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DISGRACED
By Ayad Akhtar Director Janet Wright
Sep 17 – Oct 18, 2015
Arts Club Theatre Company
52nd season, 570th production
Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
STARRING
ARTISTIC TEAM
(in alphabetical order)
Janet Wright Director
Marci T. House Jory
Ted Roberts Set Designer
Robert Moloney Isaac
Barbara Clayden Costume Designer
Patrick Sabongui Amir
Marsha Sibthorpe Lighting Designer
Conor Wylie Abe
Candelario Andrade Sound and
Kyra Zagorsky Emily
Projection Designer
Kevin Bennett Assistant Director
Jan Hodgson Stage Manager
April Starr Land Assistant Stage Manager
Veronique West Production Dramaturg
Setting: A spacious apartment on New York’s Upper East Side
Time: 2011-2012
Scenes i and ii: Late summer
Scene iii: Three months later, in the fall
Scene iv: Six months later, in spring
Disgraced was developed in part at the New Writers New Plays residency at Vineyard Arts Project
(Ashley Melone, Founder and Artistic Director)
New York Premiere Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, 2012
Original Broadway Production produced by The Araca Group, Lincoln Center Theater, Jennifer Evans,
Amanda Watkins, Richard Winkler, Rodger Hess, Stephanie P. Mcclelland, Tulchin/Bartner Productions,
Jessica Genick, Jonathan Reinis, Carl Levin/Ashley De Simone/TNTDynaMite Productions, Alden Bergson/
Rachel Weinstein, Greenleaf Productions, Darren Deverna/Jere Harris, and The Shubert Organization,
The David Merrick Arts Foundation
Disgraced had its world premiere in January 2012 at American Theater Company, Chicago, Illinois
(PJ Paparelli, Artistic Director)
The performance is approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.
Taking photographs or making any recording is prohibited in the theatre.
Please turn off devices.
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WELCOME TO A NEW SEASON
With Ayad Akhtar’s award-winning play, we open
the Arts Club Theatre Company’s 52nd season,
the 18th at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.
Disgraced will be the 97th production since this
beloved former movie theatre opened in the
fall of 1998 and the 570th since the company
was founded in 1964. During that period, our
subscription numbers have steadily increased,
and we now have over 10,000 loyal subscribers
to the Stanley series. When you include subscribers to our Granville Island Stage
and the soon-to-be-opened Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre on West 1st
Avenue, our subscribers exceed 17,000. Thank you to all of you.
Ayad Akhtar is an actor, screenwriter,
novelist, and playwright who challenges
us to question our assumptions about
race and religion; a man of many
talents and daring insights. His first
novel, American Dervish, explored the
complexity of the Muslim religious
experience, and Disgraced centres on
a Muslim man’s self-deception—Amir
Kapoor, a high-powered corporate
lawyer, has been hiding his Muslim
origins from his Jewish bosses at work.
In an interview, Mr. Akhtar stated,
“I wanted to write a play that would
have a tragic arc, that would move an
audience to pity and terror... (with)
both tears and raucous laughter.”
Disgraced is directed by long-time Arts
Club friend Janet Wright. This season
will also see Valerie Easton, who has
choreographed many of our musicals
take the helm with A Christmas Story,
The Musical. In the new year, Sarah
Rodgers, who has directed a number
of our touring shows, will oversee the
stage adaptation of Jane Austin’s Pride
and Prejudice with a cast of 17 playing
the iconic parts. Our Literary Manager,
Rachel Ditor, directs Good People in
the spring, and Bill looks forward to
collaborating with Valerie and Musical
Director Ken Cormier on Billy Elliot.
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This season, we’re also celebrating
the 10th year of our LEAP (Learning
Early About Playwriting) series—a
dynamic, intensive program developed
to hone the skills of teen playwrights.
Participants learn the basic principles
of writing a play and receive feedback
from theatre professionals. The program culminates in a three-day festival,
where all participants will have their
plays workshopped by professional actors and presented to the public on an
Arts Club stage. Applications are now
open and must be submitted by October 31, 2015. If you are a young writer,
or if you know someone this program
would benefit, apply at artsclub.com/
participate today. If you’re no longer a
teen, you can still participate! Please
consider making a tax-deductible donation to help the Arts Club keep this
wonderful youth program growing and
serving this community. Every contribution helps and we couldn’t do this kind
of work without your support.
