English Theatre 2009-2010 season

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To celebrate the NAC’s 40th anniversary, we’re bringing you the very
best of Canadian, international and classical theatre. Our new season
is filled with passion and love, courage and song. It’s a lineup that opens
with a five-time Tony Award-winning musical and presents Dickens’
A Christmas Carol for the first time on the NAC stage. It sees the
return of former Artistic Director Marti Maraden at the helm of a world premiere. It brings a special musical theatre
presentation from Yellowknife—our first and long-overdue opportunity to work directly with artists from the North.
A very special part of this 40th anniversary season is the introduction of a national company of actors from across
Canada—many of them already familiar to NAC audiences and now to be a fixture of the NAC English Theatre,
appearing this season in A Christmas Carol and Mother Courage and Her Children. Look forward to opportunities to
engage directly with these outstanding performers through live forums and web events.
When we say, “There’s a theatre in here,” we mean within each of us. This is a playbill that celebrates live theatre’s
capacity to catch both our conscience and our need for pleasure and delight. And so we extend you this invitation for
2009-10: to play.
Peter Hinton, artistic director
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1 the drowsy chaperone
2 a christmas carol
3 mother courage and her children
4 mrs. dexter and her daily
5 the comedy of errors
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1 elephant wake
2 night
3 where the blood mixes
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1 jacob two-two meets the hooded fang
2 a christmas carol
3 holy cow!
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special presentations
the ark: the theatre of ancient greece
a place to call home
laugh.
be transported.
be moved.
A musical within a comedy
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October 14 – 31 Opening Night: October 16
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the drowsy chaperone
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Music and Lyrics by Book by
LISA LAMBERT and GREG MORRISON BOB MARTIN and DON McKELLAR
Directed by Max Reimer | Musical Direction by Lloyd Nicholson | Choreography by DAYNA TEKATCH |
Starring Thom Allison, Julien Arnold, Lauren Bowler, Jay Brazeau, Mark Burgess,
Lovena B. Fox, Susan Gilmour, Timothy Gledhill, Nora McLellan, Nathalie Marrable,
Neil Minor, Ryan Reid, Debbie Timuss
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Theatre is an experience. It entertains and inspires. It creates opportunities to
discover—to explore and encounter.
This special 40th anniversary season at the NAC English Theatre delivers
an experience unlike any other. A Broadway smash musical. A 20th-century
masterwork. An early Shakespearean comedy. Our 2009-10 lineup of plays is
a celebration of the stage. Whether you come for thought-provoking works or
performances that lift your spirits, you’ll find the experience you’re looking for.
The NAC English Theatre 2009-10 season. It’s
“Let’s disappear for a while into the
decadent world of the 1920s. When the
champagne flowed while the caviar
chilled and all the world was a party.”
– Man in Chair
A Broadway star. A desperate producer. Gangsters, hi-jinks and madcap
misunderstandings. It’s a toe-tapping trip back to the jazz era and the golden
age of 1920s musicals—with a modern twist. A great kickoff to the NAC English Theatre’s
40th anniversary season! Fast and funny, The Drowsy Chaperone is the first Canadian musical to win
five Broadway Tony Awards. Perhaps the Globe and Mail summed it up best when it called the show
“big, brassy and stupidly fun... you won’t be disappointed.” Not to be missed.
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A National Arts Centre English Theatre/Citadel Theatre (Edmonton) co-production
of the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company production
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Photo of Debbie Timuss by David Cooper
From the original production of The Drowsy Chaperone
by the Vancouver Playhouse
For performance schedule, see pages 18 and 19.
