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MOM’S THE WORD 3: NEST 1/2 EMPTY
April 6 – May 6, 2017
By Jill Daum, Alison Kelly, Robin Nichol,
Premiere
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Arts Club Theatre Company
53rd Season, 593rd production
STARRING
CREATIVE TEAM
Jill Daum
Alison Kelly
Robin Nichol
Barbara Pollard
Deborah Williams
Wayne Harrison Director
Pam Johnson Set and Costume
Designer
Marsha Sibthorpe Lighting Designer
Kate De Lorme Sound and Projection
Designer
Pamela Jakobs Stage Manager
April Starr Land Assistant Stage
Manager
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WELCOME
taking that journey with me—
whether long or short—I would not
have survived. I leave the company in
good hands with a strong staff and
Board of Directors, and a continuing
commitment to the theatre artists
who reside in our community: actors,
designers, directors, playwrights, and
composers.
Mom’s the Word 3: Nest 1/2 Empty
is the fourth production this season
at the Granville Island Stage. With
the recent announcement of our
2017/18 season, I approach next
season with mixed emotions: I
have announced my retirement as
Artistic Managing Director after
45 mostly thrilling and sometimes
tumultuous years, and next season
will be my last at the Arts Club. I
could not have lasted this long or
done the job without the support
of you, our audience members. You
are our support system, through
purchasing single tickets, by being
a subscriber, and—in a very critical
way—through your donations. An
incredible amount of growth has
happened within our organization
since those early days at the Seymour
Street Arts Club, but without you
The Mom’s the Word collective—Jill
Daum, Alison Kelly, Robin Nichol,
Barbara Pollard, and Deborah
Williams—have been a major part
of past seasons here at the Granville
Island Stage, at the former Revue
Stage, and on tour. The “Moms”
have been a great inspiration to all
of us here at the Arts Club, and we
will take this show on the road to our
Metro Vancouver tour partners in
the fall. I am sure it will also have an
after-life, as various versions of their
shows have played around the world.
I am proud that the Arts Club has
been part of their journey.
As an attendee at an arts event, you
acknowledge how important a strong
cultural life is to our society. I trust
you will continue to follow that belief
not only next season, but in seasons
to come here at the Arts Club Theatre
Company. Thank you.
Bill Millerd
Artistic Managing Director
The Arts Club gratefully acknowledges Artistic Director’s Circle Members
and Play Patrons Bryan Mabee & Terri Lynn Ray.
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production costs, so we rely on community gifts to close the gap. Please consider joining us by becoming a member of the Artistic
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MAY 25 – JUNE 25
BY ROBERT ASKINS
BY DOROTHY DITTRICH
DIRECTOR’S NOTES
The great English playwright Harold Pinter used to ring
his frequent collaborator, the director Peter Hall, and
announce: “I’m pregnant again!” This meant there was a
new play in the offing, and after a suitable dramaturgical
gestation, something quintessentially Pinter-esque would
be born. Every couple of years, I get a similar call from one
of the Mom’s the Word Collective to say—they don’t want
to alarm me, so they don’t use the word “pregnant”—“there’s another one on
the way.” I’m thrilled because it means I get to work again on a new chapter
with a group of women who changed the theatrical landscape, not just in
Canada, but on several continents.
Before there was The Vagina Monologues, Menopause the Musical, even Fifty
Shades of Grey: Live on Stage!, there was Mom’s the Word, a group of Vancouver
women, mothers all, who did Saturday morning “writing therapy” to fathom
their lives as parents, partners, and, yes, sexual beings, and how to recover
from the pain caused by treading bare-footed on a Lego brick. They were also
keen to discover how multiple moms/theatre workers could inch their way back
into the Profession after having children. They were role models! Ironically,
it was one of the hubbies who said: “This stuff’s good—funny, insightful,
authentic—you should put it on stage.”
