Programme for Big Mama!

JULY 24 – AUGUST 19, 2012
BIG
MAMA!
WILLIE
MAE
THE
THORNTON
STORY
by Audrei-Kairen
Belfry
Theatre
Colin Sheen X SeaShine Design X David Cooper Photography
Directed by Jacob Richmond
and Starring
Sara-Jeanne Hosie
Jeff Jones
Christopher Mackie
Kohlby Wardell
Joseph
and the
AMAZING
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Dreamcoat
lyrics by
music by
Tim Rice
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The Belfry Theatre presents
Big Mama!
The Willie-Mae Thornton Story
By Audrei-Kairen
Starring
Jackie Richardson
as Willie-Mae Thornton
Featuring
Ron Casat
Andy Graffitti
Drums
Bill Johnson
Guitar
Director
Music Director
Set Designer
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Keyboards
John Cooper
Ron Casat
Carole Klemm
Martin Conboy
Karen Levis
Kim Charleen Smith
Sandra McEwing
Time: Christmas Eve, early 1970's
The use of video or audio recording devices is strictly prohibited at all times.
Big Mama! runs approximately 75 minutes without intermission.
Big Mama! is generously sponsored by
The Belfry Theatre is a non-profit registered Canadian charity.
The Belfry Theatre is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres
and engages under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement professional artists
who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.
Please enjoy the performance.
Belfry Theatre
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Box Office / Front of House
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Box Office Manager
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Summer Box Office Manager
Front of House Manager
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Artistic Director
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Development Manager
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Box Office Clerk
Joel Bernbaum
Sandra McEwing
Erin Macklem
Patricia O'Brien
Peter Pokorny
Dale Pudwell
Michael Shamata
Lara Shepard
Gregory Smith
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Kathy St. John
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Casey Fitterer
Jenny Fitterer
Ian Gibson
Tara Gilroy-Scott
Ivan Habel
Kim Harvey
Keith Houghton
Carole Klemm
Karen Levis
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Vice Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
Past Chair
Directors
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Sherri Bird
Bill Murphy-Dyson
Robert Thomson, CA
Barbara Greeniaus
Dr. Monty Bryant
Georgia Gibbs
Helen Lansdowne
Ronald Parish
Joan Snowden
Andy Stephenson
Honourary Board of Directors
Chair Emeritus
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Directors
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Robert Johnston Q.C.
Dr. Brian Winsby
Michael Ziegler
Special Thanks
Tim Matheson
Tim Williams
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Enjoy the performance.
Artistic Director's Notes
Welcome to the beginning of a bright new Belfry
season – full of heart and laughter, new ideas and –
outstanding music! Music bookends this season
beautifully, starting with the legendary Big Mama
Thornton.
Please join me in welcoming the one and only Jackie
Richardson to the Belfry stage for the very first time.
Jackie is a force of nature, and one of Canada’s most
treasured performing artists. I am thrilled to introduce
her to all of you, and to have her experience the special
“I feel as though I’m being wrapped in a pair of arms”
relationship that happens when you stand on this stage
and share this audience.
Jackie Richardson is reason enough to come to the theatre. Big Mama and the music she
made give us a tale worth telling. So, here we go: embarking on a new journey, with a wide
array of stories and unique ways of looking at the world that are different from our own.
Welcome back to the Belfry!
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Director's Notes
pre-theatre dinner
late night wine &
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share with friends
relax, enjoy
When I was thirteen, feeling the confusion,
pain and loneliness thirteen year olds can be
prone to feeling, I would sit in my room and
beat on my cheap Silvertone guitar (from the
Sears catalogue), and howl to the tunes of The
Yardbirds, Savoy Brown, Eric Burdon and
The Animals, and the early Rolling Stones.
At the age of thirteen, I was unaware of the
true source of this music. All I knew was that
some musicians in London, England were
expressing what I was feeling, and that when I
banged away and howled out my feelings with
them, I felt a lot better. Somehow I felt much
less alone. I felt relief. It felt true and big and
necessary.
