A Christmas Carol - House Programme

We need to talk.

Have you noticed how rarely these days you pick up the phone and call someone? It’s just so much easier to send a text, isn’t it? Rather than deal with the messy, complicated, beautiful, real thing called conversation, you just fire off a text and then stare impatiently at the phone, waiting for an answer – thus wasting more time than if you had just called. But then, if you called, you might have to hear what was going on in someone else’s life.

We all know there is a crisis of communication in our world. It manifests in so many ways: people turning in on themselves; the avoidance of opinions or even facts that contradict our position; the replacement of discussion by abuse. None of these things need be so. They have only happened because certain people have worked out that rage is more profitable than joy. Shame on us for letting them get away with it.

To watch a good play is to be reminded of the wonder of good words beautifully spoken. It may well be a wish-fulfilment fantasy – none of us really speaks as well as this in real life – but why not have something to aspire to? Not all of us can stand or move as gracefully as the people up on stage, either: but that doesn’t stop us admiring them – and wishing we could have some of that presence ourselves. If only there were a way to learn how to communicate with such clarity and grace…

There soon will be. The Shaw is about to transform. Soon you will not only marvel at the eloquence and poise on our stages, but will have the chance to learn them yourself, from the best.

Watch this space.

TIM CARROLL, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

FESTIVAL THEATRE THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE · ANYTHING GOES · WAIT UNTIL DARK ROYAL GEORGE THEATRE TONS OF MONEY · MAJOR BARBARA · MURDER-ON-THE-LAKE JACKIE MAXWELL STUDIO THEATRE GNIT · BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY SPIEGELTENT DEAR LIAR · LA VIE EN ROSE · ELLA AND LOUIS · MAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE? · THE ROLL OF SHAW: THROUGH THE WARDROBE HOLIDAY SEASON A CHRISTMAS CAROL · Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS

2025 BOARDS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ian M.H. Joseph, Chair · Timothy R. Price, Vice Chair · Gregory N. Prince, Treasurer · Elizabeth S. Dipchand, Secretary · Peter E.S. Jewett, Past Chair · Tim Carroll, Artistic Director (ex officio) · Tim Jennings, Executive Director (ex officio) · Philip Akin · Glen Bandiera, MD · Sylvia Bennett · Sheila Brown · Richard P. Ellis · Sandy Henderson, President, Shaw Guild (ex officio) · Thomas R. Hyde · Tim Johnson · Colleen Johnston · Carolyn Keystone · Daniel Patterson, PhD · Jodey Porter · Corinne Foster Rice · Robin Ridesic · Samiha Sachedina · Nicole R. Tzetzo · Jaime Watt

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Timothy R. Price, Chair & Frances M. Price · Ian M.H.

Joseph, Vice Chair & Rebecca H. Joseph · Tim Carroll, Artistic Director (ex officio) · Tim Jennings, Executive Director (ex officio) · Phyllis Ackerman & Hy Ackerman · Marilyn Baillie, CM & A. Charles Baillie, OC · Sylvia Bennett (Chair, Development Committee) · Barbara Besse & Ronald D. Besse · James F. Brown & Jean Stevenson, MD · Robin Campbell & Peter E.S. Jewett · Alberta G. Cefis & Ilio Santilli · Vivien Dzau & Daniel MacIntosh · Wendy Gitelman & Bruce Gitelman · Pamela Davis Heilman · Sandy Henderson (President, Shaw Guild) · Mary E. Hill · Diane K. King · Mary S. Martino · Richard McCoy · James D. Meekison · Katie Militello & Michael M. Militello · Elizabeth A. Simmons & Edward D. Simmons, MD · Nancy Smith · Marc St-Onge (Chair, Boxing Committee) · Elaine G. Triggs & Donald L. Triggs · Michal Wadsworth · Gary Zalepa (Lord Mayor, Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Copyright © Shaw Festival 2025. The Shaw’s house programmes are designed and produced by Jeff MacKay. They are compiled and edited by Neil Barclay, with assistance from members of the creative management team. Production photography by David Cooper and Michael Cooper. Printed by Aylmer Express Graphics Group.

The Shaw Festival Archives are housed at the University of Guelph and maintained by the staff of the L.W. Conolly Theatre Archives.

Anthony R. Graham, Chair · Lorne R. Barclay, Vice Chair · Richard D. Falconer (Chair, Investment Committee) · Tim Jennings, Secretary (ex officio) · Bo Wang-Frape, Treasurer (ex officio) · Kenneth P. Friedman · Colleen Johnston · Andrew M. Pringle · Samiha Sachedina · William J. Saunderson · Bruce Winter

Ronald H. Luczak, President · James M. Wadsworth, President Emeritus · Sylvia Bennett, Secretary · Kenneth P. Friedman, Treasurer · Bettina Buss · Scott Snow · Nicole R. Tzetzo (Legal Counsel)

FOUNDERS

Brian Doherty, CM (1906-1974)

Calvin G. Rand (1929-2016)

The Right Honourable Mark Carney

The Honourable Doug Ford

The Shaw Festival is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, and TCG (USA) and engages professional artists who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association and The Niagara Region Musicians’ Association, American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, Local 298.

The Shaw Festival engages stage technicians, audience sales and services staff, and facilities staff supplied by Local 461, scenic artists supplied by Local 828, and designers who are members of Associated Designers of Canada ADC 659, of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories, and Canada.

A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR PARTNERS

MAJOR SUPPORTERS

Marilyn & Charles Baillie

David & Amy Fulton

Tim & Frances Price

THEATRE, PRODUCTION AND PROGRAM SPONSORS

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William & Nona Heaslip Foundation

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SUPPORT

Ethan Rotenberg’s internship in Music Direction was made possible through an investment by the George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation and the support of The Shaw Guild. Eve Legault’s appearance is supported by the Women in Musical Leadership (WML) program, facilitated by Tapestry Opera with lead partner the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, along with partners across Canada, including the Shaw Festival. Alexander Batycki, Celeste Catena, Taran Kim and Sepehr Reybod are supported by the RBC Foundation. The 2025 Christopher Newton Interns, Matt Alfano and Gabriella Sundar Singh, are generously supported by Marilyn and Charles Baillie. The 2025 Baillie Cohort: Jaden Kim, Eponine Lee, Dieter Lische-Parkes, Madelyn Miyashita, Joshua Sidlofsky, Éamon Stocks, Mikayla Stradiotto and Lindsay Wu are generously supported by the Baillie Family Fund for Education.

