by DANIEL MACIVOR...Company A YEAR WITH FROGyFile and TOAD Based on the Books by Arnold Lobel...

by DANIEL MACIVORDirected by RICHARD ROSE

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By Daniel MacIvor Directed by Richard Rose

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The Company ........................................................................ 5

President’s Message .................................................................7

About the Play ........................................................................9

Artistic Director’s Message .......................................................11

General Manager’s Message ..................................................13

The Cast, Musicians & Creative Team ..............15,17,19,21,23,25

Director’s Notes.....................................................................18

Costume Designer’s Notes .......................................................29

From the Page to the Stage .....................................................37

Corporate Sponsor Profi le - CAA ..............................................38

Neptune Theatre Staff ............................................................41

Corporate Sponsor Profi le - Castone .........................................45

Corporate Sponsor Profi le - Premiere Suites .................................49

Our Donors .....................................................................51,53

Corporate Friends ..................................................................55

Board of Directors .................................................................59

This production has a running time of forty minutes,which includes a twenty minute intermission.Warning: this production uses strobe lighting.

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A YEAR WITH

FROG and TOAD

Based on the Books by Arnold Lobel

Originally Presented on Broadway by Bob Boyett, Adrianne Lobel, Michael Gardner, Lawrence Horowitz and Roy Furman.

World Premiere at the Children’s Theatre Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Music byRobert Reale

Book and Lyricsby Willie Reale

A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD is presented through special arrangementwith Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials

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The Company ........................................................................ 5

President’s Message .................................................................7

About the Play ........................................................................9

Artistic Director’s Message .......................................................11

General Manager’s Message ..................................................13

The Cast, Musicians & Creative Team ..............15,17,19,21,23,25

Director’s Notes.....................................................................18

Costume Designer’s Notes .......................................................29

From the Page to the Stage .....................................................37

Corporate Sponsor Profi le - CAA ..............................................38

Neptune Theatre Staff ............................................................41

Corporate Sponsor Profi le - Castone .........................................45

Corporate Sponsor Profi le - Premiere Suites .................................49

Our Donors .....................................................................51,53

Corporate Friends ..................................................................55

Board of Directors .................................................................59

This production has a running time of forty minutes,which includes a twenty minute intermission.Warning: this production uses strobe lighting.

Special thanks to our friends at Gerhardt Property Management.

Box Offi ce (902) 429-7070Toll free across North America1-800-565-7345boxoffi [email protected]

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Save time by pre-ordering your intermission drinks at either of our well-stocked bars.

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Neptune Theatre is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres and engages, under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement, professional Artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.

Neptune Theatre engages professional technicians represented by IATSE Local 680.

Artwork designed by Chester + Company

A YEAR WITH

FROG and TOAD

Based on the Books by Arnold Lobel

Originally Presented on Broadway by Bob Boyett, Adrianne Lobel, Michael Gardner, Lawrence Horowitz and Roy Furman.

World Premiere at the Children’s Theatre Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Music byRobert Reale

Book and Lyricsby Willie Reale

A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD is presented through special arrangementwith Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials

are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019Phone: 212-541-4684 fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com

The Company .................................................................................................7

Artistic Director’s Message ...........................................................................9

President’s Message ....................................................................................11

General Manager’s Message ....................................................................... 13

The Cast .................................................................................................. 15-17

Creative Team .........................................................................................19-23

Board of Directors .......................................................................................26

About The Play .............................................................................................27

Staff ..............................................................................................................28

Chrysalis Spotlight.......................................................................................29

Sponsor Profile Premiere Suites ................................................................30

Sponsor Profile Telus ..................................................................................30

Playwright’s Note ........................................................................................ 31

Donors .................................................................................................... 32-33

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Audience advisory: while full of comedic moments, this play also touches on sensitive issues such as the aftermath of past trauma.

This performance is approximately 90 minutes long, with no intermission.