Thanks for joining us for this
performance and welcome to another
season!
Bill Millerd, Artistic Managing Director
Peter Cathie White, Executive Director
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Director’s Circle today. Contact Parmida Zarrinkamar, Manager of Individual Giving, at 604.687.5315, ext. 261, for more information.
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ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Ayad Akhtar was born in New York City and raised in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is the author of American
Dervish, published in more than 20 languages worldwide
and a 2012 Best Book of the Year at Kirkus Reviews,
The Globe and Mail, Shelf-Awareness, and O (Oprah)
Magazine. He is also a playwright and screenwriter.
Disgraced played at New York’s LCT3/Lincoln Center
Theater in 2012, and won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His latest play, The
Who & The What, premiered at La Jolla Playhouse in February 2014, and opened
in New York at LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater in June 2014. As a screenwriter,
he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay for
The War Within. He has been the recipient of fellowships from MacDowell and
Yaddo writers’ colonies, as well as commissions from Lincoln Center Theater
and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He is a graduate of Brown and Columbia
universities with degrees in theatre and film directing.
HOUSE
PROGRAMME
UPDATE
Due to a change in our publishing
partnership, the Arts Club is currently
implementing a revision to our house
programme. We ask for your support
as we execute these changes over the
coming season and work towards a
more cost-effective format for future
programmes.
The Arts Club would like to thank
Wordsworth Printmedia, who
published our house programmes
for 25 years, and welcome Archway
Publishers as our new programme
partner.
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THE COMPANY
MARCI T. HOUSE Jory
For the Arts Club:
Debut—Intimate
Apparel (2012),
Clybourne Park.
Other theatre: Glengarry Glen Ross
(Classic Chic Prod.), The Ladies
Foursome (The Grand Theatre
– London, ON), Whose Life Is It
Anyway? (Real Wheels Theatre),
Doubt (Rose Theatre – Brampton,
ON), Eating Pomegranate Naked
(SummerWorks – Toronto),
The Last Day of Judas Iscariot
(Pound Of Flesh Theatre/Rumble
Productions), In The Next Room/
The Vibrator Play (Tarragon Theatre
– Toronto), RUINED (Obsidian/
Nightwood Theatre – Toronto),
Hamlet (Fishmongers), A Streetcar
Named Desire (Blue Bridge Theatre),
The Miracle Worker (Vancouver
Playhouse).
Film & Television: iZombie—Lt.
Devore, Strange Empire—Ruby,
The X-Files, Garage Sale Mysteries,
The Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce,
Signed Sealed Delivered Christmas
Special, Lost Girl—Leveau, Saving
Hope, Rookie Blue, Emily Owens MD,
Fringe, Taken From Me: The Tiffany
Rubin Story, Vampire Diaries, Caprica,
Battlestar Galatica, Godzilla, The Big
Year, Charlie St. Cloud, The Day the
Earth Stood Still.
Other: 2010 Jessie Award winner,
Best Production; 2012 Jessie Award
nominee; Dora Award nominee.
ROBERT MOLONEY
Isaac
For the Arts Club: The
Odd Couple, Clybourne
Park, The Glass
Menagerie, All My Sons.
Other theatre: Uncle Vanya, Great
Expectations (Blackbird Theatre),
Except in the Unlikely Event of War
(PI/Horseshoes & Hand Grenades),
Leading Ladies (Persephone), Bingo
( P.T.E) Unity 1918 (Touchstone
Theatre). Coming next: Rapture,
Blister, Burn (Mitch & Murray).
Film & Television: Brain on Fire, The
Revenant, The Age of Adeline, Man of
Steel, K-9—Professor Gryffen, Hell on
Wheels—Robert Bell, Motive, Arrow,
Supernatural, Bates Motel, Signed
Sealed Delivered.
Other: Multiple Jessie Award
nominee, winner for Clybourne Park;
Leo Award nominee for Christmas on
Chestnut Street.
PATRICK SABONGUI
Amir
Arts Club debut
Other theatre: Inside
the Seed (UpInTheAir
Theatre), Haunted (Touchstone),
Felony (Dreams Beyond Thirty),
Welcome Back to Harlem: A
Hellfighter’s Story (Rooted Theatre).
