annual report - Arts Club Theatre Company

ANNUAL
REPORT
2014/2015
BILL MILLERD, Artistic Managing Director
PETER CATHIE WHITE, Executive Director
stanley
industrial
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Mission Statement
The 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.
Bill Millerd, Artistic Managing Director
Peter Cathie White, Executive Director
goldcorp
stage at the
bmo theatre
centre
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
Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie
Ms. Jane Brindley
Mr. David Chesman
The Honourable Mary Collins, PC
Ms. Michele Collins
Ms. Anna Fung, QC
Ms. Carol Anne Humphrys
Mr. Eugen Klein
Mr. Bryan Mabee
Ms. Bonnie Mah
Mr. Dave Morton
Mr. Morris Nord
Mr. Mark Stafford
Mr. Jim Storie
Ms. Faye Wightman
Council of Governors
Administration and Granville Island Stage
1585 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9
Revue Stage
1601 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9
Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
2750 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3J3
BMO Theatre Centre
203 – 162 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Y 0H6
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
Telephone: 604.687.5315
Box Office: 604.687.1644
Fax: 604.688.3273
www.artsclub.com
Charitable Registration No. 11921 3551 RR0001
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
Chair, Arts Club Board of Directors (2013–2015)
Ross Paul
I t has been an honour and a pleasure to help usher in the
first year of the Arts Club Theatre Company’s second
half-century. Preoccupied by the exciting development
of our new shared home at the BMO Theatre Centre, we
nevertheless had a very successful season at the box office
and continued our efforts to strengthen our Board and
diversify our revenues. It has been a time of transformation,
with a huge investment of new talent in our Board, a focus
on strategic planning, and new heights in fundraising.
Our Board retreat in February significantly strengthened
Board-staff relationships and encouraged us to think
more boldly and with more ambition about what we could
achieve together.
Led in so many ways by the indefatigable Stan Hamilton
(project management, government relations, fund and
friend raising) and through warm collaboration with our
partners, Bard on the Beach, the huge tasks of planning,
funding, managing, and realizing our new home were taken
on successfully on top of all the regular activities of putting
on so many plays and activities to critical acclaim and
audience delight. Spearheaded by top funders BMO and
that will result at year-end in bold new objectives for
Goldcorp (after whom our beautiful new theatre is named),
the next 3–5 years.
the Arts Club and Bard partners exceeded our fundraising
goals and developed synergies that will serve both compa-
There is much to be done, but the past year has shown
nies well in the future.
what can be achieved and I am very confident that,
under the new leadership of Chair-Elect Bruce Flexman,
While we are sorry to bid farewell to long-serving and past
the Arts Club will continue to develop and flourish. After
Board Chair, Jim Storie, after such meritorious service, we
all, it is really quite an easy job given the outstanding
are delighted with the results of a much more thorough
leadership, collaboration, and skill of the top team,
Board recruitment process initiated and strongly supported
and the passion for all that is best in theatre of the
by former staff member and long-time Arts Club aficionado,
entire company.
Terry Whitehead. The result has been the addition of six
new, highly qualified Board members who bring a diverse
range of skills and experience to their voluntary roles.
We have made significant strides in many areas this
year, including a strong planned giving program, a more
Ross Paul
active Human Resources committee, a more streamlined
committee system, and a major strategic planning exercise
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Richard Mulcaster
Chair, Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Foundation (2011–2015)
A t last year’s Annual General Meeting we had the excitement of
signing the Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Foundation’s lease
with the City of Vancouver for the cultural amenities space located
at 162 West 1st Avenue. This agreement launched us into an amazing
adventure with Bard on the Beach and the Arts Club Theatre Company
in creating this wonderful venue for the arts community in Vancouver.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Arts Club Foundation, I am
delighted to tell you that the BMO Theatre Centre is virtually complete,
on time, and on budget. What an accomplishment!
Throughout the fiscal year, board members provided exceptional assistance with the BMO Theatre Centre project, assisting management and
liaising with government, our partners, and other agencies as well as
sourcing private donors to raise funds for the tenant improvements.
The Arts Club Foundation continues to own the Stanley Industrial
Alliance Stage, an important cultural icon in the City of Vancouver.
This year alone, the Arts Club Theatre Company welcomed over
146,000 patrons to seven productions at the Stanley.
At year end, the market value of our endowment funds held with
Genus Capital Management exceeded $3.1 million. The Department
of Canadian Heritage’s Endowment Matching program continues to
be a critical part of our success and growth. This year we were very
thankful to be awarded matching funds of 96% of our funds raised.
December 2015 marks a milestone for me as I am retiring from my
role with the Foundation. I have been honoured to serve as Chair of
the Foundation for the past 4 years and have enjoyed the opportunity
to work with the highly talented and innovative staff at the Arts Club
Theatre Company. The arts community in Vancouver is fortunate
to have you!
Finally, I wish to again thank my fellow Board members for your hard
work and for being part of the Arts Club’s continuing success.
Richard Mulcaster
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By the Numbers Arts Club Impact
•
22 students received 184 hours of instruction in
our Musical Theatre Intensive program.
•
13 students received scholarships for LEAP
(Learning Early About Playwriting).
The cast of One Man, Two Guvnors. Photo by David Cooper
•
LEAP has supported
since it began.
•
140 students in the 9 years
446 tickets were given to at-risk or underprivileged
youth through our Open Theatre program.
•
•
Our Open Theatre program has been operating for
9 years and is entirely donor funded.
60 volunteers put in over 800 shifts throughout
the season. That’s more than 2,500 hours of
volunteer time!
•
Over
4,000 students from 48 schools
participated in our student matinee program.
Lili Beaudoin and Jenny Wasko-Paterson in Sister Judy. Photo by David Cooper
Kate Blackburn and Chris Sames in In the Heights. Photo by David Cooper
Crystal Balint and Dion Johnstone in The Mountaintop. Photo by David Cooper
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Bill Millerd
Artistic Managing Director
W riting this annual message is always a reflective
time for me, as I look back over the previous year’s
activities—our challenges and our opportunities. The
Arts Club’s 2014/2015 season marked our 51st season of
producing theatre in 3 venues as well as on tour, and it
started off with some great favourites. The season opened
at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage with 4000 Miles,
starring the venerable Nicola Cavendish alongside two
emerging young artists, and directed by long-time associate
Roy Surette; on Granville Island, Sarah Rodgers directed
Holly Lewis in her Arts Club debut Educating Rita with first
Scott Bellis and then Ted Cole appearing opposite. The
hugely entertaining Avenue Q went on tour, and Carmen
Aguirre’s searing Blue Box opened the Revue Stage season.
Next up at the Stanley, Kim Collier’s stunning production of
George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan starred Meg Roe and 12 of
this country’s finest actors, and earned Dean Paul Gibson
a Jessie Award for his Arts Club debut. We had something
for everyone on our stages over the holiday season, with
Avenue Q, A Twisted Christmas Carol, and Mary Poppins.
