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A Nightswimming Production
By Carmen Aguirre
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Artistic Managing Director, Bill Millerd
Interim Executive Director, Valerie L. Prodanuk
Arts Club Theatre Company Board of Directors
Ross Paul, C.M., PhD, Chair
Mr. Morris Nord, Immediate Past Chair
Mr. Bruce Flexman, Treasurer
Mr. Richard Bell, Secretary
Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie
Dr. Jane E. Brindley
Mr. David Chesman, Q.C.
Honourable Mary Collins, P.C.
Ms. Michele Collins
Ms. Anna Fung, Q.C.
Ms. Carol Anne Humphrys
Mr. Eugen Klein
Mr. Bryan Mabee
Ms. Bonnie Mah
Mr. David Morton
Mr. Mark Stafford
Mr. Jim Storie
Ms. Kerry Suffolk
Ms. Faye Wightman
Council of Governors
Mr. Philip Bernard
Ms. Donna Celle
Mr. Axel Conradi
Dr. Stanley Hamilton
Ms. Catharine Herb-Kelly, Q.C.
Mr. Jack Marier
Mr. Bruce Milley
Mrs. Joan Pitman
Ms. Janet Rogers
Mr. Al C. Schultz
Mr. John J. Sutherland
Mr. Ian Waddell, Q.C.
Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Foundation
Mr. Richard Mulcaster, President
Mr. Bruce Flexman, Treasurer
Mr. Christopher Gimpel
Ms. Catharine Herb-Kelly, Q.C.
Mr. Morris Nord
Mr. John J. Sutherland
BLUE BOX
Billing
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Artistic Managing Director’s Message
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Artistic Director’s Circle
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Interim Executive Director's Message
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A Note from the Playwright
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Gentle Reminders
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About Nightswimming and the Play
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The Company
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Coming Next
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Friends of the Arts Club
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Corporate, Foundation,
and Government Supporters
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Arts Club Staff
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A TWISTED
CHRISTMAS CAROL
THE HOLIDAY ANTI-CLASSIC
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Originally produced and written by Rock Paper
Scissors. Based on the novel A Christmas Carol
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October 9–November 1, 2014. Arts Club Theatre Company 51st Season, 556th production
BLUE BOX
A Nightswimming production (Toronto, Ontario)
Written and performed by Carmen Aguirre
Directed by Brian Quirt
Legacy Circle Sponsor:
Set & Lighting Designer
Itai Erdal
Sound Designer & Composer
Joelysa Pankanea
Stage Manager
Anne Taylor
Wardrobe Consultant
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Producer
Rupal Shah
Tanya Schwaerzle
Apprentice Stage Manager
Blue Box is 90 minutes with no intermission
Blue Box contains mature content and strong language.
Taking photographs or making any recording is prohibited in the theatre.
Please turn off pagers and cellular phones.
The soundtrack for Blue Box includes La India’s “Ese Hombre”, Thalia’s “Amor a la Mexicana”, Los Fabulosos
Cadillacs’ “Mi Novia Se Cayo al Pozo Ciego”, Luis Miguel’s “Sabor a Mi”, and “Ya No Queda Nada”, by Tito Nieves.
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LEAVE A LEGACY
“The Arts Club has been a very
integral part of my life going back to
the early 1970s.
Over those years, I have seen the
Arts Club become increasingly
more influential within Canadian
theatre and play a big part in making
Vancouver artistically vibrant.
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As a lover of live theatre, I feel it is
very important to support the Arts
Club through a gift in my estate.”
– Betty McGowan
PLANNED GIVING
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can also greatly benefit you through tax savings.
Check with your financial planner to learn more about
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ARTISTIC MANAGING DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
Outside The Box
Carmen Aguirre’s Blue Box is an insightful exploration of issues and places
most of us are either not aware of or have chosen to ignore. Carmen takes us
on a journey that is both cathartic and disturbing. Theatre, unlike any other
medium, can pull us directly into a single individual’s world and shake us up.