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An epic chronicle of Love and War
December 8 – 26 Opening Night: December 11
January 12 – 30 Opening Night: January 15
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a christmas carol
mother courage
and her children
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Based on the novel by CHARLES DICKENS
Directed by PETER HINTON | Dramaturgy by Paula Danckert | Set and Costume Design by Eo Sharp |
Lighting Design by Jock Munro | Musical Direction by ALLEN COLE |
Starring STEPHEN OUIMETTE as Scrooge with the 40th Anniversary English Theatre Acting Company:
NISHA AHUJA, MICHAEL BLAKE, DIANE D’AQUILA, RICHARD DONAT, TANJA JACOBS, GEORDIE JOHNSON,
KRIS JOSEPH, RON KENNELL, JOHN KOENSGEN, JANI LAUZON, JULIE TAMIKO MANNING, ALEX McCOOEYE,
NIALL McNEIL, MATT MIWA, JEREMIAH SPARKS, WANETA STORMS, MATTHEW TAPSCOTT
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A miser’s last chance for redemption comes in the shape of three strange
Christmas spirits. For the first time, a faithful telling of Charles Dickens’ cherished holiday
story comes to the NAC English Theatre stage. This lush period piece is presented on the full
Shakespearean thrust stage—where the transformation of cold-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge
is brought brilliantly to life by gifted actor Stephen Ouimette.
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A National Arts Centre English Theatre Company production
Made possible in part by the NAC Foundation Donors’ Circle
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By Bertolt Brecht
In a new version by Peter Hinton | With songs by Bertolt Brecht, Paul Dessau and Kurt Weill
in new arrangements by Allen Cole | Directed by Peter Hinton | Music Direction by Allen Cole |
Dramaturgy by Paula Danckert | Assistant Director STEPHEN OUIMETTE |
Set and Costume Design by Teresa Przybylski | Sound Design by Troy Slocum |
Starring TANJA JACOBS as Mother Courage with the 40th Anniversary English Theatre Acting Company:
NISHA AHUJA, MICHAEL BLAKE, DIANE D’AQUILA, RICHARD DONAT, GEORDIE JOHNSON, KRIS JOSEPH,
RON KENNELL, JOHN KOENSGEN, JANI LAUZON, JULIE TAMIKO MANNING, ALEX McCOOEYE,
NIALL McNEIL, MATT MIWA, JEREMIAH SPARKS, WANETA STORMS, MATTHEW TAPSCOTT
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A mother turns war profiteer in this celebrated masterpiece about struggle,
opportunism and survival at any cost. Featuring 12 songs by Bertolt Brecht,
Paul Dessau and Kurt Weill. “If ever a time was ripe for a revival of Mother Courage and
Her Children, it would seem to be now,” wrote the New York Times. Tanja Jacobs tackles the
demanding role of Mother Courage in what some consider the greatest play of the 20th century—
about a resourceful woman during the Thirty Years’ War who plays both sides for gain in the effort to
keep her business and her family intact.
“Keep Christmas in your own way,
and let me keep it in mine.”
– Ebenezer Scrooge
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A National Arts Centre English Theatre Company/Manitoba Theatre Centre (Winnipeg) co-production
Photo © Martin Gallagher/Corbis
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We hitch our wagon to a star.”
– Mother Courage
An intimate new drama from the author of Trying
Shakespearean Comedy – Montreal style
February 17 – March 6 Opening Night: February 19
April 7 – 24 Opening Night: April 9
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World Premiere
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mrs. dexter and her daily
the comedy of errors
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By Joanna McClelland Glass
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Marti Maraden | Set Design by Pam Johnson | Costume Design by Phillip Clarkson |
Lighting Design by Marsha Sidthorpe |
Starring Nicola Cavendish and Fiona Reid
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Directed by Peter Hinton | Set and Costume Design by Eo Sharp |
Lighting Design by Robert Thomson | Sound Design by Troy Slocum |
Starring Andreas Apergis, Clare Coulter, Danielle Desormeaux, Braulio Elicer,
Adrienne Mei Irving, Marcel Jeannin, Debra Kirshenbaum, Stephen Lawson,
Danette MacKay, Albert Millaire, Leni Parker, Paul Rainville
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Mrs. Dexter and her maid Peggy must part ways after Mrs. Dexter’s divorce.