First up in the New Year, The Odd Couple went on tour,
our annual presentation with the PuSh Festival featured
the chilling Bullet Catch, the contemporary British farce
One Man, Two Guvnors played at the Stanley, and The
Mountaintop, with strong performances by Dion Johnstone
and Crystal Balint, directed by Janet Wright, played at the
Misérables. These three shows alone engaged a combined
Granville Island Stage.
60 actors/musicians, 15 designers, and 25 technicians.
Next on tour, we presented Pacific Theatre’s rollicking
I couldn’t oversee this level of activity without the dedicated
production of The Foreigner. At the Revue Stage was our
and talented staff that I work with every day, in particular
first premiere of the year—and a Silver Commission—
Artist Liaison Stephanie Hargreaves and Executive Director
Sister Judy by Shawn Macdonald, which sadly was the last
Peter Cathie White. I would also like to salute our dedicated
production to be staged at our Revue Stage, as next season
Board of Directors led by Chair Ross Paul.
we move to the Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre.
Jay Brazeau returned to the Stanley Stage in Christopher
Durang’s absurdist Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,
directed by the Arts Club’s Literary Manager Rachel Ditor.
Our second premiere in the season was Aaron Bushkowsky’s
Bill Millerd
stylish film noir inspired Farewell, My Lovely, in a co-production
with Calgary’s Vertigo Theatre. Our final three shows were
musicals—In the Heights, Godspell, and a revival of Les
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Executive Director
Peter Cathie White
L et’s raise a glass to the successful completion of our joint
project with Bard on the Beach—the BMO Theatre Centre.
I love how this project came together: two companies of humble
beginnings that have grown with local community support to become
pillars of the theatrical community within BC. For the Arts Club,
that’s seen us grow from a grass-roots company, started by a group
of local artists having a beer at a club on Seymour Street and think-
ing the attic above might be a good place to put on a show. Wouldn’t
that group of artists have been amazed to see that little attic grow
into what the Arts Club is today! Three theatres, a provincial touring
program, over 700 individual performances a season, and the largest
theatrical employer in Western Canada.
The 2014/2015 season saw more subscribers than ever before at Arts
Club theatres. I’m also thrilled to say that this season, our number
of subscriber-donors almost doubled. As a not-for-profit charitable
organization that is dependent upon donations for our survival, this
is a spectacular achievement and says a lot about what the Arts
Club means to this community.
I am honoured to be the Executive Director of this great and vibrant
theatre company. We have an exceptional team, from our intrepid
leader Bill Millerd and our artists and production team—who get our
art on our stages, to guest services like front-of-house, box office,
and the bar—who look after our patrons, to our Administration,
Education, Development, and Marketing teams—who ensure we
have a future to grow into. Thank you all for the work you do to make
this company the greatest it can be.
Peter Cathie White
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Kathy Mackenzie
Director of Development
I am pleased to report that 2014/2015 was an exceptional year for the Arts Club’s
Fund Development Department. We met and exceeded our fundraising target,
experienced unprecedented growth in our individual giving and special event
campaigns, and participated in a very successful joint capital campaign with Bard
on the Beach.
Raising funds to support the work on our stages is critical to maintaining high
production values, but there is so much activity behind-the-scenes that also
requires donor support. Some of our most important donor driven initiatives include
new play development, artistic training, and youth and education programs. In 2015,
for the first time, the Arts Club hired a Director of Education. We are working to
expand the reach of our student matinees and subsidized ticket programmes and
have begun laying the ground work for participatory workshops led by artists.
Thanks to the City of Vancouver, the Arts Club and Bard on the Beach began construction on a 52,000-square-foot theatre centre that will become the new administrative home to both companies. With a new 240-seat state-of-the-art theatre for
the Arts Club, two costume shops, and four rehearsal halls, we spent much of the year fundraising, planning, and building
what will no doubt be the next chapter in the Arts Club’s future. Thanks to 88 donors, the Arts Club and Bard on the Beach
raised over $14 million dollars. Special mention needs to be made to the City, the Province, the Department of Canadian
Heritage, and to the naming donors: BMO Financial Group, who have named the centre, and Goldcorp, who have named the
stage. We are so very grateful to all of the businesses and individuals who have made our dream into a reality.
On behalf of the Development team, I would like to thank our donors, sponsors, and volunteers for their ongoing support and
their continued belief in the work that we are doing to bring the very best in live theatre to Vancouver. Thank you!
Kathy Mackenzie
Arts Club Patrons By the Numbers
2014/15
2013/14
Annual Report 2014/2015
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1,951 donors (that’s an increase of 44%! )
•
1,056
•
895
NEW donors
RETURNING
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donors
Bryan Woo
Director of Marketing F or Sales & Marketing, the season was filled with transitions. As I transitioned
into the role of Director—to carry on the successes of my predecessor, and new
Executive Director Peter Cathie White—our company prepared for a transition to a
new home at the BMO Theatre Centre.
Throughout these transitions, the team has prospered and the subscription campaign
once again reached new heights—outpacing every metric in record time. It is a testament to our inspired productions and the hard work of the department that so many
of our loyal fans renewed their support.
Emerging as the next generation of theatre-goers, our base of casual ticket buyers
is larger and more active than ever before. The department’s effective efforts in
converting single ticket buyers into repeat buyers, through targeted offers and
messaging, is the foundation of developing theatre as a habit.
As a result of Sales & Marketing’s new integrated loyalty efforts with the Fund
Development team, the company has seen an unprecedented growth in subscribers who also donate. A renewed focus on direct marketing and patron loyalty initiatives has led to a higher proportion of
same-household ticketing and donation activity.
We have also worked hard to provide added value for our most devoted supporters by partnering with local businesses. In
the same way that the Arts Club established itself on Granville Island and South Granville, we have made new connections
in Olympic Village to welcome our loyal and new patrons to the Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre, and to share all
that our new neighbourhood has to offer.
My inaugural season in the Director role was made seemingly effortless by our artistically innovative productions, which were
embraced by a robust base of loyal patrons. It is also with a knowledgeable and passionate Sales & Marketing department
that our success can be credited. To each of you, thank you.
Bryan Woo
By the Numbers Arts Club Patrons
2013/14
2014/15
•
18,236 subscribers (almost 1,000 more than 2013/2014!)
•
4,231
•
18% of subscribers are also
NEW
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subscribers
donors (that’s an increase of 7%! ).
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Corporate, Foundation & Government Support
SEASON SPONSORS
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
CISL 650
CTV
Granville Island
Sandman Hotels, Inns and Suites
iA Financial Group
The Vancouver Sun
PRESENTING SPONSORS
Hawthorne Charitable Foundation
Kinder Morgan Foundation
McCarthy Tétrault Foundation
RBC Foundation
The Simons Foundation
The Somerset Foundation
TELUS Vancouver Community Board
The Wolridge Foundation
The Vancouver Foundation
Y.P. Heung Foundation
BMO Financial Group
Culmina Family Estate Winery
iA Financial Group
Bell Alliance, Lawyers & Notaries Public
PRODUCTION SPONSORS
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
Alexander Whitehead Executive Search Inc.
Dockside Brewing Company
Hart Legal
Helijet International
Holland America Line
Pacific Specialty Brands
$10,000+
TOUR PRODUCTION SPONSOR
Grosvenor Canada Ltd.