Carmen does that by asking us to leave our own daily concerns behind and go
on the journey with her. It is a commitment to let our prejudices evaporate and
open our minds to someone who is as free thinking and inventive as Carmen
is. Blue Box is an appropriate choice to open our Revue Stage season, where we have a record
number of subscribers.
The Revue Stage season includes three other productions. A Twisted Christmas Carol, by Rock Paper
Scissors, directed by John Murphy, takes the basic tale of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol and
allows you, the audience members, to give the five actors (Diana Frances, Jeff Gladstone, Gary
Jones, Bill Pozzobon, and Kirk Smith) suggestions of how you think Mr. Dickens’s story should
proceed. Who knows? Scrooge could easily go on an entirely different trajectory than the one in the
famous novella. In January of 2015 we will collaborate with the PuSh International Performing Arts
Festival to present Rob Drummond’s Bullet Catch, which is described as a “high-grade magic show
with a profound theatrical meditation on free will”—in other words, a death defying performance!
The final production is the premiere of Sister Judy by Shawn Macdonald, directed by Patrick
McDonald. Shawn also conducts our LEAP program for young playwrights, as well as being an
actor and playwright. We commissioned Shawn as one of the original Silver Commissions and I look
forward to the production of his thought provoking play. Welcome to Blue Box and our Revue Stage
season!
Bill Millerd l Artistic Managing Director
artisticdirector@artsclub.com
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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
The Arts Club Theatre Company relies on your philanthropic support to ensure the strength and vitality of the company. As a non-profit arts
organization, the Arts Club could not exist without the generosity of our individual donors. Ticket sales cover only a portion of our production costs,
so we rely on community gifts to close the gap. Please consider joining us by becoming a member of the Artistic Director’s Circle today. Contact
Kathy MacKenzie, Acting Director of Development, at 604.687.5315, ext. 244 for more information.
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INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
Would You Live a Double Life?
This tagline for Carmen Aguirre’s work, Blue Box, resonates with me. In
July, I became Interim Executive Director while remaining Director of
Finance and Systems. The last three months have been busy, fun, hard,
and interesting. I’ve learned more than I thought I’d learn, and I’ve been
privileged to interact with the Arts Club Theatre Company’s artists, staff,
volunteers, donors, and patrons more closely than ever before. And I’m
lucky that when I go home to my “triple” life, my family is proud and supportive.
The greatest benefit of working this summer has been learning how the Arts Club’s patrons
are also proud and supportive. Many of you have added donor to your role with us and we
are inspired to do more with your support. For the 2014/2015 season, we increased the
number of performances by 8% to 607. We’ve increased our investment in new play
development, providing the opportunity for works by local playwrights to be developed for
presentation at our Revue Stage. Also, in partnership with Bard on the Beach, we are hard
at work building the West 1st Theatre Centre that will be a new resource for the community.
Another initiative that I’m pleased to support personally is planned giving. October is Arts
Club’s Planned Giving Month, sponsored by Bell Alliance Lawyers and Notaries Public.
During October, we will be raising the awareness of making a legacy gift. Please pick up a
brochure in the lobby to find information about joining our Arts Club Legacy Circle.
Soon I will be giving up the “double life”, but I know that you will welcome the new Executive
Director as warmly as you’ve welcomed me over the past few months.
Valerie L. Prodanuk
Executive Director (Interim)
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A NOTE FROM THE PLAYWRIGHT
Blue Box is a no-holds-barred examination of two core stories that
live within me. One belongs to the South, the other to the North.
The only thing they have in common is that they happened to the
same person. They both explore the theme of unconditional love in
completely different realms: the romantic and the revolutionary, and
the tension between the two, ultimately asking where self-love fits in.
I invite you to jump off the cliff with me and go on this wild ride of
abandon and absolute surrender to that mighty force called love.
~Carmen Aguirre
GENTLE REMINDERS
It is very important to turn off alarms, phones, and beepers for the duration of the show. If you are
concerned about missing an emergency call, please leave your name or device and seat location with an
usher and we will alert you if a call comes through.
Please wait to discuss the show at intermission or after the show ends. (Even whispers carry!)
Please refrain from eating or unwrapping candy and gum in the theatre, as it is a distraction for others.