They did. And in the process, they changed their lives and the lives of countless
moms (and hubbies etc.) who learned and laughed and cried in the Theatre
of Recognition, as Mom’s the Word became a global hit. Last year alone,
productions toured in Scotland, Germany, and Canada. I’m sure there’s not a
day goes by when someone, somewhere in the world isn’t saying “Contractions
quickening, more intense…” (The opening to Mom’s #1) or showing us that
damn Lego brick (a big laugh in Mom’s #2 and the “best of” show, Mom’s
Remixed). And now a new chapter, when the kids are on the move, or should
be, or we pray they will, soon, please sweet heaven! and the Moms have kept
on working, holding up that mirror, examining the reflections, still teaching and
learning, while being just a little bitter that The Lego Batman Movie is going to
be such a colossal hit.
Wayne Harrison
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PLAYWRIGHTS’ NOTES
24 years ago, Linda Carson called a few friends and colleagues together to try to
come up with a short piece of theatre that would expose the world of new
motherhood in all its gore, guts, and glory. After a year of sharing tears,
laughter, and hefty childcare costs, and under the encouraging umbrella of the
Women in View Festival, the original Mom’s the Word was born.
Mom’s the Word went on to be a groundbreaking, award-winning hit in
Vancouver and became an international sensation. It has since been translated
into 14 languages, and has united parents around the globe. 10 years later, the
Moms returned with Mom’s the Word 2: Unhinged, a show about the turbulent
teenage years. Two years after that, those shows were united in Mom’s the
Word: Remixed.
The children are now (mostly) grown, and are in various stages of leaving
home, thinking of leaving home, trying to leave home, have left but are now
back at home, or are being kicked out of home. Our marriages have evolved,
devolved, or dissolved, and it’s time for another installment! Welcome to our
endlessly changing, often humiliating and ever hilarious world. We gotta keep
going, so we may as well laugh while we can.
Jill Daum, Alison Kelly, Robin Nichol,
Barbara Pollard, Deborah Williams
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Jill Daum
Playwright/Performer
For the Arts Club: Mom’s
the Word, Mom’s the
Word 2: Unhinged, Mom’s
the Word: Remixed, Whose Life Is It
Anyway, Present Laughter, Dancing at
Lughnasa
Other: Two-time Jessie award winner.
Jill is a graduate of the Studio 58
acting program, and was given her
first professional job by Bill Millerd
35 years ago. She is incredibly proud
to be involved in his final season.
Her play, Forget About Tomorrow,
will premiere at the Belfry Theatre
and at the Arts Club’s Goldcorp
Stage at the BMO Theatre as part of
their respective 2017/2018 seasons.
Jill also works with Vancouver
Kidsbooks, and her children’s book
reviews can be seen on Global TV.
Jill, along with her husband, John
Mann, are the 2017 Honourees for
Vancouver’s Walk for Alzheimers on
May 7. Please join their team if you’d
like to come along: http://support.
alzheimer.ca/goto/John-and-JillsTeam.
Alison Kelly
Playwright/Performer
For the Arts Club:
Mom’s the Word, Mom’s
the Word 2: Unhinged,
Mom’s the Word: Remixed; co-writer
(with Stacey Kaser): The Day Before
Christmas
Other theatre: A Dog at a Feast
(Vancouver Fringe), Dirty Old
Woman (Vancouver East Cultch);
Conversations with My Mother
(Gateway Theatre, also co-writer with
Stacey Kaser); Measure for Measure
(Angry Fish Mongers); The Secret
Mask (Presentation House)
Other: Three-time Jessie nominee
and double award winner. Graduate
of Studio 58. Instructor of acting
and physical theatre at Studio 58,
acting instructor in the Continuing
Studies program at Langara, acting
instructor at VFS. Co-writer of Wince
(with Deborah Williams, Vancouver
Comedy Festival) and The Stay Fresh
Special (with Deborah Williams,
Fringe: Night Wood Theatre).
Robin Nichol
Playwright/Performer
For the Arts Club: Mom’s
the Word (Writer and
Performer), Mom’s the
Word 2: Unhinged (Writer), Mom’s the
Word: Remixed (Writer)
Other theatre: Mom’s the Word
(Assistant Director, Glasgow:
Scottish tour, Manchester: North
England tour, London: West End);
Mom’s the Word (Director, Drayton
Entertainment); The Black Bonspiel
of Wullie MacCrimmon (Director,
Theatre North West)
Other: Two Jessie awards for
the Mom’s the Word Collective:
Outstanding Original Play and
Collective Creation and Performance.