HSBC Bank Canada
Investors Group
Mercury Launch & Tug Ltd.
MNP LLP
Richards Buell Sutton LLP
Taseko Mines Ltd.
The Vancouver Trolley Company
Sandman Hotels, Inns and Suites
COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPONSORS
Great-West Life, London Life, Canada Life
Manulife Financial
Odlum Brown Ltd.
Pacific Blue Cross
Taseko Mines Ltd.
TD Bank Group
TECHNOLOGY SPONSORS
EVENT SPONSORS
A&B Party Time Rentals
BFL Canada Insurance Services Inc.
Mark Anthony Group
The Vancouver Trolley Company
The Lazy Gourmet
Globus Family of Brands
$5,000–$9,999
Up to $4,999
Arnol Investments Ltd.
Cool Air Rentals
Konet Systems
Nespresso Canada
New Look Business Centre
Marin Investments Limited
Proscenium Architecture and Interiors Inc.
Secret Garden Tea Company
TR Trades Reproduction
Travel TST
Turner Meakin Management Company
US Consulate General
Vancouver Courier
FOUNDATIONS
CIBC Children’s Foundation
Diamond Foundation
Hamber Foundation
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The cast of One Man, Two Guvnors. Photo by David Cooper
Cyclone Systems
World Exposure
Anna’s Cake House
Business in Vancouver Media Group
HollisWealth
Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel
By the Numbers Arts Club Productions
10 months before
The season’s lineup is decided.
5 months beforeOur creative team develops the concept
4 months before
Preliminary concept sketches are created.
2 months before
Set construction begins.
behind the show.
We spend over
each season.
Over
6,229 hours building sets
$51,000 in lumber is required to
build all our sets!
1.5 months beforeThe costume department begins work on
the costumes.
Our Costume department put
6,654 hours
into sewing costumes in 2014/2015.
Total drycleaning bill for the season: more
than
1 month before
$20,000!
Rehearsals start.
200 auditions to cast a
show—that’s more than 50 hours of performing!
It can take as many as
2.5 weeks before
The set is loaded onto the stage.
Our production team will work around the clock to
make sure that everything is on the stage in time
for technical rehearsals.
1
week before T
echnical rehearsals begin.
For the first time, all the elements begin to come
together on stage!
FIRST PREVIEW
1 week before
Previews begin.
OPENING NIGHT!
Time to celebrate the launch of another successful show.
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Rachel Ditor
Literary Manager
I n the 2014/2015 season, we developed the works programmed to premiere in
the following season. We workshopped Morris Panych and John Mann’s The
Waiting Room and held two workshops for Onegin—one focused on the narrative
structure and one focused on staging and music—with a showcase presented at
In Tune, the biannual conference on the creation of Canadian musicals that we
co-produce with Touchstone Theatre. A highlight of the six plays read at ReACT,
our free public play reading series, was our collaboration with Urban Ink, Raven
Theatre, and the National Arts Centre, to present a public presentation of Corey
Payette’s musical about the residential school system, Children of God. We also
read David King’s commissioned Christmas play, Comfort and Joy. Then, on our
stages, two Silver Commissions premiered: Aaron Bushkowsky’s adaptation of
Raymond Chandler’s Farewell, My Lovely and Shawn Macdonald’s play about
faith, Sister Judy. A new Silver Commission was granted to Anosh Irani to write
his gothic family drama, The Gathering.
Rachel Ditor
New Plays By the Numbers
An Arts Club Silver Commission is a new play in development that is provided with funding and support with the
goal of producing it on one of our stages.
•
2 Silver Commissions premiered at the Arts Club in
2014/2015.
•
4 Silver Commissions that are currently in development were workshopped in 2014/2015.
•
9 Silver Commissions are currently in progress.
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Emma Slipp and Graham Percy in Farewell, My Lovely. Photo by Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo
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Nominees and Winners
Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEAD
ROLE – LARGE THEATRE
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN – LARGE THEATRE
Deitra Kalyn, Farewell, My Lovely
Andrew McNee, One Man, Two Guvnors
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN OR ORIGINAL COMPOSITION
– LARGE THEATRE
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEAD
ROLE – LARGE THEATRE
Alessandro Juliani, Saint Joan*
Meg Roe, Saint Joan
Nicola Cavendish, 4000 Miles
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION – LARGE THEATRE
Kim Collier, Saint Joan
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A
SUPPORTING ROLE – LARGE THEATRE
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION – LARGE THEATRE
Andrew Cownden, One Man, Two Guvnors
Andrew Cownden, Spamalot
Dean Paul Gibson, Saint Joan*
Saint Joan
SIGNIFICANT ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT – LARGE THEATRE
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A
SUPPORTING ROLE – LARGE THEATRE
Outstanding Musical Ensemble
Red Rock Diner
Mathew J Baker, Todd Biffard, Jeff Gladstone, Steven Greenfield,
Brett Ziegler
Outstanding Production Design
Farewell, My Lovely
Jamie Nesbitt
Lauren Bowler, One Man, Two Guvnors
Terra MacLeod, Spamalot
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN – LARGE THEATRE
John Webber, Saint Joan
Scott Reid, Farewell, My Lovely
PATRON OF THE ARTS AWARD
Stan Hamilton*
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN – LARGE THEATRE
Pam Johnson, Saint Joan
Scott Reid, Farewell, My Lovely
* Indicates winners
Backgroung image: The cast of Saint Joan. Photo by David Cooper
Tour Dates and Cities
AVENUE Q
THE FOREIGNER
34 performances / Oct 4 – Nov 15, 2014
25 performances / Feb 18 – Mar 14, 2015
North Vancouver, Burnaby, Chilliwack, Mission, Surrey, Coquitlam,
Kelowna, Vernon, Maple Ridge, Duncan, Nanaimo, Courtenay
Surrey, North Vancouver, Coquitlam, Mission, Chilliwack, Burnaby,
Maple Ridge
THE ODD COUPLE
27 performances / Jan 9 – Feb 4, 2015
North Vancouver, Maple Ridge, West Vancouver, Surrey, Mission,
Coquitlam, Burnaby, Chilliwack
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Arts Club’s New Home By the Numbers
The company’s need for an expanded production and rehearsal facility was recognized when we opened the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage in 1998, and was
identified as a priority in 2010. Countless hours by staff and Board members over
these past five years has brought this dream to reality as we moved our offices in
September, started rehearsing in the facility, and officially opened the first show
in the new Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre on November 26, 2015.
In these years ahead, the facility will enrich our community in many meaningful
ways. We will not only be entertaining audiences, but also employing more theatre
artists than any other arts facility in Western Canada.
The Arts Club’s staff involved in the project have taken enormous pride in this
accomplishment and the legacy it so greatly enhances.
•
The BMO Theatre Centre is the largest facility in the company’s
history at
•
52,062 square feet.
The BMO Theatre Centre is the
1st facility in the company’s
history that will allow our administration and production teams to
work in the same building. •
Construction took place over a period of
•
98 different companies and
13 months.
513 workers were directly involved
in the construction of the facility.
•
41,600 hours of labour were put into construction of the
new building.
