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A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL
A Musical in Two Acts
Book Joseph Robinette
Music and Lyrics Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Nov 5 – Dec 27, 2015
Arts Club Theatre Company
52nd season, 572nd production
Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
STARRING
(in alphabetical order)
Cameron Andres Schwartz
Scott Augustine Ensemble
Jordyn Bennett Esther Jane
Graham Coffeng Ensemble
Brennan Cuff Ensemble
Meghan Gardiner Mother
Janet Gigliotti Ensemble
Glen Gordon Randy
Sara-Jeanne Hosie Miss Shields
Elizabeth Irving Virginia
Avery Johnson Scut Farcus
Duff MacDonald Narrator
Julia MacLean Mary Beth
Katie Murphy Ensemble
Matt Palmer The Old Man
Jakob Phan Grover
Gordon Roberts Santa/Ensemble
Valin Shinyei Ralphie
Graham Verchere Flick
Robyn Wong Ensemble
CREATIVE TEAM
Valerie Easton Director/Choreographer
Danny Balkwill Musical Director
Amir Ofek Set Designer
Sheila White Costume Designer
Gerald King Lighting Designer
Chris Daniels Sound Designer
Pamela Jakobs Stage Manager
Anne Taylor Assistant Stage Manager
Cory Haas Assistant to the Director
Tanya Schwaerzle Apprentice Stage
Manager
THE BAND
Danny Balkwill Keyboards/Trombone
Graham Boyle Drums
Henry Christian Trumpet
Ken Cormier Keyboards/Keyboard
Programming
Craig Salkeld Trumpet/Keyboard
Bryan Vance Reeds
There will be one intermission.
Taking photographs or making any recording is prohibited in the theatre.
Please turn off devices.
Based upon the motion picture A Christmas Story
Distributed by Warner Bros.,
Written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clarkand upon In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash
Written by Jean Shepherd
Produced with permission of Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Dalphie Entertainment
Originally produced on Broadway by Gerald Goehring, Roy Miller Michael F. Mitri, Pat Flicker Addiss, Peter Billingsley,
Timothy Laczynski, Mariano Tolentino, Jr. , Louise H. Beard, Michael Filerman, Scott Hart, Alison Eckert, Bob Bartner,
Michael Jenkins, Angela Milonas, Bradford W. Smith.
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WELCOME
Please consider donating to the Arts
Club this Christmas, or participating
in our Holiday Campaign. Your
gifts help us train youth, develop
playwrights, and keep artists
employed in this community, where
they belong.
There is something joyous about
seeing nine kids romp around
the rehearsal room. Director/
choreographer Valerie Easton is
a veteran at dealing with multitalented youngsters through her
years of directing at Royal City
Musical Theatre Company and
other community companies. When
casting, she and Danny Balkwill,
her musical director, along with
Stephanie Hargreaves, our Artist
Liaison, auditioned more than 50
young people. The kids are having
a terrific introduction to what it is
like to appear in a big musical with
a professional company of actor/
singer/dancers. If they are keen, they
participate in our summer Music
Theatre Intensive run by director
Peter Jorgensen.
This intensive, designed for youth
aged 12 to 19, recently celebrated its
14th year and is just one of the youth
activities that we program—and it
couldn’t exist without donor support.
The Arts Club thanks Play Patrons and
Artistic Director’s Circle members Todd
& Valerie Prodanuk for pledging their
personal support for this production.
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And, since ‘tis the season, we’d also
like to say thank you. Thank you to
our dedicated and talented staff who
have spent all year in the service of
the great work the Arts Club does
(and what a year it’s been, with
us saying goodbye to our beloved
Revue Stage and welcoming our
newest member of the family, the
Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre
Centre—come check it out when
Peter and the Starcatcher starts there
in late November). Thank you to
our donors for their support of Arts
Club activities that could not exist
without them. Thanks to our board
for the volunteer hours they put it
on our behalf. And a special thanks
to our outgoing board president,
Ross Paul, whose passion for the
theatre is boundless and whose work
on our behalf is tireless. And thank
you to you: for being here, sitting as
one in our theatre, embracing our
performers and our shows. It means
a lot. To us all.
Bill Millerd,
Artistic Managing Director
Peter Cathie White,
Executive Director
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 Parmida Zarrinkamar, Manager of Individual Giving, at 604.687.5315, ext. 261, for more information.
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Kenneth E. Mathews
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In memory of Hilda Sibthorpe
Anne Terriss & in memory of
Ken Terriss*
Christina & Bruce Wendel
Eric Wilson*
Terry Wolfe & Marlene Dixon*
Anonymous (x3)
Legacy Gifts
Estate Of Louise Chen Uytengsu
Legacy Circle Members
Phil & Donna Bernard
Lyrica & Jack Bradshaw
Axel & Millie Conradi
Judi L. Curtiss
Dr. Kate Dahlstrom
Sam & Elizabeth Dunbar
George & Lee Grills
Mrs. Timmie Marr
Bonnie Mah
Bill Millerd
Betty McGowan
Todd & Valerie Prodanuk
Robert Sharman & Sharon Bryan
Alfred Schultz & Leona Kolla
Jo-Ann Ternier
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more consecutive years.
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Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (collectively known as
Pasek and Paul) are an award-winning musical
theatre composing team. Their works include
A Christmas Story, Dogfight, Edges, Dear Evan
Hansen, and James and the Giant Peach, and
their original songs have been featured on NBC’s
Smash. They are graduates of the University of
Michigan, , where they met and started working together as freshmen, graduating
from the theatre BFA program in 2006.
