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There is nothing more intriguing than the question, “Can I tell you a secret?”We never say, “No.” We can’t. It is in our nature

to be curious, to seek the truth. Yet, as time

passes and our pile of secrets grows, so does

our ambivalence towards them. We realize that

each secret is both a titillating opportunity and a

burden, something we must choose to reveal or

conceal, often at great risk to ourselves.

So it is for Ruth Nowak, a budding playwright and

youngest daughter of the Nowak family. She has

learned a secret about her family, a secret that

could hurt the people she loves. Ruth also rec-

ognizes a good story when she hears it, one that

could be her ticket to theatrical fame and fortune.

As George Bernard Shaw said, “If you cannot get

rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make

it dance.”

And dance it does. Tom Dudzick takes a secret

that might have evoked fear and tears in the

hands of another playwright and instead finds the

laughter in its revealing. Somehow he also makes

us believe that any family – not just these Polish

Catholics in Buffalo – can handle the truth.

To tell a secret can be an act of betrayal or a

purification ritual. And to finally hear that secret

told? The revelation can undermine everything

we once believed to be true, or it can herald a new

understanding of our place in the world.

Yours always,

PS – While the rest of the world is drinking

eggnog and spinning dreidels, we’ll be in the

rehearsal hall preparing the world premiere

of Gone With the Wind. As we get ready to set

Atlanta (and Winnipeg) ablaze, we hope you

will be curled up with your loved one in front of

a fireplace, dreaming of the great plays that lie

ahead of us in 2013.

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setting the stage

byTeriStevens

Change is a major theme in Miracle on South Division Street.The characters are all challenged when secrets are revealed and they are forced to re-examine their lives. Clara Nowak’s relationship to her house and her neighbourhood is an extension of that theme.

“No matter what’s changing in her life, this neighbourhood is a part of Clara; it’s in her DNA,” says Director Robb Paterson. “She describes the neighbourhood in its good days. It used to be a vibrant place where children would ride their bicycles down streets lined with small businesses. Yes, there is urban decay – businesses have closed and people have moved, mostly to New York City. Families have moved. Clara’s house is like a little oasis in the middle of the urban decay.

Even though there is massive change happening to the family, there’s no question, she won’t move. This neighbourhood is too much a part of her.”

The fictional South Division Street is based on Seneca Street in Buffalo, NY, but keen observers will note that the photos surrounding the set look

like they could have been taken in Winnipeg. In fact, they were – Set Designer Brian Perchaluk had the photos taken on Selkirk Avenue in Winnipeg’s North End.

“Everybody’sescaping to the suburbs”

– Jimmy nowak

Miracle on south Division street

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Around the holidAys, or any time family gathers, food is a big part of the festivities. in Miracle on south division street, matri-arch Clara is known for her Polish desserts. here’s a handy guide to her specialties.

CHRUSCIKI Crispy, sugar-dusted fried pastry, also known as Polish crullers or angel Wings. they are commonly eaten before lent or at Polish weddings.

KISIEL a fruit soup made of sweetened juice and thickened by arrowroot, cornstarch or potato starch. Served either hot or cold, kisiel sometimes contains red wine and fresh or dried fruit.

KOLACZKI Flaky pastries that resemble miniature foldovers. they can be round, square or diamond-shaped and are traditionally filled with fruit, sweet cheese or nut paste.

MAKOWIEC a baked roll of sweet yeast bread with a ground poppyseed filling. the filling is sweetened with sugar or honey and flavoured with rum, orange or lemon zest.

RUM BABKA Spongy bread or cake traditionally baked in a bundt pan. Some are filled with fruit and glazed. others contain raisins or are drizzled in icing. Rum babka is soaked in rum after baking, making it an adult-only treat.

Photo collage based on Brian Perchaluk’s set design for Miracle on South Division Street. All Photos By rAndy hArder

“When we looked at photos of Seneca Street in Buffalo, [we thought] it looked a little bit like Selkirk Avenue, and there is a similar cultural flavour, with lots of immigrants living in the neigh-bourhood,” Paterson says. “Both have also gone through similar changes. So many people have left and nothing has really taken their place. You see bursts of colour followed by emptiness, followed by another lively bit of architecture, a store or a restaurant, followed by bits of emptiness.”

