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DAVID MIRVISHpresents
production of
Music by TOM KITTBook & Lyrics by BRIAN YORKEY
Starring
TROY ADAMS, BRANDON ANTONIO, NATHAN CARROLL, MA-ANNE DIONISIO, LOUISE PITRE, STEPHANIE SY
Director Musical Staging Music Director
PHILIP AKIN TRACEY FLYE LILY LING
Assistant to the Music Set & Lighting Designer Sound Designer Costume Designer Director & Conductor
STEVE LUCAS MICHAEL LAIRD ALEX AMINI DAVID TERRIAULT
Production Manager Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager
PATRICK LAVENDER AJ LAFLAMME KATE SANDESON
Producing Patrons Next to Normal Executive Producer
LINDA & CHRIS MONTAGUE MARQUIS ENTERTAINMENT, COLIN RIVERS
NEXT TO NORMAL is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com.
Original Broadway Production Produced by David Stone, James L Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo and Second Stage Theatre.
New York Premiere Produced by Second Stage Theatre, New York, February 2008 (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director, Ellen Richard, Executive Director).
NEXT TO NORMAL was subsequently produced by Arena Stage in November 2008.
Developed at Village Theatre, Issaquah, WA (Rob Hunt, Executive Producer, Steve Tomkins, Artistic Director).
An earlier version was presented in the 2005 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Support for the development of NEXT TO NORMAL was provided by
the Jonathan Larson Foundation.
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T H E C A S T
(in alphabetical order)
Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TROY ADAMS
Gabe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRANDON ANTONIO
Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NATHAN CARROLL
Diana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MA-ANNE DIONISIO
Doctor Madden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LOUISE PITRE
Natalie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEPHANIE SY
Voices, an Anesthesiologist, Nurses, Doctors, and others, all played by the COMPANY, and a Psychopharmacologist (Doctor Fine)
played by the performer playing DOCTOR MADDEN.
* Winner of The Musical Stage Company’s 2018-19 Syd & Shirley Banks Prize for Emerging Musical Theatre Artists
** The Musical Stage Company’s 2018-19 Featured Performer supported by Spencer Lanthier & Diana Bennett
† Dance Captain: Brandon Antonio
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NEXT TO NORMAL has a running time of approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, including a 20-minute intermission.
THE ORCHESTRAConductor & Keyboard 1 — DAVID TERRIAULT
Keyboard 2 — ADAM SAKIYAMA
Electric/Steel/Nylon Guitar — ERIK PATTERSON
Electric/Acoustic Bass — JUSTIN GRAY
Drums & Percussion — JAMIE DRAKE
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S O N G L I S T
ACT IPrelude (Light)
Just A nother Day
Ever y thing E lse
W ho’s Crazy / My Psychopharmacologist and I
Perfect For You
I Miss T he Mountains
It ’s Gonna Be Good
He’s Not Here
You Don’t Know
I A m T he One
Superboy and the Inv isible Girl
I ’m Alive
Ma ke Up Your Mind / Catch Me I ’m Fall ing
I Dreamed A Dance
T here’s A World
I ’ve Been
Didn’ t I See T his Mov ie?
A Light In T he Dark
ACT IIWish I Were Here
Song of Forget t ing
Hey #1
Seconds and Years
Bet ter T han Before
A f tershocks
Hey #2
You Don’t Know (Reprise)
How Could I Ever Forget?
It ’s Gonna Be Good (Reprise)
W hy Stay?
A Promise
I ’m Alive (Reprise)
T he Brea k
Ma ke Up Your Mind / Catch Me I ’m Fall ing (Reprise)
Maybe (Nex t to Normal)
Hey #3 / Perfect For You (Reprise)
So A ny way
I A m T he One
Finale: L ight
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Pulitzer Prize Winners in Drama, Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey of Next to Normal
CONVERSATION:
Bipolar disorder and the emotional
toll mental illness takes on a
family are not standard fare for
Broadway musicals, let alone Broadway
hits. But that is the subject of Next to Normal, which has managed to draw
both commercial and critical success.
In 2010 it earned another honor: It
was named winner of the Pulitzer
Prize for Drama, at that time just the
eighth musical in history to receive
that award.
Next to Normal chronicles the
troubled life of Diana Goodman as she
struggles to balance the necessity of
psychological treatment while dealing
with the significant side effects of
taking medication, trying to come to
terms with the impact it has on her
identity, and facing the life-threatening
risks of refusing treatment.
Next to Normal took an unusual path to
Broadway. It began almost a decade ago
as a class project at the BMI Lehman
Engel Musical Theatre Workshop where
co-creators Brian Yorkey and Tom
Kitt wrote a 10-minute musical about
electroconvulsive therapy. Eventually,
it was developed into a full-scale
musical, played off-Broadway, and
went through a significant overhaul at
Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. before
returning to New York. It won three
Tony Awards in 2009, including one for
Best Original Score, which largely takes
Authors Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt.
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the form of a rock opera mixed with
other musical genres.
Murrey Jacobson, National Affairs
Editor at PBS NewsHour, spoke with
Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt following
their Pulitzer Prize win.
MURREY JACOBSON: Brian Yorkey and
Tom Kitt are the co-creators of the
musical Next to Normal, which won
the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Brian
wrote the book and lyrics, Tom wrote
the music. What has this meant for you
and for the show?
BRIAN YORKEY: It’s a little hard to
know exactly what to say about it. It’s a
higher honor than either Tom or I ever
expected. Certainly with this show—
which has been sort of an unlikely
show for its whole life—I think that it
really does say that this show is worth
seeing, and that was worth all the great
effort that it took on the part of many,
many people to make it happen. It’s a
real honor.
TOM KITT: I agree with everything
Brian said. It’s really a dream come
true, you know, just being able to
come back to New York after Second
Stage and Arena [Stage] and watch it
on Broadway. It’s as meaningful as
anything that’s ever happened to me.
MURREY JACOBSON: Brian, I’d like
to go back to the origins of the show.
Where did you get the original idea for
this story?