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2025 ENSEMBLE

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Tim Carroll EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Tim Jennings ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Melissa Novecosky ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Kimberley Rampersad DIRECTORS Tim Carroll · Selma Dimitrijevic · Kate Hennig · Peter Hinton-Davis · Eda Holmes · Rebecca Northan · Kimberley Rampersad · Sanjay Talwar · Jay Turvey MUSIC DIRECTORS / COMPOSERS / SOUND DESIGNERS Andy Ballantyne · Allen Cole · Ryan deSouza · John Gzowski · Corey Macfadyen · Kaitlyn MacKinnon · Rachel O’Brien · Miquelon Rodriguez · Paul Sportelli · Joanna Lynne Staub · Claudio Vena CHOREOGRAPHY / MOVEMENT

Matt Alfano · David Chinchilla · Alexis Milligan · Allison Plamondon · Kimberley Rampersad · Geoff Scovell · Genny Sermonia · John Stead CREATORS Marla McLean · Alexis Milligan · Travis Seetoo · Graeme Somerville DESIGNERS Judith Bowden · Gillian Gallow · James Lavoie · Christine Lohre · Hanne Loosen · Lorenzo Savoini · Cory Sincennes · Rose Tavormina · Christine Ting-Huan Urquhart · Ming Wong LIGHTING DESIGNERS Bonnie Beecher · Louise Guinand · Mikael Kangas · Kevin Lamotte · Chris Malkowski · Jeff Pybus PUPPETRY Brendan McMurtry-Howlett · Alexis Milligan ILLUSIONS Kelly Wong STAGE MANAGEMENT Jamie Anderson · Kelly Boudreau · Michael Duggan · Kevin Etherington · Georgia Holland · Amy Jewell · Becca Jorgensen · Sang-Sang Lee · Carolyn Mackenzie · Leigh McClymont · Annie McWhinnie · Lisa Russell · Allan Teichman · Dora Tomassi · Kathryn Urbanek · Jane Vanstone Osborn

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TIM CARROLL, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | TIM JENNINGS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

MELISSA NOVECOSKY, ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

KIMBERLEY RAMPERSAD, ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

by Charles Dickens

adapted for the stage by Tim Carroll

with KRISTOPHER BOWMAN, ALLISON EDWARDS-CREWE, MARLENE GINADER, PATTY JAMIESON, GRYPHYN KARIMLOO, KATIE RYERSON, TRAVIS SEETOO, GRAEME SOMERVILLE, GABRIELLA SUNDAR SINGH, SANJAY TALWAR, JACQUELINE THAIR and JAY TURVEY

Directed by TIM CARROLL

Set and costumes designed by CHRISTINE LOHRE

Lighting designed by KEVIN LAMOTTE

Original music by PAUL SPORTELLI*

Music direction by RACHEL O’BRIEN

Movement and puppetry by ALEXIS MILLIGAN

*Music Director, Paul Sportelli, is supported by David & Amy Fulton.

This year’s Royal George Theatre Season is dedicated to the memory of Charles Balbach.

PRODUCTION SPONSOR

Any video and/or audio recording, streaming or distribution of this production is strictly prohibited.

Front cover: Sanjay Talwar as Ebenezer Scrooge, illustration design by Key Gordon.

THE CAST

Christmas Present Emily Belle

Mrs Dilber

Swing

Mrs Cratchit

Bob Cratchit

Mr Hubble

Christmas Past

Ebenezer Scrooge

Swing

Fred

Alphabetical Order

KRISTOPHER BOWMAN

ALLISON EDWARDS-CREWE

MARLENE GINADER

PATTY JAMIESON

GRYPHYN KARIMLOO

KATIE RYERSON

TRAVIS SEETOO

GRAEME SOMERVILLE

GABRIELLA SUNDAR SINGH**

SANJAY TALWAR

JACQUELINE THAIR

JAY TURVEY

Other parts played by members of the Ensemble

Chapter 1: Marley’s Ghost

Chapter 2: The First of the Three Spirits

Chapter 3: The Second of the Three Spirits

Chapter 4: The Last of the Three Spirits

Chapter 5: The End of It

Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

Apprentice Stage Manager

Production Stage Manager

Associate Production Stage Manager

Associate Lighting Designer

Music Supervisor

Original Sound Design

Recording Engineer

Movement Captain

Music Captain

Puppetry Captain

Singing Coach

Voice and Dialect Coach

LEIGH McCLYMONT

SANG-SANG LEE

JAMIE ANDERSON

LISA RUSSELL

LEIGH McCLYMONT

ALEX SYKES

RYAN deSOUZA

TREVOR HUGHES

FRED GABRSEK

GABRIELLA SUNDAR SINGH**

PATTY JAMIESON

GRAEME SOMERVILLE

EILEEN SMITH

JEFFREY SIMLETT

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Agnete Haaland and everyone at Den Nationale Scene of Bergen, Norway, where an earlier version of this show was staged, and to James Oxley for his contribution to that original production.

Tiny Tim puppet crafted by Mandarava Butlin. Additional puppets crafted in the workshops of Den Nationale Scene.

** The 2025 Christopher Newton Intern is generously supported by Marilyn and Charles Baillie.

UNDERSTUDIES

GRYPHYN KARIMLOO, Bob Cratchit, Christmas Present, Fred, Mr Hubble; JACQUELINE THAIR, Belle, Christmas Past, Emily, Mrs Cratchit, Mrs Dilber;

Running time is approximately 40 minutes for Act 1 and 40 minutes for Act 2, for a total of 1 hour and 40 minutes including one intermission.

CHARLES DICKENS, MAN OF THE THEATRE

by Tim Carroll

Charles Dickens, according to many contemporary judges, could just as easily have been a great actor as one of the giants of the English novel. In the last years of his life, before his early death at fifty-eight, he spent more time performing his books than writing them. As the actor Simon Callow, who has performed many of Dickens’ public readings himself, notes in his biography Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World, the writer’s obsession with the stage began early. As a young man, Dickens tells us, he was obsessed with the ‘monopolylogues’ of Charles Matthews, a now-forgotten giant of the nineteenth-century theatre. In these one-man performances, Matthews would impersonate multiple characters, sometimes sticking his head out between the stage curtains and dazzling his audience by the facility with which he became each successive character merely by a change in one feature. Dickens used to go home from these and other performances determined to unlock the secret of impersonation. One time, he tells us, he spent many hours practicing the act of getting up from a chair and walking to a door, because he had seen one of his heroes do it on stage and couldn’t get over how natural he had seemed.