As the women reflect on their lives we are privy to their journey, their losses,
and their laughter. Join us as two of Canada’s most celebrated actors Fiona Reid as Mrs. Dexter
and Nicola Cavendish as her ‘daily’ Peggy—bring Joanna McClelland Glass’ endearing new drama to
life under the direction of former NAC English Theatre Artistic Director Marti Maraden.
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A National Arts Centre English Theatre/Arts Club Theatre Company (Vancouver) co-production
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The heartbreaking story of a family divided by business and reunited by love,
complete with two sets of identical twins, mistaken identities and even a case
of demonic possession. Inspired by Montreal’s crazed summer festival season, this modern
look at one of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies is the perfect conclusion to our 40th anniversary
season—a celebration of the human heart and all its zany imperfections.
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A National Arts Centre English Theatre/Centaur Theatre (Montreal) co-production
“Mrs. D don’t know it, but I am moving too.
I’m ‘bout to burst with the news, but I don’t
dare tell her who I’m moving in with or she’ll
have a coronary.” – Peggy Randall
Photo © Solus-Veer/Corbis
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“We came into the world like brother and brother,
and now let’s go hand in hand, not one before the other.”
– Dromio of Ephesus
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A theatrical exploration into the effects of winter darkness
November 3 – 14 Opening Night: November 5
January 4 – 16 Opening Night: January 7
NAC Studio
NAC Studio
World Premiere
elephant wake
night
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Written and performed by Joey Tremblay
A collective creation by Human Cargo Written by Christopher Morris, Abbie Ootova and Linnea Swan
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Directed and designed by Bretta Gerecke
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Reflections on a life lived in the margins, about culture, family—
and insignificance as a survival mechanism. What do you do when you’re the last
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Directed by Christopher Morris | Set/Costume Design by Gillian Gallow | Lighting Design by
Michelle Ramsay | Featuring Abbie Ootova and Linnea Swan
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surviving member of a community? Produced originally as a Fringe Theatre production, a full-length
version of Elephant Wake was commissioned and premiered by Globe Theatre in 2008, complete with
a visually stunning papier-mâché townscape. Elephant Wake is a provocative, compelling character
study about the last man left in Ste. Vierge, a defunct Francophone town and the prosperous nearby
English town of Welby. “A memorable and remarkable piece of character-driven visual theatre which
you will feel privileged to have experienced,” says London’s The Stage.
The lives of a Toronto anthropologist and a 16-year-old Inuk girl intersect
powerfully during 24 hours of darkness in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Danielle is a scientist
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Note: Mature content and strong language
from the big city; Piuyuq is an Inuit girl with big dreams. The two cross paths, and when Piuyuq’s best
friend commits suicide both find their lives are changed forever. Created over three Arctic winters in
Iceland and Nunavut, this work by Toronto’s Human Cargo is presented in Inuktitut and English.
The production will be mounted in Yellowknife, Inuvik and Whitehorse after its NAC premiere.
A Human Cargo (Toronto)/National Arts Centre co-production in association with Nunavut, Northern
Arts and Culture Centre Yellowknife and Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse.
A Globe Theatre (Regina) production
Made possible with support from the Government of Nunavut’s Department of Culture, Language,
Elders and Youth, the National Arts Centre, First Air, Akureyri Playhouse (Iceland) and the Canadian
Embassy of Iceland.
“You can hear some things when
you pretend not to listen.” – Jean Claude
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................................. “I’ve buried every dream in the cold
dark ground, face down, feet first.”
– Danielle
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the ark: the theatre of ancient greece
March 23 – April 3 Opening Night: March 25
Saturday, October 24, 7:30 p.m.
A dramatic comedy of truth and reconciliation
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Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper Street
Featuring a company of 24 professional and student actors.
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By Kevin Loring
Directed by Glynis Leyshon | Set Design by Rob Lewis | Composer: Jason Burnstick | Lighting
Design by Itai Erdal | Projection Design by Jamie Nesbitt | Costume Design by Patricia Smith
Starring Billy Merasty and five other actors
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After two decades apart, a survivor of the residential school system and his
daughter reunite—confronting together the pain of the past. Set during the salmon
run where the Fraser and Thompson Rivers meet, Where the Blood Mixes offers an irreverent, funny
and brutally honest look into the heart of a people. Now on a Canada-wide tour, Kevin Loring’s
dazzling debut play was the hit of the Luminato Festival and The Magnetic North Festival in 2008.