A few years later I would learn of the artists
from whom these British bands borrowed
(and sometimes stole). I would learn about
The Blues, born of a struggle much deeper
than mine, yet a struggle in which I found
a necessary identification. Robert Johnson,
Son House, Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy
Waters, Howling Wolf, Little Walter, Albert
King, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells: men of
the blues. And amongst them, this woman,
this force...Big Mama Thornton. A woman
working in a field of men. Walking through
the truth of her life. Sharing her hard times
and good times. With courage and creativity and definitely lots of colour! Finding her
relief.
No longer thirteen, I understand that there
is suffering in life. But there is also rising
above - pain expressed is pain lessened. The
spiritual act of creative expression is salve to
the wound. It allows us to “keep on keepin’
on”. There is transcendence.
Truth. Necessity. Expression. Connection.
Perseverance. And Rising Above. The Blues.
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Thank you, Willie Mae, for reminding us of
the way. And thanks for the great tunes!
(And thank you to the fine artists who bring
their own selves to this particular party.)
Peace,
John Cooper
Acting Company
Jackie Richardson
Willie-Mae Thornton
Jackie Richardson
Ron Casat
Jackie is so happy to be reunited with her Big Mama family, after
touring the show to Calgary, Edmonton and Richmond more than 8
years ago. She was last in Victoria with Decidedly Jazz Danceworks.
A veteran of the stage, she has made a name for herself in both theatre and film. Selected theatre credits include Cookin’ at The Cookery
(Dora Award), Crowns, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Adventures of a Black Girl
in Search of God, Member of the Wedding, Gospel at Colonus, Gideon’s
Blues, Consecrated Grounds, Whylah Falls, and most recently as “Gloria”
in Michel Tremblay’s St. Carmen of the Main. Selected film credits
include: Majority Rules, Doodlebops, Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Café, host
of the gospel TV series Hallelujah, Sue Thomas F.B.Eye, Monk, This
Is Wonderland, Welcome to Mooseport, Mr. Bojangles, and The Color of
Justice.
One of Canada’s foremost singers of gospel, blues, and jazz, Jackie
is known internationally for her performances on the concert stage,
nightclubs and in the recording studio. She has been blessed to share
the stage with many great musicians, and most recently released a new
album with the legendary Peter Appleyard and the Sophisticated Ladies
(of which she is a proud member) at the Toronto International Jazz
Festival. She has also released her own solo album entitled A Woman's
View Through Child’s Eyes.
Jackie has received the Canadian Black Achievement Award, the
Toronto Blues Society Lifetime Achievement Award, and is the recipient of Dora, Juno, Jessie, Betty, and NAACP Award nominations. In
2011 Jackie received a Gemini for “Best Performance by an Actress in
a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series” for The Gospel
According to the Blues.
Her family brings her much joy and support, and one of the greatest
blessings has been to perform with her daughter Kim Richardson, who
lives in Montreal. Enjoy the show, and say hello to Big Mama!
Ron Casat
Music Director/Keyboards
Ron Casat has been involved in both the Canadian and global music
community as a performer, composer, arranger, session musician and
producer since 1967. An early exposure to music played by family
and friends in southwestern Saskatchewan has led to a career rich and
diverse in musical experience. Ron has produced such artists as
James Keelaghan, Diamond Joe White, Kat Danser, as well as the
world beat sounds of The Rembetica Hipsters. As a studio musician,
Ron can be heard on the recordings of Amos Garrett, Tim Williams,
Maria Muldaur, Oscar Lopez, and Donald Ray Johnson to name but a
few. His past theatre credits include performances in Swing Time, Rise
Again - The Music of Stan Rogers at Lunchbox Theater in Calgary, The
River - A Tribute to Joni Mitchell at Alberta Theatre Projects, Fire! at
Theatre Calgary, as well as previous productions of Big Mama! - The
Willie Mae Thornton Story at the Roxy Theater in Edmonton, and the
Gateway Theater in Richmond. Ron is looking forward to working
with old friends Jackie Richardson and director John Cooper, as well
as the production team for what promises to be an exciting run at the
Belfry. Enjoy the show!