Film & Television: The Flash—Captain
David Singh, The Art of More—
Hassan Al Afshar, Interrogation—
Vasti, Motive, Godzilla, 300.
Other: MFA from UC Irvine, graduate
of Concordia University’s theatre
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school in Montreal and the National
Theatre Conservatory’s intensive
program in Denver, CO. Special
thanks to partner in life and love,
Kyra Zagorsky, and our greatest
projects to date, Ashé and Bodhi.
CONOR WYLIE Abe
Arts Club debut
Other theatre: Tinkers
(The Only Animal),
Back Away Slowly
(O O O O / Theatre Replacement),
eatingthegame (Hong Kong Exile),
The Fourth Graders Present an
Unnamed Love-Suicide (Rumble),
TBD (Radix), Wondrous Tales of Old
Japan (Carousel), The Secret Doctrine
(SFU), The Kite Runner (Theatre
Calgary, Citadel), project x: faust
(Leaky Heaven Circus).
Film & Television: CRUSADE.
Other: Co-Artistic Director, O O O
O; Co-Artistic Director, A Wake of
Vultures. Graduate of the theatre
program at Simon Fraser University.
KYRA ZAGORSKY
Emily
Arts Club debut
Other theatre: Wait
Until Dark (Arvada
Center, Denver), Romeo and Juliet
(Denver Civic), Tallgrass Gothic,
Manna (Portland Center Stage,
JAW), A Bicycle Country (Teatro
Milagro, Portland), School of Jesus
Fish, Asymmetry (original cast, Los
Angeles), Arabian Nights, Importance
of Being Earnest (Studio Theater,
LA), Chicken (Havana Theatre,
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Vancouver). Coming next: The
Motherf**ker with the Hat (Firehall).
Film & Television: Helix—Dr.
Julia Walker, Vendetta—Jocelyn,
Continuum—Vasquez.
Other: MFA in acting from the
University of California, Irvine,
and a BFA from Southern Oregon
University in Ashland, home of the
Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
JANET WRIGHT
Director
For the Arts Club: The
Mountaintop; August:
Osage County; Clybourne
Park; Elizabeth Rex; Glegarry Glen
Ross. Janet has performed at virtually
every major theatre company in
Canada, and has been affiliated
with the Vancouver Arts Club since
the early 1970s, performing in and
directing over 40 productions.
Other theatre: Director: Hedda Gabler
(Persephone Theatre); The Prime of
Miss Jean Brodie; Juno and the Paycock
(Stratford Festival). In 2011 Janet
returned to Stratford to take on the
role of Ma in John Steinbeck’s The
Grapes of Wrath—and 10 years earlier,
the title role in Shirley Valentine (also
at Stratford). Another favourite: The
Sea Horse with Winston Rekert at
the Arts Club and Halifax’s Neptune
Theatre.
Film & Television: Film: Ethel
Shatford in The Perfect Storm;
Bordertown Café (Genie Award,
best actress). Television: Corner
Gas—Emma Leroy, Lexx, as well
as Canadian classics The King of
Kensington, The Beachcombers, and
Emily of New Moon.
Other: UBCP/ACTRA Sam Payne
Lifetime Achievement Award; BC
Entertainment Hall of Fame Star
Walk; Leo Award, best supporting
actress in a feature film (Betrayed);
and a Canadian Comedy Award. In
2014 Janet was invited back to her
home town of Saskatoon to direct
Hedda Gabler at the 40th anniversary
of the stage she and her sister Susan
co-founded, with Brian Richmond, in
1974.
TED ROBERTS
Set Designer
For the Arts Club:
Debut—Starting Here,
Starting Now (1978).
Recent favourites: Les Misérables, In
The Heights, The Mountaintop, Sister
Judy, Twisted Christmas, Dream Girls,
Clybourne Park, Henry & Alice.
Other theatre: Chelsea Hotel,
Urinetown (Firehall Arts Centre);
Hedda Gabler, My Chernobyl
(Persephone); Driving Miss Daisy, A
Closer Walk with Patsy Cline (Magnus).
Other: Twenty-time Jessie Award
nominee and six-time Award winner;
graduate of University of Alberta
Theatre Design program.
BARBARA CLAYDEN
Costume Designer
For the Arts Club:
Debut—The Matka King
(2003). Others include
August: Osage County; Clybourne
Park; The Odd Couple and The
Mountaintop.