Kevin is also one of the NAC Theatre’s Playwrights in Residence.
Note: Strong language and mature subject matter
The Ark is unique in Canada—the product of a partnership between the NAC English Theatre and the National
Theatre School of Canada. For three intensive weeks, students and seasoned theatre artists will explore,
study and discuss texts and music from classical Greek theatre. At the end of the program, subscribers are
invited to join us in an evening of lectures, readings and songs. An enriching creative experience!
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Produced by the NAC English Theatre Company in association with the National Theatre School of
Canada, with assistance from the Friends of English Theatre. The National Theatre School’s participation
is made possible by Enbridge.
a place to call home
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Written and performed by Pat Braden (Yellowknife, NWT)
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May 7 – 8, 8 p.m. Fourth Stage
Where the Blood Mixes was co-developed by the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, Luminato,
Toronto Festival of Arts & Creativity, The Savage Society and Western Canada Theatre (Kamloops).
A Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company and The Belfry Theatre revival production
in association with The Savage Society
The Savage Society
An evening of stories and songs about coming of age in the northern mining town of Yellowknife, NWT.
Acclaimed Northern storyteller and musician Pat Braden brings his solo performance, A Place to Call
Home, to the Fourth Stage for a special presentation. The show, a reflection on coming of age in a small
town in Canada’s North, weaves Pat’s soft-spoken voice with textual and musical elements to paint
exquisitely beautiful images of the land and the people he loves.
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“This place is called Kumsheen in our language. Most
people say it means the place where the rivers meet, but
an elder once told me that the real meaning is, ‘The place
inside the heart where the blood mixes.’” – June
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Photo of Apulian Red Figure
Calyx Krater with a Scene from
Euripides’ play Iphigenia in Tauris
attributed to the Hippolyte Painter.
Photo © Corbis
Presented in association with the Ottawa Storytellers and the Northern Arts and Culture Centre
(Yellowknife, NWT), with thanks to Canadian North airlines.
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Pat Braden. Photo by Tessa Macintosh
where the blood mixes
Ancient Greek theatre was a mixture of myth, legend, philosophy, social commentary, poetry, dance, music,
public participation and visual splendour. Join us in an evening exploring the roots of Western drama in the
plays of Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus and Aristophanes.
special presentations
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A dramatic reading of
Exclusively for students ages 16 to 22
1. jacob two-two meets the hooded fang
student club
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From the classic story by Mordecai Richler
Made possible with assistance from the Friends of English Theatre.
Abridged by David S. Craig
Join today and reap the benefits! All club members receive
tickets to six NAC English Theatre performances:
November 22, 2 p.m. NAC Theatre
Suitable for ages 6 and up
The original adventure of Mordecai Richler’s beloved child hero, read aloud
by a celebrity Canadian performer. Watch for the upcoming announcement
of our special celebrity guest reader for our 40th anniversary.
Play Time for children
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2. a christmas carol
For children ages 5 to 9
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens
Directed by Peter Hinton
Starring Stephen Ouimette as Scrooge with the 40th Anniversary English Theatre Acting Company
December 8 – 26 NAC Theatre
Suitable for ages 8 and up
3.
kids’ saturday theatre
workshops
See the full write-up on page 4.
holy cow!
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Written and directed by Javier Swedzky
English Translation by Maureen LaBonté | Lyrics Translation by Jean Elliot Manning
April 9 – 11 NAC Studio
Share the magic of the theatre with the young people in your life.
While you take in one of the season’s selected matinees, have the
children spend an afternoon with professional artists—to be engaged
with theatre games and activities that explore the themes of the play
you’re seeing. Meet at intermission to share your experiences, and
at the end of the day, you’ll all have lots to talk about!