•
Special construction techniques were used to keep our rehearsal
facilities downstairs and administration facilities upstairs acoustically
separate. This process involved hand cranking
100s of individual
“isolating jacks” in order to achieve the acoustic separation.
Introduction and data provided by Jack Holmes, Facilities Manager
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Bill Millerd, Artistic Managing
Director
Peter Cathie White, Executive
Director
Production
Stephan Baeuml, Director of
Production
Craig Fulker, Technical Director
Eugenio Saenz Flores, Technical
Director
Ace Martens, Technical Director
Jack Holmes, Facilities Manager
Kate Chalker, Rentals Manager
Katherine Stadel, Rentals Manager
Catherine Wilson, Rentals Manager
Robyn Volk, 2nd Properties
Kristine Kavalec, Head Scenic
Artist
Kristen McGhie, Head of
Costumes
Tiffany Bishop, Assistant to the
Head of Costumes
Sarah Marchant, Cutter
Mary Jane Cox & Sean Malmas,
Wardrobe Maintenance
Amanda Thiessen, Production
Intern
Thomas Geddes, Technical
Director Intern
Kris Jankovic, Buildings
Maintenance
Parmida Zarrinkamar, Manager of
Individual Giving
Gigi Wong, Manager of Special
Events
Dana DeKoven, Donations &
Database Coordinator
Jen Challinor, Cultivation and
Stewardship Coordinator
Morgan Wood, Special Events
Coordinator
Special Events Assistants:
Christopher Lam, Jessica
Mooney, Kendall Papp
Marketing
Bryan Woo, Director of Sales and
Marketing
Dawn Padget, Production
Secretary
Stage Managers: Marion
Anderson, Angela Beaulieu,
Louis-Marie 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
Robert Burns, Production Assistant
*Apprentice Stage Managers
Darren Hales, Head Electrician –
Granville Island
Reena Taank, Patron Loyalty
Manager
Finance & Administration
Shawn Watson, Head Electrician
– Stanley
Valerie Prodanuk, Director of
Finance and Systems
April Green, Communications
Associate
Garreth Lau, Stage Technician –
Revue
Natasha Klein, Director of
Education
Front of House
Philip Ronayne, Head Sound
Technician
Teddy Forsyth, Manager of
Administration
Peter Chapek, Guest Services
Manager
Marcus Stusek, Head Stage
Carpenter – Stanley
Allan Kong, IT Manager
Front of House Managers: Laura
Eveleigh, Carolyn Stewart
Ted Roberts, Resident Designer
Stephanie Hargreaves, Artist
Liaison
Rachel Ditor, Literary Manager
Shawn Macdonald, LEAP Director
Rachel Steinberg, Literary
Assistant
Veronique West, Dramaturgy
Assistant
Bret Roach, Assistant Stage
Carpenter
Alex Pauls, Assistant Stage
Carpenter
Patricia King, Head Dresser
Alberto White, Rentals Technician
Joao Carlos d’Almeida, Head
Carpenter
Lorraine West & Chris White,
Lead Carpenters
Michael Gall, Head of Properties
Lou Ann Mendoza, Application
Specialist & Developer (Tessitura)
Igor Rozenberg, Accountant
Susanna Summers, Receptionist
Eileen Craig, Accounting Assistant
Katia Tynan, Volunteer Coordinator
Development
Kathy MacKenzie, Director of
Development
Annie Wu, Manager of Corporate
Sponsorship and Foundations
Staff List
Susan Cho, Publications and
Communications Manager
Jaime Fletcher, Marketing
Manager
Nick Seliwoniuk, Publicist
Box Office
Megan Verhey, Ticket Operations
Manager
Harpreet Kullar, Sales Systems
Manager
Hoori Barkh, Ticket Sales
Supervisor
Eric Biskupski, Ticket Sales
Supervisor
Jared Gomes, Ticket Sales
Supervisor/Trainer
Ticket Sales Agents: Ria
Antonopoulos, Sebastien
Archibald, Jo B., Leslie Breaks,
Jessica Brudner, Jean Choi,
Madeline Doig, Maja Eklund,
Holly Emmett, Rachel Erdos,
Christopher Gauthier, Brett
Harris, Jemma Houghton,
Amanda Konkin, Robert LaRonde,
Nicholas Lee, Gwenda Lorenzetti,
Tim Mahoney, Danny Mak,
Emma Middleton, Kirk Olson,
Erin Schneider, Chris Towler
Angela Caravan, Writer & Editor
Roger Allen, Graphic Designer
Bar and Lounge
Adam Caddell, Group Sales
Representative
Steve Sheridan, Director of Food
and Beverage
Christina Campbell, Tour
Coordinator
Bar Managers: Torrance Jestadt,
Kelly Golby, Blaine Anderson,
Colin Speir
Julia Cooper, Marketing Associate
Front of House Attendants:
Laura Accili, Murray Armstrong,
Kirandeep Bhumber, Brendan
Blanchard, Kaila Butler,
Bonnie Dane, Maxwell Forsyth,
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, Zeina Zahreddine
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Bar and Lounge staff: Edward
Adams, Chari Agellon, Eric
Angerman, Mario Basile,
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, Chris
Schonfeldt, Dillan Simard, Jason
Simmer, Logan Sturrock, Sunil
Suvarna, Stephanie Thompson,
Leah Tidey, Michelle Towell,
Paul Vigano, Gavin Weddell,
Jesse Whitehead, Linsay Willier,
Katarzyna Zacheja
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CIRCLE
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($10,000+)
Geoff Clydesdale
Stan & Kathy Hamilton*
Longhedge
Bonnie Mah*
Mrs. Timmie Marr*
Bill Millerd in memory of Helen &
Frank Millerd*
Art Vertlieb & Bev Briscoe
John & Cathy Windsor
Charles & Dale Young*
Anonymous x2
Champion
($5,000–$9,999)
Roberta Lando Beiser*
D. Bell & M. Sim
Lyrica Bradshaw*
Jamie & Margaret Corbett*
Dr. Kate Dahlstrom*
Ian & Frances Dowdeswell
Chris & Anya Gimpel
Dale & Bruce Flexman
George & Lee Grills*
June Harrison & Luc Bergeron
J. M. Hurst*
Irma & Marvin Lamoureux*
Pam & Jim McAdie*
Morris Nord & Fiona Macdonald*
John & Judy Taylor*
Anonymous*
Benefactor
($3,500–$4,999)
Robert Bennett, in memory of
Miriam*
David & Edith Camm*
Drs. Doug & Kerstin Conn*
Bonnie & Terence Gordon*
Marilyn & Murray MacKenzie
Stephen Richards & Linda Loo
Alfred C. Schultz and Leona Kolla*
Paddy & Howard Young*
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Dena Alden & Ross Bailey*
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Judy Garner*
Bill Koch & Margaret Kendrick
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Joanne Klein
Bryan Mabee & TerriLynn Ray
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Robert Sharman & Sharon Bryan
Elaine Hunter & Bruce Watt*
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Byron Aceman*
In memory of Jim Babcock*
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Ruth Brodie
Fred & Dawn Cadham*
Janet Campbell*
Marnie Carter*
Ken & Elaine Carty*
Peter Cathie White & Douglas
Seifert
Don & Brenda Chapman
Bruce Chutka & Joanne Gassman
Jennifer Cloutier, in memory of
Kenneth E. Mathews
Michele Collins
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Axel & Millie Conradi*
Sherry Copeland*
Anne Crawford
Sarah Dugdale
Anna K. Fung
David F. Hardwick & Virginia J.
