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THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Nov 16 – Dec 24, 2017Goldcorp Stage at the

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STARRING

Jennifer Copping Alex Daren Dyhengco Max Paul Herbert Alan Jay Hindle Keith Julie Leung BrodieCurtis Tweedie Dirk

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Arts Club Theatre Company

54th Season, 601st production

By Stacey Kaser and Alison Kelly

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One year ago, at the start of our second season at the Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre, we premiered Stacey Kaser and Alison Kelly’s The Day Before Christmas, one of our Silver Commissions. This production proved to be a hit with our audiences. Thrilled with the response, we decided to invite the family of Alex, Alan, Brodie, and Max to return once more, again under the skillful direction of Chelsea Haberlin. The Arts Club has a long history of premieres that have enjoyed successful afterlives, starting with Talking Dirty by Sherman Snukal in 1981, stretching across the years and various venues to the award-winning Onegin, by Amiel Gladstone and Veda Hille, which is playing right now at our Granville Island Stage.

If you saw The Day Before Christmas last year, you might notice a few small changes—that’s how new plays evolve. Our company, too, has evolved since our founding by Yvonne Firkins at the Seymour Street Arts Club. We started in 1964 as a small theatre company, created by a group of local artists in a 150-seat theatre. The theatre was located upstairs at the corner of Seymour and Davie and named for the watering hole that inhabited the downstairs space, the Arts Club. We grew from there;

WELCOMEfi rst, with the opening of the Granville Island Stage in 1979 (and later, the Revue Stage), followed by the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage in 1998. And then, in 2015, we opened the very theatre in which you sit tonight, fulfi lling our long-held desire to have a purpose-built theatre at which we could incubate new works and bring them to the stage.

So, as you can see, change is in our DNA. And it will continue to be with the arrival of Incoming Artistic Director Ashlie Corcoran, who begins her transition into the role during the run of this show. We asked her about her feelings on the move home, to B.C., to artistically guide us in our next chapter: “I am ecstatic to be joining the Arts Club Theatre Company, an organization I deeply care about, in a city that I love. I am excited to immerse myself in Vancouver’s cultural community, build on Bill Millerd’s phenomenal legacy, and collaborate with Peter and the Arts Club’s fantastic staff and board. My vision is for the Arts Club to be internationally renowned, driving the development of local theatrical talent and voices, while deeply engaging with its community, audience, and stakeholders. This will be a homecoming for me—born and bred in White Rock, B.C., I am thrilled to once again live in my home province, close to my family. I can’t wait to get started!”

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to have a family that doesn’t take material possessions and “the way things should be” all that seriously. We put ugly cardboard decorations that I made when I was three on our tree, and not a year has gone by that I have n’t received dental fl oss in my stocking. These memories are imperfect, but they belong to us. And “us” is what really matters this time of year. Not perfection, because that’s not actually a thing that exists.

Whatever you do to celebrate the holiday, whoever you spend it with, and wherever you are, I hope that you fi nd the ones you love this year and that you remember that more than gifts, more than the tree, even more than the glorious food, what matters most are the people around us and the time we spend together.

A big thank you to the Arts Club for the opportunity.

Chelsea Haberlin

People seem to fall into two camps when it comes to the holiday season. They either love it or loathe it: the

family gatherings, gifts, decorations, traditions, and the food, food, food! If you are on the receiving end of all of this, then awesome. But if you are the one who takes on the responsibility of making it all come together, it can be a real struggle. There’s just so much pressure to “get it right,” to please those around you, and make special memories.

I fall on the side of loving Christmas. I think one of the main reasons I love it is because Christmas in my family has remained so much the same, year after year, for the 33 years I’ve been alive. There is something about the predictability that I fi nd soothing. This is because I am lucky enough

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Alison Kelly is an award-winning playwright and actor. She is one of the original creators/performers of the internationally acclaimed show Mom’s the Word and its sequels, Mom’s the Word: Unhinged, Mom’s the Word: Remixed, and Mom’s the Word 3: Nest 1/2 Empty. As well, Alison has written or co-written six other shows: Conversations with My Mother, Playing Dead, This Is Fifty,

Wince, The Stayfresh Special, and Who Do You Think You Are. Alison is delighted to share her confl icted feelings around the holidays with Vancouver audiences.