Pasek and Paul are the youngest-ever winners of the 2007 Jonathan Larson
Award, named after the late Rent composer, which honours achievement by
composers, lyricists, and librettists. Other awards and achievements include a
2013 Tony nomination for A Christmas Story for Best Musical and Best Original
Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, and a 2013 Lucille Lortel
Award for Dogfight for Outstanding Musical. In 2011, the pair received The
ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, a Songwriter’s
Fellowship Award, a Sundance Institute Fellowship, and the Richard Rogers
Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. They are also the
recipients of the 2007-2008 Dramatists Guild Fellowship. They are currently
at work on an original musical with playwright Steven Levenson and director
Michael Greif and a new musical for Disney Theatricals with playwright Rick Elice.
Joseph Robinette is a Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk
Award nominee for the libretto of A Christmas Story, The
Musical. He is the author or co-author of 55 published plays
and musicals. His works have been produced at the LuntFontanne Theatre, The Theater at Madison Square Garden,
and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City,
the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, the BBC
in Britain, in all 50 US states, and in 21 other countries. Twelve of his works
have been translated into foreign languages, and another five have been
anthologized. Robinette collaborated with E.B. White on the authourized stage
version of Charlotte’s Web, and he wrote the musical version with Charles
Strouse (Annie and Bye, Bye, Birdie). Other dramatizations include The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe, Anne of Green Gables, and Debbie Macomber’s A Gift
to Last and The Inn at Rose Harbor. He is the recipient of the American Alliance
for Theatre and Education’s Distinguished Play Award for Sarah, Plain and Tall
and the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America medallion for his “body of
dramatic works for family audiences in the United States and beyond.”
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ABOUT THE SHOW
SONG LIST
A Christmas Story: The Musical’s
original run took place at Kansas City
Repertory Theatre, Missouri in 2009.
The music and lyrics for that version
were written by Scott Davenport
Richards. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
were brought on to re-work the score
after the Kansas City engagement.
Act 1
Overture
Counting Down to Christmas
Red Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun
Counting Down to Christmas
(Reprise)
The Genius on Cleveland Street
When You’re a Wimp
Ralphie to the Rescue
What a Mother Does
A Major Award
Parker Family Singalong
Act One Finale
A Christmas Story: The Musical opened
at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle,
Washington, on December 9, 2010
and ran through December 30. A
national tour in 2011 followed, ending
at the Chicago Theatre.
The musical opened on Broadway
at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre for a
limited run on November 19, 2012
and closed on December 30. The
musical was directed by John Rando
with choreography by Warren Carlyle.
The cast featured Dan Lauria as Jean
Shepherd, John Bolton as The Old
Man, Caroline O’Connor as Miss
Shields, Erin Dilly as Mother, Zac
Ballard as Randy, and with Johnny
Rabe and Joe West both alternating as
lead character Ralphie, played in the
1983 film by Peter Billingsley, who was
one of the show’s producers.
The musical ran during the 2013
season in Boston (Wang Theatre),
San Antonio, Texas (Woodlawn
Theatre), and Hartford, Connecticut
(Bushnell Theatre). The production
later returned to New York for a
limited engagement at the Theatre at
Madison Square Garden in December
2013.
Act 2
Entr’ Act
Sticky Situation
You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out
Just Like That
At Higbee’s
Up on Santa’s Lap
Before the Old Man Comes Home
Somewhere Hovering Over Indiana
Ralphie to the Rescue (Reprise)
A Christmas Story
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THE COMPANY
CAMERON ANDRES
Schwartz
For the Arts Club: Les
Misérables (2015, debut)
Other Theatre: Tosca,
Carmen, and La Bohème (Vancouver
Opera).
Film and Television: Various
commercials, Batboy (short film),
Diagnose Me
Other: Competitive gymnast,
classical violinist, perennial nerd,
and (currently) a professional wimp.
Cameron is 12 years old and enjoying
11th grade at Madrona School. He’s
grateful to his tap gurus Alex Nicoll
and Jennifer Bishop, and his whole
family for their loving support.
Special thanks to Valerie, Danny,
and Bill for inviting me back on their
stage!
JORDYN BENNETT
Esther Jane
Arts Club debut
Other Theatre: The Little
Mermaid, Flounder
(Pulse Productions), Annie Jr., Molly
(Lindbjerg Academy).
Other: Tri-City’s Got Talent Finalist,
2015. CDMF Performing Arts Festival
Trophy winner, 2015.
I would like to thank the Arts Club
for the amazing opportunity to be
in A Christmas Story, and my voice
instructor Elaine for her continuous
encouragement and support.
SCOTT AUGUSTINE
Ensemble
For the Arts Club: Funny
Girl (debut, 2004),
recent favourites,
Mary Poppins, The Producers, White
Christmas, Gypsy, Disney’s Beauty and
the Beast.
Other Theatre: West Side Story,
Stickboy, Nixon in China (Vancouver
Opera), West Side Story (Rainbow
Stage), Chicago (Mayfield), Hello Dolly,
Fiddler on the Roof (Playhouse), Anne
of Green Gables (TUTS), A Chorus Line
(Ophidian).
Film and Television: Psyche, Hellcats,
Spectacular, Life as We Know It, Once
Upon a Mattress, Totally Awesome, Reefer
GRAHAM COFFENG
Ensemble
Arts Club debut
Other Theatre: Les
Misérables and It’s A
Wonderful Life (Chemainus Theatre
Festival); Floyd Collins (Patrick
Street Productions); Legally Blonde
(Neptune Theatre); Forever Plaid
(Gateway Theatre); Mamma Mia!