MFA in Directing from UBC.
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Original concept and direction by Floyd Mutrux
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Associate Professor in Theatre at
Thompson Rivers University in
Kamloops since 2004. Special thanks
to my husband, Ross, for helping
me create the inspiration for this 24year saga, and to my children, Lily
and Fin, for being their own sweet
autonomous selves.
Barbara Pollard
Playwright/Performer
For the Arts Club:
Automatic Pilot
(debut), It’s Snowing on
Saltspring, Mom’s the Word, Mom’s
the Word 2: Unhinged, Mom’s the
Word: Remixed, Billy Elliot
Other theatre: My Fair Lady (Royal
City Musical Theatre); Fiddler on the
Roof (Gateway Theatre); Spitfire Grill
(Pacific Theatre); The Music Man
(Theatre under the Stars); Lie of the
Mind, True West (Main St. Theatre)
Film & TV: recent selections,
TV series: iZombie, The Killing,
Supernatural; lead roles in Hallmark
films Birthday Wish, My Better Half,
and, showing on Netflix, Harvest
Moon. Barbara just shot season two
of Mom & Me (momandme.show),
a webseries directed by daughter
Emma Pollard and co-starring and
written by Rachel Cairns.
Other: Ovation award: Best
Supporting Actress in a Musical,
Large Stage for Billy Elliot. Jessie
awards (4 nominations, 3 wins):
Mom’s the Word (Best Original Play,
Best Ensemble); Lie of the Mind (Best
Actress, Small Theatre).
Deborah Williams
Playwright/Performer
For the Arts Club:
Granville Island Review
(debut, 1987), School for
Wives, Comedy of Errors, Mom’s the
Word, Mom’s the Word 2: Unhinged,
Mom’s the Word: Remixed, Becky’s
New Car, The Importance of Being
Earnest, Clybourne Park, Henry and
Alice: Into the Woods, It’s Snowing on
Saltspring
Other theatre: recent selections:
Taking Off, Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike (Belfry); Fly Me to
the Moon, The Black Bonspiel of Wullie
MacCrimmon, Bemused (Theatre
NorthWest); 5 @ 50, Lowest Common
Denominator (ZeeZee Theatre); You
Are It (Boca Del Lupo/Arts Club);
James and the Giant Peach (Carousel
Theatre); Dressing for a Wedding
(Solo Collective); Conversations with
My Mother (Gateway Theatre); After
Jerusalem (Solo Collective)
Other: Five-time Jessie nominee,
three-time winner; graduate of Studio
58; associate Artist at the Belfry
Theatre; Co-Artistic Director, Host,
Producer of “The Flame,” Vancouver
and Victoria’s preeminent storytelling
event. Storyteller, Storytelling
Instructor, Director, Playwright,
Comedienne.
Wayne Harrison
Director
For the Arts Club: Mom’s
the Word 2: Unhinged,
Mom’s the Word: Remixed
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Other theatre: Recent theatre credits
include: Andy Griffiths’ Just Macbeth
(Bell Shakespeare, Australia and
the UK); The One Day of the Year
(Finborough Theatre, London); Letter
to Larry (Theatre Nesle, Paris); Mom’s
the Word 2: Unhinged (King’s Theatre,
Glasgow); Mom’s the Word: Remixed
(The Grand Theatre, Ontario);
Human Nature -The Motown Show
and Human Nature - Jukebox (The
Venetian, Las Vegas); The Choir of
Man (Darwin Festival); Celebrity
Autobiography, Love, Loss, and What
I Wore (for the Sydney Opera House
Trust); Cosi (Kingshead Theatre,
London); Hakawati - Food and Food
for Thought (for the National Theatre
of Parramatta & Sydney Festival)
Film & TV: Codgers: The Film, the
feature film based on Don Reid’s
award-winning stage comedy,
which Wayne also directed; Vyvling,
the feature film based on Donald
Macdonald’s Vivien Leigh play, Letter
to Larry, currently in pre-production.
Other: Wayne Harrison, AM, is a
frequent collaborator with the Mom’s
the Word Collective. In fact, this is
his sixteenth Mom’s production.