Stacey Kaser has written and produced television series in many different genres, ranging from supernatural (The Collector) to action/adventure (Beastmaster) and comedy western (Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy). She contributed to four seasons of the CBC fl agship drama North of 60. Comedians Alison Kelly and Deborah Williams (Mom’s the Word) enticed her into doing theatre after

their collaboration on a comedy web series called “Ranting Parent.” (youtube.com/user/RantingP). The Day Before Christmas is the second script she has co-written with Alison. The fi rst, Conversations with My Mother, premiered at Richmond’s Gateway Theatre in October 2014. She recently completed an MFA in Playwriting and Production Design at the University of British Columbia. Through all these opportunities, she has learned the truth of the adage “dying is easy, comedy is hard.”

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THE COMPANYJennifer Copping Alex For the Arts Club: Refl ections on Crooked Walking (debut, 1986);

Red Rock Diner, Funny Girl, White Christmas, Godspell; Peter and the Starcatcher (as Assistant Director/Choreographer)Other theatre: Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown); Les Misérables, Tommy (Mirvish); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (LiveEnt); Jersey Boys (Dancap); Indian Arm (Rumble); Detroit (Mitch & Murray); City of Angels (PIT Collective)Film & TV: Favourite shows include: Bates Motel, Van Helsing, Travellers, Motive, Supernatural, The Killing, Mother of All Lies, Slither, See Grace Fly, Becoming Redwood Other: Leo award winner for Best Actress for Becoming Redwood. Directing credits include Stiff Cuffs, The Big Funk, In t he Boom Boom Room, Almost, Maine, Good People, A Night at the Rose Coloured Discotheque, City of Angels. Love to my husband, Jesse, and my boys, Cian and Keen, and a big thank you to Chelsea, Jen, and Andrew for forging the way and everyone at the Arts Club Theatre Company.

Daren Dyhengco MaxFor the Arts Club: The Day Before Christmas (debut, 2016)

Other theatre: Cry Baby (Awkward Stage); Hairspray, West Side Story (Theatre under the Stars); Spring Awakening (Phantom Moon); Heathers: The Musical (Frolicking Divas); The Secret Garden (Exit 22)Other: Ovation award nominee; graduate of Capilano University’s Musical Theatre program. Daren would like to thank his family and friends for all their support! Special thanks to Bill, Stephanie, Alison, Stacey, and Chelsea. Enjoy the remount!

Paul Herbert Alan Arts Club DebutOther theatre: City of Angels (The Pit

Collective); The Train Driver, The Pitmen Painters (United Players); Flare Path (Slamming Door Collective); The North Plan (Up in the Air Theatre); The Duchess of Malfi , The Cripple of Inishmaan (Ensemble Theatre Company); The Tempest, Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar, Coriolanus (Mad Duck Co-Op)Film & TV: Supergirl, Hit the Road, Legends of Tomorrow, Supernatural, Juggernaut, Hiccups, Dead of Summer, Mech X4, Motive, The Interview, Hot Rod, The Killing, The Haunting HourOther: Jessie award nomination for The North Plan; graduate of Grant MacEwan College Theatre Arts. Thanks to Ileana Mckenna. I love you!


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Jay Hindle KeithFor the Arts Club: She Stoops To Conquer (debut, 2012); recent

favourites: Spamalot, The 39 StepsOther theatre: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Comedy of Errors (Bard on the Beach); The 39 Steps (WCT); Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily (MTC); Relatively Speaking (Western Gold); Arms and the Man, Death of a Salesman, As You Like It (Blue Bridge); Proof (Belfry)Film & TV: television: Arrow, iZombie, Supernatural, Motive, When Calls the Heart, The 100, The Ex-List; movies: Infi delity in Suburbia, December Bride, A Time to Dance, I Am, Green ValleyOther: Graduate of Phoenix Theatres at UVic. Thank you to my family for their constant love, support, and encouragement.

Julie Leung BrodieFor the Arts Club: Hand to God, The Day Before Christmas (debut, 2016)

Other theatre: Alone Together (Green Thumb Theatre); Flare Path (Slamming Door Artist Collective); Our Town (Caravan Farm Theatre); The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love-Suicide (Rumble Theatre); Wondrous Tales of Old Japan (Carousel Theatre for Young People) Film & TV: Untold Stories of the ER, Supergirl, In the Shadow of the Mountain

Other: Recipient of the Trevor Craven Memorial Scholarship (Mitch & Murray Productions); Graduate of Studio 58.