Other theatre: James and the Giant
Peach (Carousel Theatre), Miss
Shakespeare and J Caesar (Escape
Artists), Chelsea Hotel and Proud
(Firehall Arts Centre), Valley Song
(Gateway).
Other: Sixteen-time Jessie Award
nominee, six-time winner.
MARSHA SIBTHORPE
Lighting Designer
For the Arts Club: Over
400 productions over
43 seasons. Favourites
include The Effect of Gamma Rays on
Man in the Moon Marigolds, Creeps,
Matka King, Miss Saigon, and Mary
Poppins.
Other theatre: Numerous credits for
Western Canada Theatre Company,
(Kamloops), Magnus Theatre
(Thunder Bay), Belfry Theatre
(Victoria), Vancouver Playhouse.
CANDELARIO
ANDRADE Sound and
Projection Designer
For the Arts Club: The
Mountaintop, Armstrong’s
War, The Santaland Diaries.
Other theatre: Video or sound design
for Theatre Replacement, Electric
Company, Neworld, Rumble, Leaky
Heaven, Conspiracy Theatre, Boca
del Lupo, Real Wheels, Urban Ink,
Theatre for Living (Headlines),
Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, and
PI Theatre.
Other: Co-Artistic Director for Rough
House Productions; co-created and
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designed A Last Resort (co-written
and performed in collaboration with
Camille Gingras) presented at Free
Fall Festival in Toronto, TREMORS
Festival, and The Shadbolt Centre.
KEVIN BENNETT
Assistant Director
For the Arts Club: She
Stoops to Conquer
Other theatre: Assistant
Director: The Merchant of Venice
(Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre), King
John, The Three Musketeers (Stratford
Festival), Richard III, Much Ado About
Nothing (Bard on the Beach), NiX
(The Only Animal/Alberta Theatre
Projects). Director: The Priory, Private
Lives (United Players), Treasure
Island, Fallout (Studio 58), Measure
for Measure (Pacific Theatre/Honest
Fishmongers), King Lear, Hamlet
(Honest Fishmongers), Macbeth
(Little Mountain Studios), 7 Stories,
The Loudest Silence, Dido Queen of
Carthage (Templeton Secondary).
Other: Winner of Bluma Appel
Mentorship Award for directors
(Shakespeare’s Globe Canada), Jean
Gascon Award (Guthrie Awards,
Stratford Festival). Graduate of
Studio 58.
JAN HODGSON
Stage Manager
For the Arts Club:
Farewell My Lovely;
Helen Lawrence; Tear
The Curtain!
Other theatre: Betroffenheit (Kidd
Pivot/Electric Company); The Night’s
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Mare, The Tragical Comedy of Punch
and Judy, Head Over Heels, Blue
Horse, Macbeth, Mother Courage
(Caravan Farm Theatre); East Van
Pantos (Theatre Replacement/
The Cultch); Great Gatsby (Theatre
Calgary); Studies in Motion, The
Palace Grand, The One That Got
Away, Brilliant! (Electric Company);
The Edward Curtis Project (GCTC/
National Arts Centre); The Overcoat,
Death of a Salesman, Drowsy
Chaperone, Fiddler on the Roof, I Am
My Own Wife, Guys and Dolls, Hello
Dolly, The Music Man (Vancouver
Playhouse).
APRIL STARR LAND
Assistant Stage
Manager
For the Arts Club:
Debut—She Loves Me,
Stanley (2000). Favourites: Sister
Judy, Avenue Q, The Odd Couple,
Bombitty of Errors, Patsy Cline, Becky’s
New Car, The Penelopiad, Masterclass.
Other theatre: Freud’s Last Session
(Pacific Theatre), the re- enactors
Surrey’s True Stories (Surrey Heritage);
past seasons with Bard on the Beach
and the Stratford Festival of Canada.
Other: Studied stage craft at Douglas
College. In real life plays mom to
Noah and auntie to Elizabeth.
COMING NEXT AT THE ARTS CLUB
THE WAITING ROOM
Book by Morris Panych
Music and lyrics by John Mann
PREMIERE
The Waiting Room is the highly
anticipated collaboration between
Spirit of the West’s John Mann and
acclaimed Canadian playwright Morris
Panych. Drawn from Mann’s own
experience and his solo album of the
same name, this musical follows “J”
as he navigates life before and after
diagnosis. It’s a story told with grace,
honesty, and a sharp sense of humour.