Made possible in part by the National Arts Centre Foundation’s
National Youth and Education Trust, which is supported by Founding
Partner TELUS, supporters of the NAC Foundation annual Gala,
and the NAC Foundation Donors’ Circle.
Adults must purchase same day Saturday matinee performance
tickets separately.
Limited capacity. Subject to availability.
Suitable for ages 5 and up
A tale of mystery and mayhem! When Henrietta Alformi’s stuffed teddy bear is stolen and she can’t
sleep, she enlists two famous detectives to help. From a cow disguised as a bee to a diabolical
inventor, the case leads them through a crazy cast of characters to an unexpected question: who
was the bear’s rightful owner all along?
A Théâtre de l’Œil production
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Calendar
The Drowsy Chaperone
Mother Courage and Her Children
Mrs. Dexter and Her Daily
The Comedy of Errors
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Sat. Oct. 24/09 NAC Fountain Room
Sat. Jan. 23/10 NAC Fountain Room
Sat. Feb. 27/10 NAC Salon
Sat. Apr. 17/10 NAC Salon
The Drowsy Chaperone
A Christmas Carol
Night
Mother Courage
Where the Blood Mixes
The Comedy of Errors
Fri. Oct. 16/09
Fri. Dec. 11/09
Fri. Jan. 8/10
Fri. Jan. 15/10
Fri. Mar. 26/10
Fri. Apr. 9/10
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• A Live Rush card that provides exclusive discounts on tickets
for other performances at the NAC
• Pre-performance pizza and a chat with artists associated with
the production
• Post-performance access to opening night parties for the
Theatre performances
• Exclusive talkbacks with actors in Studio performances
School Matinees and Workshops
For more information about NAC school matinee performances
and school workshops contact Education and Outreach Coordinator
Martina Kuska at 613-947-7000, ext. 522 or [email protected].
the atelier
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Theatre research and
development at the
National Arts Centre
English Theatre
We’re committed to providing Canada with an
active, relevant national theatre—by fostering the
creation and production of new Canadian theatrical
works, and by offering meaningful professional
development opportunities to Canadian artists.
We enact this commitment through a number
of programs including The Ark, The Atelier and
Playwrights in Residence.
Through The Atelier, Artistic Director Peter Hinton and Company Dramaturg Paula Danckert travel
across the country to connect with playwrights in their home communities. One such visit—to Pond
Inlet, Nunavut—contributed to the creation of one of this season’s featured works, Night.
The Atelier focuses on dramaturgy, development workshops and readings of scripts commissioned
or in development by the NAC in partnership with theatres across Canada. Watch for upcoming
announcements of play readings and Atelier activities throughout the season. Subscribers are
first to learn of all play development activities.
playwrights in residence
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Made possible with assistance from the Theatre Section, the Aboriginal Arts Secretariat and the
Equity Office of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Playwrights are at the heart of theatre development. The NAC English Theatre is delighted to
partner with the Canada Council for the Arts to offer a fourth season of the Playwrights in Residence
program, which every year invites two playwrights of Aboriginal or culturally diverse background to
join the English Theatre company.
In 2009-2010, renowned poet, novelist and essayist Dionne Brand and Kevin Loring—whose Where
the Blood Mixes is part of this season’s Studio series—will serve as NAC Playwrights in Residence.
Artists of enormous talent and vision, these two writers will participate in various projects, and
audiences will have an opportunity to meet and speak with them at events.
To learn more about the NAC English Theatre’s research and development activities and about our
anniversary season featured artists, visit us online at www.nac-cna.ca/en/theatre.
Canada’s National Festival of Contemporary
Canadian Theatre in English
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June 3 – 13, 2009
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KITCHENER-WATERLOO, JUNE 9 - 19, 2010
magnetic north
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English Theatre subscribers
receive 10% off Magnetic North
gold and silver passes and can
be entered into a draw to win
two silver passes to the festival.
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The Magnetic North Theatre Festival brings some of the nation’s top artists
together to share their stories and build a stronger community. This annual
gathering consistently challenges and expands our national vision of what
Canadian theatre can be.