Acting Company
Andy Graffitti
Andy Graffitti
Drums
Andy has been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a
poet, a pawn and a king. OK, not a pirate.
He has played the blues for 45 years,
and debuted in theatre in Oliver! at the
Vancouver Playhouse in 1966. He has made
music with both Ron and Bill over the
years. Andy’s association with John Cooper
began in 1987 doing two plays with and
about music, Fire and Love is Strange. It's a
pleasure to work with them all again, and to
make the acquaintance of the fabulous Ms.
Richardson. It's also great to work at a theatre he can see from his window.
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson
Guitar
Bill is an easy standout guitarist and vocalist on Canada’s west coast. His passion for
the blues began as a child and has had many
years to mature and become unique unto
him. Mostly self-taught, he has had to satisfy
some very famous original artists working as
a sideman. Bill’s most recent CD Still Blue,
was nominated for the 2012 Juno Award
for Best Blues Recording. He has also been
recognized by the Toronto Blues Society four
times with Maple Blues Award nominations.
Creative Team
Audrei-Kairen
John Cooper
Carole Klemm
Martin Conboy
Audrei-Kairen Playwright
A graduate of Grant MacEwan Arts Administration - Canada, the American
Conservatory Theatre – San Francisco and the Colorado Women’s College
(with a triple major), Audrei was inducted into the Who’s Who of Black
Canadians after creating the “Jazz-a-Matazz” Breast Cancer Benefit in
Edmonton, AB. While living in New York, she mentored with Tony Award
winner Thommie Walsh, and was a protégée of the late Lee Strasberg/Actors
Studio in Los Angeles. She has starred in musicals such as The Wiz, Once
Upon This Island, Nunsense, Hair, Leader of the Pack, Jesus Christ Superstar,
Yuppies The Musical, Purlie, Showboat and Ain’t Misbehavin’ to name a select
few. Film credits include Breaking Free – Addictions, Stuck, Blueberry Nights,
Ocean’s Twelve, Street Smart, Bright Lights - Big City and An Act of Vengeance,
in addition to numerous commercials and voice-overs. At present, she is currently doing research for her next musical highlighting America’s only Black
casino – The Moulin Rouge. A 1997 recipient of the Black Achievements
Professional Performing Artist Award/Canada, Audrei is the former Secretary
of The Las Vegas Jazz Society, Founding Board Member of the Musical Actors
Theatre, current President of TwoCan Entertainment Productions and cofounder of Neon Jungle Productions, where she’ll be directing Leader of the
Pack in the Summer 2012. Currently, Audrei is co-starring as Jewel in The
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
John Cooper Director
John is pleased to be back working at the Belfry. Over the past few decades,
John has directed over 130 productions at theatres across Canada including
Mesa, Trying, Red Mango, Je Me Souviens and Pump Boys and Dinettes here
at the Belfry. Recent productions elsewhere include Intimate Apparel for the
Arts Club Theatre, BINGO for Prairie Theatre Exchange and Death of a
Salesman for the Vancouver Playhouse. John also teaches stage direction in
UBC’s Department of Theatre and Film, where he will be directing Dancing
at Lughnasa beginning in September. Meanwhile, he is extremely happy to be
spending summertime in the company of such talented artists. A real pleasure!