Granville Island Stage
October 1 – 31, 2015
Tickets from $29—or get the
Granville Island Series and save!
A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL
Book by Joseph Robinette
Words and music by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Based on the popular film, this festive
musical tells a tale familiar to anyone
who has ever been a kid: the dogged
pursuit of acquiring a desired toy. It’s
the 1940s and for 9-year-old Ralphie
nothing under the tree will satisfy—
save for an Official Red Ryder carbineaction BB gun. Filled with whimsical
imagery and energetic dance
sequences, this Canadian premiere is
a holiday gift for the whole family.
Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
November 5 – December 27, 2015
Tickets from $29—or get the
Stanley Series and save!
CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
The Arts Club Theatre Company thanks its government and corporate partners for their support of the 2015/16 season.
Season Sponsors
Presenting Sponsors
Production Sponsors
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Government Support
Additional Partners
$10,000+
• Anna’s Cake House
• BMO Capital Markets
• Business in Vancouver
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• Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel
• Open Road Auto Group
• TELUS Vancouver Community Board
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• MNP LLP
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Up to $4,999
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Inc.
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• TR Trades Reproduction
• US Consulate General
• Vancouver Courier
Foundations
• Audain Foundation
• Christopher Foundation
• CIBC Children’s Foundation
• Diamond Foundation
• Hamber Foundation
• Hawthorne Charitable Foundation
• Kaatza Foundation
• Kinder Morgan Foundation
• McCarthy Tétrault Foundation
• RBC Foundation
• The Simons Foundation
• The Somerset Foundation
• Vancouver Foundation
• Y.P. Heung Foundation
For more information about corporate sponsorship and donations, please contact Annie Wu, Manager of Corporate Sponsorship &
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
Parmida Zarrinkamar at 604.687.5315, ext. 261, or [email protected].
Patrons ($500 – $999)
Dorothy Stauffer
David & Heather Ashley
In memory of Adele Baeuml*
J. Terry Barkley*
Dr. Vicki Bernstein
Hamish Cameron
Vince Chura
Neil Duke & Candace Yip
Roger & Helen Eberle
Sandra Epplett*
Nancy Farley
Miss Heather Farrar*
Charles & Donna Gauthier*
David Gowe*
Clarissa P. Green
Sandy Gunderson
Earle & Mabel Hales
Stephanie & John Halse*
David & Fay Harris
Ruth & David Harris
Billie Helps
Brenda Hudson
Donald & Patricia Hudson*
Dean & Eloise Irving
Sharon Jeroski*
Trekkie Monster
Dr. Judith Kalla*
Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Kennedy*
Marylou Kirstein
Dr. & Mrs. Ernie Ledgerwood
Jim Mactier
Jane & Ian Mavety*
Martin & Mrs. Patricia Milewski*
Erik & Sheila K. Miller*
Bruce & Lea Milley
Barbara Morris
Don Morrison
Jennie & Ann Neumann - in
memory of Amy Wallis
Jane Mortifee
Ron Ogilvy*
Louise C. Peters*
Tina Powell
Evolve Nurturing Vitality
(Dr. Shamira Rahim)*
William D. Robertson*
Mrs. Wendy Robinson &
Mr. Jeff Robinson*
Elfriede & Peter Rohloff*
Deborah Rollins*
Gary Rombough
John & Bonnie Schmelke
Kathie Schwaia*
Bob Shorthouse
Donia Sims*
Eileen B. Stewart*
Dr. Larry Stonesifer &