If you have a complaint about another guest, please tell the Audience Services Manager rather than
approaching the person yourself. We will be happy to address concerns on your behalf.
We welcome children old enough to enjoy our productions and tickets must be purchased for any child
attending a performance. Children must be seated where they can be supervised. Babes in arms are not
permitted in the theatre.
Please be judicious with your use of fragrances, as some patrons have sensitivities.
A blue box is located in the lobby for discarded programmes and other recyclables.
Please contact the Audience Services Manager at 604.687.5315, ext. 403 if you have suggestions for how we can serve you better. Enjoy the show!
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ABOUT NIGHTSWIMMING AND THE PLAY
Carmen Aguirre’s Blue Box was commissioned and developed by Nightswimming, one of
Canada’s leading creators of new works of theatre, dance, and music. Blue Box received public
readings in Vancouver, Banff, Calgary, and Toronto, as well as a workshop production in
Ottawa at GCTC’s 2012 Undercurrents Festival. Blue Box premiered in May 2012 at The Cultch
in Vancouver, and went on to a showcase presentation at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival
in Calgary. The show has since toured to Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Regina, Banff, Victoria,
Whitehorse, and St. John’s.
Special thanks to Kirsty Munro, Adrienne Wong, and Marcus Youssef at Neworld Theatre, our
original associate producer on this project.
Thank you to: Canada Council for the Arts for the original writing grant; Heather Redfern,
Cindy Reid, and the team at The Cultch for the premiere, Marilo Nunez and Alameda Theatre
Company, Martin Kinch and Heidi Taylor at Playwrights Theatre Centre, Vicki Stroich and
Alberta Theatre Projects, Moynan King and Buddies in Bad Times’ Hysteria Festival, Neworld
Theatre, and the Banff Centre Playwrights Colony, all for presenting public readings of Blue
Box, Great Canadian Theatre Company, The Cultch, Intrepid Theatre, Aluna Theatre, Theatre
PasseMuraille, Magnetic North Theatre Festival, Naomi Campbell, Lise Ann Johnson, Patrick
Gauthier, Samira Rose, Leora Morris, Robin Richardson, and Nancy Webster.
For more information on Nightswimming projects, visit nightswimmingtheatre.com
To further explore the world of the play, visit carmenaguirresbluebox.wordpress.com
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THE COMPANY
Carmen Aguirre ~ Playwright/Performer
Carmen is an award winning playwright and actor who has written and cowritten over 20 plays, including Chile Con Carne, The Trigger, and The Refugee
Hotel. She is currently working on two new plays, Anywhere But Here and
The Tina Modotti Project. Her first book, Something Fierce: Memoirs of a
Revolutionary Daughter, won CBC Canada Reads 2012 and is a number one
national bestseller. Her second memoir, entitled Mexican Hooker #1 will be
published by Random House in 2016. She has over 60 acting credits, including lead roles in
the indie favourite Quinceañera, and the showcase series Endgame.
Brian Quirt ~ Director
Brian is Artistic Director of Nightswimming and Director of the Banff Centre
Playwrights Colony. This season he is directing the premiere of Anita
Majumdar’s Fish Eyes Trilogy at GCTC, PuSh Festival, Belfry Theatre, and
the Banff Centre. He has created and directed seven of his own plays, most
recently Why We Are Here! (with Martin Julien). He has been Company
Dramaturg at Factory Theatre, Dramaturg at The Theatre Centre, and
Dramaturgical Associate at the Canadian Stage Company. He is a Board member and pastPresident of LMDA, and two-time recipient of LMDA’s Elliott Hayes Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Dramaturgy.
Itai Erdal ~
Set and Lighting Designer
Itai has designed over 200
shows, in 25 different
cities. He received the Jack
King Award in 2005, a
Dora Mavor Moore Award
in 2007, the Dublin Fringe Design Award in
2008, Jessie Richardson Awards in 2003,
2009, and 2011, Victoria’s Critics’ Spotlight
Award in 2012, and a Guthrie award in 2013.