New Magic Valley Fun Town is staged by arrangement with Pam Winter, CGA, www.ggagency.ca. The world premiere of New Magic Valley Fun Town was

presented in Winnipeg in 2019 and co-produced by Prairie Theatre Exchange and Tarragon Theatre.

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THE COMPANY

CASTCaroline Gillis ................................................................................................................................ Cheryl

Stephanie MacDonald....................................................................................................................Sandy

Daniel MacIvor ............................................................................................................................. Dougie

Andrew Moodie ............................................................................................................................... Allen

CREATIVE TEAM Richard Rose ...............................................................................................................................Director

Brian Perchaluk ..................................................................................................................... Set Design

Brenda McLean ............................................................................................................Costume Design

Kimberly Purtell ............................................................................................................ Lighting Design

Don Benedictson ..................................................................................Original Music & Sound Design

Brenda Gorlick ................................................................................................................Choreographer

Audrey Dwyer ............................................................................................................. Assistant Director

Marinda de Beer .............................................................................................................Stage Manager

Noah Feaver ............................................................................................... Assistant Lighting Designer

Robin Munro ...................................................................................................Assistant Stage Manager

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A new Daniel MacIvor play is always an event, so I am thrilled I managed to program one in my first season as Neptune’s Artistic Director. We welcome the entire team to our stage and thank

Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre and Winnipeg’s Prairie Theatre Exchange for collaborating.

Welcome to Neptune Theatre and to the Scotiabank Stage. As an actor, I always found this room a fantastic place to play: great sight lines for the audience, intimate space and great acoustics. If this is your first time here, I do hope you come back and check out what’s next: a nun and an ex-con somehow end up on the run together in the highly-charged comedy, Little Thing, Big Thing (May 7 - 26, 2019).

Last month we announced our 2019-2020 season and this theatre space has so much great activity going on that I recommend you consider becoming a subscriber for the great benefits and savings. A new comedy by Ellen Denny called Pleasureville, 2b theatre’s worldwide hit Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story and Shawn Wright’s intimate and moving solo play Ghost Light (some of you will remember Shawn from his lead role in this season’s KAMP.)

I am so happy Neptune has the Scotiabank Stage to play on, to experiment with and get creative in... it’s why the room was built back in the 90s.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

As Atlantic Canada’s largest regional theatre, Neptune is committed to putting new and exciting plays on our stages. Works that tell stories of national and regional significances. New

Magic Valley Fun Town, written by and starring Cape Breton’s own Daniel MacIvor, is a play that does just that!

From comedies to high stakes dramas, the 2018-2019 season has been curated to evoke a lot of emotions. It has also showcased a number of relevant and thought-provoking productions by Canadian and Atlantic Canadian playwrights. This play caps off the third Canadian production on our stages this year. It is the second written by

a Nova Scotian about life in one of our small towns.

We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to welcome Daniel MacIvor back to Neptune and to share this important story about survivors and those who love them.

Last month, we announced our exciting 2019-2020 season; another year full of inspiring stories that will continue to reflect the community we serve. We encourage you to explore our subscriptions and receive the savings and benefits of becoming a subscriber.

Thank you for supporting Neptune and we invite you to continue to get hooked on live theatre.

Enjoy the show! Rebecca Hiltz LeBlanc President, Neptune Theatre Foundation

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GENERAL MANAGER’S MESSAGE

Neptune’s commitment to putting Canadian content on our stages goes beyond storytelling. It’s part of our vision to elevate and celebrate local artists and their work. Through partnerships

and collaborations with companies like Prairie Theatre Exchange and Tarragon Theatre, Neptune is bringing exciting new work to local audiences and developing opportunities to present Atlantic Canadian work on the national stage.

Thank you to supporters of the Chrysalis Project. Through your generosity, Neptune’s innovative mentorship-based program is fostering the development of emerging directors, designers and choreographers. Chrysalis is one of three

initiatives designed to advance and provide more opportunities for artistic and professional growth in our region.

The 2019-2020 season will kick off a new phase of artistic expansion through a program called INKubator. The project will support the development of new works and give local playwrights the opportunity to hone their craft and connect with the community.