Mr. Ronald Angress*
Laurie Stovel
Beverley Tamboline*
Mollie Thackeray*
The Therrien Boulos Family
Michael & Judith Watson*
Jane & Maurice Wong
Anonymous x 6
Enthusiasts ($300 – $499)
Thomas & Catherine Adair
Chris & Susan Adams
Robert & Enneke Allan*
Jane K. Baker
Patricia Barkley
TaLedi Distribution
Scott & Dorothy Bell*
Debbie Berto & Dan Sanderson*
Sharon & John Bishop*
Brendan & Karly Black
M. A. Boltezar*
Kenneth Broadway
Lawrence & Maggie Burr
Elizabeth J. Burrell*
Michael and Rosemary Carter
Dr. Heather F. Clarke
Fred & Diane Dallyn*
In memory of Amy Wallis from
the Little Ladies
Jane Durant*
Wilson Durward
Jean Excell*
Pat & Lorne Fingarson
Robert Gauf
Carol Gibson
Marianne & Verne Glover
Dr. Evelyn J. Harden in
memory of John Wood*
Gerald & Patricia Haslam
Joan & Trevor Heaver
Jack Holmes
Marie-Claire & Geoffrey Howard
G. Jang
Mavis & Carl Jonsson*
P. Juno
Lynn Kelly & Brian Kett
Lorna Klohn*
Tony & Margie Knox
Tini Lattey
Jim & Lynette Lattimer, in
memory of Amy Wallis
Erica Levy & Alan Kingstone*
Lorne & Audrey Lindsay*
Linda Lowry
Elizabeth & Jim Mah in memory
of Helen & Frank Millerd*
JoAn & Michel Maurer
Robert & Gillian McIntyre*
Ken & Irene Merrells*
Bruce & Brenda Milton
M.I.V.*
Catherine Morgan &
Michael Jonker
Barbara & Terry Myers
Lisa & Brad Newby
C.J. Newson*
In memory of Paul
Marion Pearson & Jim Orr
Gordon Pirie
Allan Posthuma
Courtney Pratt
Creeker
Allan & Blaize Reich*
Peter & Ursula Schmelcher
In memory of Maria Logan
Peter Suedfeld & Phyllis Johnson*
Graham & Elaine Thody
Helen & Barry Thorson
TimberWest Forest Corp.
Jacqui Tyler*
Sheila Tynan & Margaret Hobson
Allan Webber*
June L. Witty
Anonymous* x 2
Anonymous x 6
Associates ($200 – $299)
Miles Adam*
Murray J. Armstrong*
Dr. Philip & Lori Barer*
For Patricia from George*
Bill & Heather Beamish
Susan Bennett
Carolyn Bird
Neil D. Boucher
Julie Bournival & Rhys Clarke
Barbara Bowes
Michael Brockington
Jen & Karl
Chuck & Diane Campbell
H. Campbell & K. Zaine
Joan Campbell
Susan Chant*
E.A. Clutchey
Isobel Cole
Howard & Beth Coulter
David & Janet Courage*
Barbara Cox & Dan Aspinall
P. J. Curtis*
Chris & Lisa Dabrowski
A. DeKoven*
In memory of Howard Eckman*
Wayne & Charlotte Edwards*
L. Eldridge
I. Joan Elliott
Beverly Epp
Catherine Evans
Nina Ferentinos
Sandra Fergusson
Kathy Findlay
Mary & Ronald Fines
Ethel & David Frankel
Mike & Sarah Frost
Deirdre Gernsbeck*
Dennis Goodman*
John & Julia Gosden*
Daryl Gouthro
Irene Griffiths
Paul Gustafson
Dianne Haag/Accommodations
by Pillow Suites
S. Hardin
Marilyn Harrison*
Doug & Margaret Hatlelid
Stan & Corky Hecker*
Gail Helmcken
James & Elspeth Helmcken*
Arlene H. Henry, QC
Linda Ann Herman &
Patricia Horstead
Jane Heyman*
Teri Hodgins, Barbara Birt
& Anne Thompson
Aileen Hollifield*
Sam & Christine Hooge
Joan & Robert Hornal
B & I Housego
In memory of Alex Howatson
Bill & Barb Humen
Teresa & Lewis James
Linda Johnston*
Lesley Joy & Steve Sipos*
Betty Jung & David Chan
Stephen & Mary Ann Juras*
Signe Jurcic
Ameen & Bev Kanji
Peter Kappel
Sherry & Stuart Katz
Jacqueline Kelly &
Rowland McLeod
Ross & Jill Ker
Kathy Kinloch
Anne Kober
Russell Kozub
S. Kwarciany*
Doug & Laurie Lakusta
Florence Laniuk*
Deborah Lendon*
Dave & Margaret MacDonald*
Mary MacDonald
Maureen L. MacDonald
Marian E. MacFarlane
Laurel March
Jeff & Valerie Marus*
Anne Mathisen
Sarah McAlpine
Terry & Sandy McBride*
McCulligh Family
David & Joanne McDonald
Linda McDonald &