BRIAN YORKEY: Well, I’m always a little
embarrassed to admit this, but Tom
and I were in the BMI Musical Theater
Writers’ Workshop here in New York
and needed something to write about
for our final project. We were looking
for something a little different, and
I saw a television news report on
electroconvulsive therapy, which is
commonly known as shock therapy,
and at the time I didn’t know that it
was still practiced. I’ve come to learn
much more about it, but at the time it
The Toronto production of Next to Normal in rehearsal. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
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just sort of surprised me, and really
got me sort of thinking about the kind
of person who would have to have
that sort of treatment in their lives.
And so I called up Tom and I said,
“What about a musical about a woman
who has struggled with depression
for her whole life and has to turn to
ECT?” Tom said, “Let’s give it a try,”
and off we went.
MURREY JACOBSON: Tom, maybe
you could speak to the decision to
make this a musical. I mean, there
has obviously been a lot of art about
the impact of mental illness, but I
don’t think there have been a lot of
musicals about it. Did you feel it was
a little bit of a risk to tell this story as
a musical?
TOM KITT: I didn’t think about the
risk factor, just because I was so
moved by the subject matter when
Brian and I started working on it. It
was definitely a challenge, and as a
writer that’s the kind of piece you
want to be involved with. I think
that this is a subject matter that
affects most people. We have very
(L-R) Toronto cast members Troy Adams, Stephanie Sy, Ma-Anne Dionisio and Brandon Antonio. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
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heightened emotions about mental
illness. Music in theater is meant to
convey those heightened emotions.
The saying goes that you sing about
something in a musical when emotion
becomes so great that you have to. So
I felt that a story like this, filled with
many heightened emotions, was a
natural fit to sing. The only thing was
to make sure that I wrote appropriate
music for each dramatic moment in the
show, and not try to over think it but
just go naturally where I felt like Brian’s
writing is taking the music. And he
really led the way beautifully.
MURREY JACOBSON: Brian, help
us understand what you have been
helping people take away from the
show, particularly on this whole
question of treatment. What kind of
balance were you hoping viewers
would take away from it?
BRIAN YORKEY: I think that’s a great
question. We were hoping — and it took
us a while to find this balance — we
were hoping to portray, in as truthful
a way as we could, the difficulty
in treating something like bipolar
disorder or depression. We definitely
wanted to speak to — because we knew
from people who were close to us — the
plusses and minuses of medication.
There are many medications which
are very powerful and very successful
in treating many of the symptoms of
bipolar and of depression. We really
live in a miraculous age in that sense.
But medications come with side
effects and they come with tradeoffs,
and Diana is not the first character,
fictional or otherwise, to question
whether the side effects that come with
medication are worth the benefits. We
didn’t want to take a stand one way or
the other. There are people who think
we have taken a stand one way or the
other. Luckily, I think they are about
an equal number of people who think
we think one thing as who think we
think another thing so hopefully that
means we’ve done a decent job of
being balanced.
TOM KITT: What I’ve noticed is that
when Brian and I started working
on this, you could feel the difficulty
in bringing a subject matter like this
to any sort of art form and there is
a certain stigma that comes with
discussing mental illness. What’s
been most gratifying I think is to
watch this subject matter be put into
a mainstream art form where people
can come and have an experience in
the theater.
This article originally appeared on
PBS NEWSHOUR’s Art Beat page and
has been edited for length to fit in our
programme. www.PBS.org/newshour
Stephanie Sy and Nathan Carroll. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
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T H E C O M P A N Y
TROY ADAMS
Dan Goodman
Selected theatre credits:
Rose, Angels in America
(Soulpepper); Polly Peel
(Toronto Fringe); Lullaby:
Inside the Halifax Explosion (EFT);
Shrek (The Grand/Neptune Theatre);
Dreamgirls (RMTC/Theatre Aquarius/
The Grand); Wanderlust (Stratford
Festival); The Adventures of a Black Girl
in Search of God (Mirvish/Harbourfront
Centre/Centaur Theatre/NAC); Othello
(Shakespeare by the Sea). Troy is a
Dalhousie Theatre graduate.
BRANDON ANTONIO
Gabe Goodman
For The Musical Stage
Company: 2018-19 Banks
Prize Recipient, RePrint
(upcoming). Brandon is a
Toronto-based performer who recently
made his professional theatre debut as
Sky in Mamma Mia! (Globe Theatre).
Other theatre credits include: Dancing
in the Coal Dust: In Concert (David
Warrack); Y(our) Story (Carlos Bulosan
Theatre); Dogfight, Floyd Collins, How to
Succeed, Sunday in the Park with George
(Theatre Sheridan). Film/TV: Web of Lies
(Discovery ID). Brandon would like to
thank his friends and family for their
incredible love and support! Follow him
@brandon_antonio to stay connected.
NATHAN CARROLL
Henry
Based in Toronto, Nathan’s
credits include: Hook Up
(Tapestry/Theatre Passe
Muraille); Vimy (Western
Canada Theatre); Buddy in The Buddy
Holly Story (1000 Islands Playhouse/
WCT); Once (The Grand/MTC); Terry Fox
in Marathon of Hope (Drayton Ent.); Once
(Mirvish); Two Gentlemen of Verona/
The Tempest (St. Lawrence Shakespeare);
Floyd Collins (TiFT/Patrick St.); Salt-Water
Moon (Common Roof); The Book of
Esther/Bordertown Café (Blyth). He has
been a member of 3 Dora Award-winning
Ensembles (Once, The Wizard of Oz,
Chasse Galerie) and is a graduate of
George Brown Theatre School.