We appreciate your continued support of Neptune and our vibrant arts community. Your support is nurturing the next generation of artists, designers and playwrights in our region. It also strengthens our ability to tell stories that better reflect the community we serve.

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THE CAST

CAROLINE GILLISRole: Cheryl Neptune: Oleanna, Divinity Bash, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Other Theatre: Rosalynde (Driftwood Theatre); Innocence Lost, Happy Place (Soulpepper); Alice Munro Stories (Belfry); Liv Stein (Canadian Stage); Oliver, And Slowly Beauty (National Arts Centre); Communion, A Beautiful View, How it Works (Tarragon); Leaving Home, Anne (Blyth Festival); As You Like It, Comedy of Errors (Stratford Festival) Film/TV: Conviction (ABC); Murdoch Mysteries (Shaftsbury); Portrait of a Serial Monogamist (Brockwell Lodge); Rick Mercer Report (CBC); Slings and Arrows (Rhombus) Other: Looking forward to working with Mulgrave Road Theatre this spring and the Blyth Festival this summer.

STEPHANIE MACDONALD Role: Sandy Neptune: Snake in the Grass Other Theatre: Tom at the Farm (Workshirt Opera); Watching Glory Die, Small Things (Mulgrave Road Theatre); Nothing Less!, Dream By Fire, Liberation Days, Mary Celeste by Fire (Two Planks and a Passion); Marion Bridge (Valley Summer Theatre); The Weekend Healer, Communion (KAZAN CO-OP/NAC); Talk Sexxxy, Short Skirt Butch (LAP PRO);The Boat (Theatre New Brunswick); This is Nowhere (Zuppa Theatre) Other: Special thanks to Bryan, Pam, Andrea, Stew & Lee-Anne.


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DANIEL MACIVORRole: Playwright/Dougie Neptune: Bingo Other Theatre: Small Things, How It Works, Marion Bridge (Mulgrave Road); Communion, His Greatness, I Animal, The Best Brothers (Kazan); A Beautiful View (DTS). Film: Weirdos, Trigger, Wilby Wonderful, Marion Bridge Other: artistic director reWork Theatre Company, Governor General’s Award, Siminovitch Prize. Upcoming: An Ordinary Afternoon in 1974 (Mulgrave Road), Here’s What It Takes (with Steven Page - Stratford Festival).

ANDREW MOODIE Role: Allen Neptune: Debut Other Theatre: The Drawer Boy (Theatre Passe Muraille); Calpurnia (Nightwood); Romeo and Juliet (Globe Theatre); King Lear (AD HOC Collective for Tragedie of Lear); The Importance of Being Earnest (National Arts Centre); Othello (Segal Centre). Film/TV: Star Trek: Discovery (Crave); Orphan Black (BBC America); Detention Adventure (CBC); Murdoch Mysteries (CBC); A Simple Favour (Lionsgate Films); The Handmaid’s Tale (HULU); Designated Survivor (Netflix).


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CREATIVE TEAM

RICHARD ROSERole: Director Neptune: No Great Mischief, Another Home Invasion Selected direction credits: The Message, Hamlet, The Bakelite Masterpiece, The Summoned, Wormwood, The Realistic Jones, Abyss, Much Ado About Nothing, An Enemy of the People, A God in Need of Help, The Valley, This is War, No Great Mischief, The Real World? (Tarragon Theatre) Other: Richard Rose is the Artistic Director of Tarragon Theatre. Prior to joining the Tarragon in 2002, Richard was Founding Artistic Director at Necessary Angel (a position he held from 1978–2002), Associate Director for Canadian Stage Company, Director of the Stratford Festival Young Company and spent ten seasons directing at the Stratford Festival.