Victor Holysh
Marlene McDonald
Emmet & Linda McGrath
Shuley Family
Christine McLean
Mrs. Verna McNichol
Don & Mary Millerd
Mike Moretto
Brenda Morrison
C. Rochelle Moss
G. Murphy
Thom Noakes
William Nordmark
June Ogden
Stephen & Pamela Ottridge*
Rose Parker & Usher Hammer
Nick & Hazel Parker-Jervis*
Allan & Sheila Parr
Ray & Judy Pletcher*
Marion Poggemiller
Judy Reykdal
Dave & Elaine Rickards
Evelyn M. Riley
Harley Rothstein &
Eleanor Boyle*
Mr. & Mrs. Real Rousseau*
Marie Rozitis
Robert & Susan Ruttan
Michael Ryan
P.D. Ryan
David Schreck*
Karen Sciarretta
Erika & Andrew Scott
Gillian Seager
Aubrey Searle
James Shepherd
Tricia Sirrs
Eleanor Sleath
Robert & Patricia Smith
Janis Souter
Peter & Daphne Spencer*
Peter Steele & Dan Wirth
Kristin Stockley
Mary Stott
John Street
Darcey Sudeyko
Rebecca & Todd Talbot, in
memory of Amy Wallis
Paula Swart Till
Erica Tang
Peter Thaler*
Elaine & Graham Thody
Silvia Thorne
Art Toft
In memory of Tom*
Maureen Topley
Karen Adlington & Alan Turner
Caroline Underhill
Mary H. Vickers
J. Walsh
Edward Wilson*
Jennifer Yeung
Anonymous x 26
Anonymous* x 8
*indicates those who have
supported the Arts Club for 5
or more consecutive years.
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BOARD AND STAFF
Bill Millerd, artistic managing director
Peter Cathie White, executive director
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair Dr. Ross Paul, CM,Phd
Chair-Elect Mr. Bruce Flexman, FCA
Treasurer Ms. Kerry Suffolk
Secretary Mr. Richard Bell
Mr. Aleem Bandali, Mr. Mike Black, Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie,
Ms. Michele Collins, Ms. Teo Dechev, Ms. Anna Fung QC,
Ms. Carol Anne Humphrys, Mr. James Kitamura,
Mr. Eugen Klein, Mrs. Joanne Klein, Mr. Bryan Mabee,
Ms. Bonnie Mah, Mr. Dave Morton, Mr. Jim Storie, Ms. Erika Tse
COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS
Mr. Philip Bernard, Ms. Donna Celle, Mr. Axel Conradi,
Dr. Stanley Hamilton, Ms. Catharine Herb-Kelly QC,
Mr. Bruce Milley FCA, Mrs. Joan Pitman, Ms. Janet Rogers,
Mr. Al C. Schultz, Mr. John J. Sutherland, Mr. Ian Waddell QC
ARTS CLUB OF VANCOUVER THEATRE FOUNDATION
President Mr. Richard Mulcaster
Treasurer Mr. Bruce Flexman, FCA
Mr. Christopher Gimpel, Ms. Catharine Herb-Kelly QC,
Mr. Eugen Klein, Mr. Morris Nord, Mr. John J. Sutherland
ARTISTIC
Resident Designer Ted Roberts
Artist Liaison Stephanie Hargreaves
Literary Manager Rachel Ditor
Artist in Residence Veda Hille
LEAP Leader Shawn Macdonald
LEAP Assistant Christine Quintana
Music Theatre Intensive Director Peter Jorgensen
PRODUCTION
Director of Production Stephan Baeuml
Technical Director, Stanley & Tours Eugenio Saenz Flores
Technical Director, Granville Island & Goldcorp Craig Fulker
Technical Director, Shop Ace Martens
Facilities Manager Jack Holmes
Rentals Manager Catherine Wilson
Production Secretary Dawn Padget
Production Assistant Robert Burns
Head Electrician (Stanley) Shawn Watson
Head Electrician (Granville Island) Darren Hales
Goldcorp Stage Technician Garreth Lau
Head Sound Technician Philip Ronayne
Assistant Sound Technician Kate De Lorme
Head Stage Carpenter (Stanley) Marcus Stusek
Stage Carpenter (Granville Island) Bret Roach
Assistant Stage Carpenter Alex Pauls
Head Dresser Pattie King (on leave), Oriana Camporese
Tour Technician Alberto White
Rentals Technicians Liz Kraft, Chris Martz
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