(Mirvish); Anne of Green Gables
(Charlottetown Festival); The
Music Man and Amadeus (Stratford
Festival).
Film & Television: Charlie Richards
in/and Producer/Creator of Afterparty
(William F White Reel Canadian
Indie & Best Ensemble Awards -
Madness, Dudley Do Right, Code Name:
The Cleaner, Once in a Blue Moon.
Other: Wen Wei Dance, 605 Collective,
Radical System Art, Move the
Company, Encore! (Japan).
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Canadian Film Fest 2014); Seymour
Coldinmeane, web series True
Heroines; Mark Turner, short film
Carnation Inn; Supernatural, Fringe.
Other: Ovation! 2015 Special Award
nominee. Tyrone Guthrie Award
recipient. Graduate of Randolph
Academy of Performing Arts. Thanks
and love to Mum and Dad, Josh and
Ben, and the Arts Club.
BRENNAN CUFF
Ensemble
For the Arts Club:
White Christmas (debut,
2010), White Christmas
2011 & 2012.
Other theatre: The Addams Family
(Align), Oklahoma! (RCMT), Dirty
Rotten Scoundrels (Playhouse),
Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story, Dirty
Rotten Scoundrels (Mayfield), The
Last Five Years (Winnipeg Fringe),
Zanna, Don’t!, Whisky Kisses
(Edinburgh Fringe), Alberta Fusion
(Charlottetown), LANDE Cabaret
(Vancouver Annex).
Film & Television: What an Idiot,
Under the Bridge of Fear.
Other: Graduate of MacEwan
Theatre Arts, Edmonton; Masters
Degree from the Royal Conservatoire
of Scotland, Glasgow; founding
member of The Gingerbread Men.
For Leah.
MEGHAN GARDINER
Mother
For the Arts Club: Evita
(debut, 2004), Paradise
Garden, Blood Brothers
Other Theatre: Urinetown (Firehall),
Gunmetal Blues (Playhouse/PTE),
Becky Shaw (Mitch and Murray), My
Fair Lady(Chemainus), 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee, The
Last Five Years, Beauty and the Beast
(Western Canada Theatre), BusyTown
(Carousel).
Film & Television: Stalled, Backstrom,
Perfect Match, Smallville, Package
Deal, The L Word, Cold Squad.
Other: Nominated for three Leo
Awards, three Jessie Awards;
winner of the Sydney Risk Award for
emerging playwright in 2012. Her
plays include Dissolve, Love Bomb,
Blind Spot, and Role Call.
JANET GIGLIOTTI
Ensemble
For the Arts Club: Les
Misérables (debut, 2009),
Godspell.
Other Theatre: Mamma Mia!
(Mirvish), A Year With Frog and
Toad, Wizard of Oz (Carousel), The
Buddy Holly Story, Guys and Dolls
(Chemainus), Don’t Dress For Dinner
(Co-op), Seussical (Western Canada
Theatre), My Way (Globe Theatre),
Oklahoma, I Love You, You’re Perfect,
Now Change (Port Hope), Dads! (20
Valley), Pretty Woman, Honky Tonk
Angels (Showboat), The Giant’s Garden
(Workshop), Ten Lost Years (Alumnae
Theatre), The Rainmaker (Stage
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
January 28 – February 28
By Janet Munsil
Based on the novel by Jane Austen
When intelligent, headstrong Elizabeth Bennet
encounters the dark, brooding, and wealthy
Mr. Darcy, she is unimpressed. Could her first
impression be wrong? Relive the wit and charm
of one of literature’s most beloved romantic
comedies in this elegant and lavish production.
GOOD PEOPLE
March 24 – April 24
By David Lindsay-Abaire
When Margie finds herself down on her luck, she
looks up an old fling who is now a successful
doctor in the hopes of finding a job. A shrewd,
character-driven comedy with Margie at its centre,
Good People asks why some people manage to
escape from the situations into which they are
born—and some don’t.
BILLY ELLIOT
May 12 – July 10
Book and lyrics by Lee Hall
Music by Elton John
Based on the acclaimed film, and supported with
music by Elton John, this musical follows 11-yearold Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and
into a ballet class, where he discovers a passion
for dance. The astounding winner of 10 Tony
Awards, this global musical phenomenon is a
theatre experience that will stay with you forever.
Centre), South Pacific, Bye Bye Birdie
(TUTS), Tapestry, Into the Woods (URP)
Other: Merry Christmas to Sophia,
Siena, Noah, Alex, & Ryan!
GLEN GORDON
Randy
Arts Club debut
Other Theatre: Four
amateur musical
productions for PULSE Drama
Centre: Cinderella, Willy Wonka,
Annie, and The Little Mermaid.
Film & Television: Proof, When Calls
the Heart, Backstrom, Arrow, Mommy
May, A Daughter’s Nightmare.
Other: Four-time Joey Award
nominee 2015. Special thanks to all
my teachers at PULSE Dance and
Drama Centre, Dana Cole-Luder for
voice training, my great family and
my Grandma Elizabeth.
SARA-JEANNE HOSIE
Miss Shields
For the Arts Club:
Sara-Jeanne’s 25th
Arts Club production,
most recently seen as Mary in Mary
Poppins and director/choreographer
of Godspell.