BRIAN PERCHALUKRole: Set Designer Neptune: The Stone Angel, Romeo and Juliet, The Memory of Water, Problem Child, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Hamlet, Our Town, Major Barbara, Les Miserables, Angels in America Part One. Other Theatre: Recent credits: A Doll’s House, The Humans, John (RMTC); Prairie Nurse (PTE); Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia!, Les Miserables, (Rainbow Stage); Once (RMTC/Grant); The Whipping Man (WJT). Awards: Gemini, Jessie Richardson, Evie, and Prix Rideau awards. Training: University of Winnipeg, Banff Centre, National Theatre School of Canada.

BRENDA MCLEANRole: Costume Designer Neptune: Debut Other Theatre: Happy Place, Gracie, The Good, The Bad & the Munsch, Altar Boyz (Prairie Theatre Exchange); The Three Penny Opera (Sick and Twisted Theatre); Deserter (Moving Target Theatre); Tender Napalm (Theatre by the River and Theatre Incarnate); Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare In the Ruins). Awards: Evie Other: Brenda is also Head of Wardrobe at PTE.

KIMBERLY PURTELLRole: Lighting Designer Neptune: Debut Other Theatre: The Wizard of Oz (Ross Petty Productions); Anything Goes, Snow Child (Arena Stage, DC); Mary and Max (Theatre Calgary); Brontë: The World Without (Stratford Festival); Mamma Mia! (Citadel Theatre). Upcoming: Oslo (Studio 180 & Mirvish Productions); Cyrano (Shaw Festival); Private Lives, Mother’s Daughter, The Front Page (Stratford Festival). Awards: Kimberly has received three Dora Awards, a META and the Pauline McGibbon Award. Other: Kimberly is a Toronto-based lighting designer for theatre, opera and dance.


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DON BENEDICTSONRole: Sound Designer Neptune: Debut Other Theatre: Gracie, Molly’s Veil, The Brink, The River, McGregor’s Hard Ice Cream and Gas, The Secret Mask, The Verticle Hour (Prairie Theatre Exchange) Film/TV: Age of the Drone (PBS/CBC); Tonkiri (Shaw TV); Ferron - Girl on a Road (Bravo); Retail (Frantic Films); Rez Payments (Eagle Vision); The Stone Angel (Buffalo Gals); Saddest Music in the World (Guy Maddin); Quest for the Bay (Frantic Films) Other: Don’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post and The Boston Globe as well as winning numerous industry awards. Don is thrilled to be working with the great team at Neptune Theatre on such an inspiring piece of work!!

BRENDA GORLICKRole: Choreographer Neptune: Debut Other Theatre: Reefer Madness, School of Rock - Assoc. Director/Choreographer (Winnipeg Studio Theatre); New Beginnings -Choreographer (Sarasvati Productions); Mamma Mia, Legally Blonde (Virden District Chorale); Les Miserables, Sister Act - Performer (Rainbow Stage); Addams Family (Dry Cold Productions) Film/TV: If It Ain’t Got That (Grand Illusion Films); Love in Design (Buffalo Gal Productions) Upcoming: Cinderella (Prairie Theatre Exchange) Other: YMCA/YWCA Women of Distinction Award Winner - The Arts. Love to my Nova Scotian family! www.brendagorlick.ca

AUDREY DWYERRole: Assistant Director Neptune: Debut Other Theatre: Calpurnia (Nightwood Theatre/Sulong Theatre); The Apology (Rabiayshna Theatre) Awards: Three Dora Mavor Moore Awards, One Nomination, Cayle Chernin Award for Theatre. Other: Audrey Dwyer is a multi-disciplinary artist with over twenty-five years of experience working as an actor, director, playwright, teacher, artistic director, facilitator and mentor. Graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Associate Artistic Director of Nightwood Theatre (2008-2009), Artistic Director of Cow Over Moon Children’s Theatre (2016-2017), Urjo Kareda Artist in Residence and Assistant Artistic Director of Tarragon Theatre (2018-2019). She will be directing Prairie Nurse at Lighthouse Theatre in 2019.