Baldwin
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Norm Hotson & Barbara Lindsay
Carolyn M. Kirkwood
Ashley Smith & Eugen Klein
D. Wendy Lee
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Kathy & John MacKenzie
Rob & Sarah McLeod*
David Morton & Debbie Mogensen
Ian & Louise Mummery*
Sayo Nickerson*
Donna & Chris Nicolls
Margaret & Paul Phang*
Gary & Rosemary Prodanuk
Joanne Pugh*
F. Regan-Pollock*
Lorin Ritchie
Lisa Roberts
Janet Rogers*
Lisa Seed*
Carol Anne Humphrys & Nick
Smith
Ken Spencer & Judy Gale*
Jim Storie & Katie Fitzgerald*
Dr. Ian & Jane Strang*
Kerry & Scott Suffolk
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D. Marion Thomas*
D. Scott & K. Tieman*
Cindy & Bruce Verchere
Ian G. Waddell, Q.C.
Michael & Janet Walker
Terry Whitehead*
Faye Wightman
Mrs. Terry Wilkinson*
Glenn Powers & Melanie Wong
Foundation Fund
Anonymous x3
Anonymous* x3
Corinne Assayag, WorldExposure.
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Val & Dick Bradshaw
C. J. Brooks*
M. & F. Bylsma
Lynette Faris*
Victoria I. Graham
Deborah Brown & Arthur Harpur
Dr. Judith Kalla*
Rudy & Elizabeth Kerklaan
Edward Lyszkiewicz Law Corp.
Clint & Lynn Mahlman*
Bett and Robin McLean
Tracy & Sandra Moore*
Andre & Brock Rowland
In memory of Hilda Sibthorpe
Anne Terriss & in memory of Ken*
Christina & Bruce Wendel
Eric Wilson*
Terry Wolfe & Marlene Dixon*
Anonymous x2
Brenda Hudson
Donald & Patricia Hudson*
Dean & Eloise Irving
Sharon Jeroski*
Trekkie Monster
Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Kennedy*
Marylou Kirstein
Dr. & Mrs. Ernie Ledgerwood
Jane & Ian Mavety*
Martin & Mrs. Patricia Milewski*
Bruce & Lea Milley
Barbara Morris
Don Morrison
Jennie & Ann Neumann - in
memory of Amy Wallis
Jane Mortifee
Ron Ogilvy*
Louise C. Peters*
Tina Powell
Evolve Nurturing Vitality (Dr.
Shamira Rahim)*
Mrs. Wendy Robinson & Mr. Jeff
Robinson*
Elfriede & Peter Rohloff*
Deborah Rollins*
Gary Rombough
Sonja Sanguinetti*
John & Bonnie Schmelke
Kathie Schwaia*
Bob Shorthouse
Donia Sims*
Eileen B. Stewart*
Dr. Larry Stonesifer & Mr. Ronald
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Laurie Stovel
Mollie Thackeray*
Michael & Judith Watson*
Jane & Maurice Wong
Anonymous x6
Patron
Enthusiast
FRIENDS
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($1,000–$1,499)
($500–$999)
Dorothy Stauffer
David & Heather Ashley
In memory of Adele Baeuml*
J. Terry Barkley*
Dr. Vicki Bernstein
Vince Chura
Neil Duke & Candace Yip
Sandra Epplett*
Miss Heather Farrar*
Susan & Barry Flynn
Charles & Donna Gauthier*
Clarissa P. Green
Sandy Gunderson
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Billie Helps
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($300–$499)
Thomas & Catherine Adair
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Chris & Susan Adams
Jane K. Baker
TaLedi Distribution
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Brendan & Karly Black
M. A. Boltezar*
Kenneth Broadway
Lawrence & Maggie Burr
Elizabeth J. Burrell*
Michael and Rosemary Carter
Dr. Heather F. Clarke
Fred & Diane Dallyn*
In memory of Amy Wallis from the
Little Ladies
Jane Durant*
Wilson Durward
2014–2015
Jean Excell*
Pat & Lorne Fingarson
Robert Gauf
Carol Gibson
Marianne & Verne Glover
David Gowe*
Dr. Evelyn J. Harden, in memory of
John Wood*
Gerald & Patricia Haslam
Joan & Trevor Heaver
Margaret Hobson & Sheila Tynan
Marie-Claire & Geoffrey Howard
G. Jang
Mavis & Carl Jonsson*
Lynn Kelly & Brian Kerr
Lorna Klohn*
Tony & Margie Knox
Jim & Lynette Lattimer, in memory
of Amy Wallis
Erica Levy & Alan Kingstone*
Lorne & Audrey Lindsay*
Linda Lowry
Elizabeth & Jim Mah in memory of
Helen & Frank Millerd*
JoAn Maurer
Robert & Gillian McIntyre*
Ken & Irene Merrells*
Bruce & Brenda Milton
M.I.V.*
Catherine Morgan & Michael
Jonker
Barbara & Terry Myers
Lisa & Brad Newby
C.J. Newson*
In memory of Paul
Marion Pearson & Jim Orr
Gordon Pirie
Allan Posthuma
Courtney Pratt
Creeker
Allan & Blaize Reich*
Peter & Ursula Schmelcher
Peter Suedfeld & Phyllis Johnson*
Graham & Elaine Thody
Helen & Barry Thorson
Jacqui Tyler*
Allan Webber*
June L. Witty
Daniel Worsley*
Anonymous x5
Anonymous* x2
Associate
($200–$299)
Miles Adam*
Karen Adlington & Alan Turner
Dr. Philip & Lori Barer*
Patricia Barkley
For Patricia from George*
Bill & Heather Beamish
Susan Bennett
Carolyn Bird
Mairi Blair
Neil D. Boucher
Julie Bournival & Rhys Clarke
Barbara Bowes
Chuck & Diane Campbell
H. Campbell & K. Zaine
Joan Campbell
Susan Chant*
E.A. Clutchey
June Coe*
Howard & Beth Coulter
David & Janet Courage*
Barbara Cox & Dan Aspinall
P. J. Curtis*
Chris & Lisa Dabrowski
A. DeKoven*
In memory of Howard Eckman*
L. Eldridge
I. Joan Eilliott
Beverly Epp
Catherine Evans
Nina Ferentinos
Sandra Fergusson
Mary & Ronald Fines
Ethel & David Frankel
Lori Fretwell
Sarah and Michael Frost
Deirdre Gernsbeck*
Dennis Goodman*
John & Julia Gosden*
Daryl Gouthro
Irene Griffiths
Paul Gustafson
Dianne Haag/Accommodations by
Pillow Suites
Ingrid Hagerlund
S. Hardin
Marilyn Harrison*
Gail Helmcken
James & Elspeth Helmcken*