Itai’s one-man show, How to Disappear
Completely, (The Chop, directed by James
Long) has toured to Seattle, Victoria,
Toronto, Stratford, Portland, Whitehorse,
Halifax, Edinburgh, London, and Dublin and
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Joelysa Pankanea ~ Sound Designer & Composer
Joelysa is a multiple award winning composer, sound designer, and percussionist. Originally from Kenya, East Africa, she has been composing, directing,
and performing her original scores for the theatre for the past decade, and
more recently for film and animation. Musical directing both musicians and
actors alike, and teaching her scores to casts of up to 150 people, she has
become one of the most acclaimed and respected professionals in her field.
Rupal Shah ~ Producer
Rupal is the producer at Nightswimming. She produced the world premiere
national tour of Carmen Aguirre’s Blue Box, which has since played in Toronto,
Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary, Banff, Vancouver, Victoria, Whitehorse, and St.
John’s. From 2008 to 2014, she was the Mentor/Apprentice Program
Coordinator at Obsidian Theatre, where she worked with organizations such
as the Shaw Festival, Tarragon Theatre, and Young People’s Theatre to
provide learning opportunities for emerging Black theatre professionals. In 2009, Rupal coproduced DVxT Theatre’s multi-Dora Award winning production of The Turn of the Screw.
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Anne Taylor ~ Stage Manager
A Vancouver native, Anne spent last season stage managing with Patrick
Street Productions on Floyd Collins and Out of a Dream, and with the Arts
Club as Assistant Stage Manager on Mary Poppins. Other recent and
favourite productions include The Light in the Piazza as Stage Manager with
Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon; The Dishwashers, Gordon, and The
Constant Wife as Assistant Stage Manager with the Arts Club; and stage
managing Cafe Daughter with Gwaandak Theatre in Whitehorse.
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COMING NEXT
A TWISTED CHRISTMAS CAROL
Originally produced and written by Rock Paper Scissors
Based on the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
November 27 – December 27, 2014
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THE HOLIDAY ANTI-CLASSIC
“You haven’t really lived until you’ve seen Helen
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Brendan & Karly Black
Julie Bournival & Rhys Clarke
Marlene Brayne
Michael Brockington
Gordon & Jean Campbell
Susan Chant
E.A. Clutchey
Trudi Coblenz
Maureen Colclough
David & Janet Courage*
S. Courtemanche
P. J. Curtis*
Chris & Lisa Dabrowski
A. DeKoven*
Hugh & Susan Dobbie
Wayne & Charlotte Edwards*
L. Eldridge
I. Joan Elliott
Beverly Epp
Charlotte Excell
Jean Excell
Kathy Findlay
Lorne & Patricia Fingarson
Jane Flick & Robert
Heidbreder*
Ethel & David Frankel
Carol Gibson
John & Julia Gosden
Maetel Grant & Allan Best
Pam & David Gurd
Dr. Evelyn J. Harden in
memory of John Wood
S. Hardin
David & Fay Harris
Harrison, M & P*
Doug & Margaret Hatelid
Joan & Trevor Heaver
Stan & Corky Hecker*
James & Elspeth Helmcken
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Arlene H. Henry, QC
Jane Heyman*
Aileen Hollifield*
Susanne Indridson
Teresa & Lewis James
Jen & Karl
Linda Johnston*
Paul Joseph
Lesley Joy & Steve Sipos*
Stephen Juras
In memory of our good friend,
Scott Kennedy*
Florence Laniuk*
Deborah Lendon*
Fay & Cornelius Lighthall*
Audrey & Lorne Lindsay*
In memory of Maria Logan
Margaret MacDonald*
Nancy M. Macdonald*
Mrs. Eileen Manning
Laurel March
Michael & Susan Marshall
Jeff & Valerie Marus*
Anne Mathisen
McCulligh Family
David & Joanne McDonald
Linda McDonald & Victor
Holysh
Marlene McDonald
Emmet & Linda McGrath
Mrs. Verna McNichol
Don & Mary Millerd
Marina Milner-Bolotin
Mike Moretto
Stephen & Pamela Ottridge*
Nick & Hazel Parker-Jervis*
Margaret & Paul Phang*
Ray & Judy Pletcher*
Marion Poggemiller
Dave & Elaine Rickards
Evelyn M. Riley
Mrs. Wendy Robinson & Mr.