Wayne is the former Director/
CEO of Sydney Theatre Company,
as well as Director of the New
Year’s Eve celebrations on Sydney
Harbour. He was the director of
the Closing Ceremony for the 2006
Melbourne Commonwealth Games,
and co-producer of Gumboots,
Tap Dogs, Slava’s Snowshow, and
Fosse for Back Row Productions/
Clear Channel Entertainment
(Europe). As the Head of Creation
for Spiegelworld International,
productions he has written and
directed include: Absinthe, Desir,
Empire (New York); Vegas Nocturne
(Las Vegas); and Absinthe (Miami
and Las Vegas). His production of
Absinthe at Caesar’s Palace in Las
Vegas is now in its seventh year. Visit
www.wayneharrison.com for more
information.
Pam Johnson Set and
Costume Designer
For the Arts Club:
Bakersfield Mist, Saint
Joan, Master Class
(costume designer), Intimate Apparel,
Mom’s the Word: Remixed, Mrs.
Dexter and Her Daily, Age of Arousal,
Mom’s the Word 2: Unhinged, Jacques
Brel is Alive and Well and Living in
Paris, Memory of Water, All My Sons,
Under the Influence, Side By Side
by Sondheim, The Visit, Blues in the
Night, Closer than Ever, Drinking
in America, Denis Anyone?, World’s
Greatest Guy (as director)
Other theatre: Bard on the Beach,
Centaur Theatre, Studio 58, Belfry
Theatre
Other: 2012 Career Achievement
Award; seven Jessie awards; IDI
award; Design Instructor at Studio
58.
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Marsha Sibthorpe
Lighting Designer
For the Arts Club: The
Audience, Little Murders
(debut, 1971). Over 400
productions. Favourites include The
Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the
Moon Marigolds, Creeps, Pride and
Prejudice, Miss Saigon, Mary Poppins
Other theatre: Numerous credits
for Chemainus Theatre Festival,
Western Canada Theatre Company
(Kamloops), Magnus Theatre
(Thunder Bay), Belfry Theatre
(Victoria), and the Vancouver
Playhouse (Vancouver)
Kate De Lorme Sound
and Projection Designer
Arts Club Debut
Other theatre: select
sound design credits
include: Salmon Girl (Raven Sprit
Dance); Major Motion Picture (Out
Innerspace Dance Theatre); 4OUR
(Joe Ink.); Inside/Out (Main Street
Theatre Co.); Triumph of Love, The
Bacchae 2.1, Ubu Roi (UBC); Cucci
and Cabana (Studio 16)
Other: Kate is a certified Audio
Engineer. She earned a Bachelor
of Fine Arts in Theatre Production
and Design from UBC. Visit
www.katedelorme.com for more
information.
Pamela Jakobs
Stage Manager
For the Arts Club:
Miracle Mother (debut,
1994), Bittergirl, Avenue
Q, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes
Mystery, Rock of Ages, The Valley, The
(Post) Mistress, A Christmas Story,
Les Misérables, In the Heights, It’s
a Wonderful Life, Educating Rita,
Xanadu, Becky’s New Car, Spamalot,
The Weir, The Penelopiad, Enchanted
April, The History Boys
Other theatre: recent: Love Bomb
(Shameless Hussy); Shakespearean
Rhapsody (Carousel Theatre)
Other: Two Jessie award
nominations; UBC BFA grad. Thanks
to Craig and Rose for all their love
and support.
April Starr Land
Assistant Stage Manager
For the Arts Club:
She Loves Me (debut,
2000), Bittergirl, The
Valley, Sister Judy, Avenue Q, The
Odd Couple, Venus in Fur, Bombitty
of Errors, Patsy Cline, Les Misérables,
Becky’s New Car, The Penelopiad,
Master Class, Disgraced, It’s a
Wonderful Life, 4000 Miles, Calendar
Girls, Altar Boyz, I Ought to Be in
Pictures, History Boys, Private Lives,
Enchanted April, The Weir, Dames at
Sea, Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad.
Other theatre: The re-enactors
Surrey’s True Stories (Surrey Heritage);
Freud’s Last Session, A Good Way Out
(Pacific Theatre); seasons past with
Bard on the Beach and the Stratford
Festival of Canada.