Of course, notions of what is ‘natural’ on stage change from one generation to another, and what seemed natural to Dickens might well seem ridiculous to us now. I suspect Dickens would not have cared. Where Hamlet talks of the playwright holding the mirror up to nature, Dickens was always more likely to use the magnifying glass. Perhaps this reflected his immersion in the theatre of the early nineteenth-century, a period which, unlike almost any other since Shakespeare, has bequeathed us nothing we consider worth producing. At its best, the drama of the period is horribly overblown and exaggerated. This is, of course, a criticism that is often levelled at Dickens’ own writing; but Dickens was, himself, a larger than life character (his nickname was The Sparkler of Albion), and he knew that people are always performing themselves – so why not exaggerate? The question with his characters is not, ‘is this person real?’, but ‘do I know the type?’ The fact that we still talk of someone as a Scrooge, or a Micawber, or a Uriah Heep, suggests that Dickens had some gift in this direction.

He also had a knack for dialogue. One of my favourite passages in Dickens is from The Pickwick Papers, where a coachman warns his passengers of the danger if they don’t

take care of your heads!... Five children – mother – tall lady, eating sandwiches –forgot the arch -- crash – knock – children look round – mother’s head off – sandwich in her hand – no mouth to put it in!

This is the kind of writing that rolls off the tongue, and that actors long to perform. And it is not surprising that Dickens’ characters speak in such immediate and vivid language: every conversation in his books is a record of a real dialogue – with himself. His daughter reported hearing a frightful scene going on in her father’s study. Fearing that the dispute she could hear was becoming so heated that it might erupt into violence, she crept to the door and opened it. Peering in, she saw that her father was on his own: he was playing out both parts in the scene he wanted to write, berating his imaginary adversary in the middle of the room before dashing back to the upright lectern he always used to capture the exact words he had spoken before he forgot them.

At left: Illustration of Ghost of Christmas Present and Ebenezer Scrooge by John Leech for A Christmas Carol (published by Chapman & Hall, 1843). Courtesy of British Library archive.

While he was still surprisingly young (he did everything surprisingly young), his remarkable gift for impersonation on paper had made him enough money to join the middle class. Not bad for a kid who had been reduced to working in a blacking factory at the age of eleven, because his father had gone bankrupt. As often happens, this early brush with destitution left him with a lifelong anxiety about money; but he was not by nature mean, so when the appeal came to do something to help indigent writers, Dickens was quick to combine charity with pleasure. He and Mark Lemon, the editor of the satirical magazine Punch, performed a farce called Used Up in a series of benefit performances that quickly became legendary. It is often hard with old comedies to work out exactly how they were made amusing by the actors who performed them, and Used Up is no exception; but Dickens and Lemon must have been genius farceurs, because many witnesses reported that people were in danger of falling out of the balconies from laughing so hard. Dickens was cock-a-hoop: a great deal of money was raised for a good cause, and he had finally realized his dream of treading the boards. All he needed now was to try his hand at tragedy.

Never one to do things by halves, for his next appearance, Dickens was not only author, but director, designer, stage manager and indeed theatre owner. Theatre-builder, more like: he had the bay windows of his house in Tavistock Square taken out to accommodate a purpose-built stage and the installation of state-of-the-art lighting and scenic effects. These were necessary for the ambitious play he was presenting, which came to its climax in the Arctic wastes. The Frozen Deep was, in fact, co-written with Wilkie Collins (so he did do something by halves), who is now remembered for his novels, including The Woman in White. Sharing Dickens’ taste for melodrama, Collins gave Dickens a plum role as the tragic hero who is redeemed from sin by sacrificing his life for the woman he loves. As Dickens, who was apparently never happier than when putting on a play, died with great tragic intensity, his daughter, playing the woman he loved, wept over his body, carried away by the emotion of the moment. So successful was this public charity performance (it was reviewed glowingly in The Times) that Dickens was invited to perform it for Queen Victoria at the charmingly-named Royal Gallery of Illustration. In a sign of the way that the status of actors has changed since those times, Dickens refused to allow himself and his family to be introduced to the Queen after the performance ‘in the character of actors’, insisting that he would rather they meet her another time, when they could appear as the respectable citizens they really were. Perhaps in reaction to this experience, when Dickens was invited to play The Frozen Deep at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, he decided it would be inappropriate to parade his own family, and so he hired another: Frances Ternan and her daughters Maria and Ellen took the roles, with long-lasting consequences: now it was the younger daughter, Ellen, who was weeping over Charles’ heroic death. Stage intimacy, not for the first or last time in history, soon led to real intimacy, and Dickens’ marriage was over.

Perhaps because his affair with an actress was such a deep secret (so well hidden that it was not made public until the twentieth century), Dickens never

appeared onstage in a play again; but he was not done with performing. When he realized that he could hold an audience spellbound simply by reading from his novels (he admitted to revelling in the almost mystical power he had over his listeners), he gave a series of readings, first for charity, and then, in spite of his friends’ snobbish misgivings, for his own profit. (The old anxiety over his financial security had still not left him, for all his success.) Although the simple lectern at which he stood suggested no attempt at theatrical presentation (except for the gaslight that drew all eyes to the glowing figure of the reader), Dickens could not resist taking on his characters’ voices and even physicalities. His brilliant mimicry, inspired so many years earlier by Charles Matthews’ monopolylogues, made his readings a money-spinning sensation, both in Britain and North America. One of his most-requested pieces was, of course, A Christmas Carol. When he reached the line about ‘…Tiny Tim, who did NOT die…!’ (his performing script, complete with underlining, still survives), he could be sure of raising a huge cheer.

Dickens loved doing these readings, and his readers flocked to hear him; but it is almost certain that they robbed us of many of the books he might have written. He wrote a great deal less once he became a public reader, and the energy he put into his readings cost him dearly. But he was a trouper, and hated to let down his public, often limping onto the platform against his doctor’s advice. One night he pushed it too far. A particular audience favourite was Sikes and Nancy from Oliver Twist, in which Dickens would work himself up into a homicidal rage as Bill Sikes. On this occasion, when he came to the gruesome murder of Nancy, he not only read it but acted it out so full-bloodedly that, as he left the stage, he collapsed. He seemed to have had a stroke, a harbinger of the one that would kill him barely a year later.

When John Forster, his oldest friend, learnt of Dickens’ death, he said ‘The wine of life is drunk, and only the lees is left’. He was not the only one to feel that a great light had been snuffed out too early; but Dickens had always said that it was ‘better to die doing’, and he was as good as his word: only a week before his death he was as busy as ever. What was he doing? Putting on a play, of course.

Clockwise from left: the Ensemble including (left to right): Gabriella Sundar Singh, Travis Seetoo, Jay Turvey, Kristopher Bowman, Graeme Somerville, Katie Ryerson, Patty Jamieson and Allison EdwardsCrewe; Sanjay Talwar as Ebenezer Scrooge; Travis Seetoo as Bob Cratchit and Katie Ryerson as Mrs Cratchit; the Ensemble including (left to right) Sanjay Talwar, Travis Seetoo, Katie Ryerson, Jay Turvey, Graeme Somerville and Allison EdwardsCrewe. Photos by David Cooper.