Those bursts of colour are likely people like Clara; business owners and residents who feel passion-ate about their neighbourhood and don’t want to abandon it.

“Clara’s keeping the neighbourhood alive in any way she can,” Paterson says. “Her perspective on life may change, but there are certain things that will not change about her: the way she lives and where she lives, the day-to-day housekeep-ing, caring for her family, and baking for the neighbourhood.”

“Her whole world is dying around her”

– ruTh nowak

Curtain Calls Miracle on south Division street

byTomDudzick

This play is pure fiction, based on a “true” local legend.Back in busy, bustling 1950s Buffalo, a block and a half from my father’s tavern, there stood a barber-shop. Next to the barbershop was a 20-foot-tall shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary – a beautiful life-sized statue encased in wood, brick and glass. Its raison d’être? Well, legend had it that the Blessed Mother herself appeared to this barber and gave him a message for the world concerning world peace (she was in favour of it). Whether this miraculous materialization actually took place is still a matter of conjecture, but, regardless, there it stood, this monument to a man’s faith for us impressionable kids to gawk at and wonder about. The nuns at St. Pat’s told us not to waste our prayers or coins on the ersatz saint as the mighty Roman Catholic Church had no intention of ever sanctioning this hokey miracle. And that’s how the matter stood at the time I left the neighbourhood in 1964.

Fast forward 45 years. My old neighbourhood has all but disappeared. Businesses and homes have succumbed to hard times and neglect. Its denizens have fled to the suburbs, and St. Pat’s is gone. But amidst the rubble of urban blight something still stands, dare I say, “miraculously?” You guessed it, the shrine to the Blessed Mother – spared from the wrecking ball by a promise from city hall, lovingly preserved by a handful of faithful residents, its creator long passed away.

I made a pilgrimage to my old neighbour-hood a couple of years ago. I stood before the shrine – newly Windexed, freshly flowered, its mail slot still active with donations and requests for miracles – and I thought to myself, “There’s a story here.”

The real-life details of its origin were for-ever buried with the barber, but that didn’t stop my wheels from turning. I invented a family – the Nowaks of Buffalo’s East Side – amalgams of people I grew up with, some friends and family, and a little of my-self sprinkled in. I enjoyed spending time with this oddball family, in my notebook and on my computer. But seeing them alive on stage, darned if I haven’t fallen head over bowling shoes for them. I hope they get under your skin as well.

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the Cast (in alPhabetiCal order)

BeverlyNowak tricia Cooper

ClaraNowak Debbie Maslowsky

RuthNowak Stefanie Wiens

JimmyNowak Cory Wojcik

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Tricia Cooper

BeverlyNowak

MTC First appearance.

OTHER THEATRE Tricia appeared last year at Theatre Projects’ In the Chamber Holiday Special with FuFuChiChi and the WJT/Tribefest production The Mamet Women. She has done several Fringe shows, including The Comment Card, Gingers’ Walk, Homely Woman #2, and anything with the sketch comedy troupe the Royal Liechtenstein Theatre Company.

FILM/TV A Fable About Beauty (Farpoint Films), Book of Vaudeville, Less Than Kind, writer and actor in Wind City.

TRAINING University of Winnipeg, Honours Theatre.

ET CETERA Love to Sam, Cooper and Isaac.

Debbie Maslowsky

ClaraNowak

MTC Grumpy Old Men: The Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone (with TC), My Fair Lady.

OTHER THEATRE Thirteen shows at Rainbow Stage, including Annie, Beauty and the Beast, The Full Monty, 42nd Street, Oklahoma!, Fiddler on the Roof; Honk!, Seussical the Musical (MTYP); Hersteria (Winnipeg Studio Theatre); She Loves Me, Into the Woods (Dry Cold); Soap and Laughter, Yiddle with a Fiddle, Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (WJT); looking forward to Follies in the new year (Dry Cold for SondheimFest 2013).

TRAINING Proud to be a U of W Theatre graduate.