And on top of that, two events
around two of The Drowsy
Chaperone’s co-creators, Don
McKellar and Greg Morrison.
On June 5, they will join Peter
Hinton for a Hinterview and
on June 6, they will lead the
audience in a choir practice
singalong to the music of
The Drowsy Chaperone.
Ottawa audiences can enjoy offerings from Vancouver to St. John’s: the uplifting Skydive; the
macabre Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe; the sensual puppetry
of The Erotic Anguish of Don Juan; the heartfelt tribute to our nation’s veterans in Jake’s Gift; the view
of the Indian Diaspora in Letters to My Grandma / Pyaasa; the literary masterwork in Eternal Hydra;
and the astonishing choral work of Fear of Flight.
But a national community can only ever have resonance when it is local at the same time. In Ottawa,
the festival presents The Rideau Project / Project Rideau which brings Ottawa theatre artists working
in both French and English together, a rarity even in our nation’s capital. For the first time a student
production from the University of Ottawa will be presented and Trudeau Stories shares an intimate
portrait of one of Canada’s most famous Prime Ministers.
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Our work with local community building doesn’t end with Ottawa. No sooner do we wrap up in Ottawa
than we begin drawing the nation’s attention to the vibrant cities of Kitchener-Waterloo in 2010 and
work year round to build a local community in a national context.
Visit www.magneticnorthfestival.ca for more information.
Ken Cameron, Artistic Director
Ann Connors, Managing Director
research and development
Dionne Brand
Produced by the Canadian Theatre Festival Society and co-presented by the National Arts Centre
English Theatre
Kevin Loring
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Playwright/performer Brooke Johnson in Trudeau Stories.
Photo by Kelly Clipperton
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SAVINGS
peter’s picks
full8 + Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang and Holy Cow!
full8
8 great plays: The Drowsy Chaperone, A Christmas Carol, Mother Courage and Her Children,
Mrs. Dexter and Her Daily, The Comedy of Errors, Elephant Wake, Night, Where the Blood Mixes
family3
For children ages 8 and up: Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang, A Christmas Carol, Holy Cow!
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family3
All performances
15%
15%
20%
child
adult
family of four
$46.35
$64.85 $210.60
pick 5, 6 or 7—or add on tickets
Get the regular subscriber 20% discount when you put together a package of five to seven plays from
Theatre5 and Studio3. Seniors get 30% discount (Friday evenings/Saturday matinees only).
theatre5Each performance
Preview
Fri/Sat matinee*
20%
20%
30%
adult
adult
senior
student club
studio3Each performance Preview
Fri/Sat matinee*
For youth ages 16 to 22
kids’ Saturday theatre workshops
For children ages 5 to 9
$31.20
$36.80
$44.80
$48.80
$27.30
$32.20
$39.20
$42.70
20%
20%
30%
adult
adult
senior
$28.80
$18.40
$25.20
kids’ Saturday theatre workshops
15%
child
$44.20
student club
35%
student
$116.00
25%
25%
adult
adult
$15.00
$15.00
special
The Ark
presentationsA Place to Call Home
$16.00
$24.00
$14.00
*Senior discount available for Full8, Theatre5, Studio3, Pick Packages Friday/Saturday matinee only
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A+
25%
35%
25%
pick 5, 6 or 7—or add on tickets
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A
All performances
Fri/Sat matinee*
Previews
studio3
See everything in the Studio: Elephant Wake, Night, Where the Blood Mixes
B
full8 theatre5
See everything in the Theatre: The Drowsy Chaperone, A Christmas Carol, Mother Courage and
Her Children, Mrs. Dexter and Her Daily, The Comedy of Errors
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Seating for all Studio, Preview
and Wednesday matinee
performances is general
admission.
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Seniors are persons 65 years
or older. Photo ID is required
as proof of age.
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students
Subscribe and save 50% on
regular ticket prices at the NAC
Subscription Office or Box Office.