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Christmas Carol Retrospective at The Shaw

Opposite page: three incarnations of Ebenezer Scrooge at The Shaw. Clockwise from top: Michael Therriault, 2017 © David Cooper. Sanjay Talwar, 2024 © Jeff MacKay. Graeme Somerville, 2021 © David Cooper.

This page clockwise from top: Sanjay Talwar as Ebenezer Scrooge and Tara Rosling as Christmas Past, 2024. Jay Turvey as Bob Cratchit, 2024. Kristopher Bowman as Mr Hubble and Marla McLean as Mrs Hubble, 2024. Photos by Jeff MacKay.

RINGING DOWN THE CURTAIN FAREWELL

TO THE ROYAL GEORGE THEATRE... FOR NOW

by Neil Barclay

For a hundred and ten years, audiences have walked through the doors you’ve just passed through. In its early years, this was a hastily-built theatre called the Kitchener, showcasing the early 20th century’s most popular form of entertainment: vaudeville. A song here, a time-step there. Some plate spinning, a few trained seals and the odd Serbian acrobat act passing through town. The first audiences were largely soldiers in training down the street at Camp Niagara, preparing to be shipped off to the front at the height of the First World War. They were in search of some levity to stave off the grim reality that awaited them in Europe, and the Kitchener was built with them in mind.

After the War had subsided, the theatre was sold and renamed the Royal George Theatre, after the reigning Canadian monarch, King George V. By this time, moving pictures were rapidly displacing vaudeville as the preeminent popular entertainment, and the Royal George followed suit, converting itself to a cinema and showing the era’s finest silent films. In short order, “silents” gave way

to “talkies” and the theatre was eventually fitted with sound equipment and given yet another name, that of local hero, Sir Isaac Brock.

Through the 1940s and ’50s, the Brock screened some of the era’s finest motion pictures and, on the marquee overlooking Queen Street, trumpeted itself as “The Showplace of the Peninsula.” Many local residents can still recall happy evenings spent in the less-than-comfortable seats of the Brock watching both grand epics like William Wyler’s Ben-Hur, as well as nowforgotten oddities like Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes in The Mating of Millie.

As the 1950s wore on and more and more families made the financial commitment to purchase a television set, the movie exhibition business was faltering and, by 1972, the Brock no longer drew the crowds it once had. At this point, Brian Doherty –who ten years earlier had co-founded the Shaw Festival with Calvin Rand – pursued a pet project to create a silent theatre to complement the decidedly talky plays of

Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries and, thus, the Canadian Mime Theatre was born, assuming ownership of the Brock and adding offices, a control booth and a new reception area, as well as restoring the Royal George name. And in 1980, when the Mime Theatre’s fortunes were faltering, Christopher Newton, the Shaw Festival’s newly-appointed artistic director, stepped in and the building was bought by the Festival, initially as a home for the most popular of genres: small-scale musicals and classic murder mysteries. Over the years, the playbill at the Royal George has expanded and come to include more challenging and even radical fare.

And twenty feet below lies another space that has come to achieve mythic status over the past 45 years or so: the Royal George Bar, where company members have gathered on Saturday nights to relax over a beverage, let their hair down and step onto its tiny stage and sing a song, tell a joke or read a poem, and, for a moment, revive the theatre’s origins as a vaudeville house, as the “Saturday Night at the George” anthem rings: “We know that you’re itchin’/To throw all your bits in/Cause that’s what Saturday Night at the George is all about!”

When the curtain rings down on this production of A Christmas Carol on December 21, it will signal the end of an era, as the current Royal George Theatre – originally envisioned to last, at most, twenty-five years – will be taken down and eventually replaced by a building that, despite its more modern and solid structure, will strive to retain the warm, plush embrace of the Edwardian (-style) jewel box that builders, designers, artists, craftspeople and audiences have come to treasure for more than a century.

Neil Barclay joined the Shaw Ensemble in 1990 and also serves as Editor of House Programmes.

Opposite page: Interior, Royal George Theatre 2017, with The Madness of George III set (design by Ken MacDonald). © Jeff MacKay. This page top to bottom: Exterior, Brock Theatre circa 1960s; leaflet from Brock Theatre circa 1950s (both photos courtesy of Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum); exterior, the current Royal George Theatre in 2023. © Peter Andrew Lustzyk.

BIOGRAPHIES

TIM CARROLL

ADAPTOR & DIRECTOR

SHAW 2025: Adaptor & Director for A Christmas Carol, Director for Gnit; Co-Adaptor for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; 9th season. The first Shaw Festival production I ever saw was in the George. It was When We Are Married, and I saw it in 2014. Since then I have directed in the George a few times: the first play I did there was A Christmas Carol, in my first season (2017); since then I have done Charley’s Aunt and Flush. I have always loved the picture-frame quality of the proscenium. It reminds me of how I thought of theatres when I was a kid: a golden archway leading to a magical world where anything can happen. That’s what I want A Christmas Carol to feel like, and how I hope the new Royal George will feel when we build it.

CHRISTINE LOHRE SET & COSTUMES DESIGNER

SHAW 2025: Set & Costumes Designer for A Christmas Carol. My grandmother took all the family to the National Theatre in Oslo before Christmas to see Searching for the Christmas Star. I remember the warm light falling on the snow from the lanterns outside the old theatre. Inside, it was decorated in gold, and the stage was like looking into another world. This was my feeling when I first entered the Royal George Theatre. To build an atmosphere is what inspires me, using my memories and imagination of shapes, materials and colours as tools to draw the world on stage.

KEVIN LAMOTTE

LIGHTING DESIGNER

SHAW 2025: Lighting Designer for A Christmas Carol, White Christmas, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Tons of Money, Gnit. In 1988, I started as a Lighting Design Assistant at The Shaw and assisted Lesley Wilkinson on the musical Good News here at the Royal George Theatre. I have wonderful memories of so many productions at the Royal George over the years, both as a designer and an audience member. This 2025 production of A Christmas Carol will close this theatre, and a beautiful new Royal George Theatre will take its place. More good news!

PAUL SPORTELLI

ORIGINAL MUSIC

SHAW 2025: Original Music for A Christmas Carol; Music Director for Anything Goes, La Vie en Rose, White Christmas; 27th season. One of my favourite things about the Royal George: our musicals were presented acoustically. The absence of microphones and amplification allowed for a unique, powerful aural experience. In 2003/2005, I recall the start of Brecht/Weill’s Happy End, with the Prologue overwhelming the audience: “Praise to the Fords and Rockefellers! Hosanna! The buyers and the sellers!” I remember how the singing voices seemed to float and hover above the crowd. I will always cherish these and countless more acoustic moments.