Scenic Artist Maria Tratt
Head of Costumes Kirsten McGhie
Assistant to the Head of Costumes Tiffany Bishop
Cutter Sarah Marchant
Wardrobe Maintenance Mary Jane Cox, Sean Malmas
Building Maintenance Kris Jankovic
Stage Managers Angela Beaulieu, Sandra Drag, Caryn Fehr,
Claire Friderich*, Michelle Harrison*, Ronaye Haynes,
Jan Hodgson, Pamela Jakobs, Peter Jotkus, Jenny Kim*,
April Starr Land, Rebecca Mulvihill, Ashley Noyes*,
Rick Rinder, Tanya Schwaerzle*, Allison Spearin,
Anne Taylor, Yvonne Yip
*Apprentice Stage Managers
ADMINISTRATION
Director of Finance & Systems Valerie Prodanuk
Director of Education Natasha Klein
Manager of Administration Teddy Forsyth
IT Manager Allan Kong
Manager of Databases & Systems Lou Ann Mendoza
Accountant Igor Rozenberg
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Accounting Assistant Eileen Craig
Receptionist Susanna Summers
Volunteer Coordinator Katia Tynan
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 April Green
Group Accounts Associate Adam Caddell
Tour Coordinator Christina Campbell
Patron Loyalty Manager Reena Taank
Digital Storyteller Mark Halliday
DEVELOPMENT
Director of Development Kathy MacKenzie
Manager, Corporate Sponsorship & Foundations Annie Wu
Manager, Individual Giving Parmida Zarrinkamar
Manager, Special Events Gigi Wong
Cultivation & Stewardship Coordinator Jen Challinor
Special Events Assistant Kendall Papp
GUEST SERVICES
Guest Services Manager Peter Chapek
Front of House Manager Laura Eveleigh
Front of House Laura Accili, Kaila Butler, Brendan Blanchard,
Bonnie Dane, Ronaye Haynes, Linda Guthrie, Alexis Jones,
Michelle Kaesar, Shirley Lum, Kavin Ni, Kirsten Niedtner,
Devon Parkin, Sandy Peters, Mylyn Ramos,
Veronica Rozenberg, Nathan Smith, Samein Shamsher, Karen
Worrod, Vanessa Yee
BOX OFFICE
Ticket Operations Manager Megan Verhey
Sales Systems Manager Harpreet Kullar
Ticket Sales Supervisors Hoori Barkh, Eric Biskupski
Box Office Ria Antonopoulos, Sebastien Archibald, Jo B,
Jean Choi, Madeline Doig, Holly Emmett, Brett Harris,
Nicholas Lee, Gwenda Lorenzetti, Amanda Konkin,
Tim Mahoney, Danny Mak, Emma Middleton, Kirk Olson,
Erin Schneider
THEATRE LOUNGES
Director of Food & Beverage Steve Sheridan
Bar Managers Torrance Jestadt, Kelly Golby, Blaine Anderson,
Colin Speir
Bar & Lounge Staff Edward Adams, Chari Agellon,
Eric Angerman, Anthony Catenaccio, Sam Clark, Paddy Cole,
Colin d’Astoli, Lucas Floody, RafalFrej, Mike Fydenlund,
Kim Howanyk, Mia Ingimundson, Savanna Junjek, Robin K.,
Mike Kucheran, Julia Litke, Ron Mill, Sarah McCusker,
Rene Paul, Emilda Radjah, Anna Rasmussen, Dallas Richards,
Joey Robertson, Khalied Salem, Chris Schonfeldt,
Dillan Simard, Jason Simmer, Sunil Suvarna,
Stephanie Thompson, Michelle Towell, Paul Vigano,
Gavin Weddell, Linsay Willier, Katarzyna Zacheja
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & SPECIAL THANKS
Wigs by Hackman’s Head Office
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the
Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to
Canadians throughout the country.
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
Local 118 of the International, Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Employees31
Arts Club Theatre Company is a not-for-profit registered charity
committed to staging and developing stimulating quality
theatre for the enrichment of the community. Charitable
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