ET CETERA Debbie is thrilled to be part of this family of actors, is grateful to Robbie and Steven, and is so lucky to have her own ‘miracle’ family – thanks to AMC & Sarah.

Stefanie Wiens

RuthNowak

MTC Actor: Strong Poison, Pride and Prejudice, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III. Assistant Director: Steel Magnolias. Apprentice Director: Calendar Girls (with Mirvish).

OTHER THEATRE Selected: The Touring Test, Wild Magic (Winnipeg Fringe); Kindness (MTYP); A Moon for the Misbegotten (O’NeillFest); Beauty and the Beast, Fiddler on the Roof (Rainbow); Sorority Girls Slumber Party Massacre: The Musical, Bad Girls Jailhouse (Canadian Fringe tours).

TRAINING U of M, U of W.

ET CETERA Thanks to my real-life family: Mum and Dad for – among countless other things – Susanna and Sonja, whom I thank for my years of practice at middle-sisterhood; and Angus, for further countless things, including having the brilliant idea of a docu-mentary about, and a feature starring, the marvellous Doreen Brownstone.

Cory Wojcik

JimmyNowak

MTC August: Osage County.

OTHER THEATRE Strike! – The Musical (Danny Schur); Footloose, The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, Good News (Rainbow); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Head (SIR); Urinetown (Dry Cold); November (WJT).

FILM/TV Mad Ship, Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story, Wild Cherry, Less Than Kind.

TRAINING University of Winnipeg Department of Theatre & Film.

ET CETERA Cory would like to thank his family for their continuing support. He sends special love and encouragement to his 10-year-old son, Mackenzie, who will appear as the narrator in Into the Woods for this year’s SondheimFest.

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Tom Dudzick

Playwright

Tom Dudzick’s first play, a Christmas tale called Greetings!, opened at New York’s John Houseman Theatre and starred Darren McGavin and Greg Edelman. It is now a holiday favourite across the US and has had well over 100 productions. His next play, Over the Tavern, the first in a semi-autobiographical trilogy, has over 200 productions under its belt, with many box-office records broken throughout the US. The Irish adaptation, Over the Pub, also broke the box-office record at Cork Arts Theatre in Ireland. Tom has written eight plays to date, most published by Playscripts, Inc. He was recently honoured with a memorial plaque embedded in front of his boyhood home in Buffalo. And an even greater honour – he was once a question on Jeopardy!

Robb Paterson

Director

MTC Directing credits include: Next to Normal, The Fighting Days, The Shunning, White Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play, Bleeding Hearts, Pride and Prejudice, Our Town, Trying, My Fair Lady, The Retreat from Moscow. Acting credits include: True West, Little Shop of Horrors, Hamlet, Billy Bishop Goes to War, A Christmas Carol – The Musical.

OTHER THEATRE Directing credits include: The Immigrant, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (WJT); Beauty and the Beast (2005, 2009), Peter Pan, The King and I, Crazy for You, 42nd Street (Rainbow); Rick: The Rick Hansen Story, Seussical the Musical, Pippi Longstocking (MTYP). Acting credits include roles at PTE, Centaur, Rainbow, WJT, Neptune, Vancouver Playhouse.

ET CETERA Robb has appeared in more than 150 productions in Canada over the past 31 years.

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Brian Perchaluk

Set&CostumeDesigner

MTC Recent and favourites: August: Osage County, The Fighting Days, The Shunning, After Miss Julie, The Boys in the Photograph (with Mirvish), Pride and Prejudice, Our Town, Trying, My Fair Lady, The Lonesome West, To Kill a Mockingbird (with Citadel), Patience, Quills, Travels with My Aunt, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Oleanna, M. Butterfly (with NAC).

OTHER THEATRE Brian’s work has been featured at theatres across the country, including two seasons each at the Shaw and Stratford festivals. Selected recent credits include: Vimy (NAC/GCTC); To Kill a Mockingbird (TC); The Brink, Till It Hurts, The Secret Mask (PTE); Sweeney Todd, The Light in the Piazza (Dry Cold); King Lear, Fidelio (Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada); John and Beatrice (TPM); Spring Awaken-ing (Winnipeg Studio Theatre); Les Disparus (Theatre Vice Versa Theatre); Henry V (SIR).