MA-ANNE DIONISIO
Diana Goodman
For The Musical Stage
Company: UnCovered:
Joni Mitchell & Carole
King. Philippine-born
Canadian actress, Ma-Anne Dionisio,
is best known for her role as Kim in the
Canadian premiere production of Miss
Saigon (Mirvish) for which Toronto’s
Princess of Wales Theatre was built. She
has since reprised the role in Sydney’s
Capitol Theatre, London’s Theatre
Royal Drury Lane, and Toronto’s Four
Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts. The three-time Dora Mavor Moore
Award Nominee for Best Actress in
a Musical, garnered her most recent
nomination for her role as Grizabella
in Cats (Panasonic Theatre). Additional
theatre credits include: Eponine in Les
Misérables (International/US National
Tour); Little Girl/Meili cover in Flower
Drum Song (Broadway revival); Bertrande
in Martin Guerre (London’s Prince
Edward Theatre); Maria in West Side Story
(Stratford Festival).
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LOUISE PITRE
Doctor Madden
For The Musical Stage
Company: UnCovered:
Michael Jackson,
UnCovered: Simon
& Garfunkel. She received a Tony
nomination for her Broadway debut in
the smash hit Mamma Mia! Her career
spans theatre, television and concert
stages across North America and Europe.
Louise recently starred in Marie (The 5th
Avenue Theatre, Seattle) and The Angel
& The Sparrow (Segal Centre). She is
known for her signature performances
as Fantine in Les Misérables (Toronto,
Montreal, and Paris); the title character in
Edith Piaf, Mama Rose in Gypsy (Chicago
Shakespeare Theatre, Gary Griffin
director) and Joanne in Company (again
with Gary Griffin). Louise is the winner of
multiple awards including 4 Dora Mavor
Moore Awards, all for Best Performance
by a Leading Actress in a Musical.
Upcoming: Piaf in Piaf-Dietrich – A
Legendary Affair for Mirvish Productions
this fall. www.louisepitre.com
STEPHANIE SY
Natalie Goodman
Stephanie is a Winnipeg
based theatre and film
actor, and is honoured
to be working with The
Musical Stage Company and Mirvish
on this powerful (dream of hers) show.
Selected credits include: Vietgone (RMTC/
fu-GEN/Hope and Hell); Chicago (Pizza
Party Productions); Prairie Nurse (PTE/
Blyth Festival); Beauty and the Beast
(Rainbow Stage); Tribes (WJT); The Little
Mermaid (Globe Theatre); Prom Queen
(Segal Centre); Little Women (Dry Cold);
A History of Breathing (Persephone);
We Will Rock You (1st National Tour);
Fracture (Netflix); Grudge (Sony Pictures
Entertainment); Breakthrough (FOX 2000
Pictures); Nikola Tesla and the End of
the World (Web). Stephanie would like to
dedicate this to the Sy family, Matt, and to
Connie–continual caretakers of her ideas
and memories.
T H E C R E A T I V E T E A M
TOM KITT (Music) received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as two Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations for Next to Normal. Next to Normal also received the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Score. He is also the composer of If/Then (Tony Nom., Outer Critics Nom.); High Fidelity (Broadway); Bring it On, The Musical (co-composer with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Broadway); Superhero (2nd Stage); Disney’s Freaky Friday (Stage Production and Original Disney Channel Movie Musical); Dave (Arena Stage); The
Winter’s Tale, All’s Well That Ends Well, and Cymbeline (The Public’s NYSF); From Up Here and The Madrid (MTC); Orphans (Broadway) The Retributionists (Playwrights Horizons); and As You Like It (Toho Co., Japan). As a music supervisor, arranger, and orchestrator, credits include SpongeBob Squarepants, The Musical (Tony Nom., Outer Critics Nom, Drama Desk Nom.); Head Over Heels; Jagged Little Pill; Grease Live!; Rise (NBC); and American Idiot. His work with Green Day also includes additional arrangements for their Grammy
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Award-winning album 21st Century Breakdown and their album trilogy, ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré!. Tom received an Emmy Award as co-writer (with Lin-Manuel Miranda) for the 2013 Tony Award opening number, Bigger. Other television songwriting credits include a musical episode of Royal Pains, and songs for Penny Dreadful, Sesame Street, and Julie’s Greenroom. As a musical director, conductor, arranger and orchestrator, credits include the Pitch Perfect fi lms, 2Cellos featuring Lang Lang (Live and Let Die); The Kennedy Center Honors, 13, Debbie Does Dallas, Everyday Rapture, Hair, Laugh Whore, Pippin (Deaf West); and These Paper Bullets. Upcoming projects include musical adaptations of the fi lms Almost Famous, Magic Mike, and The Visitor.
BRIAN YORKEY (Book & Lyrics) Brian Yorkey received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as the 2009 Tony Award for Best Score, for Next to Normal. Brian is currently the Executive Producer and Showrunner of 13 Reasons Whyfor Netfl ix, Paramount Television and Anonymous Content. Brian was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical for Next to Normal, and his work on the show earned him the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Score. He partnered again with the Next to Normal team on If/Then(Tony Award Nominee for Best Score) starring Idina Menzel. Brian co-wrote the libretto for The Last Ship (Outer Critics Nomination, with John Logan) with a score by Sting. His musical adaptation of Freaky Friday for Disney Theatricals enjoyed a National Tour before being adapted into a Disney Channel Original Movie. Current theatrical projects in development include the original musical Jesus in My Bedroom, with composer Tim Symons, as well as stage musical
adaptation of Magic Mike. Additional theatre credits include Making Tracks, which has played off -Broadway and regionally, the musical adaptation of Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet and the play, Book of Jobs with Alex Glover. Brian has directed off -Broadway and regionally and for seven years was associate artistic director at Village Theatre in Washington state, one of the nation’s leading producers of new musicals. He’s a graduate of Columbia University, where he was artistic director of the Varsity Show, an alum of the BMI/Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and the WGA.