Curtis Tweedie DirkFor the Arts Club: The Day Before Christmas (debut, 2016)

Other theatre: Flare Path (Slamming Door Artist Collective); Bright Blue Future (Hardline Productions); Wired & Night Light (Green Thumb Theatre); Spelling Bee (STC, Magnus); James and the Giant Peach (Project X, Chemainus); Romeo & Juliet (Project X); Blood Brothers, Lord of the Flies, A Comedy of Errors (Company C); Sleeping Beauty (STC)Film & TV: iZombie, Timeless, The Christmas Calendar, Untold Stories of the ER, Lucille’s Ball, Caravan ParkOther: Four-time Jessie award nominee, and recipient of a 2016 Jessie award for a supporting role in Bright Blue Future; graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts. Thank you to ACTC, Bill, and Chelsea for having me back for another round, and to my friends and family for all their love and support.

Chelsea Haberlin DirectorFor the Arts Club: The Day Before Christmas (2016); as Assistant

Director: The Turquoise Years, The Mountaintop; dramaturgy intern in 2013


Other theatre: The Pipeline Project, Hidden, The Competition Is Fierce, Killer Joe, The Flick, Mojo, Chairs: A Parable, Robin Hood, Grimm Tales and Death of a Clown (ITSAZOO Productions); Jabber (Neworld Theatre & Green Thumb); Shop Talk (Theatre SKAM); Gruesome Playground Injuries (Pacifi c Theatre); Dead Metaphor (Firehall Arts Center); Doost (Neworld Theatre); The Dining Room (Western Gold Theatre); The North Plan (Up in the Air Theatre); Stationary (Delinquent Theatre); Mr. Marmalade (Latchkey Co-op); Rhinoceros (UBC Master’s thesis project); Faust Is Dead (UBC) Other: Chelsea is Co-Artistic Producer of ITSAZOO Productions and Associate Artistic Director of Neworld Theatre. She has an MFA in directing from UBC and a BFA with a specialization in Applied Theatre from UVic. She is the recipient of the Sydney J. Risk award in directing, the Ray Michal award for outstanding body of work by an emerging director, and a one-time winner and three-time nominee for the Jessie award for Outstanding Direction. A huge thank you to Sebby, my partner in life, love, and art, and to my family for making me love Christmas as much as I do.

Drew Facey Set DesignerFor the Arts Club: Onegin, In a Blue Moon, Educating Rita,

Other Desert Cities, The Unplugging,

Calendar GirlsOther theatre: Me and My Girl (Shaw Festival); The Marriage of Figaro, Stickboy, Sweeney Todd (Vancouver Opera); Pirates of Penzance (Thousand Islands); Elf: The Musical (Chemainus); The Whipping Man, Seafarer (Pacifi c); À toi, pour toujours, ta Marie-Lou (Théâtre la Seizième); Indian Arm, Penelope (Rumble); Elizabeth Rex (Bard on the Beach); upcoming: Silver Arrow (Citadel Theatre), Timon of Athens, Lysistrata (Bard on the Beach) Other: Fourteen-time Jessie award winner. Graduate of Studio 58. www.drewfacey.com

Carmen Alatorre Costume Designer For the Arts Club: My Granny the Goldfi sh (debut, 2010); The

Patron Saint of Stanley Park, Armstrong’s War, Driving Miss Daisy, In the Heights, Peter and the Starcatcher, Good People, Bittergirl: The Musical Other theatre: The Music Man (Gateway Theatre); The Winter’s Tale (Bard on the Beach)Other: Recipient of three Jessie awards; MFA in Theatre Design, UBC.

Itai Erdal Lighting Designer For the Arts Club: Blue Box (set and lighting de-sign), Billy Bishop Goes

to War, Intimate Apparel, She Stoops


to Conquer, The Valley Other theatre: Titus Andronicus, Elec-tra, Hirsch, The Best Brothers, The Thrill, Taking Shakespeare, Mother Courage, The Aeneid, The Komagata Maru Incident, The Breathing Hole (Stratford Festival); Where the Blood Mixes, A Christmas Carol, Vincent in Brixton (Vancouver Playhouse); The Idiot, Crime and Punishment, My Name Is Rachel Corrie (Neworld Theatre) Other: Itai’s one-man show How to Disappear Completely (The Chop, directed by James Long) has had 24 remounts in 19 cities and continues to tour nationally and internationally. He is the Artistic Director of The El-bow Theatre, for whom he co-wrote and performed in Hyperlink (Firehall, 2017), This Is Not a Conversation (Bel-fry, 2017) and A Very Narrow Bridge (Chutzpah, 2016).