RACHEL O’BRIEN

MUSIC DIRECTOR

SHAW 2025: Music Director for A Christmas Carol. Many of my earliest memories of performing are tied to singing in the Christmas concerts of the small town I grew up in – a small town with a large Christmas concert. This was the most thrilling musical event I could ever be a part of, as I stood up there with my sister in the girls’ choir, all in our little jumpers with the Nova Scotia tartan pinned to our chests, singing “The Holly and the Ivy” while the packed church cheerfully sang along from their seats. For me, Christmas means gathering together, and singing. I feel very fortunate to be at The Shaw this holiday season, surrounded by people gathering and singing. Happy Holidays!

ALEXIS MILLIGAN

MOVEMENT & PUPPETRY

SHAW 2025: Movement & Puppetry for A Christmas Carol, Movement Director for Gnit, Creator of May I Have the Pleasure?. One of my favourite memories of the Royal George was hearing the audience arrive for A Christmas Carol, and seeing the front curtain was in fact an advent calendar with a painted scene of Niagara-on-the-Lake and that this beautiful town had been captured in a winter street scene so exquisitely. The shift in the room was palpable; there was a sense of awe, a sense of pride, and a sense of wonder. And, all these years later, the Royal George is still the perfect place to tell ghost stories, so take a look around this magical space, breathe it in, and get cozy!

KRISTOPHER BOWMAN

CHRISTMAS PRESENT

SHAW 2025: A Christmas Carol, Wait Until Dark, Murder-on-the-Lake; 9th season. I have performed several times in the Royal George in productions like Dancing at Lughnasa, Just To Get Married, and Murder-On-The-Lake. It is my favourite stage I’ve ever played on. One memory I have of this space was watching Tom Rooney in Cyrano de Bergerac and remarking how I’d love to do a production like it across from him someday. And then, as if the Theatre Gods heard me, receiving a call from Tim Carroll informing me that an actor had a burst appendix and “would I be willing to look like a fool tomorrow.” Sixteen hours later I was on that stage, script in hand, in the very production I had just admired. Be careful what you wish for...

ALLISON EDWARDS-CREWE

EMILY

SHAW 2025: A Christmas Carol; 2nd season. My first experience at the Royal George Theatre was the best. I saw Peter and the Starcatcher (2015) directed by Jackie Maxwell. It was so fun and magical, made all the more special by the beautiful theatre that allowed the set, costumes, lighting and actors to soar. Literally. They were climbing tall ladders, swinging on ropes through the whole show. It brought back so much childhood joy. I loved it so much that I was gifted a picture of the final moment from the show that I still cherish. I think of that show often, especially having had the opportunity to work with so many of those artists and now to have worked in this beautiful theatre myself.

MARLENE GINADER BELLE

SHAW 2025: A Christmas Carol; 3rd season. I live in Vancouver: a beautiful city filled with beautiful people who generally prefer jogging over eating sweets. A particular hardship for me personally because of how much I love baking. Baking is only really fun if you have people to share it with. So imagine my delight when I first arrived at this festival three years ago to find I was surrounded by fellow bakers and sweet treat enthusiasts! It was a baking actor’s dream come true. Here’s to the Royal George, its most bountiful snack table, and the unforgettable people who surround it… the absolute finest in green room tomfoolery. I will miss it dearly.

PATTY JAMIESON

MRS DILBER

SHAW 2025: A Christmas Carol, Major Barbara, La Vie en Rose; 28th season. The first play I ever did at The Shaw was at the Royal George. Lady, Be Good! was a perfect little Gershwin musical in which I played Susie Trevor. The show begins with my favourite entrance: Susie and her brother Dickie being evicted. Their belongings are strewn on the street and two movers carry out a door from inside. When they flip the door around, the audience sees Susie clinging onto the hooks on the back of the door. She hops off and she and Dickie lament their misfortune in a Gershwin musical kind of way. Perfectly charming – just like the George. So many memories on this stage. I cannot wait to see what comes next.

GRYPHYN KARIMLOO SWING

SHAW 2025: A Christmas Carol; 3rd season. I remember vividly the moment when being an actor shifted from something I did to something I was. Visiting New York City for the first time and experiencing the atmosphere of art in such density, as well as witnessing for myself that this is not simply a hobby but a career, and more significantly, a rigorous calling to those courageous enough to accept, lit a blazing fire under me while at the same time thrilling me about the enlightenment of that revelation. Four years later it came full circle when I returned there to answer the call, and begin a journey away from the mundane and toward the extraordinary. And may we all keep stumbling in that direction.

KATIE RYERSON MRS CRATCHIT

SHAW 2025: A Christmas Carol; 2nd season. Dear Royal George, I’ll never forget during the curtain call of Harvey in 2010 when the company invited the titular invisible rabbit to join the bows. Or the times I spent lost in the production photos downstairs, gawking at timeless early-days photos of legends. And I’ll certainly never forget stepping onstage for the first time in last year’s A Christmas Carol, soaking up every ounce of the good energy here and marveling at how close the audience feels. Thank you to every person who has worked here over the years, and to every audience member for adding to the magic. To be part of this grand finale production is an immense honour. Enjoy the show!

TRAVIS SEETOO

BOB CRATCHIT

SHAW 2025: A Christmas Carol, The Roll of Shaw: Through the Wardrobe, Murder-on-the-Lake; 12th season. My first play at the George was Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock. Hired as a dancer, they needed to put me in a second show – so they gave me five lines at the end of the play, playing IRA Agent #2. On opening night, my cue moments away, I stood frozen backstage, terrified. I felt a bump on my hip and was pushed through the door. I entered, said my lines, and exited – it was totally fine. I later realized I’d been alone backstage. I then heard about the George’s ghost – a 1920s theatre ghost who gives nervous young actors a helping hand (or shove).

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GRAEME SOMERVILLE

MR HUBBLE

SHAW 2025: Co-Creator for Dear Liar, appearing in A Christmas Carol, Tons of Money, Dear Liar; 23rd season. As we say farewell to the Royal George in its current incarnation, I recall my very first appearance on these boards: in my second season, 2004, I played a small part in Terence Rattigan’s Harlequinade. As a young actor, I watched Goldie Semple, Jenny Phipps, Bunny Behrens, David Schurmann and Bob Benson at play under Neil Munro’s direction. I know that to some of our audience, these names will evoke a nostalgia and reverence similar to my own. I count myself fortunate to still hear their echoes when I return to this stage; they are my ghosts of Christmas past, and I am ever grateful.