PHILIP AKIN (Director) For The Musical Stage Company: Passing Strange – Dora Nominee for Best Direction (Co-Produced with Obsidian Theatre). Philip Akin is an award-winning cultural lead er and has been acting and directing for 44 years. He is a founding member of Obsidian Theatre, Canada’s leading Black theatre company, and has served as its Artistic Director since 2006. Selected directing credits include: Men in White (Factory Theatre); The Humans(RMTC); Ruined (Obsidian & Nightwood); Wilberforce Hotel (Blyth Festival); Whipping Man, Driving Miss Daisy(Harold Green Jewish Theatre); Topdog/Underdog, The Mountaintop, “Master Harold”...and the Boys, Of Marriage and Men (Shaw Festival). Philip has been the recipient of the Silver Ticket Award, Mallory Gilbert Leadership Award, PGC’s Bra d’Or Award, the William Kilbourn Award, as well as the Life Membership Award from Canadian Actor’s Equity Association. He is currently the Vice-President of the Board for the Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre (2009 to present) and a director on the board of the Koffl er Centre of the Arts.
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TRACEY FLYE (Musical Staging) For The Musical Stage Company: RePrint (upcoming). Tracey is one of Canada’s busiest and most respected directors and choreographers with credits that span over 200 productions. Some credits include: a 12-year association with the legendary rock band QUEEN and its production of We Will Rock You (Toronto, South Africa, Asia and the U.S. National/Broadway Tour), an 18-year association with Ross Petty Productions’ Christmas Panto, ONCE (The Grand Theatre/RMTC), Million Dollar Quartet (Charlottetown Festival), Ghost (Drayton Entertainment), Cabaret (RMTC), West Side Story (Rainbow Stage/Vancouver Opera), Evita (Vancouver Opera), Rock Of Ages (StageWest Calgary), Buyer & Cellar, Venus in Fur (ATP), Jane Eyre, The Penelopiad, The 39 Steps (RMTC) and Hairspray (Rainbow Stage/Mayfield). Choreography and staging credits include: Billy Elliot (RMTC), Kiss Me Kate and Evita for the Stratford Festival, The Drowsy Chaperone (TC/RMTC) and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Boys in the Photograph (Mirvish). Tracey is committed to new work development and to the mentorship and development of young artists.
LILY LING (Music Director) For The Musical Stage Company: Once On This Island, Parade, The Light in the Piazza. US Credits: Hamilton (Philip Tour); John & Jen (Off-Broadway Revival); NYC workshops of Carousel (Lincoln Center); Whiskeyland, and Atlantis. International Credits: The Lion King, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder (Shanghai). Lily currently serves as the Music Director/Conductor for the San Francisco/And Peggy company of Hamilton. She is a graduate of Penn State (M.F.A. Music Directing) and University of Toronto (BMus, Piano Performance). Thanks to Mitchell for his continuing support, to David for holding down the fort, to Jamie
for his love and support through the years, and to the entire band, cast, and crew of
this amazing show!
STEVE LUCAS (Set & Lighting Designer) For The Musical Stage Company: Set and Lighting Design for Passing Strange. Steve has designed award-winning sets and lighting for more than 500 productions of theatre, dance and performance art. His work has toured extensively and has been seen all across Canada and the United States, the UK, Ireland, Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, Australia, and Asia. Steve has designed the world premieres of hundreds of shows, many of which have gone on to further acclaim, including some of the most successful shows in Canadian history. Steve has been awarded 4 Dora Awards (31 nominations) and has been shortlisted for several of Canada’s most prestigious awards including the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre.
MICHAEL LAIRD (Sound Designer) For The Musical Stage Company: Fun Home, Onegin, Once On This Island. Selected Sound Design Credits: John (The Company Theatre); Seussical, Annie, Cinderella, A Year with Frog and Toad (YPT); Joni Mitchell: River (The Grand Theatre); West Side Story, Avenue Q, Spamalot! (Citadel Theatre); Evil Dead: The Musical, Cannibal! The Musical (Starvox); A Beautiful View (da da kamera).
ALEX AMINI (Costume Designer) For The Musical Stage Company: Costume Designer for Fun Home, Onegin, Grey Gardens (Dora Nominee), The Wild Party (Dora Nominee), Caroline, or Change, The Light in the Piazza. Additional Costume Design Credits Include: Man of La Mancha, Elizabeth Rex, 12 Angry Men, The 39 Steps (Brampton ACT Productions); Mary Poppins, Mamma Mia!, Beauty and the Beast (Port Hope Capitol Theatre). As always, thanks to Carmen for saving my life.
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Supporting Canadian talent, locally.
BMO is proud to sponsor The Musical Stage Companyand LAUNCH PAD.
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DAVID TERRIAULT (Assistant to the Music Director & Conductor) For The Musical Stage Company: Assistant to the Music Director, Fun Home, Music Director, You Are Here (with Thousand Islands Playhouse). Winner of a Betty Mitchell Award, David Terriault holds a Bachelor in classical piano from McGill University. Recent credits as Music Director include: Children of God, Once, Million Dollar Quartet, I Love You, You’re Perfect Now Change, Forever Plaid (Segal Centre); Phantom of the Opera (Sheridan College); Stories From The Red Dirt Road (Charlottetown Festival); Sisters: The Belles Sœurs Musical (Theatre Calgary/Segal Centre); Spring Awakening (Centaur Theatre); and as Assistant Music Director – Grease (Just For Laughs). Upcoming, David will be acting as Associate Music Director at the 2019 Charlottetown Festival. Thank you to the entire team at The Musical Stage Company for their continued trust.
AJ LAFLAMME (Stage Manager) For The Musical Stage Company: Onegin, You Are Here (with Thousand Islands Playhouse). Selected Stage Management Credits: The Overcoat, Declarations, Liv Stein, Chimerica, Julie, London Road, The Arsonists, Red, Another Africa (Canadian Stage); The Boy in the Moon, A&R Angels (Crow’s Theatre); Musik für das Ende (Soundstreams); The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom (Sudbury Theatre Centre); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Maggie & Pierre, Into the Woods, Pirates of Penzance (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Rocking Horse Winner (Tapestry Opera); All Shook Up (Globe Theatre); The Unplugging, Bingo! (Factory Theatre); Waiting Room (Tarragon Theatre); A Beautiful View, The Africa Trilogy (Volcano Theatre); It’s A Wonderful Life, Kim’s Convenience, Spoon River, La Ronde, True West (Soulpepper); Tosca, La Traviata, Die Zauberflöte, La Tragédie de Carmen (Highlands Opera Studio).