Matthew MacDonald-BainSound DesignerFor the Arts Club: The Day Before Christmas

(debut, 2016) Other theatre: The Fighting Season (Bleeding Heart); Harvey, James and the Giant Peach (Chemainus); The Competition Is Fierce (ITSAZOO); Bright Blue Future, Bug, Of Mice and Men (Hardline)Other: Matthew is a Vancouver-based actor/sound designer; a graduate of Studio 58; and a four-time Jessie award nominee and two-time winner, in both sound design and acting

categories. Special thanks to his wife, Jalen, and all of his family, for the years of love and support.

Joel GrinkeProjection DesignerFor the Arts Club: The Day Before Christmas (2016), Angels in

America (2017); upcoming: Beauty and the Beast (2017)Other theatre: Girls Like That (Shameless Hussies); Jabber (Neworld/Green Thumb Theatre); Never the Last, Our Time (Delinquent Theatre); I Wish, Catkiller (Presentation House Theatre)Other: Jessie award nominee; immersive experience designer; Studio 58 Graduate; Bachelor of Performing Arts; member of the Themed Entertainment Association; pyrotechnician (NYE Vancouver 2016/17, Canada Day Vancouver 2017). joelgrinke.com

Angela Beaulieu Stage Manager For the Arts Club: Thanks for Giving, Hand to God, The Audience,

The Day Before Christmas, Pride and Prejudice, Godspell, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Odd Couple, Venus in Fur, The 39 Steps, She Stoops to Conquer, It’s a Wonderful LifeOther theatre: One Man, Two Guvnors (Theatre Calgary); Miss Shakespeare (Escape Artists); Footloose (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Urinetown (Firehall Arts Centre);


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January 25–February 25

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Crazy for You, Lend Me a Tenor, Shirley Valentine (Gateway Theatre); Rage, The Shape of a Girl, Problem Child (Green Thumb)Other: In 2008, Angela was the recipient of the Mary Phillips Prize for her work behind the scenes. Love to SJT.

Yvonne Yip Assistant Stage Manager For the Arts Club: It’s a Wonderful Life (debut, 2015); The Day Before

Christmas (2016)Other theatre: King of the Yees, Sound of Music, Forbidden Phoenix (Gateway Theatre); Valley Song (Pacifi c

Theatre); Drowning Gi rls, Billy Bishop Goes to War, The Clockmaker (Theatre North West); King Arthur’s Night, Doost (Neworld Theatre); Shylock (Bard on the Beach); Fall Away Home, Big Bad (Boca del Lupo); Competition Is Fierce (ITSAZOO); Jade in the Coal, Life of Paper (Pangaea Arts); The Blue Horse, Mother Courage and Her Children (Caravan Farm Theatre); The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favourites (Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, North America, Bahrain & South Korea Tour)Other: Graduate of the University of Victoria.

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Amy WallisDr. & Mrs. Ernie Ledgerwood*Erica Levy & Alan Kingstone*Lorne & Audrey Lindsay*Linda Lowry*M.I.V.*Maureen L. MacDonaldElizabeth & Jim Mah in memory of

Helen & Frank Millerd*Sarah McAlpineBill & Beth McCrackenLinda McDonald & Victor HolyshRobert & Gillian McIntyre*Ken & Irene Merrells*C. Rochelle Moss*C.J. Newson*Arlene NolanBarbara NormanJune OgdenOrcas Construction Ltd.Nick & Hazel Parker-Jervis*Jo-Anne PerleyIan & Carolyn PetrieHelen*Russel & Barb Quinn, in memory of

Ivan and Jane QuinnAllan & Blaize Reich*Muriel Honey-RichardsLance & Sandra Rossington*Harley Rothstein & Eleanor Boyle*Lynne & Bob RuskoDavid Schreck*Brian & Jan SharpMary StrzeleckiPeter Suedfeld & Phyllis Johnson*Christopher Tait & Suzanne FoxPeter Thaler*Susan and Jim ThompsonJosephine TortoraJacqui Tyler*Tino VarelasJ. WalshAnonymous * x 5Anonymous x 5