Jeff Robinson*
Harley Rothstein & Eleanor
Boyle
Mr. & Mrs. Real Rousseau*
Peter & Ursula Schmelcher
David Schreck*
Karen Sciarretta
Gail Screaton & John
Maclachlan
Bob Shorthouse
Dave & Diane Simms
Tricia Sirrs
Peter & Daphne Spencer
Peter Steele & Dan Wirth
Peter & Phyllis Suedfeld*
TaLedi Distribution
In memory of Tom*
J. Walsh
Brenda Warner
Allan Webber*
Edward Wilson*
Anonymous* (x 7)
Anonymous (x 15)
*Represents individuals who
have contributed to the Arts
Club for five or more
consecutive years.
CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
The Arts Club Theatre Company wishes to thank all our government and corporate partners for their support of the 2014/15 Season.
Season Sponsors
Presenting Sponsors
Legacy Circle Sponsor
Community Outreach Sponsors
Production Sponsors
Technology Sponsors
Event Sponsors
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Government Support
Additional Partners
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Ltd.
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LLP
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Counsel
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$5,000 - $9,999
• Empire Life
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Foundations
• Audain Foundation
• Christopher Foundation
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• Face of Today Foundation
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• Singleton Urquhart LLP
• Time Square Travel
• Trev Deeley Motors
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• US Consulate General
• Vancouver Courier
STUDENTRUSH.COM
For more information about corporate
sponsorship and donations, please
contact Annie Wu, Manager of
Corporate Sponsorship & Foundations,
at 604.687.5315, ext. 267.
• Kinder Morgan Foundation
• McCarthy Tétrault Foundation
• RBC Foundation
• TELUS Vancouver Community
Board
• The Simons Foundation
• The Somerset Foundation
• The Wolrige Foundation
• Vancouver Foundation
• Y. P. Heung Foundation
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ARTS CLUB THEATRE COMPANY STAFF
Founded in 1964, the Arts Club Theatre Company first held performances at the downtown Seymour Stage. When the re-development of Vancouver’s
False Creek area began in the late 1970s, the company was given the opportunity to build a theatre on Granville Island. By the time the Arts Club
held the gala opening of the Granville Island Stage in October 1979, the Arts Club was a fully professional company presenting its 16th season of
plays. The company is now in its 51st season.
Graphic Designer ~ Roger Allen
Communications Associate ~ April Green
Group Accounts Associate ~ Adam Caddell
Tours & Festivals Coordinator ~ Christina Campbell
Marketing Associate ~ Jaime Fletcher
Loyalty Analyst ~ Reena Taank
Video Storyteller ~ Mark Halliday
Bill Millerd, Artistic Managing Director
Valerie Prodanuk, Interim Executive Director
ARTISTIC
Resident Designer ~ Ted Roberts
Artist Liaison ~ Stephanie Hargreaves
Literary Manager ~ Rachel Ditor
Literary Assistant ~ Rachel “Rae” Steinberg
LEAP Leader ~ Shawn Macdonald
LEAP Assistant ~ Christine Quintana
Music Theatre Intensive Director ~ Peter Jorgensen
DEVELOPMENT
Director of Development ~ Kathy MacKenzie, Natasha Klein (on
leave)
Manager, Corporate Sponsorship and Foundations ~ Annie Wu
Manager, Individual Giving ~ Parmida Zarrinkamar
Manager, Special Events ~ Gigi Wong
Donations & Database Coordinator ~ Dana DeKoven
Cultivation & Stewardship Coordinator ~ Morgan Wood
Special Events Assistant ~ Shaliza Karim