KATE SANDESON (Assistant Stage Manager) For The Musical Stage Company: Dr. Silver: A Celebration of Life (with Outside the March). Additional Stage Management credits: The Message, The Summoned (Tarragon); Lessons in Temperament, TomorrowLove™, Mr. Burns (Outside the March); Beauty and The Beast, Hana’s Suitcase, To Kill A Mockingbird (YPT); The Aliens (Coal Mine); A Line in the Sand (Factory); Assistant Stage Manager – Anna Bolena (COC); Billy Bishop Goes to War, for colored girls…, Happy Place (Soulpepper); Sousatzka (Teatro Proscenium). Training: National Theatre School of Canada.
PATRICK LAVENDER (Production Manager) For The Musical Stage Company: Fun Home, Grey Gardens, The Wild Party, Do You Want What I've Got? A Craigslist Cantata, Elegies. Patrick is a production manager and designer for multiple performing arts disciplines, creating work in Canada and touring internationally. He is the recipient of 2 Dora Awards for Lighting Design and Set Design in Independent Theatre, and he was a nominee for the 2017 Pauline MacGibbon Award in Design. His recent and upcoming design work includes, The Book of Life (Volcano Theatre); Charlotte: A Tri-Coloured Play with Music (Theaturtle); Frankenstein (Kidoons and WYRD Productions); Café Sarajevo (Bluemouth Inc.); Speculation (Leslie Ting); The Nether (Coal Mine Theatre | Studio 180); The Harlequin Salon (Tafelmusik); Elemental (Harbourfront Centre); Poison (Coal Mine Theatre); Brave New World (Litmus Theatre); The Circle (Tarragon Theatre); Extremophiles (Summerworks); Killer Joe (Coal Mine Theatre); Late Company (Why Not Theatre); Crawlspace (Videofag); It Comes in Waves (Necessary Angel/Bluemouth Inc.).
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IN AUGUST 2012 DAVID MIRVISH SAW
a wonderful production of an Irish
play called Terminus at the annual
SummerWorks Theatre Festival. The
production was playing for only a few
performances in a venue that held
no more than 30 people. He thought
it was a shame that more people
could not have a chance to see it, so
he did something quite unusual and
extraordinary. He found a way to
make the stage of the Royal Alexandra
Theatre a black-box theatre seating
200 people with the playing area
located in front of the empty historic
auditorium of 1,500 seats.
As well, for many years David was
searching for a way to showcase
the wealth and breadth of Toronto’s
theatre community and to bring
its work to a larger audience. He
also wanted to bring acclaimed
and important international shows
that share a commitment to artistic
excellence, and an exploration of
language, action and ideas that
are challenging, innovative and
provocative. These shows often would
not be appropriate to play 1,500 or
2,000 seats; but at 700 seats, the CAA
Theatre (formerly the Panasonic) is an
ideal size for this kind of work.
This is how the Off-Mirvish
season began.
T H E O F F - M I R V I S H S E R I E S
The inaugural season in 2012-13 included
Terminus from Outside the March
company, Anthony Rapp in Without You,
Studio 180’s production of the Pulitzer
Prize-winning Clybourne Park and Mary
Walsh in Dancing With Rage.
Subsequent seasons included the Tony
Award-winning comedy God of Carnage,
The Two Worlds of Charlie F., George
F. Walker’s Dead Metaphor, Buyer &
Cellar, Rick Miller’s Boom, the Tony
Award-winning Vanya & Sonia & Masha
& Spike, Seminar starring Tom McCamus,
the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama
Disgraced, the Factory Theatre classic,
Salt-Water Moon, Studio 180 Theatre’s
King Charles III and The Musical Stage
Company’s production of the Tony
Award-winning and Toronto Theatre
Critics' Award-winning Best Musical,
Fun Home.
This season’s lineup began with the
multi-award-winning drama Oslo,
from Studio 180 Theatre; the Canadian
premiere production of the provocative
A Doll’s House, Part 2; and this new
production from The Musical Stage
Company of the Tony- and Pulitzer
Prize-winning musical Next to Normal.
Off-Mirvish was always intended to
start a conversation, that’s why after
each Off-Mirvish performance there
is a talkback session between the
audience and members of the cast and
creative team.
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A B O U T T H E M U S I C A L S T A G E C O M P A N Y
INTERACT WITH US:
www.musicalstagecompany.com | [email protected]
@musicalstageco @musicalstageco @musicalstageco
We recognize the importance of continuing the conversation about mental health and encourage audiences to participate in post-show chats with members of the cast following each performance and connecting with us online using #Next2NormalTO
SALUTES OUR NEXT TO NORMAL PRODUCING PATRONS
LINDA & CHRIS MONTAGUE
THE MUSICAL STAGE COMPANY
is Canada's leading
charitable musical
theatre company.
Established in 2004, we strive to make
Canada a leader in musical theatre
by telling our most important stories
with music.
We believe it’s better with music.
We are inspired by music’s unique
ability to viscerally affect people and are
committed to cultivating experiences –
onstage and off – that transform lives,
build empathy and create community
through musical theatre.
We incubate new Canadian musicals
from development to production,
investing in Canadian musical theatre
writers and building national and
international partnerships. Our musical
productions – including award-winning
contemporary musicals, world premieres
and concerts – are seen live by 30,000
people over the 80+ nights that we
are onstage annually in venues both
traditional and surprising. To date, our
work has been recognized with 82 Dora
Award nominations, 18 Dora Awards and
16 Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards.
Our robust education programs
develop the artists and audiences of
tomorrow, offering musical theatre
training that boosts self-confidence
and self-expression for over 200 young
people each year without cost to the
participants. We also curate innovative
musical programs in partnership with
diverse organizations, maximizing the
resonance of our work across disciplines
and communities.