Other: Studied stage craft at Douglas
College. In real life, April plays Mom
to Noah and Auntie to Elizabeth.
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CORPORATE & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
The Arts Club Theatre Company thanks its government and corporate partners for their support of the 2016/17 season.
Season Sponsors
Presenting Sponsors
Production Sponsors
Community Outreach Sponsors
Event Sponsors
Technology Sponsors
Government Support
Additional Partners
$10,000+
• Anna’s Cake House
• Business in Vancouver
• CIBC World Markets
• Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc.
• Empire Life
• HollisWealth
• Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel
• TELUS Vancouver Community Board
$5,000 – $9,999
• Avalon Waterways
• Bayside Furniture
• KPMG
• Mercury Launch & Tug Ltd.
• Secret Garden Tea Company
• Tap & Barrel
• U.S. Consulate General Vancouver
• Wesgroup Properties
Up to $4,999
• Arnol Investments
• BMO Global Asset Management
• BMO Nesbitt Burns
• Cool Air Rentals
• Enviable Designs
• Franklin Templeton Investments
• Globus Family of Brands
• Manulife Investments
• Marin Investments Limited
• Proscenium Architecture & Interiors
• QMM (Quality Moves Management)
• Richards Buell Sutton LLP
• Russell Investments
• SEI Investments
• Siena Restaurant
• Source Office Furniture & Systems Ltd.
• Tableau Bar Bistro
• TELUS Corporation
• Urban Fare
• Wilson Artisan Wineries
Foundations
• Christopher Foundation
• CIBC Children’s Foundation
• Diamond Foundation
• Edith Lando Charitable Foundation
• Hamber Foundation
• Kaatza Foundation
• Kidz First Canada
• Kinder Morgan Foundation
• McCarthy Tétrault Foundation
• Morris & Helen Belkin Foundation
• RBC Foundation
• RJ Nelson Family Foundation
• The Simons Foundation
• Y.P. Heung Foundation
For more information about corporate sponsorship and donations, please contact Stephanie Cardwell, Manager of Corporate
Sponsorships and Foundations, at 604.687.5315, ext. 267.
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FRIENDS OF THE ARTS CLUB
We gratefully acknowledge the support of all the Friends of the Arts Club, individual donors whose contributions help to support what
we do. We have recently updated our membership levels and we have endeavoured to include all patrons who wish to be listed. If
you feel you have been omitted in error, have questions or concerns, or wish to join the Friends of the Arts Club, please contact Jen
Challinor at 604.687.5315, ext. 279, or [email protected].
Associate Director ($1,000 – $1,499)
Elizabeth Ball & Douglas Welch
Heinz Bohnet
C. J. Brooks*
Nancy Ebert
Lynette Faris*
Joan Fowler*
Sarah and Michael Frost
Victoria I. Graham
Ruth & David Harris*
Bill & Barb Humen
Marylou & Tom Kirstein*
Anna & Martin Linsley*
Clint & Lynne Mahlman*
John Martin
Bett and Robin McLean
Don McLeod
Martin & Mrs. Patricia Milewski*
Bruce & Lea Milley*
Jane Mortifee*
Susan Mueller
G. Murphy*
Dennis Perry
Chris & Paddi Robinson
Mrs. Wendy Robinson & Mr. Jeff Robinson*
Peter & Karen Stephen
Dr. Larry Stonesifer & Mr. Ronald Angress*
John Street
John J. Sutherland
Beverley Tamboline*
Eric Wilson*
Jane & Maurice Wong
Yoshi Yoshihara
Anonymous* x2
Anonymous
Advocate ($750 – $999)
Dr. Philip & Lori Barer*
David Gowe*
Stan & Corky Hecker
Dr. Judith Kalla*
Edward L. Wilson*
Anonymous* x2
Patron ($500 – $749)
Betty-Ann Anderson*
David & Heather Ashley