Other Theatre: The Wild Party,
Falsettos (Acting Upstage); Into The
Woods (Neptune Theatre); Chicago,
Gentleman Prefer Blondes, Patsy Cline
(Mayfield); Odd Couple (Petrolia
Playhouse); Little Shop of Horrors
(Bluebridge); Spelling Bee (Belfry),
Beauty and the Beast (Citadel/
Theatre Calgary); A Chorus Line, Will
Rogers Follies (RCMT); South Pacific
(Chemainus Theatre).
Direction/Choreography: My Fair
Lady, Alice vs Wonderland (Bluebridge
Repertory); The Buddy Holly Story,
Chickens (Chemainus Theatre); Man
of La Mancha (Assistant Director,
Stratford Festival).
Other: This year Sara-Jeanne was
one of four finalists for the Gina
Wilkinson Prize for emerging female
directors; she has an album of
original music entitled In Case You
Didn’t Know, and lives in Stratford
with her amazing husband Kevin and
cat Marvin. Thank you to The Talent
House! Visit www.sjhosie.com
ELIZABETH IRVING
Virginia
Arts Club debut
Other theatre: Edwina
in Dear Edwina, Mimi
in Guys and Dolls, Eulie in The Music
Man, Jo-Jo in Seussical the Musical
(Lindbjerg).
Film & Television: Voiceover of Mila
in Spy Squad, Barbie
Other: Triple Threat Award (Lindbjerg
Academy), Tricities Got Talent first
place, vocal highlights include
singing the National Anthems for the
Vancouver Canucks and Canadians.
Elizabeth would like to thank her
family for their support and the cast,
crew and creative team for their
guidance and mentorship. She hopes
you enjoy the show and wishes you
all a Merry Christmas!
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AVERY ALEXANDER
JOHNSON Scut Farcus
Arts Club debut
Other Theatre:
Addams Family (Align
Entertainment), Fiddler on the Roof
(Lindbjerg).
Other: Currently studying musical
theatre, acting, and dance at
Lindbjerg Academy of Performing
Arts, and piano, technique, and voice
at Simusique Studio in Coquitlam.
Special thanks to Mr. Chad Matchette
and Ms. Melissa Assalone of
Lindbjerg Academy for their pivotal
help in making this whole experience
happen. Avery would also like to
thank his family and friends for all
the love and encouragement.
DUFF MACDONALD
Narrator
Arts Club debut
Other Theatre: Twist
and Shout (Chemainus
Theatre Festival), The Wakowski Brothers
(2014 Pick of Toronto Fringe), Sorry...I’m
Canadian, Guys and Dolls, Fiddler on the
Roof, My Fair Lady (Drayton), The Drowsy
Chaperone (Globe Theatre), Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels (2009 North American Tour),
Twist and Shout, Legends (Drayton/
The Grand Theatre/London), Godspell,
Batboy (Bathurst Street Theatre), Les
Misérables (1989 Original Canadian
Cast/1st National Tour).
TV/FILM: Tru Love (2014), Foolproof,
Cinderella Man, The Music Man
(Disney), Once a Thief, G-Spot, Jane
Doe, Neon Rider.
Other: Look for Duff in the national
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commercial for Boston Pizza as the
gold “Sports Trophy Model”. Duff’s
debut solo folk album ROOTS can
be found on iTunes. Visit www.
duffmacdonald.com. This one’s for
my Mom and Dad, who always made
Christmas a magical time for all
seven of us kids in blustery, blizzardy
Saskatchewan.
JULIA MACLEAN
Mary Beth
Arts Club debut
Other Theatre: Annie*
in Annie (RCMT); Young
Fiona in Shrek (Align Entertainment);
Lisa** in Raymur Mothers(TITR);
Frederika in A Little Night Music
(Confidential Theatre); Orphan in
Oliver (TUTS).
Other: *Ovation Nominee 2014
(Best Lead Performance - Female),
**Joey Nominee 2015 (Best Female
Performance Live Theatre). Recently
sang the anthems for the Vancouver
Canucks. Julia would like to thank
her voice coach and mentor, Elaine
Lindbjerg, and also big hugs to her
family for all their love and support.
KATIE MURPHY
Ensemble, Dance
Captain
For the Arts Club: White
Christmas.
Other Theatre: We Will Rock You
(US national tour and Mirvish);
Lucy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie
Brown (Globe Theatre); Brooke in
Legally Blonde and Ariel in Footloose
(Theatre Under the Stars); Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels (Vancouver Playhouse);
Tiger Lily in Peter Pan and Peggy Sawyer
in 42nd Street (Royal City); Diana in
Anne of Green Gables and Charlotte in
Charlotte’s Web (Kaleidoscope); CATS
(Theatre Calgary); Joseph... (Western
Canada Theatre and Chemainus
Theatre Festival); Spamalot (Citadel);
Out of a Dream and Bat Boy, The
Musical (Patrick Street Productions).
Other: Katie is a published poet, yoga
teacher, and choreographer, and a proud
graduate of UBC. She sends joyous love
to her family who have always showered
her with happiness, and thinks it’s the
best Christmas present ever to work
with her super-talented husband Danny
for the holidays.
MATT PALMER
The Old Man
For the Arts Club:
Select credits include
Godspell, Hairspray, Next
to Normal, Company, Disney’s Beauty
and the Beast, Suds.
Other Theatre: Marley, Bah! Humbug!