UP NEXT AT THE MUSICAL STAGE
COMPANY: RePrint, a triptych of
one-act Canadian musicals created in
the LAUNCH PAD musical development
program. Debuting August 2019 at The
Globe and Mail Centre. For details visit
www.musicalstagecompany.com
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MUSIC DIRECTION, VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS &ORCHESTRATIONS BY REZA JACOBS
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PRESENTING SEASON SPONSOR
DR. SILVER: A CELEBRATION OF LIFE
The Don & Shirley GreenFamily Foundation
PRODUCING PATRONS
ONE SONGGLORY
CREATIVE STRATEGIES INCUBATOR FUNDER GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS
UNCOVERED
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THE MUSICAL STAGE COMPANY SPONSORS
NEXT TO NORMAL PRODUCING PATRONS
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MARQUEE PROGRAM SPONSORFOR NEXT TO NORMAL
The Musical Stage Company is a registered charity BN 86204 4146 RR0001. If you would like more information, please contact Erin Schachter at 416.927.7880 ext 224 or [email protected].
SEASON SUPPORTERS MEDIAThe Catherine & Maxwell
Meighen Foundation
PROGRAM & PRODUCTION SPONSORS
RBC APPRENTICEPROGRAM
MAKE ME A SONGLAUNCH PAD
UNCOVERED: JONI MITCHELL& CAROLE KING
AT KOERNER HALL
LEADING LIGHTS
ONE SONGGLORYNorineRose
THE BANKSPRIZE
The BanksFamily
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The Haynes-ConnellFoundation
CRESCENDOCLUB
Anne-MarieCanning
AUBREY AND MARLA DAN FUNDFOR NEW MUSICALS
The Aubrey & Marla DanFoundation
LAUNCH PAD
William J.S.Boyle C.M.
Di Bartolomeo, Di Lorenzo-GrahamFoundation
LAUNCH PAD
Lucy WhiteLAUNCH PAD
AnonymousLAUNCH PAD
T h e M u s i c a l S t a g e C o m p a n y S p o n s o r s
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T h e M u s i c a l S t a g e C o m p a n y S u p p o r t e r s
SPONSORS AND MAJOR GIFTSAnonymous (2)The Banks FamilyBMOWilliam J. S. Boyle, C.M.CIBCThe Aubrey and Marla Dan
FoundationKate Alexander Daniels & David
DanielsDi Bartolomeo, Di Lorenzo-
Graham FoundationPenny Fine & Hugh FurneauxRoger & Kevin GarlandThe Don & Shirley Green Family
FoundationThe Haynes-Connell FoundationDiana Bennett & Spencer LanthierThe Catherine & Maxwell Meighen
FoundationMetcalf FoundationMNP LLPLinda & Chris MontagueNational Alliance for Musical
Theatre’s Innovation & Exploration Grant
National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s National Fund for New Musicals
Nu-Trend ConstructionRBC FoundationNorine RoseScotiabankTD Bank GroupLucy White
CRESCENDO CLUB ($5,000+)*Leading Light: Anne-Marie
CanningMarsha & Aubrey Baillie Fund at
Toronto FoundationBulmash-Siegel FundBrenda ChristenLinda Chu & John DonaldKathleen & Dennis FreemanHoward, Barclay & AssociatesNancy Lockhart & The Murray
Frum FoundationGary & Margot MarcusLeanne & David MatlowThe McLean FoundationNoel MowatLen & Suzy RodnessEllen & Les Wallace
VIRTUOSOS ($1,500+)*The Pat & Tony Adams Freedom
Fund for the ArtsAnonymousGail & George AnthonyMarg Steed & Wayne AtkinsonCurtis BarlowBeauchamp-Winskell FamilyBrand Family Foundation at the
Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto
Byron BellowsDavid W. BinetJennifer Angel & Eric BirnbergBarbara BlackThe Paul Butler and Chris Black
Foundation at Toronto FoundationHelen Burstyn & FamilyLinda Lewis & Lorie CappeJanice Krangle & Doug ClarkJanice Lewis & Mitchell CohenMark & Cherie DaitchmanMark & Susan DavisMarg & John DeeksKevin FinoraJim FleckPatricia J. Fleming (FBG) Fund at
Toronto FoundationPhilip Doyle & Yvonne GarciaJohn & Susan GoddardCarmen GriffisBruce Dean & Robert HallVictoria Lee & Philip HebertPaul Harding & Andrew HorberryKent JamesThe Norman and Margaret Jewison
Charitable FoundationLucille & Urban Joseph, O.C.David & Sheryl KerrScott LauderPhil LindPatti & John LoachEarl Bederman & Ann MacPhersonJefferson & Sally MappinHilda & Leo MarcusJamie MartinRandy McAuleyElaine Kierans & Shawn
McReynoldsSandie Newton / The Edward G.
Agency Ltd.Bart NickersonOpolsky FamilyDr. Rhonda Zwingerman & Jeremy
Opolsky
Megan Deeks & Simon PaaborThe Pottruff Family FoundationDavid PurdyDr. G R Rastegar and FamilyRichard Sniderman & D’Arcy RobertGary RogersAnn Leese & Irwin RotenbergAnne & Jeffery SchwartzMike ScottCharlie SeminerioCorey ShefmanCelia M. SmithGregory & Crystal SmithPatrick David & Michael SmithJason SpetterMichael & Ira TathamVirginia ThompsonLouis Charpentier & Robert
WakefieldMartin R. WassermanMitchell Marcus & Orrin Wolpert
LEAD PLAYER ($750+)Pam & Richard EarleKathy Kacer & Ian EpsteinPhilip & Claire HollowayFred & Judy LevyPaul, Jaclyn & Michelle MarcusIan Waldron & Tim RedmannPaul WestlindBrenda Wolpert
FEATURED PLAYER ($350-749)Anne Matlow & John BohnenPenny & Graham BoundyJane BriantDaniel BrownDanielle BrownBurgundy Asset Management Ltd.Paul ChanKaren CheahRobert D. CookBarbara de KatDavid Goldbloom & Nancy EpsteinJulia GrantJeff & Joanne GrayDavid & Donalda HiltonAlison HimelNina JosefowitzLeila & Gary LaxBetsy MacDonaldMegan MacKeiganShawn McCarthyIsabell McDormanShannon Teskey & John Monczka
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Calling All Kids!MIRVISH PRODUCTIONS AND THE TRAVELLING STAGE INVITE YOU TO SPEND AN INSPIRING, FUN-FILLED DAY
AT THE THEATRE WITH US THIS SUMMER.