GABRIELLA SUNDAR SINGH

CHRISTMAS PAST

SHAW 2025: A Christmas Carol, Major Barbara, Gnit; 7th season. Endings and beginnings: my first production at the Shaw Festival, was Shaw’s O’Flaherty V.C., directed by Kimberley Rampersad at the Royal George. My first professional leading role was at the George in The Russian Play, the following year. This season, I performed in Shaw’s Major Barbara, as the first South Asian woman to play Barbara at the Shaw Festival. It is a gift to be performing in Tim Carroll’s A Christmas Carol, as the last production in this space before it is transformed. The Royal George has held and guided me through these major moments in my career, and it will always hold a special place in my heart.

SANJAY TALWAR

EBENEZER SCROOGE

SHAW 2025: Director for Wait Until Dark, appearing in A Christmas Carol; 11th season. My first time appearing in a show at the George was in Come Back, Little Sheba which featured amazing performances from Ric Reid and Corrine Koslo, who had been in the company for many seasons at that point. That, combined with all the photos of previous shows in the George bar, gave me such a sense of the rich history of amazing work at this glorious theatre. It’s such an honour to be part of the last show before its transformation.

JACQUELINE THAIR

SWING

2025 SHAW: A Christmas Carol; 18th season. In my first season in Terence Rattigan’s After the Dance, towards the end of the play the lead characters are hosting a party and find themselves alone, breaking up after years of marriage. Backstage, the ensemble - including the late Jenny Phippswas providing a party soundscape to contrast the heartache in the scene. During one of the poignant silences, Jenny’s cellphone rang out at full volume. With uncanny speed, she bolted to the exit, chucked it out the door (overhand like a pitcher) and, as it sailed into the gardens, we were stifling laughter. I will cherish many memories of this jewel box and I’m grateful to have a chance to say goodbye, and await its next incarnation.

JAY TURVEY FRED

SHAW 2025: Creator/Director for La Vie en Rose, appearing in A Christmas Carol, La Vie en Rose, Anything Goes; 25th season. My first show at the Royal George was also my first season at the Shaw Festival in the year 2000. I played Sipos, a store clerk in the charming musical She Loves Me. Our Budapest parfumerie set fit perfectly in the jewel box framework of the George. We had a wonderful cast and such a lovely time. I met actors who are now old friends. The show was such a success that they extended the run into December. In those days, the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake closed down at 5 o’clock. I remember finishing evening performances and walking home through the hushed snowy streets.

LEIGH MCCLYMONT STAGE MANAGER

SHAW 2025: Associate Production Stage Manager, Stage Manager for A Christmas Carol, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe; 17th season. My first show was at the Royal George and this is my 14th production in this theatre. I remember being in absolute awe my second season when I got to work with Michael Ball, one of the best Shavian actors out there. There are many good memories here, including the bats making appearances in French Without Tears and Gaslight, the actors “resetting” the mimed props in Our Town, an audience member remarking that an entire set change with new wallpaper in Our Betters was “done with lights,” and many more. I feel lucky to be doing the final show in this Royal George.

SANG-SANG LEE ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

SHAW 2025: Assistant Stage Manager for A Christmas Carol, Gnit; Stage Manager for May I Have the Pleasure?, The Roll of Shaw: Through the Wardrobe; 3rd season. The first show I saw at the Royal George was Gaslight. It was also the first show I ever saw at The Shaw. I remember walking into the building and thinking how beautiful it was. A picturesque theatre in a picturesque town. The perfect match. At the time, I had no idea of the troubles caused by the aging building – I only saw the beauty, charm, and old-world glamour. I’m so happy to have this opportunity to be a part of its history and to work on the last show at this Royal George. I can’t wait to see the new one. Merry Christmas!

JAMIE ANDERSON APPRENTICE STAGE MANAGER

SHAW 2025: Apprentice Stage Manager for A Christmas Carol, Anything Goes, La Vie en Rose, May I Have the Pleasure?, The Roll of Shaw: Through the Wardrobe; 1st season. It’s a tremendous honour to work in the Royal George this Christmas, as it’s my first season at Shaw, and the George’s last season in this iteration. This season I was lucky enough to see all three of the shows at the George, and spending time in a building with such a rich story-telling history was cause for much joy and reflection. As the holiday season abounds, and ghosts swirl about the stage, I rejoice in the opportunity to honour the old and celebrate the new. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