Scott Henderson

LightingDesigner

MTC More than 40 productions since 1995, including Next to Normal, Grumpy Old Men: The Musical, The 39 Steps, White Christmas, Doubt, A Parable (with TC), Pride and Prejudice, Shakespeare’s Dog (with NAC), Humble Boy (Mainstage); Red (with Belfry), Top Girls, The Shape of Things, Closer, Poor Super Man (Warehouse).

OTHER THEATRE Recent credits: The Brink (PTE); Annie, Footloose (Rainbow). Scott has designed for opera, dance and theatre companies in Winnipeg and across Canada, including the Stratford and Shaw festivals.

TRAINING Scott is a graduate of Ryerson Theatre School and a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.

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SoundDesigner

MTC More than 30 shows since ‘98, including Next to Normal, The 39 Steps, The Drowsy Chaperone (with TC), The Boys in the Photograph (with Mirvish), The Syringa Tree, Fiddler on the Roof, Over the Tavern, The Rocky Horror Show (with CS), Evita (with TC), Camelot (with TC/Citadel), King Lear, Wit.

OTHER THEATRE The Shadowy Waters (Eternal Rose Theatre); The Diary of Anne Frank (Segal/Neptune); The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Keely and Du, The Heart as It Lived, Grace (ATP); Lion in the Streets (Sage Theatre); Some Assembly Required (Northern Light Theatre).

ET CETERA Two Betty Mitchell Awards (Grace, Lion in the Streets). Member of iatse Local 63. Founding member of Eternal Rose Theatre.

Chris Pearce

StageManager

MTC Selected: Eighteen productions at the Mainstage including last year’s Romeo and Juliet; eight produc-tions at the Warehouse including, most recently, August: Osage County.

OTHER THEATRE Three Sisters (zone41 theatre); Carmen (Manitoba Opera); The December Man, Where the Blood Mixes (PTE); The Light in the Piazza (Dry Cold); Kindness (MTYP).

ET CETERA Three seasons at the Edinburgh Fringe. Seasons at the Stratford, Shaw and Charlottetown festivals. In his free time, Chris volunteers at Save Our Seine and TREES Winnipeg.

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Michelle Lagassé

AssistantStageManager

MTC A Few Good Men (with Citadel), Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Romeo and Juliet, After Miss Julie, Jitters, Top Girls, The Constant Wife (with Citadel).

OTHER THEATRE Selected: Till It Hurts, Bingo!, Glorious (PTE); Lenin’s Embalmers, Cherry Docs (WJT).

TRAINING/TEACHING Michelle is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada and has taught Stage Managing at Brock University.

ET CETERA One of Michelle’s next projects will be stage managing The Dishwashers for PTE. She was the Beer Tent Manager at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, has been the coordinator for PTE’s Carol Shields’ Festival of New Works for six years and has worked on the last four federal elections. She is delighted to be working once more at MTC.

Jessica Freundl

ApprenticeStageManager

MTC August: Osage County, Grumpy Old Men: The Musical, The 39 Steps, White Christmas, Looking Back – West.

OTHER THEATRE Henry V, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 (SIR); EDEN, Kayak (Sarasvàti Productions’ FemFest); Hairspray (Rainbow); King’s Park (Moving Target Theatre); The Father (WJT); Lenin’s Embalmers (WJT/Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company); Juliet and Romeo, Doctor Faustus: A Fantasy, Pericles: Prince of Tyre, The Distance from Here (U of W).

TRAINING Jessica is a graduate of the U of W Department of Theatre and Film, majoring in Stage Management and Production.

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In Miracle on South Division Street, the Nowak family is well-known in their community for a remarkable miracle. As the audience learns, how-ever, there’s a secret behind the family’s miracle. What happens when the truth is revealed? Do the Nowaks become the laughing-stock of the neigh-bourhood or does a greater truth come to light?

Actually, once the truth is revealed, the real miracle on South Division Street takes place. The Nowaks begin to understand who they really are and they grow closer to one another. Family truths are often like that – they bring people together, and a deeper sharing of love and support emerges.