Our Summer Musical Theatre Intensive programs offer students an action-packed immersion into the exciting world of live theatre and a chance to learn from industry professionals.
■ Step into your ‘character shoes’ with our fun and challenging Guest Artist workshops.
■ Discover the majestic beauty and hidden stories of our landmark Toronto theatres during a guided front of house tour.
■ Take a seat and enjoy a matinee performance of Dear Evan Hansen (July 24), Disney’s The Lion King (July 31) or Come From Away (Aug 21).
■ Meet members of the cast and gain valuable insights during a post-show Q&A.
For more information or to register, visit mirvish.com
SENIORONE DAY INTENSIVE
(for ages 12 to 16)W ED J U LY 24, 2019ROYA L A LE X A N D R A
TH E ATR E9A M TO 5PM$160 + H S T
Includes a ticket to the matinee performance of
Dear Evan Hansen
JUNIORONE DAY INTENSIVE
(for ages 8 to 11)W ED J U LY 31 , 2019
PR I N CE SS O F WA LE S TH E ATR E
9A M TO 5PM$160 + H S T
Includes a ticket to the matinee performance of Disney’s The Lion King
SENIORONE WEEK INTENSIVE
(for ages 12 to 16)AU G US T 19 TO 2 3 , 2019
9A M TO 5PM$550 + H S T
** E a r ly B i rd Rate (e xp i re s M ay 19, 2019)
Includes a ticket to the matinee performance of
Come From Away
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T h e M u s i c a l S t a g e C o m p a n y S u p p o r t e r s
Louise Ferri & Brian MontiSteven Hurowitz & Diane OsakKerry PondTisha RattosKevin RoweAndra & Marc RubinGilda & Allan RubinErin SchachterJoel & Renee SchachterAnnalee & Brian SchnurrAmanda & Scott SinclairJohn StaceyAndrew TremayneDon Deboer & Brent VickarRobert WallaceJennifer WebsterEleanor Young
ENSEMBLE ($100-349)Marc Zwelling & Judith M. AdamM. Fine & M. AlexandroffSteve AndersonAnonymous (3)Raymond AttardJanis & Dave AusterMarie BaronKendra BatorDavid BellMark BidermanDaniel & Lillian BodleySusan BordenThe Boston Consulting Group of
Canada LimitedGraham BrunkeLeonard & Cheryl CappePaul ChristieLaurie ClarkPaul CoatesElizabeth ConwayCharmagne CresciniDonna DaitchmanMarino D’AlessandroJane & Skip DarvilleJim & Anna DavisWendy Millar & Mark DawsonLynda R. Del GrandeAlan DingleSholem DolgoyMary Mahonny & Peter DonatoLisa DouglasJacoba Knaapen & Stephan DroegeAubrey D’SouzaLaurie Ann EganRick Archbold & Rick FeldmanBarbara Fingerote
Roger Keglevich & Andrew Fleming
Tim FortAlicia Jeffery & Neil FosterKaren FranklinDon & Wendy FraserLani FumertonColleen GaffneyRobert GardRona Kosansky & Jordan GlickElaine GoldSusan Marcus & Rozanne GrimardDoreen GryfeSue HeneinLeanne HerbertLyal Keith HollandSean HutchisonIlene HymanDara, Lorne, Maya & Jenna IndigMark IrvineLeah JaikaranLaurie JamesSusan & Liman JeginsRayna JolleyLynn & Aubrey KauffmanErin KennedyFrancy KussnerMary Young Leckie & Keith LeckieAnn Richards & Richard LeeScott Belton & Jessica LeederJudith LevkoeKathy & Becky LiddlePeter LiepaAlice LinSylvia LindaeAdrian M. MacdonaldPeter Caldwell & Stephen MaderRuth & Harold MarglesKen MarpleSherry MartinLiana & Mike MartowMolly McCarronPat & John McCormackBrian & Kathleen MetcalfeMarc MichellThe Rev. Marili MooreJoy & Eddy MorassuttiCarole & Richard MurzinLaraine & Neil NaftBriane NasimokMelissa Bencic & Jason NicholsCindy & Ed NowinaSharon OkunoHans & Carol PaaborAndrew Park
Ruth & Andy PattersonKenny PearlDianne & Richard PooleHarold PovilaitisDolly ReismanAdele & George RobertsonC. Doreen RutterJennifer & Noah ScheinGayla & Ken SchwartzLesley & Peter SevittRita & Stephen ShefskyHolly ShephardSarah ShephardProfessor Julie SilverMichael & Susan SilverSusan Eiley & Barry SimonBruce Bennett & Anne SimmondsLeanne SmallDavid & Marlene SmithSaralee SmolkinMichael & Brenda SomerBrenda SouthJanis SpinnerDeanna StaceyDeborah StaimanRoss StuartMerrill SwainRichard M. ThomsonGreg & Jennifer ThompsonGail TolleyPatricia ValenteynJohn & Dianne VanstoneLorne VinebergMarni WhitakerPaul & Joanne WhittakerIn Memory of Gregory WilliamsDebby WrightSally WrightStephen Farb & Esther YermusMary Anna ZakulaHersh ZeifmanConnie & Hartley Zwingerman
*Multiyear giving program.