Linda Ann Herman & Patricia
Horstead
Jane Heyman*
Aileen Hollifield*
Sam & Christine Hooge
Joan & Robert Hornal
B & I Housego
In memory of Alex Howatson
Bill & Barb Humen
Teresa & Lewis James
Linda Johnston*
Lesley Joy & Steve Sipos*
Betty Jung & David Chan
Stephen & Mary Ann Juras*
Signe Jurcic
Ameen & Bev Kanji
Peter Kappel
Sherry & Stuart Katz
Jacqueline Kelly & Rowland
McLeod
Ross & Jill Ker
Kate Ker
Kathy Kinloch
Anne Kober
Russell Kozub
S. Kwarciany*
Doug & Laurie Lakusta
Florence Laniuk*
Deborah Lendon*
Mary MacDonald
Maureen L. MacDonald
Marian E. MacFarlane
Jeff & Valerie Marus*
Sarah McAlpine
Terry & Sandy McBride*
Linda McDonald & Victor Holysh
Marlene McDonald
Emmet & Linda McGrath
Shuley Family
Christine McLean
Mrs. Verna McNichol
Don & Mary Millerd
Mike Moretto
Brenda Morrison
C. Rochelle Moss
G. Murphy
Thom Noakes
William Nordmark
June Ogden
Stephen & Pamela Ottridge*
Nick & Hazel Parker-Jervis*
Allan & Sheila Parr
Ray & Judy Pletcher*
Marion Poggemiller
Dave & Elaine Rickards
Evelyn M. Riley
Harley Rothstein & Eleanor Boyle*
Mr. & Mrs. Real Rousseau*
Marie Rozitis
Robert & Susan Ruttan
Michael Ryan
P.D. Ryan
David Schreck*
Erika & Andrew Scott
Gillian Seager
Aubrey Searle
James Shepherd
Tricia Sirrs
Eleanor Sleath
Robert & Patricia Smith
Peter & Daphne Spencer*
Kristin Stockley
Mary Stott
John Street
Darcey Sudeyko
Paula Swart Till
Rebecca & Todd Talbot, in memory
of Amy Wallis
Erica Tang
Peter Thaler*
Silvia Thorne
Art Toft
In memory of Tom Fraser*
Caroline Underhill
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Donors
Mary H. Vickers
J. Walsh
Edward Wilson*
Jennifer Yeung
Anonymous x22
Anonymous* x7
Super Subscriber
($100–$199)
Judith Adamick
Louise Adams*
Robert & Joanne Adams
Susan Adams
Dale Adamson & Bruce Sharpe
Brenda and Christine Aldridge
Helen Alko
Melanie Allan
D. Allen & B. Judge*
Janet Allwork*
Sue Anderlini*
James & Judith Anderson*
Lynne Anderson
Theodore & Jean Andrew
Mark Atunes & David Gabel
Rio Anuales
Norman & Sheila Archeck
Rae Archer
Valerie Arlette
Neil & Diane Arnett
Liz Atchley
Gail & Bryan Atkins
Lea Atkinson
Lhea Audia
Mary & Herb Auerbach
Norman Au-Yeung*
Ron & Noreen Avery
Marguerite Bachmann
D’Arcy Bader
Debbie Balcome
Elaine Baldwin
Mrs. Sheila Barnett
Donna Baron
Bartholomew & Thorstenson
Michael Batten & Erica Roberts
Donna Battye
Allen & Noelle Baxter
Bill & Gladys Baxter*
Louise Baxter
Gillian Beattie
Anne Beaulieu
Ruth and Alec Becker
Larry & Nancy Behnsen
Tanya Belanger
Richard Benmore
Louise Bentall
Michael & Margaret Berthelsen
Wendy Bertrand-Bolton & Keith
Bolton
Nancy & Keith Bespflug*
Kathy Bestwick
Travel TST
William Bilecki & Joan
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Kowalewich*
Beth Billson
Donna Bishop
Dr. D. Bland
Ken Blocka & Monica Hrynchak
Jean Bodlack
Deena Boeck
Bob Moir & Gail Bon Bernard
Hubert Bonin
Marilyn Books
Corlin & Elizabeth Bordeaux
Gale Borwick
Paul Boutin
Mr. William D. L. Bowen
Robert & Sue Bradley
Barbara & Carl Brandes
M. Braun
Marlene Brayne
Eric & Bertha Brisco
Anne & Mike Brody
Janice Brooke
Leslie Brown
Paul & Sandy Brun
Cicely Bryce
Aralee Buckland
Sherry & Allan Buium*
Maureen Bulger
Marilyn Bullock
Neil and Heide Bunker
Michael Burpee & Carla McGhie
Joan & Robert Burrows
Marilyn Buttle*
Susi
Doug & Lynn Campbell
Lawrence Campbell
Sandra Campbell
Jeff & Brenda Caughlin
Sandra Cawley
Valentina Cesaratto
Linda Chamut & Terry Lindall
Donna J. Chan
Irene Chandra
Lorna Chan-Yan
Ross & Carol Jean Chevalier
Bennett Chin
Nancy Chouinard & Lew Potts*
Mr. Jack Chow & Mrs. Pamela
Chow*
Rhona & Valdy Chrobok
Bernice Clark
Mel & Bob Clark
Dawna Claxton
Sharl & Risa
M. Clyne*
Judith Coffin*
Isobel Cole
Michael & Ruth Coles
Carell & William Colvin*
Marion & Fred Cooper
Dorothy Copp
Lorena Coslovich*
S. Courtemanche
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Nancy Garrett
Sharon Gerbasi
In memory of Dr. MCL Gerry
Jillyan Gift
Dola & Joe Gilmour
Allan & Sharon Gjernes
Rusty Goepel
Linda & Neil Golden
David & Lilian Goodman
Enabelle Gorek
Diane Gorton
Carmel Goulden
George & Rita Gouraud
Anne Graham
Mary Ellen Graham in memory of
David Graham*
Nancy Graham
Alison Grant
Beatrice Grant CFP
Jill Grant*
Sheilah & Fraser Grant*
Diana & Douglas Gray
James & Jane Gray
Brienna Greenaway
Loree Gregg
Pam Grover*
In memory of Dan, Tim & Bill
Joyce Gwilliam
Kathleen Hachey
Gordon & Karen Hait
Linda & Lawrence Haley
Sharon Hamer
Lyle & Shannon Handfield
Vincent Hanemayer & Margaret
Shaw
Richard Hankin & Heather Jones
Hankin
Heather Hansson
Maria Harris
Paul Hart & Pat Harrold
Brenda & Garry
Roger Hayter
Theresa Hazelton
Angelika & Rick Hedley
Lynn Hembree
Sandra Herd & Douglas Powrie
Peter & Iris Hill
Teri Hodgins, Barbara Birt & Anne
Thompson
Trish Hopkins
Darlene & Denis Horgan
Linlin Hsia
Audrey & Don Hubbard
Rolf & Shirley Hundvik*
Greg Hunter & Shannon Hardy
Al Hurwitz
Louise Hutchinson
Jean Hynes
Deanna Illingworth & Jaye Nicols
Susanne Indridson
Nancy Inglis
Merion Innes
Eilis Courtney*
Bruce Cowie
Claudia Craig
Stella Crampton