SHAW STAFF

EXECUTIVE TEAM

Artistic Director

TIM CARROLL

Executive Director

TIM JENNINGS

Executive Assistant

PETRICE CUSTANCE

CREATIVE MANAGEMENT

Associate Artistic Director

KIMBERLEY RAMPERSAD

Planning Director

JEFF CUMMINGS

Producer

NATALIE ACKERS

Director, Community

Engagement and Outreach

PRAGNA DESAI

Senior Administrator, Creative Management

SARAH PHILLIPS

Music Director

PAUL SPORTELLI

Associate Music Director/ Company Pianist

RYAN deSOUZA

Publications & Programmes Associate

JEFF MACKAY

Editor, 2025 House Programmes

NEIL BARCLAY

Assistant Producer

THOM MARRIOTT

Ensemble and Housing Liaison

SUZIN SCHIFF

THE SLAIGHT

FAMILY ACADEMY

Voice and Dialect Coach

JEFFREY SIMLETT

Alexander Technique

VICTORIA HEART

Singing Coaches

VAN ABRAHAMS

PATRICK BOWMAN

JAMES OXLEY

EILEEN SMITH

Movement Coach

ALEXIS MILLIGAN

Education Supervisor

WARREN BAIN

Education Co-ordinator

MATT RATELLE

Education Assistants

SYDNEY ALEXANDER

JESS GORMAN

SABRINA MERKS

BENOIT ST-AUBIN

Women In Musical Leadership

Intern/Assistant Conductor

EVE LEGAULT

Metcalf Foundation

Music Intern

ETHAN ROTENBERG

Neil Munro Intern Directors

ALLISON MCCAUGHEY

KERRY ANN DOHERTY

PRODUCTION

Production Director

RUSSELL MARTIN

Production Administrator

MARGARET FERENCZ

Assistant Production Administrator

WHITNEY KEAST

Technical Directors

MARK CALLAN

ANRITA PETRAROIA

JEFF SCOLLON

JASON WOODGATE

As of September 30, 2025

Assistant Technical

Director - Logistics

DAN GALLO

Design

Design Manager

LAUREN REBELO

Design Associate

ROSE TAVORMINA

Design Assistants

CODY BRAYSHAW

SAHDIA CAYEMITHE

AURORA JUDGE

BARRY LIU

ARIANNA MOODIE

Design Mentor

JUDITH BOWDEN

Lighting Design Director

KEVIN LAMOTTE

Assistant Lighting Designers

HINA NISHIOKA

JEFF PYBUS

ALEX SYKES

Stage Management

Production Stage Manager

LISA RUSSELL

Associate Production Stage Manager

LEIGH MCCLYMONT

Stage Managers

MICHAEL DUGGAN

AMY JEWELL

SANG-SANG LEE

ALLAN TEICHMAN

DORA TOMASSI

JANE VANSTONE OSBORN

Assistant Stage Managers

KELLY BOUDREAU

KEVIN ETHERINGTON

BECCA JORGENSEN

CAROLYN MACKENZIE

ANNIE MCWHINNIE

KATHRYN URBANEK

Apprentice Stage Managers

JAMIE ANDERSON

GEORGIA HOLLAND

Properties

Head of Properties

ANNA-MARIE BAUMGART

Assistant Head of Properties

ALEXA MACKENZIE

Properties Co-ordinator

DANA CORNELIUS

Properties Buyer

BRENT HICKEY

Warehouse/Driver

JOSHUA JANTZ

Properties Builder 2

EMILY DYCK

SAMANTHA FELSBOURG

MAC HILLIER

JASON JENNINGS

MATT LECKIE

WAYNE REIERSON

Properties Builder 1

RACHELLE GARRETT

DANI HORTON

AMY WILLIS

BLAKE WILSON

Wardrobe

Head of Wardrobe

JASON BENDIG

Associate Head of Wardrobe

JANET ELLIS

Wardrobe Co-ordinator

KENDRA COOPER

Wardrobe Assistant

KRISTINA OJAPERV

Buyer

MAUREEN GURNEY

Milliner

MARGIE BERGGREN

Millinery Crafts

TRULY CARMICHAEL Dyer/Fabric Arts

EVELYN LOCKWOOD

Accessories

MICHELLE HARRISSON Boots/Shoes

AVERY DELANEY Tailors

CHERYL HUGHES

MONIQUE MACNEILL

DENIS PIZZACALLA Cutters

PAT GLINKA

ERIN HUITEMA

MORGAN MACKINTOSH First Hands

AUDREY-JOY BERGSMA PILLING

REBECCA BOYD

DARLENE HENDRY

KATHY SCOZZAFAVA

KATHLEEN VAN DYKE

VERONICA WATKINS Stitcher Level 3

CASEY BROWN

HEATHER ENGLISH

CAROL FARNAN

SANDRA LEROSE

ANDREA MACKENZIE

DARLENE NASZADOS

NANCY THIESSEN

MADISON WATSON Stitcher Level 2

KIMBERLY CATTON

SYLVIA FERENCAK

MALLORY GOSSELIN

DEANNA HERBERT

ALLISON MACISAAC

LILLIAN PASQUA

KATE STEINBACH

Stitcher Level 1

SILKE JABLONKA

EMMA TANSLEY

HAILEE WHITE

Scenic Art

Head of Scenic Art

JANA BERGSMA

Assistant Head of Scenic Art

ANDREA HARRINGTON

Scenic Artists

REBECCA LEE

JESSICA MACDUFF

Scenic Construction

Head of Scenic Construction

LESSLIE TUNMER

Asst Head of Scenic Construction

MYRON JURYCHUK

Trades

ROB BROPHY

GEORGE GALANIS

KEVIN HARTE

MICHAEL HASLEHURST

ROB MAZZA

ALAN MCIVOR

MIKE PALMIERI

Shop Administrator

SHANNON ENGEMANN

Construction Electrics

Head of Construction Electrics

JOHN VANIDOUR

Asst Head of Construction Electrics

ANTHONY BLASCHUK, JR

Audio

Head of Audio

COREY MACFADYEN

Assistant Head of Audio

KAITLYN MACKINNON

Festival Audio Operator

FRED GABRSEK

Royal George Audio Operator

JULIAN MAINPRIZE

Studio Audio Operator/2nd Royal

George Audio Operator

TREVOR HUGHES

Festival RF Tech 2/2nd Studio

Audio Operator

ALAYNAH DEKLEINE

Outdoor Audio Operator 1

PAUL MOCSAN

Outdoor Audio Operator 2

ANTHONY MANCINI

Electrics

Head of Electrics

STUART WILLIAMSON

Festival Electrician

BEN DUPS

Royal George Electrician

BRIAN SKELTON

2nd Royal George Electrician

MICHAEL NASZADOS

Studio Electrician

MEL THIVIERGE

Festival Deck Electrician

PAUL TOYNE

1st Spot Operator

WAYNE BOLGER

2nd Spot Operator

LAURIE PENNER

Festival Changeover Electrician

JERRY NUNN

Outdoor Electrician

GEOFF INWOOD

Stage Crew

Head Stage Carpenter

JEFF BINGLEY

Festival Stage Carpenter

DAVID SCHILZ

Royal George Stage Carpenter

ARCHIE MACKENZIE

Studio Stage Carpenter

JOE BONAR

Festival Properties Runner

JOY BEELEY

Royal George Properties Runner

LAURA MASCITELLI

Studio Stage Properties Runner

ANTHONY BLASCHUK, SR

Royal George Stage Swing

PETER GRACIE

DAVE KESSLER

Studio Stage Swing Supervisor

GEORGE GALANIS

Festival Flyperson

DAVID DIFRANCESCO

Outdoor Stage Supervisor

KEVIN MCGUIRE

Changeover Crew

Festival Changeover Supervisor