In memory of Adele Baeuml*
George & Donna Battye Fund, held at
the Vancouver Foundation
Val & Dick Bradshaw
Elizabeth J. Burrell*
Chuck & Diane Campbell
Doug & Lynn Campbell*
H. Campbell & K. Zaine
Ellen & Paul Challinor
Susan Chant*
Vince Chura
Dorothy M. Copp*
Chris & Lisa Dabrowski*
Fred & Diane Dallyn*
Dhar Dhaliwal
Wilson Durward
In memory of Howard Eckman*
Earl Ellett
evolve Nurturing Vitality
(Dr. Shamira Rahim)*
Mike & Lynda Fahrmann
Kathy Findlay
Pat & Lorne Fingarson
Susan & Barry Flynn
Ethel & David Frankel*
In memory of Tom Fraser*
Charles & Donna Gauthier*
Geraldine Gibb*
Marianne & Verne Glover
Olga Godoroja
Stephanie & John Halse*
Marilyn Harris
Wilhelmina Helps*
Jack Holmes*
Donald & Patricia Hudson*
Al Hurwitz
Sharon Jeroski*
Signe Jurcic
Ken Lee & Jim McLean
Mary MacDonald
Maureen L. MacDonald
Anne Mathisen
JoAn & Michel Maurer*
Jane & Ian Mavety*
McCulligh Family
Linda McDonald & Victor Holysh
Bruce Milton & Brenda Waechter
Tracy & Sandra Moore*
Mike Moretto*
Catherine Morgan & Michael Jonker
Marlie Oden & Ken Newbert
Ron Ogilvy*
In memory of Paul
Geoff Peters & Tony Ho in memory of
Beverly Louie
Louise C. Peters*
Joan & George Pitman
Carl Presland & Lei Li*
Elfriede & Peter Rohloff*
Deborah Rollins*
P.D. Ryan
Charles Sale & Margaret Charlton*
Sonja Sanguinetti*
John & Bonnie Schmelke
Kathie Schwaia*
Gail Screaton & John Maclachlan*
Kathy Sherlock
Bob Shorthouse
Donia Sims*
Eileen B. Stewart*
Laurie Stovel*
Eve Szabo
In memory of Jodi LaGroix*
Michael & Judith Watson*
Allan Webber*
Christina & Bruce Wendel*
Iris Wilson
Daniel Worsley*
James Wyse, in memory of Jim Babcock
Jennifer Yeung
Anonymous* x3
Anonymous x3
Enthusiast ($300 – $499)
Chris & Susan Adams
Mrs. Donna Aldous
Robert & Enneke Allan*
D. Allen & B. Judge*
Bonny & Reynolds Amor
Jane K. Baker
Shirley Barnett
Bartholomew & Thorstenson*
Bill & Gladys Baxter*
Ian Beardmore
Larry & Nancy Behnsen
Dr. Vicki Bernstein
Debbie Berto & Dan Sanderson*
Sharon & John Bishop*
Brendan & Karly Black*
M. A. Boltezar*
Marilyn Books*
Doru Botez
Julie Bournival & Rhys Clarke*
Jim & Nancy Boyle
Barbara & Carl Brandes
M. Braun*
Beverly & George Brazier
Kenneth Broadway
Priscilla Brown
Kate Burnard
Lawrence & Maggie Burr
Dr. Heather F. Clarke*
E.A. Clutchey
Joan Cosar
Kenneth Ian Cron
P. J. Curtis*
Valerie Dahl & Tony Traboulsee
Dr. Allan Ditor and Linda Hunt
Jane Durant*
Mary & Ronald Fines
Jane Flick & Robert Heidbreder*
Allen M. Fowlis
Shirley and Don Fraser*
Heather Gascoigne
Robert Gauf
Marke Gilmore
James & Jane Gray
Dianne Haag/Accommodations by
Pillow Suites
Linda & Lawrence Haley
Poul & Judith Hansen
Dr. Evelyn J. Harden in memory of
John Wood*
Roger Hayter
Joan & Trevor Heaver
Peter & Iris Hill
Darlene & Denis Horgan
B & I Housego
Brenda Hudson
Robin Jackson
G. Jang
Ronald Jobe
Mavis & Carl Jonsson*
Stephen & Mary Ann Juras*
Sharon Kahn
Peter Kappel
Jacqueline Kelly & Rowland McLeod
Tony & Margie Knox
Dick & Clara Kouwenhoven*
Florence Laniuk*
Dr. & Mrs. Ernie Ledgerwood*
Erica Levy & Alan Kingstone*
Lorne & Audrey Lindsay*
A. Little*
Linda Lowry*
M.I.V.*
Marian E. MacFarlane
Kenneth MacLeod & Elizabeth Black
Elizabeth & Jim Mah in memory of
Helen & Frank Millerd*
Sarah McAlpine
Terry & Sandy McBride*
Robert & Gillian McIntyre*
Ken & Irene Merrells*
Mary Millerd
C. Rochelle Moss*
Elizabeth & Paul Moxham
Terry & Barbara Myers
C.J. Newson*
Arlene Nolan
Orcas Construction Ltd.
