pre-show, at intermission and post-show. Please ensure that wristwatch alarms and other noisemakers cannot sound during the perfor-mance. Alternatively, you can leave them with our staff at the Coat Check.

ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES for the hard of hearing are available at all three of our theatres. There is no charge, but we do ask you to consider a donation at time of pick up. This donation helps with the cost to repair and replace these devices. Reserve early, limited availability. Please see the House Manager on duty.

IF YOU ARE LATE OR NEED TO LEAVE THE AUDITORIUM during the performance, you will be re-seated at a suitable break in the performance, at which time the seating location will be at the discretion of management.

FOR FIRST AID please see the House Manager or the nearest usher. At least one staff member on duty is trained in First Aid and cpr.

FOR YOUR SAFETY all of our theatres have the requisite exits and have been inspected. The theatres and exits to the buildings have emergency lighting in case of a power outage. In an emer-gency, our staff are trained to carry out an immediate and effective evacuation. You are requested to follow their instructions and remain calm. You will be directed to a marshalling area: please remain there until otherwise advised by our staff or emergency personnel. If you discover a fire you should activate the nearest alarm and, immediately following evacuation, identify yourself to a staff member and provide details of the alarm.

With concerts featuring Kenny Barron,Joe Lovano, Jeremy Pelt, Russell Malone,Niki Haris, Kirk MacDonald, Reg Schwager, Neil Swainson, Lewis Nash, Peter Washington, Bill Charlap, the Christine Jensen Big Band with Ingrid Jensen, and more!

For details and tickets, visit www.opjazzfest.org

Feb. 15-17, 2019Artistic Director, Renee Rosnes

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