Deep and meaningful relationships are also at the core of strong organizations. The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre is blessed with a strong family of subscribers, single ticket buyers and businesses who believe in our work, as well as passionate individual donors who help make the “miracles” happen on our stages. The transformation from script to full production is indeed miraculous, and MTC relies on the generosity of donors and friends to create these magical moments.

You are invited to join our donor family by making a contribution to our Annual Fund and, by doing so, deepening your relationship with the theatre. As a donor, you receive benefits that will enhance your theatre experience – benefits that give you the opportunity to peek behind the curtain and

learn how the magic happens. For example, Friends of MTC (who donate $50 or more) are invited to attend a dress rehearsal, while members of the Director’s Circle meet a cast of actors at a private home reception. For a complete listing of all giving levels and the great donor benefits, visit the MTC website at www.mtc.mb.ca.

The impact of your gift is significant. You help keep ticket prices accessible and contribute to MTC’s artistic growth. You provide educational opportunities for young people. You support the regional tour, which takes theatre to communities in Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. And you allow MTC to hire the most talented local and international artists and artisans. No matter the size of your gift, you can be assured that it is put to good use.

Many employers have matching-gift programs which can increase the value of your donation, so be sure to ask your employer about its policy before making your gift.

Become a member of the MTC donor family by making a gift to our Annual Fund today. Your support will help us make “miracles” on Market Avenue.

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“Good. I feel better then. We shouldn’t have secrets between us. Especially now.”– Clara, Miracle on South Division Street

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Monday Mix

Begin your night at the theatre by exploring a facet of the production you are about to see! Our Monday Mix evening at the John Hirsch Mainstage (Series 15e, the second Monday of each production’s run) offers the opportunity to learn more about theatre through pre-show chats with local theatre professionals. The half-hour session begins at 7:00 pm, and before one of the six Monday Mix evenings, a backstage tour will be offered at 6:30 pm. Visit www.mtc.mb.ca/mondaymix for this season’s lineup.

talkbacks

Join us after the show for an informative question-and-answer session with the actors. Audience members can inquire about the production, the play, life in theatre and more! Talkbacks are offered after Tuesday evening and Wednesday matinee performances at the John Hirsch Mainstage, and after Tuesday evening and Thursday matinee performances at the Tom Hendry Warehouse.

Facility tours

Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes? See first-hand how a production goes from conception to the stage by taking a backstage tour of MTC. Areas of the building typically visited include our carpentry shop, scenic art department, properties department, wardrobe department, storage facilities, backstage dressing rooms and performers’ green room, as well as the theatre itself.

Formoreinformation,contactMTC’[email protected].

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zone41 theatre Me And MY TOWn – ThOM AlliSOn in COnCeRT From Winnipeg to Broadway and Back Again: An intimate evening of Stephen Sondheim

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Naughty Sailboat/ the 28th Minute/Shadling Productions/Snakeskin Jacket Stephen Sondheim’s excellent Adventure (Revue)

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royal Manitoba theatre Centre Assassins

Winnipeg Jewish theatre The national Theatre of the World: impromptu Splendor

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honorary membersHiS HONOur,Lt.GovernorPhilipS.LeeTHE HONOurABLEGregSelinger,PremierofManitobaHiS WOrSHip,MayorSamKatz

eXecuTive officersKerryDangerfield,CHAir

GaryHannaford,FCA,pAST CHAir

DavidCarefoot,TrEASurEr

AnthonyC.Fletcher,SECrETArY

DavidChristie,CHAir, GOVErNANCE & STrATEGiC pLANNiNG

RobertEastwood,CHAir, rESOurCE DEVELOpMENT

PatrickGreen,CHAir, OrGANizATiONAL pErFOrMANCE

JimMcLandress,CHAir, COMMuNiTY rELATiONS

TrusTeesDavidAtkinsDerrickCouplandSandyGousseauJohnGuttormsonShawnHughesJohnKearseyBrendaKrissJeffLamotheLyndaTaylorJudyWakefieldMichelleWeinbergRichardL.YaffeBrendaZaporzan

