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    TheatreProsperoAssociationsHistoryandMandateandCompanyArtistsBiographies(asprovidedbythecompany):TheatreProsperohasbeenincorporatingstudentsintoourprofessionalclassicalandpoetrybasedtheatresince1996.From1998tothepresentwehavegonetoschoolsdoing1-15dayartist-in-residenceprogramsthathaveincorporatedthousandsofstudentsathundredsofschoolsacrossAlberta.AlthoughourprimaryprogrammingforandwithyoungpeopleisShakespeare,wehavealsoproducedGreekplays,adaptationsofCharlesDickensandDylanThomasworks,aswellasamodernplaybyTedHughes.Inadditiontoourmandateofworkingwithandperformingforyoungpeople,wehavedevelopedthenewCanadianproductionsofMaggieNowParts1-4,andBloodOpera:TheRavenTangoPoemsattheFringe,CanoeandSercaFestivals.WehavestartedtwonewtheatrefestivalsinEdmonton.In2009wepremieredthelaunchoftheSercaFestivalofIrishTheatre,whichhassincebecomeitsownindependentcompany.In2011welaunchedthefirstannualThousandFacesFestivalofMythicArt,whichisdedicatedtopresentingmythicworksfromaroundtheworldTheatreProspero9210118Ave.Edmonton,ABT5G0N22011/2012RomeoandJuliet:Fall/SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformancesAMidsummerNightsDream:Fallspecialrequestresidency2010/2011Macbeth:Fall/SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformancesTheTempest:SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformancesAMidsummerNightsDream:FallspecialresidencyrequestComingoftheKings:DecemberresidencyspecialrequestAChildsChristmasinWales:Decemberresidencyspecialrequest2009/2010AMidsummerNightsDream:Fall/SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformancesKingLear:SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformances2008?/2009RomeoandJuliet:Fall/SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformancesMuchAdoAboutNothing:Fall/SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformancesTheComingoftheKings:Edmontonperformance2007?/2008RomeoandJuliet:Fall/SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformancesKingLear:FallResidency2006/2007RockaroundtheBlock:musicalresidencyMacbeth:Fall/SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformancesAMidsummerNightsDream:SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformancesHamlet:SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformances2005/2006AMidsummerNightsDream:Fall/SpringandEdmontonperformancesHamlet:Fall/SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformanceMacbeth:SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformancesTheFrogs:Fallresidency2004/2005AMidsummerNightsDream:Fall/SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformancesMacbeth:Fall/SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformances2003/2004AMidsummerNightsDream:Fall/SpringandEdmontonperformances2002/2003Yearoff:ProfessionalDevelopmentforArtisticDirector2001/2002AMidsummerNightsDream:Fall/SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformances2000/2001TheTamingoftheShrew:Fall/SpringresidenciesandEdmontonperformancesTheBacchae:SpringresidencyinEdmonton1999-2000TheBacchae:SpringresidencyinEdmontonandEdmontonperformancesAMidsummerNightsDream:SpringresidencyinEdmontonTheSecondShepherdsPlay:Edmontonperformance1998/1999MuchAdoAboutNothing:FallEdmontonrepertoryperformancesHamlet(adaptation):FallEdmontonrepertoryperformancesTheLifeandAdventuresofNicholasNickleby:Decemberresidency1997/1998TheTempest:FallEdmontonperformances1996-1997AMidsummerNightsDream:FallEdmontonperformancesOurMandateTocreate,andtofosterthecreationof,classical,mythicandpoeticTheatrebystudents,professionalsandcommunitymembers.WhereWeAre,WhomWeServeWearebasedinEdmonton,Alberta,withofficeandperformancespaceson118thAvenue.Weprovidesingle-andmulti-dayandmulti-weekArtist-in-Residenceprogramsforschoolsaroundtheprovince.WeperformschoolmatineesforEdmontonstudentsaswellasprovidingperformancesforthegeneralpublicandforfestivalssuchastheCanoeandSercaFestivals.WealsoproduceandencouragefestivalswhichcelebratetherichnessanddiversityofEdmontonsculturalscene,suchastheThousandFacesFestivalofMythicArt.OurMainGoalsandArtisticObjectivesTokeepShakespearesworksaliveasatoolpeoplecanusetoexploreandcelebratewhatitmeanstobehuman.Tomakethemaccessibletomodernaudiencesintheirlocalcultureswithoutwateringdownthecontent.Tocelebrateandbringtoimmediatelifeotherworksthatdealwithgreatthemesabouthumansasindividualsandsocieties.OurRoleintheArtsCommunityOurprimaryroleisinartseducationandaudiencedevelopment.Weliketogive

    youngperformersachancetofly.Manyofourstudentperformerskeepcomingbacktoourprojectsinincreasinglychallengingroles.Webelievethatputtingfaithinyouthcanonlyhavepositivepsychologicalandsociologicalrepercussions.ArtisticLeadersoftheCompanyMarkHenderson:ArtisticDirectorandPerformanceDirector:BA,MFAMarkisanEdmontonActor,DirectorandProducer.AsArtisticdirectorofTheatreProspero,hehasdirectedRomeoandJuliet,Hamlet,Macbeth,MuchAdoAboutNothing,TheTempest,KingLear,AMidsummerNightsDream,TheBacchae,TheComingoftheKings,BloodOpera:TheRavenTangoPoems,andTheTamingofTheShrew.OthercreditsincludeSpokesong,Pentecost,Agamemnon,TheUnveiling,DannyandtheDeepBlueSea,JuliusCaesar,andWinners.RecentactingcreditsincludePatrick,Otto,andTheBigBossinJenniferSpencersMaggieNowSeries,androlesforTheatreProsperoincludingCapuletinRomeoandJuliet,AlonsoinTheTempest,thetitleroleinMacbeth,Oberon,Puck,QuinceandTheseusinAMidsummerNightsDream,ClaudiusandtheGhostinHamlet.MarkisthefounderofTheatreProspero,TheSercaFestivalofIrishTheatreandtheThousandFacesFestivalofMythic

    Art,andafoundingmemberofTheAlbertaAvenueMummersCollective.MarkhassatontheboardsofRapidFireTheatre,WorkshopWestTheatre,andArtsontheAve.HehastaughtattheCitadelTheatreSchoolandtheUniversityofAlberta,fromwhichheholdsanM.F.A.inDirecting.ElizabethHobbs:AssociateArtisticDirector:LeadArtistwithMultiDayResidencies:BAdoublehonoursElizabethHobbsisagraduateoftheUniversityofAlbertawithadoublemajorindramaandpsychology.SheistheAssociateArtisticDirectorofTheatreProsperoandtheartisticdirectorofPunctuate!Theatre.ShehasbeenactingwithTheatreProsperosinceshewas13yearsoldandhasappearedintheirproductionsofAMidsummerNightsDream,TheBacchae,TheTamingoftheShrew,Hamlet,Macbeth,TheTempestandRomeoandJuliet.Shealsodirectedtheir2010/11productionofMacbeth.OtherdirectingcreditsincludeJudithandTheEndofCivilization(Punctuate!Theatre),TheSecretsofImmortality(SercaFestival),TheImportanceofBeingEarnestandImpulse(EdmontonFringe),13EncountersandFishattheBo

    ttomtheSea(NextFest).