Carole Klemm Set Designer
Carole is very happy to be back designing for the Belfry Theatre! Previous
work here includes the sets for Mesa, Trying, The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare (Abridged), Skylight and Atlantis. Recent set designs elsewhere
include Tamarack for Theatre One, Nanaimo; Rosie for Wave Theatre;
BINGO for Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg; Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf for Blue Bridge Theatre; Hana’s Suitcase for Kaleidoscope Theatre; and
Cariboo Buckaroo for Theatre SKAM. She has designed and painted sets for
Manitoba Theatre Centre, Chemainus Theatre Festival, Western Canada
Theatre Company, the New Play Centre, Studio 58 and others.
Martin Conboy Lighting Designer
During his career, Martin has designed nationally and internationally. Recent
credits include Facts, which is being reproduced in Jerusalem in 2012,
Orfeo (Lithuanian State Opera), Beckett’s Happy Days (Neptune Theatre),
and Cranked (Green Thumb at Duke Theatre New York). Martin has also
designed for Sleeping Dog Theatre on Portrait of an Unidentified Man, 5
O’clock Bells and The Shadow Cutter and recently Blood on the Moon, all at
GCTC.
As theatre consultants, his firm is responsible for the Great Canadian Theatre
Company’s Irving Greenberg Theatre and Studio, the Aviation Museum’s
250-seat multi-purpose theatre and a 700-seat theatre at Algonquin College
scheduled to open September 2012. As an architectural lighting designer he
has received many awards - most recently a Veterans Affairs Minister’s Medal
for the Vimy Memorial in France. Martin co-created a projection Vigil for
Canadian soldiers who lost their lives in World War I. This Vigil was presented in six Canadian cities, on Canada House in Trafalgar Square, London,
and Cloth Hall in Leper, Belgium. Martin is a member of the IESNA and the
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCAA).
Creative Team
Karen Levis Costume Designer
Karen has been with the Belfry Theatre since 1995, working as their Head
of Wardrobe and as a Costume Designer. She also works for the University
of Victoria at the Phoenix Theatre and at the Chemainus Theatre from time
to time. Some of her work includes costume designs for Garage Sale, Wizard
of Oz, Anne of Green Gables, The Love List, Mesa, Homechild and Trying.
When not under the spell of theatre, Karen is at home with her husband Bill,
holidaying in Mexico or visiting with her kids and her two beautiful granddaughters.
Karen Levis
Kim Charleen Smith
Kim Charleen Smith Stage Manager
Kim has been stage-managing for over 20 years and continues to be grateful
for the opportunities her work brings to her life. This includes returning to
the Belfry for her fifth season and a recent tour in Japan with the Canadian
play, 2 Pianos, 4 Hands. She is a graduate of the Technical Theatre and Design
programs at both Vancouver Island University and the National Theatre
School of Canada. Her professional career began at the Canadian Stage
Company in Toronto with The Dream in High Park, followed immediately
by the Canadian premiere production of The Phantom of the Opera for Livent
Productions, also in Toronto. Kim worked at Livent on several Broadway
musicals in Toronto and tours of both Canada and the US. She has stage
managed at the Vancouver Playhouse, Theatre Calgary, Opera Hamilton,
Pacific Opera Victoria, on motor vessel "Monarch of the Seas" and was the
Resident at Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Kim has also taken her theatre
training to the world of sport, working on the Pan Am Games in Winnipeg,
the World Weightlifting Competition in Vancouver and the Vancouver 2010
Olympics. She is thrilled with the line up Mr. Shamata has assembled for this
action packed season and looks forward to sharing these productions with
patrons and colleagues.
Sandra McEwing Assistant Stage Manager
Sandra rejoins the theatre world after an 18-year foray in stock photography
and raising two kids. Most recently, Sandra has stage managed for Theatre
Project Manitoba’s Dionysus In Stony Mountain; assistant stage managed for
the Manitoba Theatre Centre’s Romeo and Juliet, The 39 Steps and Calendar
Girls, stage managed The Hobbit for Manitoba Theatre for Young People and
assistant stage managed for the Little Opera Company’s Brothers Grimm.
Sandra McEwing
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