Laurie & Ron Osborne*
Nick & Hazel Parker-Jervis*
Marion Pearson & Jim Orr
Roberta & Scott Perrin
Ian & Carolyn Petrie
Helen*
In Honour of Timmie Marr
Russel & Barb Quinn, in memory of
Ivan and Jane Quinn
Dr. Nicole Racette
Paul Rankin
Allan & Blaize Reich*
Muriel Honey-Richards
Harley Rothstein & Eleanor Boyle*
Lynne & Bob Rusko
W. Ruus*
David Schreck*
Tricia Sirrs*
Peter Suedfeld & Phyllis Johnson*
Christopher Tait & Suzanne Fox
Mollie Thackeray*
Susan and Jim Thompson
Nicholas & Vaughan Thornton
Helen & Barry Thorson
Ms. Elizabeth Trask
Jacqui Tyler*
Tino Varelas
Lyn & John Webster*
Hon. Bryan & Mrs. Audrey Williams
Peter & June Young Legacy Fund, held at
the Vancouver Foundation
Anonymous* x3
Anonymous x10
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BOARD & STAFF
Bill Millerd, Artistic Managing Director
Peter Cathie White, Executive Director
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair Mr. Bruce Flexman, FCA
Chair Elect Richard Bell
Treasurer Ms. Kerry Suffolk
Secretary Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie
Mr. 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 GOVERNORS
Ms. 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 FOUNDATION
President Mr. Christopher Gimpel
Treasurer Mr. Bruce Flexman, FCA
Secretary Ms. Catharine Herb-Kelly QC
Mr. Jamie Corbett, Mr. Eugen Klein, Ms. Bonnie Mah, Mr.
Morris Nord, Mr. John J. Sutherland, Mr. Art Vertlieb QC
ARTISTIC
Resident Designer Ted Roberts
Artist Liaison Stephanie Hargreaves
Literary Manager Rachel Ditor
Literary Assistant Veronique West
LEAP Leader Shawn Macdonald
LEAP Assistant Christine Quintana
Music Theatre Intensive Director Peter Jorgensen
Actor’s Intensive Program Director Dean Paul Gibson
Actor’s Intensive Head Instructor Scott Bellis
PRODUCTION
Director of Production Stephan Baeuml
Technical Director, Stanley & Tours Jayson McLean
Technical Director, Granville Island & Goldcorp Craig Fulker
Technical Director, Shop Ace Martens
Assistant Technical Director Patsy Tomkins
Facilities Manager Jack Holmes
Rentals Manager Catherine Wilson
Production Secretary Dawn Padget
Production Assistant Robert Burns
Building Maintenance Kris Jankovic
Head Carpenter Joao Carlos d’Almeida
Lead Carpenters Lorraine West, Chris White
Head of Properties Michael Gall
Second Properties Robyn Volk
Head Scenic Artist Kristine Kavalec
Head of Costumes Kirsten McGhie
Assistant to the Head of Costumes Tiffany Bishop
Cutters Sarah Marchant, Line Richard
Wardrobe Maintenance Mary Jane Cox, Sean Malmas
Head Electrician (Stanley) TBA
Head Electrician (Granville Island) Darren Hales
Goldcorp Stage Technician Garreth Lau
Head Sound Technician Cody Biles, Philip Ronayne (on leave)
Assistant Sound Technician James Perella
Head Stage Carpenter (Stanley) Lucas Hall
Stage Carpenter (Granville Island) Bret Roach
Assistant Stage Carpenter Alex Pauls
Head Dresser Oriana Camporese
Tour Technician Alberto White
Rentals Technician Darren John
Deck/Dresser Alanna Baker
Stage Managers Angela Beaulieu, Sandra Drag*, Caryn Fehr,
Tessa Gunn*, Aidan Hammond*, Ronaye Haynes, Jan