Bob & Cathy Crockett
Bill & Jean Crockett
Lee Cross
Kathleen Cunningham
Judi L. Curtiss*
Serge Davidian
Joan Davidson
Gloria Davies
Catherine Dawson
Melvin De Levie & Barb Hart
Harriet Dean
Frances Degeer
Diana Del Negro
Mardi Denis*
Mr. & Mrs. Devlin*
Dhar Dhaliwal
Allan Ditor and Linda Hunt
Sylvia Dixon
Hugh & Susan Dobbie*
Mr. D.H. Dollard*
Connie Dolphin
Jim & Muriel Don*
Pattie Donnelly
Brian Drummond
Laurie & Darryl Drummond*
Shannon Dutchyn
Penny Dyer*
Tatiana Easton
Blake Ellingham
Anne Elliott
Sue Elliott
Teresa & Robert Essler
Charlotte Excell*
Lynn & Rhys Eyton
Dana Fabbro
Catherine Fast*
Keltie & Dave Faynor
Peter & Eva Ferguson*
Ms. Phyllis M. Ferguson
Ethel Field
Lance & Judy Finch
Larry and Anne Fisher
In Memory of Yulanda Faris
Pauline & David Fitzgerald
Ellen Flanders
Mrs. Barbara J. Fletcher
Jane Flick & Robert Heidbreder*
Judith Forsberg
Garry Forwood
Allen M. Fowlis
Marlene Franks
Bill B Fraser
Jill Alexander & Brian Fraser
Shirley & DW Fraser
Janet Fraser
Robert & Sally Gallacher
Les & Barbara Garbutt
Susie Gareau & Joerg Beekman
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Lyle Isaak
Patrick Jackson
Sarah & Janna Jacobson
Joan James*
Joanna James
Nicola James
Ada Jansen
Harri & Judy Jansson
Ardis Janzen
Carolyn Jay
Ron Jobe
Robert Johnstone*
Gloria Joller
Linda & Greg Jones*
Margaret & William Jones *
Paul Joseph*
Mark Kahn
Merle Kamin & Rob Goldberg
Rosalind & Howard Karby*
Ron & Mari Kassell
Nenia Kennedy in memory of
Goldie Semple
Erika Kertesz
David Kilbey
Carol and Terry Kline
Ruth Silverman & Doug Knight
Theresa Ko
Michael Kobor & Janina Kon
M. Koenigsberg
Dick & Clara Kouwenhoven
Joe Kovach
Peter and Gail Krivel-Zackes
Philippe & Sylvie Kruchten
Su-bin Kuah
Marie & Robert Kuhn*
Barbara Kuncewicz
Carol Kuzyk
Rob LaBelle
DJ Lam
Jessica Lam
Averil Lamont
Judith Lange
Vena Chopra
Morgan & Karina Garrett
Emily Larkman
Gay Larsen
Joan Larsen
Trevor Lautens & Elizabeth
Robertson in memory of Walter
Marsh*
Kerry Lawson
Mila Lazarova & Gancho Armianov
Jeanette Lee
Ted and Tracey Lee
Mark & Linda Leffler
Charmaine Leonard
Esther Leung
Carlotta Liechti
Fay & Cornelius Lighthall*
Dr. Jackie Link
A. Little*
Thelma Lloyd
2014–2015
Rhonda & Michael Locke
Josephine Lord
Sandra Loren
Tara Loseth
Jacquie Lovelock
In memory of Christina S. Luxton
Helen Lynes
Bill Macdonald & Leslea McEvoy
Jennifer Ann MacDonald
Laura MacDonald
Nancy M. Macdonald*
Jane & Ian MacGregor
Sheena MacIntyre
Sharon MacKenzie
Sharon MacKenzie
Amy & Justin MacLeod
Kenneth MacLeod & Elizabeth
Black
Arlene MacPhail
Maryann Maloney
Manthorpe Law Offices
Jennifer Mardock
Bruce Marks & Anne Whitmarsh
Gail Martin
Sheilagh Martin
Deborah Matheson
Kim May
Raymond McAllister/
RAMCINSIGHTS
Doug McArthur
Isabella McBride*
Joan McCarthy
Beth McCracken
Dr. & Mrs. Tom McCusker
Michael & Maria McDonald
Bryan McEwen
Alma McGauley
M & E McGhee*
Doug & Alice McGinnis
Jack & Sheila McGivern*
Mrs. Sara McTaggart
Victoria Mendes
Kathy Mezei
Susan Mielke
Debra Millar & Wally Unger
Donnaleen Miller
Jayne Miller
D.B. Minichiello
Debra Mitchell
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh & Elonna
Mitchell*
Glen & Christine Mitchell
Patrick Mitchell
Sandra Moe
Peter Moes
Rowena Moffett*
Linda Mogensen
Elizabeth Montagliani
Brian Montgomery
Patti Moore
Robert More
Sandy More
Nancy Moriyama & Filippe
Rodrique
Donna Moroz
Neil Mort
M. & M. Muckle
Linda Lee & Michael Mulhern
K. L. Murphy
Doug & Nadia Murphy
Eleena Murray
Barbara Naef
Louise & James Nasmith
James Parker
Harold & Charlotte Nelson
Gaylene Newman
Brenda Ng & Dennis Bidin
Heather Nichini
Barbara Nider
Stephen Niven
Barbara Norman
Erica Northcott
Faye Nowak
K. L. O’Brien
Wayne O’Brien
Jean O’Byrne
Jeanette Olivant
Andrew Orantt
Kathie Orchard
Jean Orr*
Laurie & Ron Osborne*
Stella Osen
Audrey & John Ostaf
Oscar & Olga Palacol
Rose Parker & Usher Hammer
Ms. Parliament
Barb & Karl Pearson
Jenny & Bob Pedersen
John Pel
Evelyn & Edward Pentland
Fred Pereira
Barbara Jean Peters
Elaine & David Peterson
Ian & Carolyn Petrie
Helen*
Neil Pinheiro
Boleslaw & Alice Pisarek
Consumer-Response Marketing
Art & Myrna Poisson*
J.G. Poloway
Kathy Poon
Deborah Pound*
Jane Power & Jack O’Dell
Carl Presland*
John & Bev Price
Ruth & George Rapanos
Anneliese Rashed*
Eleanor Reimer
Michael Reyes
William & Oksana Richards
Alison Richardson*
Heather Risk
Stephanie J. Robb*
Mark & Laura Roberts
Mary Roberts
Barbara & Sandra Robertson
Janice Robinson
Kelly Robinson
Lorna & David Robinson
Louise Robinson
Judy Rochette & Ian Caven
Missy Rollins
Tracey Rollins
Kathy Romses
Alaura Ross & Michael Redmond
Lance & Sandra Rossington*
Anne Rowles & Afton Cayford
Pierrette Roy
Rachel & Michael Roy
Paul Ruben
Ron Rule Consulants
Elizabeth Sakiyama
Helen Sawchuck & John Breeden
Betty Scheltgen
Bernhardt Schulz
Beverley Scott
Judith Sewell
Kathryn Shaw*
Dorin Sherriff
Bob & Shawn Siak
Ailsa Siemens
Deborah Silverman
Donna Sinclair*
Janet Sinclair
Roslyn Slater
Mr. Olav Slaymaker*
Leslie Small & Neil Spajkowski
Diane Smith
Joy to support theatre for youth!