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YvonneO’Connor,ACCOuNTiNG

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DebbieNeufeld,rECEpTiON/MArKETiNG ASSiSTANT

AlanWaite,ASSiSTANT GENErAL MANAGEr

arTisTicJeffKennedy,WOrDpLAY COOrDiNATOr

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RobbPaterson,ASSOCiATE ArTiSTiC DirECTOr

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BOx OFFiCE rEprESENTATiVES:KatieAdamson,SheenaBaird,NaterciaDoucet,AndreaGallagher,AirynLancaster,JasonNeufeld,RobynPooley,VictoriaPopp,JessicaRoss

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BruceMonk,pHOTOGrApHEr

BrentPhillips,DirECTOr OF MArKETiNG & COMMuNiCATiONS

MarkSaunders,MArKETiNG & COMMuNiCATiONS COOrDiNATOr

TeriStevens,puBLiCiST & ONLiNE MEDiA COOrDiNATOr

deveLopmenTKristineBetker,DirECTOr OF FuND DEVELOpMENT

GarthJohnson,MAjOr, iNDiViDuAL & pLANNED GiViNG OFFiCEr

MichaelJoyal,DEVELOpMENT ASSiSTANT

StephanieLambert,SpECiAL & DONOr EVENTS COOrDiNATOr

John hirsch mainsTage fronT-of-houseDeborahGay-deVries,FrONT-OF-HOuSE MANAGEr

ASSiSTED BY:SheenaBaird,JonnyHallJamieChapman,KimCossette,RylendeVries,CarolineGraham,ElfieHarvey,KelseyJohnson,SherriKostecki,TiaLevine,RobynMilligan,RachelNeal,JessicaOlson,KaylaParke-Wilson,AmariahPeterson,AngelaRajfur,JenniferSchmidt,CristinSinclair,KevinStroski,BrittanyThiessen,RitaVandeVyvere,PhyllisVanDrunen,KiraWatson,ChelseaZacharias,DerekZorniak

mainTenanceAndrewDrinnan,BuiLDiNG SupEriNTENDENT

ChrisFletcher,ASSiSTANT BuiLDiNG SupEriNTENDENT

painTSusanGroff,HEAD SCENiC ArTiST

LawrenceVanWent,SCENiC ArTiST

producTionLauraEnns,TOuriNG & prODuCTiON COOrDiNATOr

IanKirk,ASSiSTANT TECHNiCAL DirECTOr

RickMacPherson,TECHNiCAL DirECTOr, TOM HENDrY THEATrE

RussellMartin,prODuCTiON MANAGEr

RobRing,ASSiSTANT prODuCTiON MANAGEr

BenjaminRoss,TECHNiCAL DirECTOr, jOHN HirSCH THEATrE

properTiesLarryDemedash,SENiOr prOpErTiES BuiLDEr

KariHagness,HEAD OF prOpErTiES

JamesSutherland,prOpErTiES BuiLDEr

sTage crewJohnBentJr.,HEAD OF SOuND

BeverlyCovert,WiGS & MAKEup SupErViSOr

HartGreenberg,HEAD CArpENTEr

JoanLees-Miller,HEAD OF WArDrOBE

ClaudeRobert,HEAD ELECTriCiAN

JohnTomiuk,HOuSE STAGE HAND

TeLe-saLes represenTaTiveSandraRubin

Tom hendry warehouseRandyHarder,HEAD ELECTriCiAN

RickMacPherson,TECHNiCAL DirECTOr

AlisonNutt,HEAD CArpENTEr

MichaelWright,HEAD OF SOuND

Tom hendry warehouse fronT-of-houseKimCossette,FrONT-OF-HOuSE MANAGEr

ASSiSTED BY:ScottTweedyJamieChapman,CristinSinclair,ChelseaZacharias

wardrobeThoraLamont,CuTTEr

LorraineO’Leary,HEAD OF WArDrOBE

LoisPowne,FirST HAND

JackieVanWinkle,BuYEr/ACCESSOriES

winnipeg fringe TheaTre fesTivaL & masTer pLaywrighT fesTivaLChuckMcEwen,ExECuTiVE prODuCEr

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