(Vancouver Moving Theater/SFU);
Shrek, Shrek the Musical (TUTS); Ed
Jackson, Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash
(Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London,
England); Slim Diggins, Supernatural
Noir (Fugue Theatre); Will Rogers,
Will Rogers Follies (RCMT); Rooster,
Annie (Gateway Theatre); Jerry, The
Full Monty (Mayfield); The Number
14(Axis Theatre); Bobby, Urinetown
(Firehall); Jamie, The Last Five Years;
Johnny Angel, Suds (Ophidian); Jinx,
Forever Plaid, (Gateway Theatre); and
Plaid Tidings (The Centre).
JAKOB PHAN Grover
Arts Club debut
Film & Television:
Young Shui in Cultivator
of the Way, Master
Move Mickey TV Commercial.
Other: Dance training at the Peggy
Peat School of Dance, vocal training
with Dana Cole-Luder.
GORDON ROBERTS
Santa/Ensemble
For the Arts Club: Evita,
Rocky Horror Show, tour
of Buddy: The Buddy
Holly Story.
Other Theatre: Smoke on the
Mountain and The Spitfire Grill
(Midnight Theatre Collective),
Best Laid Plans (Patrick Street/
Touchstone), It’s A Wonderful Life
(Chemainus Theatre Festival: five
seasons), Gunmetal Blues (Prairie
Theatre Exchange), Fiddler on the Roof
(Gateway Theatre), A Christmas Carol
(Western Canada Theatre), The Music
Man (Vancouver Playhouse), Guys
and Dolls (Royal City Musical Theatre:
11 seasons), King Arthur’s Kitchen
(Axis Theatre), Honk! (Manitoba
Theatre for Young People).
Film & Television: Connie and Carla,
Addams Family, and too many
commercials to count.
Other: Ovation Award for Best
Ensemble: Holmes and Watson Save
the Empire (ACEproductions), Jessie
Award for Best Musical Direction: A
Year With Frog and Toad (Carousel
Theatre). With Damon Calderwood
under the ACE productions Equity
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VALIN SHINYEI
Ralphie
Arts Club debut
Other Theatre: The
Great Big Boo (PRP
productions) and 2013 THEA(Disney).
Film & Televison: Upcoming cartoon
series tba in 2016. Recently: A
Christmas Story 2 (Randy Parker),
Martha Speaks cartoon series (T.D.),
Christmas Miracle (Matt), Along Came
a Nanny (Lucas), Mrs. Miracle (Jason
Webster), Last Night in Suburbia
(Nolan), The Client List (Brady
Horton), Dead Hearts (Milton—2015
Oscar submission].
Other: Awards include Young Artist
Awards (best actor in TV movie),
Z-Fest Film Festival (best actor in
international short film) and YAA /
Joey Awards nominee. Thanks to PPSD
instructors, Reel Kids Talent, Dana
Cole-Luder, PRP, and Mom and Dad.
GRAHAM VERCHERE
Flick
For the Arts Club: Mary
Poppins (debut, 2013 &
2014).
Other Theatre: The Boys from
Syracuse, Sail Away (Applause); The
Raymur Mothers (Theatre in the Raw);
La Bohème (Vancouver Opera); The
Wizard of Oz, Little Shop of Horrors,
Hamlet (St John’s School).
Film & TV: My Little Pony (Pipsqueak),
Once Upon a Time, Turkey Hollow
(Henson/Lifetime), Perfect Match
(Hallmark), Impastor, Psych
Other: Young Artist and Joey Award
nominee. Grateful to Arts Club,
family and many wonderful voice and
dance teachers past and present. Be
sure to see my twin brother Toby in
It’s a Wonderful Life at the Granville
Island Stage!Be sure to see my twin
brother Toby in It’s a Wonderful Life at
the Granville Island Stage!
ROBYN WONG
Ensemble
For the Arts Club: Miss
Saigon (debut, 2005),
Cabaret.
Other Theatre: West Side Story, Tea:
A Mirror of Soul, Eugene Onegin
(Vancouver Opera), West Side Story
(Royal City Musical Theatre), Sweet
Charity, A Chorus Line (Stage West),
Aladdin (Ross Petty Productionstour), Mamma Mia (Mirvish), Cats
(Stella Productions-Germany),
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat (Livent-North American
tour), Miss Saigon, Chicago, Footloose,
West Side Story, Crazy For You
(Rainbow Stage).
Film & Television: Chicago, Once Upon
a Mattress, Aladdin, Beautiful Girl.
Other: Special thanks to Valerie,
Danny, Bill, and the gang at The
Talenthouse. Also to hubby Jason and
my boys Nolan and AJ who are my
“major awards”.
VALERIE EASTON
Director/Choreographer
For the Arts Club:
Red Rock Diner, Mary
Poppins, Dreamgirls,
A Christmas Story, The Musical 21
High Society, Hairspray, White
Christmas, Buddy, Les Misérables, The
Producers, Company, Gypsy, Disney’s
Beauty and the Beast, Cabaret, Miss
Saigon, Evita, Jacques Brel, Singin’ in
the Rain, My Fair Lady, and West Side
Story, for which she received a Jessie
nomination.
Other Theatre: Choreographer
for Western Canada Theatre, the
Gateway, TUTS, Studio 58, and Bard
on the Beach. National credits
include Sunshine Theatre, The
Citadel, University of Saskatchewan,
and the Neptune. Directing credits:
Mack and Mable, A Chorus Line,
Tom Foolery, Joseph, Hello, Dolly!,
and Cabaret (Showcase Festival),
The Thing about Men (Presentation
House and the Arts Club On Tour),
Legally Blonde (TUTS).
Other: Artistic Director, Royal City
Musical Theatre.