Peter J. Smith
Robert & Sally Smith*
Josephine Somji
Janis Souter
Kerrie Sproule
Staples & Company*
Peter & Karen Stephen
Irene Sternitzke
Liz Stockwell
Norman Stolberg
Shirley & John Stonier
Win & Hollie Stothert
Sandi Strate
Kathleen & Robert Strath
K. & K. Stubbs*
Gideon & Renate Stuhler
Carole Sturgess
Kumi Sutcliffe*
Jane Sutherland
Sandra Swail
Naomi Taussig & Keith Nuscart
Lynn Temoin
Timothy G. Temple
Rosemary Terzariol
Nicholas & Vaughan Thornton
Joanne Thorpe
Kerry & Harry Tomyn
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Donors
Maureen Topley
Marlies Torrance
Collen Tracy Torrison
Josephine Tortora
Alain & Kim Touchette
Patricia Tracy
Maggie Tsai Smith
Cyril Tsou
Leslie Tulloch & Marita Merkel
Lorne Turcotte & Sheila Carrie
John & Jean Turnbull*
Jan Turner
Vivian & Barrie Urquhart
Norma Vallentgoed*
Debra & Chuck Van der Lee
Carol & Ken Vance
John Vanderlee
Joanne & Tino Varelas
Tino Varelas
Rosemary Verrall
Dr. & Mrs. Wadge
Jane Wakefield
D.I. Walker*
John & Shelia Walker
Dianne Wallace
Jennifer & Dymetry Warnyca
Christine & David Watkins
Ellen Wattam*
Bonnie Watts
In memory of Amy Wallis
Donna Webb
Lyn & John Webster*
C. & S. Wells
Cynthia P. Wheten
Jacqueline White
Michael Whitmore
Hon. Bryan & Mrs. Audrey
Williams
Tony & Noreen Willingdon*
Marie Wingen
Samaya Wittneben
Beverley Wong
Grant Woo
Marg Worthy*
Andrew & Ingrid Wray
Jacqueline Wright
Shirley & Graham Wright
Wyckham Family
James Wyse
Carol Yacyshen
Graham & Alex Young
Peter & June Young
Linda Mann Zacks
Dianne & George Zarrelli
Natalie Zinetti
Ron Zohar
Andrea Zwack & Michael
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Annual Report 2014/2015
Independent Auditor’s Report on Condensed Financial Statements
The accompanying condensed financial statements, which comprise the condensed statement of financial position as at
August 30, 2015 and the condensed statements of changes in net assets and operations for the then year ended and related
note, are derived from the audited consolidated financial statements of The Arts Club Group for the year ended August 30,
2015. We expressed an unmodified audit opinion on those financial statements in our report dated November 30, 2015.
The condensed financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required by Canadian accounting standards for
not-for-profit organizations. Reading the condensed financial statements, therefore, is not a substitute for reading the
audited financial statements of The Arts Club Group.
Management’s responsibility for the condensed financial statements
Management is responsible for the preparation of the condensed financial statements in accordance with the note to the
condensed financial statements.
Auditor’s responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the condensed financial statements based on our procedures, which were conducted in accordance with Canadian Auditing Standard (CAS) 810 Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements.
Opinion
In our opinion, the condensed financial statements derived from the audited financial statements of The Arts Club Group for
the year ended August 30, 2015 are a fair summary of those financial statements on the basis described in the note to the
condensed financial statements.
Vancouver, Canada
November 30, 2015
Condensed Statement of Financial Position
Assets
Current
Cash and cash equivalents
Short-term investments
Restricted cash for charitable purposes
Property, equipment and intangibles
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Deferred revenue and contributions
Deferred capital contributions
Net assets
On Behalf of the Board:
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August 31, 2014
$2,214,494
$
1,730,521
Other
Current
August 30, 2015
Director
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3,012,153
660,732
434,169
1,146,309
4,379,184
4,819,194
342
342
2,707,673
2,789,834
$7,087,199
$7,609,370
$607,913
$
998,209
4,351,625
4,184,182
4,959,538
5,182,391
1,008,417
1,127,891
5,967,955
6,310,282
1,119,244
1,299,088
$7,087,199
$7,609,370
Director
Condensed Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Externally
Restricted
Balance, beginning of year
Internally
Restricted
$342
(Deficiency) excess of revenue over expenses
$364,500
–
Balance, end of year
$342
Unrestricted
–
$364,500
$934,246
August 30, 2015
Total
August 31, 2014
Total
$1,299,088
$1,114,162
(179,844)
(179,844)
184,926
$754,402
$1,119,244
$1,299,088
Condensed Statement of Operations
Earned revenue
Other income
Year ended August 30, 2015
Year ended August 31, 2014
$8,146,970
$7,967,858
Lounge
1,513,284
1,504,326
Touring
588,437
532,768
Rental
153,717
162,205
Box office
10,402,408
10,167,157
Private sector fundraising
2,424,449
2,281,484
Public sector grants
2,699,823
1,459,500
429,064
366,926
Sundry
Facility fees
Total revenue
Direct expenses
343,383
5,901,555
4,451,293
16,303,963
14,618,450
Productions
4,614,880
4,461,806
Marketing and promotions
1,205,680
1,168,250
666,647
Lounge salaries and benefits
693,914
Touring expenses
615,978
421,286
Season ticket campaign
579,763
560,892
545,942
Box office
547,342
Lounge cost of sales
447,727
451,025
Front of house
280,743
272,913
Lounge operating expenses
176,453
164,656
Rental expenses
Overhead expenses
348,219
77,825
83,509
9,240,305
8,796,926
Productions
1,200,377
1,124,989
Administrative
1,094,756
1,041,071
Marketing
1,084,466
773,887
Premises
756,642
734,068
Private sector fundraising
615,806
634,155
4,752,047
4,308,170
Contributions to BMO Theatre Centre Joint Venture
Total expenses
Excess of revenue over expenses before amortization and other items
Endowment contributions to The Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Foundation
2,152,117
606,500
16,144,469
13,711,596
159,494
906,854
–
Excess of revenue over expenses before amortization
(395,000)
159,494
511,854
(529,371)
(509,905)
Amortization of deferred capital contributions
190,033
182,977
(Deficiency) excess of revenue over expenses
$(179,844)
$184,926
Amortization
Note: The condensed consolidated financial statements are a summary of the financial statements of The Arts Club Group for the year ended August 30, 2015. Those financial
statements are summarized in accordance with the following criteria: The components of the consolidated financial statements are included to the extent necessary as to not
make the condensed consolidated financial statements misleading.
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Annual Report 2014/2015
Cover Image: Meg Roe in Saint Joan; Photo by David Cooper
BMO Theatre Centre
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