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group and
corporate packages
Available for parties of
10 or more. For details call
613-947-7000, ext. 634,
or email [email protected].
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season
schedule
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theatre5 and studio3
performances are held tuesday
through saturday.
jacob two-two meets the hooded fang
the drowsy chaperone
NAC Theatre: October
14 – 31, 2009 Theatre5 Series
TUE
OCTOBER NAC Theatre: November
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
14
15
16
17
week17:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
Preview Preview Opening Night/
Student
Club
1 p.m.
Hinterview
2 p.m.
Matinee
7:30 p.m.
23
24
20
21
22
week2
7:30 p.m. 12:00 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
School/ Talkback Senior
Matinee
7:30 p.m.
Talkback
2 p.m.
Matinee/
Kids’
Theatre
Workshop
7:30 p.m.
31
27
28
29
30
week37:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
Talkback Talkback 2 p.m.
Matinee
7:30 p.m.
the ark: the theatre of ancient greece
Dominion-Chalmers United Church: October
OCtober TUE
WED
THU
24, 2009 Special Presentation
FRI
SAT
24
7:30 p.m.
elephant wake
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TUE
WED
THU
FRI
NOVEMber 22
January
12
13
14
15
2 p.m.
Matinee
week17:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
a christmas carol
NAC Theatre: December
TUE
decemBER 8
15
FRI
9
10
11
16
17
18
SAT
12
1 p.m.
Hinterview
2 p.m.
Matinee
7:30 p.m.
19
week27:30 p.m.
12 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
2 p.m.
School/
Talkback
Matinee
Senior
7:30 p.m.
Matinee
7:30 p.m. Talkback
SUN20
Note: Holiday Schedule
MON21
TUE22
WED23
SAT26
3rd Thursday subscribers will attend the Sunday, December 20 performance at 2 p.m.
3rd Friday subscribers will attend the Monday, December 21 performance at 7:30 p.m.
2 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
2 p.m.
Talkback
Talkback
Matinee
7:30 p.m.
THU
FRI
SAT
4
5
6
7
night
1 p.m.
Hinterview
2 p.m.
Matinee
8 p.m.
January
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
Preview
Preview Opening Student Night
Club
week2
THU
Pay-What- Preview
Preview
Opening You-Can
Night/
Student
Club
3 – 14, 2009 Studio3 Series
10
8 – 26, 2009 Theatre5 AND Family3 Series
WED
week17:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
WED
week3
week1
Give the Arts a Hand!
11
12
13
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
Talkback Talkback 14
2 p.m.
Matinee
8 p.m.
4
NAC Theatre: February
17 – March 6, 2010 Theatre5 Series
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
17
18
19
20
TUE
February
week1
7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
Preview
Preview
Opening Night
23
8
9
MARCH
16
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
Talkback Talkback 29
mrs. dexter and her daily
7
15
26
2 p.m.
Talkback Talkback Matinee
7:30 p.m.
6
14
25
week1
week37:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
5
13
24
MARCH
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
Preview
Preview Opening Student Night
Club
30
SAT
12
23
16
1 p.m.
Hinterview
2 p.m.
Matinee
7:30 p.m.
27
FRI
FRI
THU
1 p.m.
Hinterview
2 p.m.
Matinee
8 p.m.
THU
week2
WED
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
Pay-What Preview
Preview Opening Student -You-Can
Night
Club
WED
28
22
TUE
23
TUE
4 – 16, 2010 Studio3 Series
21
2 p.m.
Matinee/
Kids’
Theatre
Workshop
7:30 p.m.
26
20
2
24
25
26
1 p.m.
Hinterview
2 p.m.
Matinee
7:30 p.m.
27
12 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
School/
Talkback
Senior
Matinee
7:30 p.m.
Talkback
2 p.m.
Matinee/
Kids’
Theatre
Workshop
7:30 p.m.
3
6
4
5
week37:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
23 – April 3, 2010 Studio3 Series
SAT
12 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
School/
Talkback
Senior
Matinee
7:30 p.m.