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MARINDA DE BEERRole: Stage Manager Neptune: Debut Other Theatre: 22 years as a Toronto stage manager for Tarragon Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre, Shaw Fesitval, Canadian Stage, Young People’s Theatre, Factory Theatre, Theatre Centre, Theatre Francais de Toronto and many indie companies. Other: Marinda was a producer and co-creator of Secret Life of a Mother (co-produced with Theatre Centre) and Administrative producer for Obeah Opera (Panamania) and Borders (Events in Real Time workshop). She is also a birth and post partum doula and works in end of life care. Upcoming: Other Jesus (FTA/Public Recordings)

NOAH FEAVERRole: Assistant Lighting Designer Neptune: Debut Other Theatre: The Magic Flute (The Royal Conservatory of Music); Le Nozze di Figaro (Toronto City Opera); Letters From The Great War (Soulpepper); Once (Theatre St. John’s); 291, Crossing Borders (Parodos Festival); There She Was (Jane-Alison McKinney); Floor’d (Holla Jazz); Factory (Michael Caldwell); Tangled (Human Body Expression); Crépuscule (Chartier Danse); La Bohéme (Against the Grain Theatre); Dolphin, String Quartet no. 14 in G Major, MANICPIXIEDREAMGIRLS (Rock Bottom Movement). Awards: Noah has been nominated for a Dora award.

ROBIN MUNRORole: Assistant Stage Manager Neptune: Debut Other Theatre: (as stage manager) North Mountain Vanya, Animal Farm, Elapultiek, Nothing Less!, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Liberation Days, Mary Celeste, The Tempest, The Turn of the Screw (Two Planks and a Passion); Theory, Mustard, Marine Life (Tarragon Theatre); Amadeus, I, Claudia (Talk Is Free Theatre); S/W (One Little Goat Theatre); (as ASM) Mikveh (HGJTC); Incident at Vichy, Twelve Angry Men (Soulpepper); Little Women (Theatre New Brunswick) Other: Love and thanks to my family and friends here in Halifax and there in Toronto.


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LIFE DIRECTORSAllister ByrneRick EmberleyTim MargolianRalph MedjuckLloyd NewmanSenator Donald Oliver, Q.C.Mrs. J.G. SimpsonDr. James Spatz

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ABOUT THE PLAY

Dougie and his boyhood best friend Allen are reunited after 25 years. The men are inside Dougie’s Cape Breton trailer sharing laughs and reminiscing about the good old days, but all is not as it seems.

As the night wears on, it’s soon discovered time doesn’t heal all wounds. Rife with family dysfunction, lost love, new passions and the intrigue of small-town personal dramas, this play seeks to offer healing for the vulnerable who have suffered injustice at the hands of the powerful.

The play is written by and stars Cape Breton’s own Daniel MacIvor. During its development, the show went through four workshops from January 2017-August 2018. The cast: Caroline Gillis, Stephanie MacDonald, Daniel MacIvor and Andrew Moodie participated in all of the play’s workshops through the development phase.

New Magic Valley Fun Town is a co-creation between Prairie Theatre Exchange and Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre.

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Daniel MacIvor and Andrew Moodie, photo by Leif Norman


STAFFADMINLisa Bugden – General ManagerLaura Caswell – Director of EducationIsabelle Chevrier – Administrative AssistantJanice Creelman – ReceptionistMichael Erwin – Production ManagerIan Gilmore – Front Box OfficeRay Hogg – Affiliate Artist (Toronto)Alison House – Box Office ManagerGabrielle Jeannotte – Marketing & Design Associate Tom Krzyski – ControllerLeslie MacDonald – Director of DevelopmentJennifer MacNeil – Social Media,

Communications and Content Creator Krystle MacNeill – Payroll ManagerEmily Richards – Manager of Sales & MarketingDavid Rogerson – Building ManagerRey Sambo – Building CustodianJR Sambo – Building CustodianBrian Shea – IT AdministratorLaura Thornton – Assistant Box Office ManagerJulia Topple – Theatre School Admin AssistAnnie Valentina – Artistic AccompliceJeremy Webb – Artistic Director