Associate Director ($1,000 – $1,499)Brian & Sue AntonsonHeinz BohnetWayman & Penny CrosbyMs. Nancy M EbertLynette Faris*Nancy FlexmanEli GershkovitchVictoria I. GrahamB & I HousegoDoug IrwinTracey Jeffrey & Michel MatifatJess & Ramona KetchumMargherita LeechClint & Lynne Mahlman*John MartinBryan & Judy McKnightBett and Robin McLean*Martin & Mrs. Patricia Milewski*Barry MillerBruce & Lea Milley*Jane Mortifee*Susan MuellerG. Murphy*Joan & George PitmanMrs. Wendy Robinson & Mr. Jeff Robinson*John & Bonnie SchmelkeBob ShorthouseDonia Sims*Bob StamnesPeter & Karen StephenDr. Larry Stonesifer & Mr. Ronald Angress*John & Mary StreetJohn J. SutherlandBeverley Tamboline*Paul TilburyEdward L. Wilson*Eric Wilson*Erin WyderYoshi Yoshihara

Advocate ($750 – $999)Dr. Philip & Lori Barer*Jane Durant*Wilson DurwardIn memory of Howard Eckman*Stan & Corky HeckerWilhelmina Helps*Jack Holmes*Dr. Judith Kalla*Ken Lee & Jim McLeanAnonymous* x2

Patron ($500 – $749)David & Heather AshleyIn memory of Adele Baeuml*Dr. Philip & Lori Barer*George & Donna Battye Fund, held at

the Vancouver FoundationSharon & John Bishop*M. A. Boltezar*Deborah Brown & Arthur HarpurElizabeth J. Burrell*Chuck & Diane CampbellH. Campbell & K. ZaineKen CampbellEllen & Paul ChallinorSusan Chant*Vince Chura*M. Clyne*Dorothy M. Copp*P. J. Curtis*Chris & Lisa Dabrowski*Greg DeansDhar DhaliwalEarl EllettBeverly Epp*evolve Nurturing Vitality

(Dr. Shamira Rahim)*Mike & Lynda FahrmannSusan & Barry FlynnCharles & Donna Gauthier*Carol Gibson*Marianne & Verne GloverOlga GodorojaIngrid HagerlundStephanie & John Halse*Marilyn Harris

Ruth & David Harris*Gerald & Patricia Haslam*Donald & Patricia Hudson*Bill & Barb HumenSharon Jeroski*Signe JurcicMarylou & Tom Kirstein*Mary MacDonald & Blaine St. ArnaultSheena MacIntyreJoAn & Michel Maurer*Jane & Ian Mavety*McCulligh FamilyMartin & Mrs. Patricia Milewski*Mary MillerdBruce Milton & Brenda WaechterTracy & Sandra Moore*Mike Moretto*Ms. Marti Morfi ttCatherine Morgan & Michael JonkerTerry & Barbara MyersRon Ogilvy*Jean Orr*Laurie & Ron Osborne*Lynne and Erik OstensoeIn memory of PaulLouise C. Peters*Margaret & Paul Phang*Joan & George PitmanConsumer-Response MarketingCarl Presland & Lei Li*Dr. Nicole RacetteDietmar RaudzusJohn RichardsonElfriede & Peter Rohloff*Deborah Rollins*P.D. Ryan*Charles Sale & Margaret Charlton*Sonja Sanguinetti*Kathie Schwaia*Erika & Andrew ScottKathy SherlockBrenda Simms, in memory of John &

Audrey LivlandEileen B. Stewart*Laurie Stovel*Maureen TaylorIn memory of Jodi LaGroix*Mrs. Helen ThorsonArt ToftMichael & Judith Watson*Allan Webber*Christina & Bruce Wendel*Daniel Worsley*James Wyse, in memory of Jim BabcockJennifer YeungPeter & June Young Legacy Fund, held at

the Vancouver Foundation*Anonymous * x 4Anonymous x 3

Enthusiast ($300 – $499)Thomas & Catherine Adair*Chris & Susan AdamsRobert & Enneke Allan*D. Allen & B. Judge*Janet Allwork*Ted & Jean Andrew*Mark Atunes & David GabelRae Archer*Jane K. BakerShirley BarnettBartholomew & Thorstenson*Dr. Vicki Bernstein*Debbie Berto & Dan Sanderson*Carolyn BirdBrendan & Karly Black*Marilyn Books*Julie Bournival & Rhys Clarke*Sheila BrewKenneth Broadway*Priscilla BrownWayne L BrownKate BurnardDoug & Lynn Campbell*Chin's #boysclubyvrDr. Heather F. Clarke*Joan Cosar