DANNY BALKWILL
Musical Director/
Keyboards/Trombone
For the Arts Club: Godspell
(debut, 2015)
Other Theatre: We Will Rock You! (US
National tour), Mamma Mia! (Mirvish
and pre-Broadway tour) Buddy Holly,
Honk (Globe Theatre), All Shook Up,
Fiddler on the Roof (Chemainus), Legally
Blonde, Footloose, Thoroughly Modern Millie
(Music Director, actor TUTS), Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels (Vancouver Playhouse), The Last
Five Years (Lionfish Entertainment) and
many more!
Other: Danny thanks Valerie for this
opportunity and his amazing wife Katie who
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makes him the most proud person ever!
His Dog is pretty awesome as well! Enjoy!
AMIR OFEK
Set Designer
For the Arts Club: My
Granny the Goldfish
(debut, 2010), The
Graduate, The Importance of Being
Ernest, Boeing Boeing, Other Desert
Cities, One Man Two Guvnors.
Other Theatre: Les Misérables, Fiddler
on the Roof (Chemainus), Floyd Collins
(PSP).
Other: Graduated Central Saint Martins
College of Art and Design with a BFA in
Theatre Set and Costume Design and
an MFA in Theatre Set Design from
Brandeis University. Design Portfolio:
amirofek.wordpress.com
SHEILA WHITE
Costume Designer
For the Arts Club:
Mary Poppins, White
Christmas, Dream
Girls, Vanya and Sonia and Masha
and Spike, Don Quixote, Black
Comedy, Altar Boyz, The History Boys,
Homechild, and Company.
Other Theatre: Upcoming: Dressing
for a Wedding (Solo Collective), The
Rivals (Blackbird Theatre)
Film & Television: The Confirmation
(starring Clive Owen), Monkey Up
and Russell Madness (starring Crystal
the Monkey), The L Word, Intelligence,
DaVinci’s City Hall, 2010 Paralympics
Opening and Closing Ceremonies
Other: Thirteen-time Jessie
Award nominee, MFA UBC, BTEC
Cordwainers College London,
Member Associated Designers of
Canada, IATSE, ACFC West.
GERALD KING
Lighting Designer
For the Arts Club: The
Waiting Room, Educating
Rita, Spamalot, Xanadu,
Don Quixote.
Other Theatre: Empire of the Son
(Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre),
For The Pleasure of Seeing Her Again
(Full Circle, Gateway Theatre), Vanya
and Sonia and Masha and Spike
(Alberta Theatre Projects) King Lear
and Comedy of Errors (Bard on the
Beach) Liberation Days and The 39
Steps (Western Canada Theatre),
Hairspray (TUTS), My Fair Lady
(Royal City Musical Theatre), Dark
Sisters (Vancouver Opera).
CHRIS DANIELS
Sound Designer
For the Arts Club:
Debut, Forever
Swing; favourites, Les
Misérables, Miss Saigon, Disney’s
Beauty and the Beast, Cabaret, Buddy:
The Buddy Holly Story, My Fair Lady,
Gypsy, Company, West Side Story,
Rocky Horror Show.
Other Theatre: Anne and Gilbert
(Summerside PEI), Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels (Theatre Calgary).
PAMELA JAKOBS
Stage Manager
For the Arts Club:
Les Misérables, In the
Heights, It’s a Wonderful Life, Educating
Rita, A Twisted Christmas Carol,
Xanadu, Becky’s New Car, Spamalot.
Other Theatre: Recent: Love Bomb
(Shameless Hussy); Shakespearean
Rhapsody (Carousel Theatre).
Other: Two Jessie Award nominations,
UBC BFA grad. Thanks to Craig and
Rose for all their love and support.,
ANNE TAYLOR
Assistant Stage
Manager
For the Arts Club: It’s
Snowing on Saltspring
(1998, debut), Mary Poppins, Blue
Box, The Dishwashers, Gordon, The
Constant Wife.
Other Theatre: Recent favourites
include Ring of Fire (Chemainus), The
Best Laid Plans (Patrick Street and
Touchstone), Floyd Collins and Out of
a Dream (Patrick Street Productions),
Light in the Piazza (Persephone
Theatre, SK), Cafe Daughter
(Gwaandak Theatre, Whitehorse).
THE BAND
GRAHAM BOYLE
Drums
For the Arts Club: Bistro
Car on the CNR (debut,
1979). Other favourites:
Sweeney Todd, My Fair Lady, Next
to Normal, Cookin’ at the Cookery,
Dreamgirls and In the Heights.
Other Theatre: Livent Productions
include Showboat, Phantom of the
Opera, Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat, Sunset Boulevard
A Christmas Story, The Musical 23
and Ragtime (Livent).
Film & Television: Favourites include
MacGyver, Lonesome Dove, Once Upon
a Mattress, and numerous other films
for Disney.
Other: Highlights include touring and
recording with kd Lang, touring with
Jann Arden, playing on a Grammy
Award winning song from the movie
Ratatouille, and accompanying
Chet Baker on his final two visits to
Vancouver.
HENRY CHRISTIAN
Trumpet
For the Arts Club:
Cabaret (debut, 1983).
Guys and Dolls, Barnum,
Swing, Gypsy, The Producers, White
Christmas, Les Misérables, Buddy,
Dreamgirls, Disney’s Beauty and the
Beast, Spamalot, In the Heights, Mary
Poppins
Other Theatre: Music Man, Fiddler on
the Roof (Playhouse) Les Misérables
(Mirvish), Phantom of the Opera,
Showboat (Livent) West Side Story
(Vancouver Opera)
Film and Television: McGyver, Paul
Anka Show.