PRODUCTION LIST Al Collette – Head Scenic ArtistAndrew Crawford – Head ElectricianAndrew Cull – Head of Props / Assistant Scenic PainterGarrett Barker – Assistant Technical DirectorGerry Wilson – Production Buyer and DriverHelena Marriott – Head of WardrobeJoe Micallef – Sound CoordinatorJordan Palmer – Head Studio TechnicianJustin Dakai – Interim Sound CoordinatorKelsey Stanger – Head DresserMary Hartley – Props BuilderSandra Hum – Wardrobe Cutter / First HandSean Burke – Stage HandShawn Bisson – Technical DirectorShawn Kilpatrick – Assistant Scenic CarpenterTaylor Andrews – Head Scenic CarpenterThomas Brookes – Head Stage CarpenterTomas Hiseler – Assistant Scenic Painter

BOX OFFICE STAFF Kyle GillisKayla GunnLaura AchenbachLaura BerubeTeya BezansonKaterina BakoliasBen ThompsonSophie Nadeau

FRONT OF HOUSE STAFFAilsa GalbreathAlex DeaconAvery Deacon Alexandra JeannotteAlison HouseAndrea GraciaAndrew ChandlerCarri MacKay (Manager)Cassie SeaboyerCatherine GrayConnie YoungDana ThompsonDaniel Robert Harris Elizabeth CraigEllen ZagarEmlyn MurrayEmma Goulden Eric CalnanGwen WattHannah Ziss (Senior Front of House Manager)Heather ToppleJamie WeaverJessica Mahoney (Studio Shift Manager)Julia Topple Julia WilliamsKaitlin DavidsonKat McCormack (Senior Front of House Manager)Kaycee St. PierreKelsey Stanger (Studio Shift Manager)Kristen TraversLindsay Jacquard (Manager)Melissa MacGouganMichael Kamras (Studio Shift Manager)Peter SartyRoberta MicallefRyan MacDougallSharon Chase (Manager) Shawn Duggan (Manager)Shawn MaggioSheena Parris Simon RainvilleSpencer CreelmanStepheny HunterTeri BeckwithTerry Joyce

FRONT OF HOUSE STAFFAilsa GalbreathAlex DeaconAvery Deacon Alexandra JeannotteAlison HouseAndrea GraciaAndrew ChandlerCarri MacKay (Manager)Cassie SeaboyerCatherine GrayConnie YoungDana ThompsonDaniel Robert Harris Elizabeth CraigEllen ZagarEmlyn MurrayEmma Goulden Eric CalnanGwen WattHannah Ziss (Senior Front of House Manager)Heather ToppleJamie WeaverJessica Mahoney (Studio Shift Manager)Julia Topple Julia WilliamsKaitlin DavidsonKat McCormack (Senior Front of House Manager)Kaycee St. PierreKelsey Stanger (Studio Shift Manager)Kristen TraversLindsay Jacquard (Manager)Melissa MacGouganMichael Kamras (Studio Shift Manager)Peter SartyRoberta MicallefRyan MacDougallSharon Chase (Manager) Shawn Duggan (Manager)Shawn MaggioSheena Parris Simon RainvilleSpencer CreelmanStepheny HunterTeri BeckwithTerry Joyce

ON STAGE MAY 7 - MAY 26

Photos by Ashley Pettipas from the Festival Antigonish 2016 production of Little Thing, Big Thing.


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PLAYRIGHT’S NOTES

All of those involved in these premiere productions of New Magic Valley Fun Town - from producers to designers to technicians - have brought enormous rigour, enthusiasm and heart to the process, and for that I am deeply grateful. I had these actors in mind when writing and they were all part of the initial workshop reading of the first draft of the play with our director Richard Rose at Tarragon Theatre over two years ago.

It is more and more rare to have the opportunity to develop work so holistically and I thank Tarragon Theatre, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Neptune Theatre, their funders and all of you who support theatrical storytelling.

A special thanks to our assistant director Audrey Dwyer and our stage manager Marinda de Beer who have helped so much

in maintaining a supportive and buoyant atmosphere in the process. Here’s to poetry that it may save us yet.


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