FRIENDS OF THE ARTS CLUBWe are so grateful for the support of all of our Friends donors. Your contributions allow us to produce stellar theatre and build a vibrant artistic community—thank you! We endeavor to include all patrons at the Enthusiast level or higher who wish to be listed. If you feel you have been omitted in error, have questions or concerns, or wish to make a donation, please contact our Development team at 604.687.5315, ext. 847. * indicates 5+ years of giving


BOARD & STAFF

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & SPECIAL THANKSThe Arts Club thanks its many volunteers for their support

Bill Millerd, Artistic Managing DirectorPeter Cathie White, Executive DirectorAshlie Corcoran, Incoming Artistic Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORSChair Mr. Bruce Flexman, FCAChair Elect Richard Bell Treasurer Ms. Kerry SuffolkSecretary Dr. Catherine Aczel BoivieMr. Mike Black, Mr. John Dawson, FCPA, FCA, Ms. Teo Dechev, Ms. Anna Fung QC, Mr. James Kitamura, Mr. Eugen Klein, Mrs. Joanne Klein, Mr. Bryan Mabee, Ms. Heather McKay, Ms. Bonnie Mah, Mr. Dave Morton, Dr. Ross Paul, C.M., PhD., Ms. Erika Tse

COUNCIL OF GOVERNORSMs. Roberta Beiser, Mr. Philip Bernard, Ms. Donna Celle, Mr. Axel Conradi, Mr. Jamie Corbett, Mr. Christopher Gimpel, Dr. Stanley Hamilton, Ms. Catharine Herb-Kelly QC, Mr. Bruce Milley FCA, Mr. Morris Nord, Mrs. Joan Pitman, Ms. Janet Rogers, Mr. Al C. Schultz, Ms. Lisa Seed, Mr. Jim Storie, Mr. John J. Sutherland, Mr. Ian Waddell QC

ARTS CLUB OF VANCOUVER THEATRE FOUNDATIONPresident Mr. Christopher GimpelTreasurer Mr. Bruce Flexman, FCASecretary Ms. Catharine Herb-Kelly QCMr. Jamie Corbett, Mr. Eugen Klein, Ms. Bonnie Mah, Mr. Morris Nord, Mr. John J. Sutherland, Mr. Art Vertlieb QC

ARTISTICResident Designer Ted RobertsArtist Liaison Stephanie HargreavesLiterary Manager Rachel DitorLiterary Assistant Veronique WestDramaturg Intern Gavan CheemaLEAP Leader Shawn MacdonaldLEAP Assistant Sasha Singer-WilsonMusic Theatre Intensive Director Peter JorgensenActor’s Intensive Program Director Dean Paul GibsonActor’s Intensive Head Instructor Scott BellisTeen Creative Program Leader Nitasha Rajoo

PRODUCTIONDirector of Production Stephan BaeumlTechnical Director, Stanley Jayson McLeanTechnical Director, Granville Island & Goldcorp Craig FulkerTechnical Director, Shop Ace MartensTechnical Director, Tours & Special Events Patsy TomkinsFacilities Manager Jack HolmesRentals Manager Catherine WilsonProduction Secretary Dawn PadgetProduction Assistants Josh Tompke, Eli FunkHead Electrician (Stanley) Cody BilesHead Electrician (Granville Island) Darren HalesGoldcorp Stage Technician Garreth LauSecond Electrician Kianna SkellyHead Sound Technician TBAAssistant Sound Technician TBAHead Stage Carpenter (Stanley) Lucas HallStage Carpenter (Granville Island) Bret RoachSecond Stage Carpenters Jeff Leard, Jeremy VreekenHead Dresser Oriana CamporeseTour Technician Alberto WhiteRentals Technicians Kevin Gault, Darren JohnHead Carpenter Joao Carlos d’AlmeidaLead Carpenters Lorraine West, Chris WhiteHead of Properties Michael GallSecond Properties Robyn VolkHead Scenic Artist Kristine KavalecHead of Costumes Kirsten McGhieCostumes Assistant Tiffany BishopCutter Sarah MarchantWardrobe Maintenance Mary Jane Cox, Sean MalmasBuilding Maintenance Kris JankovicArchival Intern Jasper LastoriaStage Managers Angela Beaulieu, Shelby Bushell*, Sandra Drag, Caryn Fehr, Ronaye Haynes, Jan Hodgson, Pamela Jakobs, Geoff Jones*, Becca Jorgensen*, Peter Jotkus, Jenny Kim*, Alannah Korf*, April Starr Land, Koh McRadu*, Rebecca Mulvihill, Rick Rinder, Tanya Schwaerzle*, Allison Spearin, Colleen Totten, Yvonne Yip

