2015 stratford festival gala colm feore · part in jack ryan: shadow recruit, but also undertook...

COLM FEOREMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015FOUR SEASONS HOTEL, TORONTO

Antoni Cimolino, Artistic Director | Anita Gaff ney, Executive DirectorGala Co-Chairs: Barry Avrich, Sylvia Chrominska, Wendy Pitblado

2015 STRATFORD FESTIVAL GALA

HONOURING

PRESENTS A GALA EVENING IN HONOUR OF

COLM FEOREMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

COLM FEOREColm Feore is a renowned classical actor whose career also includes key roles in dozens of blockbuster movies and hit TV series. His amazing versatility was demonstrated in 2014, when he not only had lead billing in Spider Man 2 and a featured part in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, but also undertook one of Shakespeare’s most daunting roles, King Lear, at the Stratford Festival, along with the comic lead in the Restoration comedy The Beaux’ Stratagem. That same year, he fi lmed the series Sensitive Skin, starring opposite Kim Cattrall, and two independent fi lms.

On television, Colm is perhaps best known for his starring role in the seventh season of Fox’s popular series 24, as well as his recurring role on Gotham and for the acclaimed Showtime miniseries The Borgias and the cult hit Slings and Arrows. He has more than 130 TV and fi lm credits to his name, including key roles in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor, Clint Eastwood’s Changeling and the Oscar-winning fi lm Chicago, which won the 2003 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture.

At the Festival, Colm has played the title roles in King Lear, Macbeth, Hamlet, Cyrano de Bergerac, Don Juan (in both French and English), Coriolanus, Romeo and Juliet and Richard III – rivalling the great Christopher Plummer for most title roles at Stratford. He also has taken the lead in a number of musicals, including Fagin in Oliver! and Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, as well as dozens of other classical roles.

His portrayal of King Lear at the Festival was hailed by critics throughout Canada and the U.S. as “unforgettable” (The Globe and Mail) and “harrowing” (The New York Times). “It unquestionably catapults Colm Feore into the ranks of the world’s greatest living actors” (Toronto Star).

Colm just wrapped the lead role on the ABC pilot Kingmakers.

ABOUT STRATFORDWith William Shakespeare as its foundation, the Stratford Festival aims to set the standard for classical theatre in North America. Embracing our heritage of tradition and innovation, we seek to bring classical and contemporary theatre alive for an increasingly diverse audience.

By searching Canada and the world for the fi nest talent, and by providing the conditions and training that enable those artists to achieve their most courageous work, we will immerse our audiences in a theatregoing experience that is not only innovative, entertaining and unsurpassed anywhere in the world, but also deeply relevant to, and refl ective of, their lives and communities. All proceeds from this gala evening will support these key priorities.

THE EVENTThe 2015 Stratford Festival Gala will celebrate the extraordinary career of one of Canada’s great actors, who divides his time between the worlds of classical theatre and major fi lm and television projects. The gala evening will include tributes, music and entertainment presented by members of the Stratford Festival company and other special guests in celebration of Colm’s career.

Photo by George Pimentel



GOLDSponsorship $50,000BENEFITS• Table of 10, premier location• Private reception with Colm Feore• Two tickets to Stratford’s 2016 Opening Night• Each guest to receive a special gift

SILVERSponsorship $25,000BENEFITS• Table of 10, premier location• Private reception with Colm Feore• Table host to receive a special gift

BRONZESponsorship $15,000BENEFITS• Table of 10• Table host to receive a special gift

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS

$2,500Includes invitation to private reception with Colm Feore and premier seating at dinner

$1,000

2011 honoree Christopher PlummerPhoto by Erin Samuell

2012 honoree Dame Maggie Smith


2013 honoree William ShatnerPhoto by George Pimentel

2014 honoree Martha Henry and Stratford Festival Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino


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For more information, please contact Rachel Smith-Spencer at [email protected] or 1.800.561.1233, ext 2402.

Please fax back to 519.271.4904 or print and mail to: Rachel Smith-Spencer, Stratford Festival, P.O. Box 520, Stratford, ON N5A 6V2

If you plan to make your gift through a charitable foundation, the fair market value of the event may not be paid by the charitable foundation but must be paid personally by the donor. The charitable foundation will receive an acknowledgement of its contribution; the donor will not receive a tax receipt for the fair market value of the ticket or event. The fair market value of this event is $250 per ticket or $2,500 per table. Charitable Registration No. 119200103 RR0002



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