These listings are current as of April 3, 2019 and we have made every effort to ensure appropriate recognition. If, however, your name has been accidentally omitted, listed incorrectly or misspelled, please contact Erin at [email protected]. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
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C R E D I T S & A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S
FOR THE MUSICAL STAGE COMPANYThe Roger & Kevin GarlandArtistic & Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MITCHELL MARCUSExecutive Director, Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIN SCHACHTERGeneral Manager & Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAUL BEAUCHAMPDirector of Marketing & Engagement . . . . . . . . .VICTORIA BARBERAssociate Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AARON WILLISProduction Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROBYN HOJAMarketing & Development Coordinator . . ALETHEA BAKOGEORGEArtistic Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .KEVIN WONGArtistic Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROBERT McQUEENThe Fine Furneaux Director of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . .REZA JACOBSExecutive Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID DANIELSAccountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FIONA CRICHTONGraphic Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SHERPA CREATIVE
STAFF FOR NEXT TO NORMAL2018-19 RBC Apprentice Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SABRYN ROCK2018-19 RBC Apprentice Production Manager . . . . . . JEN COOPERRehearsal Doctor Madden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RIELLE BRAIDAssociate Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDREI MAZURUCVocal Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LILY LINGOrchestral Reduction & Programming . . . . . . . . DAVID TERRIAULTAdditional Programming & Consultation . . . . . . WAYNE GWILLIMHead of Props . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MONICA LEEAssociate Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS MALKOWSKIAssistant Set Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WILLIAM CORCORANSet Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEEL & OAK DESIGNSCommunity Consultant . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL ROSENBLUTH, MD, CHIEF, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY, TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL
SPECIAL THANKS FROM THE MUSICAL STAGE COMPANY & NEXT TO NORMAL TEAMCarmen Amini, Wade Gilpin, Wayne Gwillim, Aaron Jan, Mark Kachuck, John & Patti Loach, Miguel Malaco, Joyce Padua, Nicola Pantin, Andrea Pestana, Scarborough Music Theatre, Nikki Shaffeeullah & The AMY Project, Stage Centre Production, Max Telzerow, Kevin Wong, Fred Yurichuk
FOR MIRVISH PRODUCTIONSProducer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID MIRVISHExecutive Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIAN SEWELLManaging Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID MUCCIDirector of Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAMILLO CASCIATODirector of Sales & Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN KARASTAMATISU .K . Consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAUL ELLIOTTDirector of Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SCOT WHITHAMDirector of Labour Relations & Business Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK LAVAWAYDirectors of Development . KELLY ROBINSON, HANNAH MIRVISHAssociate Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LINDA INTASCHIAssociate General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHARLES CHUAssistant Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANIKA NATERProduction Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS PRIDEAUXProduction Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NATHAN GILESAssistant Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BRIANNE GWARTZProduction Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DESIRÉE PROVEAUCommunications Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUE TOTHPress & Public Relations Manager . . . . . . . . . .J . RANDY ALLDREADMarketing Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ANTONIO TANGraphic Design Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OTTO PIERREMarketing Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FRANCA LONGOBARDIWeb Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JENNIFER JENKINSVideographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRISTAN GOUGHProgram Director, CRM, Data Insights & Ecommerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AUBREY STORKData Intelligence Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VICTORIA MAGINNISCRM & Reporting Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIANNE WUAssistant Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROSIE DRISCOLLLabour Relations & HR Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMILY KNIGHTSenior IT Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOSIE DI LUZIOSystem Administrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHARLES BARTHMANN, PHILLIP DREW, KATHARINE POSAVADAnalyst/Accounting Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . REG DUNCANController . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JASON YIPAccountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TINA MARSHALLShow Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RACQUEL FROSTAccounting Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JULIE LOGAN, KIM SITUPayroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LILIAN SIUAssistant to David Mirvish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAUREL PURVISOffice Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HELDER BRUM
FOR ED MIRVISH ENTERPRISESGeneral Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RUSSELL LAZAR
FOR TICKETKINGGeneral Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JAMES ALDRIDGEPhone Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ALAN FORSYTHPhone Operations Asst . Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SUSIE MARCONPhone Operations Supervisors . . . . . . . . . JANET KOMPARE-FRITZ, SCOTT RICHARDSON Administrative Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAGGIE BUSKITicketing Co-ordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KARYN KINGAdministrative and Ticketing Software Co-ordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVE PELLEYTicketing Software Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SARA RIVARDTicketing Software Co-ordinator . . . . . . FRANCO MARCANTONIODatabase Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APARNA ALIMINETI
FOR MIRVISH GROUP SALES & SUBSCRIPTIONSSales Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS DORSCHTGroup Sales Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NATASHA SPRINGETTAssociate Manager, Subscription Operations . . . . BLAIR LEIGHTONAssociate Manager, Subscription Services . . . . . .DANIEL McLARTYSubscriber Relations Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARIKA UMME GULSubscriber Relations Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAULYN RAMANStudent Outreach & Education Co-ordinator . . . . DENISE ANDERSONGroup Sales Co-ordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NELIA BAIRDCorporate Group Sales & Event Co-ordinator . . . .TIFFANY TOBIASGroup Sales Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRANDON BARNSWELLSubscriber Administration Representatives . . . . DANIELLA FRUSTAGLIO, MUNIRA SARUATSubscription Service Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . MARY ASKWITH, ERNEST CAYEMEN, MATTHEW KENNEDY, CLARA KIM, ALEXANDRA LEAN, RICHARD McDONALD, RYAN REEVE, MIKE RICHARDSON
FOR THE CAA THEATREGeneral Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RON JACOBSONFront of House Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARIE HOLOWATYAssistant House Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .COREY PALMERFOH Supervisor/Operations Assistant . . . . . . . . . . HALEY WATSONBox Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GERARD RAJUAssistant Box Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DENNIS WONGMaintenance Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEVIN McCARTHYHouse Head Technician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JASON BROWNINGAssistant House Head Technician . . . . . . . . . . . G . STUART BAULCHHead of Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ELENA RAKITSKAYA
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Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I .A .T .S .E .) .
Mirvish Productions and The Musical Stage Company engage, under the terms of the Independent Theatre Agreement, actors and stage managers who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association .
The musicians employed in this production are members of the Toronto Musicians’ Association, The American Federation of Musicians .
Mirvish Productions and The Musical Stage Company are members of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts .
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