*Apprentice Stage Managers

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIONDirector of Finance Valerie ProdanukManager of Administration Teddy ForsythDirector of Education Natasha Klein Education and Outreach Manager Kevan EllisIT Manager Allan KongApplication Specialist & Developer Lou Ann MendozaAccountant Igor RozenbergAccounting Assistant Eileen CraigAdministrative Assistant Heather Kemski

DEVELOPMENTDirector of Development Kathy MacKenzieManager of Individual Giving Rachael LipetzFundraising Campaign Manager Jen ChallinorManager of Corporate Sponsorship & Foundations

Andrea HebertEvents Associate Misty OakesDevelopment Coordinator Catherine GautreauDevelopment Associate Liz CostaRBC Associate Fahim Jaffer

MARKETING Director of Sales & Marketing Bryan WooPublications & Communications Manager Susan ChoMarketing Manager Jaime FletcherPublicist Sarah Barton-BridgesWriter & Editor Angela CaravanGraphic Designer Sean Gordon Tour Coordinator April GreenDigital Marketing Coordinator Linda PittSales System Associate Gabriel KirkleyData & Marketing Coordinator Nitin GoyalDigital Storyteller Mark Halliday

BOX OFFICETicket Operations Manager Andrea FrancomTicket Sales Supervisor Natalie Pawson, Erica McLachlinTicket Sales Supervisors, Groups Danny Mak, Rebecca LeesTicket Sales Agents Ria Antonopoulos, Elaine Bevans, Jo B., Sarah Cooper, Alexandra Eaton, Angela Espinoza, Brett Harris, Gwenda Lorenzetti, Jennifer Lynch, Tim Mahoney, Emma Middleton, Grace Newson, Kirk Olson, Yvette Rizzo, Erin Schneider, Michael Wilkinson

FRONT OF HOUSEGuest Services Manager Peter ChapekFront of House Manager Laura EveleighFront of House Attendants Brendan Blanchard, Susan Chalmers, Bonnie Dane, Meredith Hambrock, Ronaye Haynes, Noah Heyl, Linda Guthrie, Michelle Kaesar, Aaron Lee, Shirley Lum, Nicola Nasedkin,Kirsten Niedtner, Devon Parkin, Sandy Peters, Mylyn Ramos, Veronica Rozenberg, Ryan Scramstad, Nathan Smith, Karen Worrod, Vanessa Yee

BAR AND LOUNGEDirector of Food and Beverage Torrance JestadtBar Managers Colin Speir, Chris Schonfeldt, Lucas FloodyBar and Lounge Staff Chari Agellon, Shane Booth, Hila Cohen, Paddy Cole, Amelia Donval, Mike Frydenlund, Nucet Gonzalez, Jamie Gourley, Rebecca Hall, Max Hill, Gizele Hourvash, Rachel Hugheson, Savanna Junjek, Cody Kearsley, George Koumbounis, Chloe Lloyd, Fernanda Mattos, Tara McGlone, Alanna Meehan, Ganna Nebolisina, Ron Mill, Shayla Oulette, Emilda Radjah, Par Sang Te, Dallas Richards, Dillan Simard, Jason Simmer, George Smith, Alanna Spence, Stephanie Thompson, Paul Vigano, Joshua White-Pidhirney, Derya Whaley-Kalaora, Yasmine Whaley-Kalaora, Katarzyna Zacheja

The Arts Club Theatre Company is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT), The Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance, and the Alliance for Arts and Culture, and operates under the jurisdiction of Canadian Actors Equity Association. Preproduction personnel and stage crew are members of Local118 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, and guest services staff are members of Unifor 3000.


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