PRODUCTION
Director of Production ~ Stephan Baeuml
Technical Director, Granville Island Theatres ~ Craig Fulker
Technical Director, Stanley & Tours ~ Geoff Hollingshead
Technical Director, Shop ~ Ace Martens
Facilities Manager ~ Jack Holmes
Rentals Manager ~ Kate Chalker, Kate Stadel (on leave)
Production Secretary ~ Dawn Padget
Production Assistant ~ Robert Burns
Head Electrician (Stanley) ~ Conrad Burek
Head Electrician (Granville Island) ~ Darren Hales
Head Sound Technician ~ Philip Ronayne
Head Rentals Technician ~ tbc
Rentals Technician ~ tbc
Tour Technician ~ Torstein Colyer
Revue Stage Technician ~ Garreth Lau
Head Stage Carpenter (Stanley) ~ Marcus Stusek
Assistant Stage Carpenter ~ Alex Pauls, Bret Roach
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
Head of Costumes ~ Kirsten McGhie
Assistant to the Head of Costumes ~ Tiffany Bishop
Cutter ~ Sarah Marchant
Wardrobe Maintenance ~ Mary Jane Cox, Sean Malmas
Head Dresser ~ Patricia King
Building Maintenance ~ Kris Jankovic
Stage Managers ~ Marion Anderson, Angela Beaulieu, LouisMarie Bournival, Shelby-Bushell*, Sandra Drag*, Caryn Fehr,
Tessa Gunn*, Michelle Harrison*, Ronaye Haynes, Breanne
Jackson, Pamela Jakobs, Lucy Pratt Johnson, Peter Jotkus,
Jenny Kim*, Airyn Lancaster*, April Starr Land, Rebecca
Mulvihill, Ashley Noyes*, Tanya Schwaerzle*, Allison Spearin,
Anne Taylor, Colleen Totten, Erin Voaklander
*Apprentice Stage Managers
GUEST SERVICES
Guest Services Manager ~ Peter Chapek
Front of House Managers ~ Laura Eveleigh, Kate Stadel (on
leave), Carolyn Stewart
Front of House ~ Laura Accili, Murray Armstrong, Bonnie Dane,
Max Forsyth, Ronaye Haynes, Linda Guthrie, 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 Supervisor ~ Hoori Barkh
Ticket Sales Supervisor/Trainer ~ Jared Gomes
Box Office : Ria Antonopoulos, Sebastien Archibald, Jo B., Leslie
Breaks, Jessica Brudner, Maja Eklund, Christopher David
Gauthier, Brett Harris, Jemma Houghton, Nicholas Lee,
Gwenda Lorenzetti, Amanda Konkin, Tim Mahoney, Danny
Mak, Emma Middleton, Erin Schneider, Chris Towler
THEATRE LOUNGES
Director of Food & Beverage Operations ~ Steve Sheridan
Bar Managers ~ Torrance Jestadt, Kelly Golby, Blaine Anderson,
Colin Speir
Bar and Lounge Staff: Chari Agellon, Eric Angerman, Anthony
Catenaccio, Sam Clark, Colin d’Astoli, Lucas Floody, Rafal Frej,
Mike Fydenlund, Mia Ingmundson, Savanna Junjek, Robin K.,
Mike Kucheran, Julia Litke, Ron Mill, Sarah McCusker, Emilda
Radjah, Anna Rasmussen, Dallas Richards, Joey Robertson,
Chris Schonfel, Dillan Simard, Jason Simmer, Logan Sturrock,
Sunil Suvarna, Stephanie Thompson, Leah Tidey, Paul Vigano,
Gavin Weddell, Jesse Whitehead, Katarzyna Zacheja
ADMINISTRATION
Director of Finance & Systems ~ Valerie Prodanuk
Manager of Administration ~ Teddy Forsyth
IT Manager ~ Allan Kong
Manager of Databases & Systems ~ Lou Ann Mendoza
Accountant ~ Igor Rozenberg
Accounting Assistant ~ Eileen Craig
Receptionist ~ Susanna Summers
Volunteer Coordinator ~ Katia Tynan
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & SPECIAL THANKS
The Arts Club thanks its many volunteers
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 Employees
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Director of Sales & Marketing ~ Peter Cathie White
Associate Director of Sales & Marketing ~ Bryan Woo
Publicist ~ Nick Seliwoniuk
Publications Coordinator ~ Angela Caravan
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PERFORMING ARTS
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