Hodgson,Pamela Jakobs, Geoff Jones*, Peter Jotkus, Jenny
Kim*, Liz King, April Starr Land, Koh McRadu*, Rebecca
Mulvihill, Ashley Noyes*, Rick Rinder, Tanya Schwaerzle*,
Noelle Sediego*, Allison Spearin, Anne Taylor, Yvonne Yip
*Apprentice Stage Managers
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ADMINISTRATION
Director of Finance & Systems Valerie Prodanuk
Director of Education Natasha Klein
Manager of Administration Teddy Forsyth
IT Manager Allan Kong
Application Specialist & Developer Lou Ann Mendoza
Education & Outreach Manager Kevan Ellis
Accountant Igor Rozenberg
Accounting Assistant Eileen Craig
Receptionist Susanna Summers
Volunteer Coordinator Elizabeth Pope-Moore
MARKETING
Director of Sales & Marketing Bryan Woo
Publications & Communications Manager Susan Cho
Marketing Manager Jaime Fletcher
Publicist Amy Lynn Strilchuk
Writer & Editor Angela Caravan
Graphic Designer Roger Allen
Marketing Coordinator, Digital Gabriel Kirkley
Marketing Coordinator, Loyalty Alva Tang
Tour Coordinator April Green
DEVELOPMENT
Director of Development Kathy MacKenzie
Manager, Individual Giving Rachael Lipetz
Manager, Corporate Sponsorship & Foundations
Stephanie Cardwell
Manager, Special Events Deirdre Fang
Development Coordinator Hoori Barkh
Cultivation & Stewardship Coordinator Jen Challinor
Graphic Designer Peng Wei
Special Events Associate Liz Costa
GUEST SERVICES
Guest Services Manager Peter Chapek
Front of House Managers Laura Eveleigh, Max Forsyth
Front of House Brendan Blanchard, Susan Chalmers, Bonnie
Dane, Linda Guthrie, Meredith Hambrock, Ronaye Haynes,
Noah Heyl, Alexis Jones, Michelle Kaeser, Aaron Lee, Scarlett
Lee, Shirley Lum, Charles Mok, Nicola Nasedkin, Kirsten
Niedtner, Devon Parkin, Sandy Peters, Mylyn Ramos, Veronica
Rozenberg, Ryan Scramstad, Nathan Smith, Karen Worrod,
Vanessa Yee
BOX OFFICE
Ticket Sales Manager Megan Verhey
Sales Systems Manager Harpreet Kullar
Ticket Sales Supervisors Andrea Francom, Michael Lang
Box Office Ria Antonopoulos, Jo B., Elaine Bevans, Sarah
Cooper, Brett Harris, Tracy Jennissen, Heather Kemski,
Gwenda Lorenzetti, Jennifer Lynch, Tim Mahoney, Danny
Mak, Emma Middleton, Kirk Olson, Yvette Rizzo, Erin
Schneider
THEATRE LOUNGES
Director of Food & Beverage Torrance Jestadt
Bar Managers Colin Speir, Chris Schonfeldt
Bar and Lounge Staff Chari Agellon, Brittany Angus, Kira
Cabrias, Hila Cohen, Paddy Cole, Amelie Donval, Lucas
Floody, Mike Fydenlund, Jamie Gourley, Alicia HamiltonProtasiewich, Max Hill, Rachel Hugheson, Savanna Junjek,
George Koumbounis, Chloe Lloyd, Angela Lu, Ron Mill, Ruy
Noya, Shayla Oulette, Katherine Puerta Lombardi, Emilda
Radjah, Dallas Richards, Dillan Simard, Jason Simmer,
Thomas Sherlock, George Smith, Stephanie Thompson, Paul
Vigano, Gavin Weddell, Linsay Willier, Katarzyna Zacheja
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & SPECIAL THANKS
Carly Wan
The Arts Club thanks its many volunteers for their support
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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