Other: Bachelor of Music from
Western Washington University
KEN CORMIER
Keyboards/Keyboard
Programming
For the Arts Club:
She Loves Me (debut,
2000 as keyboardist); favourites
include Singin’ In The Rain, Miss
Saigon, Beauty and the Beast, Mary
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Poppins. As musical director: The
Producers (music directing debut,
2008); favourites Next To Normal,
Dreamgirls, Spamalot, In The Heights,
Les Misérables. Upcoming: Musical
Director, Billy Elliot, spring 2016
Other Theatre: Showboat, Sunset
Boulevard, Phantom of the Opera,
Joseph (Livent)
Other: Sixteen productions in three
seasons as repetiteur with Vancouver
Opera, including The Architect
(debut, 1992), Rigoletto, The Magic
Flute, Dialogues of the Carmelites,
and Peter Grimes; Jessie nomination
(with Bruce Kellett) for musical
direction, Next To Normal (2011/2012
season); since 1998 accompanist of
Vancouver’s internationally acclaimed
Chor Leoni Men’s Choir.
CRAIG SALKELD
Trumpet/Keyboard
For The Arts Club:
Godspell (debut, 2014)
Other Theatre: A Closer
Walk With Patsy Cline, The Last
Resort, You’re A Good Man Charlie
Brown, All Shook Up (Globe Theatre),
Chickens, Buddy-the Buddy Holly Story
(Chemainus), Footloose (TUTS)
Other: Performed with Howie
Mandel, Wayne Newton, Petula
Clark. Performed for The Queen,
Prince Charles. Co-composed the
song “Something Happened To
My Heart” for the Showtime movie
Ronnie and Julie, starring Joshua
Jackson and Teri Garr. Has written
music for the Jeux Canada Games,
and various documentaries for The
Learning Channel and the Discovery
Channel. Recorded the album
Captain Vengeance about 150 years
ago. CANNOT WAIT to work with
the amazing people involved in A
Christmas Story, under the musical
direction of the amazing Danny
Balkwill. Arts Club – you rock!
BRYAN VANCE Reeds
Arts Club debut
Other Theatre:
Hairspray!. Legally
Blonde (TUTS), Addams
Family, Shrek (Align), Crazy For You
(Gateway), Drowsy Chaperone (Theatre
Calgary), Hair, Chicago (Front Row
Center).
Other: Graduate of UBC (BMus),
Calgary (MMus).
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Kristin Stockley
Mary Stott
John Street
Darcey Sudeyko
Rebecca & Todd Talbot, in
memory of Amy Wallis
Paula Swart Till
Erica Tang
Peter Thaler*
Silvia Thorne
Art Toft
In memory of Tom*
Karen Adlington & Alan Turner
Caroline Underhill
Mary H. Vickers
J. Walsh
Edward Wilson*
Jennifer Yeung
Anonymous x 26
Anonymous* x 8
*indicates those who have
supported the Arts Club for 5
or more consecutive years.
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BOARD & STAFF
Bill Millerd, artistic managing director
Peter Cathie White, executive director
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair Dr. Ross Paul, CM,Phd
Chair-Elect Mr. Bruce Flexman, FCA
Treasurer Ms. Kerry Suffolk
Secretary Mr. Richard Bell
Mr. Aleem Bandali, Mr. Mike Black, Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie,
Ms. Michele Collins, Ms. Teo Dechev, Ms. Anna Fung QC,
Ms. Carol Anne Humphrys, Mr. James Kitamura, Mr. Eugen Klein,
Mrs. Joanne Klein, Mr. Bryan Mabee, Ms. Bonnie Mah,
Mr. Dave Morton, Mr. Jim Storie, Ms. Erika Tse
COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS
Mr. Philip Bernard, Ms. Donna Celle, Mr. Axel Conradi,
Dr. Stanley Hamilton, Ms. Catharine Herb-Kelly QC,
Mr. Bruce Milley FCA, Mrs. Joan Pitman, Ms. Janet Rogers,
Mr. Al C. Schultz, Mr. John J. Sutherland, Mr. Ian Waddell QC
ARTS CLUB OF VANCOUVER THEATRE FOUNDATION
President Mr. Richard Mulcaster
Treasurer Mr. Bruce Flexman, FCA
Mr. Christopher Gimpel, Ms. Catharine Herb-Kelly QC,
Mr. Eugen Klein, Mr. Morris Nord, Mr. John J. Sutherland
ARTISTIC
Resident Designer Ted Roberts
Artist Liaison Stephanie Hargreaves
Literary Manager Rachel Ditor
ReAct Assistant Veronique West
LEAP Leader Shawn Macdonald
LEAP Assistant Christine Quintana
Music Theatre Intensive Director Peter Jorgensen
Actor’s Intensive Program Director Dean Paul Gibson
Actor’s Intensive Head Instructor Scott Bellis
PRODUCTION
Director of Production Stephan Baeuml
Technical Director, Stanley & Tours Eugenio Saenz Flores
Technical Director, Granville Island & Goldcorp Craig Fulker
Technical Director, Shop Ace Martens
Assistant Technical Director, A Christmas Story Patsy Tomkins
Facilities Manager Jack Holmes
Rentals Manager Catherine Wilson
Production Secretary Dawn Padget
Production Assistant Robert Burns