Talkback
week1 week2
19
NAC Studio: March
7:30 p.m.
week2
week27:30 p.m.
NAC Studio: January
MON
Pay-What- Preview
Preview
Opening You-Can
Night/ Student
Club
where the blood mixes
12 – 30, 2010 Theatre5 Series
TUE
NAC Theatre: January
SUN
NAC Studio: November
November 3
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mother courage and her children
22, 2009 Family3 Series
2 p.m.
Talkback Talkback Matinee
7:30 p.m.
30
31
APR1
27
1 p.m.
Hinterview
2 p.m.
Matinee
8 p.m.
3
2 p.m.
Matinee
8 p.m.
the comedy of errors
NAC Theatre: April
7 – 24, 2010 Theatre5 Series
TUE
April WED
THU
FRI
SAT
7
8
9
10
week1
7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
Preview
Preview
Opening Night/
Student
Club
13
14
week27:30 p.m.
20
15
16
1 p.m.
Hinterview
2 p.m.
Matinee
7:30 p.m.
17
12 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
School/
Talkback
Senior
Matinee
7:30 p.m.
Talkback
2 p.m.
Matinee/
Kids’
Theatre
Workshop
7:30 p.m.
21
24
22
23
week37:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.7:30 p.m.
2 p.m.
Talkback
Talkback
Matinee 7:30 p.m.
holy cow!
NAC Studio: April
April 9 – 11, 2010 Family3 Series
FRI
SAT
SUN
9
10
11
7 p.m.
Opening Night
1 p.m. 3 p.m.
3 p.m.
Matinee
Matinees
a place to call home
2 p.m.
Matinee
8 p.m.
Fourth Stage: May
May 7 – 8, 2010 Special Presentation
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2
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
Talkback Talkback SAT
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FRI
SAT
7
8
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
entertaining
extras:
Hinterviews
This increasingly popular series
of interviews with Peter Hinton
speaking to a guest artist provides
an informal and informative
occasion for audiences to get
to know the artists on stage.
The Hinterviews are also available
as podcasts via iTunes and the
NAC website.
Talkbacks
In both the Studio and Theatre
series, these post-show questionand-answer sessions allow patrons
direct access to learn more from
the artists working on stage.
Pay-What-You-Can
Non-reserved, non-ticket seating
for all designated PWYC dress
rehearsals—you donate what
you can afford. (Recommended
contribution is $10.)
ET web features
Outstanding web features providing
background, recommended reading
and viewing lists, designs and
much more. You can now find us
on Facebook and YouTube: just
click “NAC English Theatre” in the
search bar!
eStages
The NAC English Theatre electronic
subscriber newsletter. Sign up at
www.nac-cna.ca/emaillist
know before
you go!
how to place your order
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Visit www.nac-cna/en/theatre
to learn more about the 2009-10
40th Anniversary Season.
Choose your preferred way to subscribe:
1. phone
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Friends of English Theatre
Meet new people, volunteer behind
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support to English Theatre at the
NAC, enjoy special events and
outings and participate in modest
fundraising activities. To find out
more, give the “friends” a call at
613-947-7000, ext. 605 or click
http://www.nac-cna.ca/en/theatre/
friends.html
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We’ve added new features and information to make subscribing effortless.
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4. fax*
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of the cancellation of a performance. In the event of a cancellation, you have one year in which to
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and void. National Arts Centre policy requires that every person have a ticket in order to be admitted
to a performance. This policy applies to everyone, including children and infants.
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We are delighted to welcome more and more patrons to the NAC; however, increased attendance can
create parking challenges. Regrettably, the NAC CANNOT GUARANTEE a parking spot even to our
valued subscribers. The NAC parking garage is a first-come, first-served public lot with 920 spaces.
When all our stages are busy, or a large function or public event is taking place, the parking garage
fills up very quickly. We encourage you to arrive early if you prefer the convenience and proximity of
the NAC garage. Please also visit our website at www.nac-cna.ca for a list of public parking lots
near the NAC.
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