Head Electrician (Stanley) Shawn Watson
Head Electrician (Granville Island) Darren Hales
Goldcorp Stage Technician Garreth Lau
Head Sound Technician Philip Ronayne
Assistant Sound Technician Kate De Lorme
Head Stage Carpenter (Stanley) Marcus Stusek
Stage Carpenter (Granville Island) Bret Roach
Assistant Stage Carpenter Alex Pauls
Assistant Fit Up Carpenter Lucas Hall
Head Dresser Pattie King (on leave), Oriana Camporese
Tour Technician Alberto White
Rentals Technicians Liz Kraft, Darren John
Head Carpenter Joao Carlos d’Almeida
Lead Carpenters Lorraine West, Chris White
Head of Properties Michael Gall
Second Properties Robyn Volk
Props Builder Florence Barrett
Head Scenic Artist Kristine Kavalec
Scenic Artist Maria Tratt
Head of Costumes Kirsten McGhie
Assistant to the Head of Costumes Tiffany Bishop
Cutter Sarah Marchant
Seamsters Anna Potter, Caroline Laaquerre, Desiree Morin,
Sarah Butler, Sherry Randal, Toni Hadgraft, Vina Guingcangco
Followspots David Raun, Rebecca Heipel
Flyman Mark Carter
Dressers Kate Rittenhouse, Sylvia Betts
Wardrobe Maintenance Mary Jane Cox, Sean Malmas,
Christine Hackman
Building Maintenance Kris Jankovic
Stage Managers Angela Beaulieu, Sandra Drag, Caryn Fehr,
Claire Friderich*, Michelle Harrison*, Ronaye Haynes, Jan
Hodgson, Pamela Jakobs, Peter Jotkus, Jenny Kim*, April
Starr Land, Rebecca Mulvihill, Ashley Noyes*, Rick Rinder,
Tanya Schwaerzle*, Allison Spearin, Anne Taylor, Yvonne Yip
*Apprentice Stage Managers
30 A Christmas Story, The Musical
ADMINISTRATION
Director of Finance & Systems Valerie Prodanuk
Director of Education Natasha Klein (on leave)
Manager of Administration Teddy Forsyth
IT Manager Allan Kong
Manager of Databases & Systems Lou Ann Mendoza
Education Coordinator Kevan Ellis
Accountant Igor Rozenberg
Accounting Assistant Eileen Craig
Receptionist Susanna Summers
Volunteer Coordinator Elizabeth Pope-Moore
MARKETING
Director of Sales & Marketing Bryan Woo
Publications & Communications Manager Susan Cho
Marketing Manager Jaime Fletcher
Publicist Amy Lynn Strilchuk
Writer & Editor Angela Caravan
Graphic Designer Roger Allen
Marketing Coordinator April Green
Group Accounts Associate Adam Caddell
Tour Coordinator Christina Campbell
Digital Storyteller Mark Halliday
DEVELOPMENT
Director of Development Kathy MacKenzie
Manager, Corporate Sponsorship & Foundations Annie Wu
Manager, Individual Giving Parmida Zarrinkamar
Cultivation & Stewardship Coordinator Jen Challinor
GUEST SERVICES
Guest Services Manager Peter Chapek
Front of House Manager Laura Eveleigh
Front of House Laura Accili, Kaila Butler, Brendan Blanchard,
Bonnie Dane, Ronaye Haynes, Linda Guthrie, Alexis Jones,
Michelle Kaesar, Shirley Lum, Kavin Ni, Kirsten Niedtner,
Devon Parkin, Sandy Peters, Mylyn Ramos, Veronica Rozenberg,
Nathan Smith, Samein Shamsher, Karen Worrod, Vanessa Yee,
Karl Ventura.
BOX OFFICE
Ticket Sales Manager Megan Verhey
Sales Systems Manager Harpreet Kullar
Ticket Sales Supervisors Hoori Barkh, Eric Biskupski
Box Offi ce Ria Antonopoulos, Jo B, Jean Choi, Madeline Doig,
Holly Emmett, Brett Harris, Jacinta Jones, Nicholas Lee,
Gwenda Lorenzetti, Amanda Konkin, Tim Mahoney,
Danny Mak, Emma Middleton, Kirk Olson, Erin Schneider,
Karl Ventura
THEATRE LOUNGES
Director of Food & Beverage Steve Sheridan
Bar Managers Torrance Jestadt, Kelly Golby, Blaine Anderson,
Colin Speir, Chris Schonfeldt
Bar & Lounge Staff Edward Adams, Chari Agellon, Eric
Angerman, Anthony Catenaccio, Sam Clark, Paddy Cole,
Colin d’Astoli, Lucas Floody, Rafal Frej, Mike Fydenlund, Kim
Howanyk, Mia Ingimundson, Savanna Junjek, Robin K.,
Mike Kucheran, Julia Litke, Ron Mill, Sarah McCusker,
Rene Paul, Emilda Radjah, Anna Rasmussen, Dallas Richards,
Joey Robertson, Khalied Salem, Dillan Simard, Jason Simmer,
Carlina Simmons, Sunil Suvarna, Stephanie Thompson,
Michelle Towell, Paul Vigano, Gavin Weddell, Linsay Willier,
Katarzyna Zacheja
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & SPECIAL THANKS
The Arts Club thanks its many volunteers for their support
Wigs by Hackman’s Head Office
Thanks to the team at Cissors
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
Arts Club Theatre Company is a not-for-profit registered
charity committed to staging and developing stimulating
quality theatre for the enrichment of the community.
Charitable Registration Number 11921 3551 RR0001
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