PAUL TIMMERMAN

Festival Changeover Flyperson

DANIEL BRIDGMAN

Festival Changeover Hands

FELIX HIGH

SARAH PENNER

JULIAN WARD

Royal George Changeover

Supervisor

ROB GRINDLAY

Royal George Changeover Hand

ROLF LIEDTKE

Wardrobe Running

Head of Wardrobe Running

MARGARET MOLOKACH

1st Festival Wardrobe Supervisor

JOANNE BLASCHUK

Royal George Wardrobe Supervisor

PAM GALLOP

Outdoor Wardrobe Supervisor

DANIELLE HORTON

2nd Royal George

Wardrobe Supervisor

KATHLEEN VAN DYKE

Studio Wardrobe Supervisor

SHEILA RADOVANCEVIC

Studio Wardrobe Trades

REBECCA COWAN

Festival Wardrobe Trades

ALEX ANDERSON

KRISTEN DOMONKOS

CHRISTINA GALANIS

KATE STEINBACH

DOT WARD

Royal George Wardrobe Trades

STACEY BONAR

Wigs and Make-up

Head of Wigs and Make-up

LORNA HENDERSON

Festival Wigs Supervisor

FLO LEWIS

Royal George Wigs Supervisor

LORENA GHIRARDI

Studio Wigs Supervisor

EMMA DIRKS

2nd Festival Wigs Supervisor

CINDY LOU TACHÉ

2nd Royal George Wigs Supervisor

ROSE HENDRIE

3rd Festival Wigs Supervisor

JEANETTE WARD

Festival Wigs Trade

MELISSA MOTTOLA

CHRISTINE SMITH

Royal George Wigs Trade

MAUREEN POSADAS

MANAGEMENT

Associate Executive Director

MELISSA NOVECOSKY

Campaign & GR Advisor

JON DUSCHINSKY

Owner’s Representative

JOEL PARKE

Procurement & Logistics Specialist

KATELYNN POOLE

Human Resources

Director

DIANNE GIBBS

Housing Manager

NEIL SMITH

Maintenance

LARRY BENNETT

DEVELOPMENT

Director of Advancement

CINDY MEWHINNEY

Associate Director

MERILYN DEFAZIO

Associate Director

MARION RAWSON

Associate Director, Individual Giving

KIMBERLEY WHITE

Senior Officer, Corporate Partnerships

CHRIS WEBER

Senior Development and U.S. Relations Ambassador

CHARLIE OWENS

Senior Officer, Individual Giving

COLLEEN MONFILS

Senior Officer, Stewardship & Legacy Giving

HEATHER SARGESON-CALLARA

Senior Development Associate

STEPHANIE BROWN

Senior Associate, Events

MORGAN ANDERSON

Manager, Governors Council

CHRISTINE PELLERIN

Manager, Membership Services

MARY MARGARET MURPHY

Associate, Major, Corp. & Special Gifts

MANDI GOULD

Associate, Communications

TINA SCHMIDT

Co-ordinator, Events

LAURA GRAY

Co-ordinator, Gift Processing

RACHAEL LILLIE

MADELINE MAMBELLA

Administrative Co-ordinator

TYLER COOK

Administrative Assistant

TRUDY CARR

Membership Representatives

CHARMAINE CHING

TRISH CRAWFORD

THERESA FEOR

CAROLINE MONTGOMERY

ANNE WILSON

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Director/Chief Financial Officer

BO WANG-FRAPE

Controller

JULIE ALLEN-SARGENT

Assistant Controller

KIM EPP

Senior Manager, Payroll

RICK FOKKENS

Senior Accounting Clerk

GREG MCARTHUR

Payroll and Project Co-ordinator

SUSAN ASHUKIAN

Accounts Payable Clerks

MONICA BUDD

TRISH FEDOROWICH

Audience Services and Facilities

Senior Manager

CHUCK MEWETT

Manager, Food and Beverage

JULIANNA UGUCCIONI

Administrative, Front-of-House Manager

WILL CROTHERS

Managers, Front-of-House

LEA BOWMAN

JUDY DENNIS

SUSAN DYER

VERA LENC

GREG MCARTHUR

ROSS RINGLER

MURIEL TRIANO

Head of Housekeeping

DONNA SMITH

Head of Maintenance/Security

GREIG HUNTER

Front-of-House/ Food and Beverage Staff

JEANNIE BERG

ETHAN BONAR

MALCOLM BONAR

LEA BOWMAN

ALYSHA BOYER

KAIT BOYER

LYNN COATES

MOLLY CUMMINGS

JUDY DENNIS

ROXANNE DIFRANCESCO

SAM DIFRANCESCO

EILISH DONNELLY

SUSAN DYER

ÉLIZE EARWICKER

DARCY ELLISON

WENDY FRASER

KOTE GALANIS

HANNAH GILCHRIST

JANE HANNA

ANN HILL

HOPE HODDER

DAVE HUNTER

GINETTE HUNTER

ANNE JACKSON

SHARON JEAN

CONNOR KING

DYLAN KING

GREGG KIRCHOFER

RYAN KIRCHOFER

KAREN KITNEY

ANTHONY KUCHAR

ANNE MARIE LENC

VERA LENC

ISAAC LILLIE

IMANT MALINS

LIAM MARRIOTT

MARY MATHEWS

ALLISON MAZUR

AMANDA MCDONNELL

SANDRA MCDOUGALL

SARAH MCDOUGALL

JULES MOORE

VIC MUDGE

HANNAH OTTA

HANNAH PATTERSON

ROSS RINGLER

DENISE ROBERT

KATHERINE ROBERT

JAMIE SCHILZ

ELEANOR SNIDER

PAUL SNIDER

SANDRA SPROUL

KEITH SUTHERLAND

MARIE SWEETMAN

MELANIE THOMPSON

OLIVIA TRIVIERI

JOCELYN WARD

BRENDA WEAFER

KATHRYN WILSON

Housekeeping Staff

JANICE BOCCABELLA

DAVID BOOTHMAN

DARLENE BOWSLAUGH

DOROTHY CARTER

MARGO DEMARCO

MARIE DUMOULIN

DONNA INGLIS

LORI-ANN MCALLISTER

AGATA MIELCZAREK

LYDIA NYAKIO

SUE SIMS

JUDY SOBIERAJ

MELISSA VILA

Maintenance Lead Hand

DAVID MCCARTHY

Maintenance Crew Heads

ANDY LOUTER

SIMON LEVESQUE

Maintenance Crew

CHRISTIAN SHUGAN

Grounds Crew

SARAH FRASER

Distribution Supervisor

PAUL RODGERS

Assistant

MICHELLE DIPLOCK

Information Technology Director

SARAH FABIANI

Senior Software Manager

VIKTOR STREMLER

Network Administrator

JOHN CHRISTIAN

Security Administrator

TONY RICHES

Reception

Reception Supervisor

LEEANNE PRICE

Database-Maintenance Receptionists

MAUREEN BUTLER

MARGOT DEVLIN

DIANNE HALL

GAIL KERR

MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS AND SALES

Director

AARON BOYD

Senior Marketing and Brand Manager

MARY CLARE LAMON

Direct Marketing Co-ordinator

CATHERINE TAIT

Graphic Designer

CHRISTINE MORRIS

Creative Agency

KEY GORDON

Communications

Senior Manager

JENNIFFER ANAND

Co-ordinator

MATTHEW BICKERTON

Digital Engagement Specialist

KATIE GALVIN

Publicist

B-REBEL PR

Production Photographers

DAVID COOPER

MICHAEL COOPER

Sales

Senior Manager

ALLISON COCHRAN

Senior Manager, Group and On-site Sales

WES BROWN

Managers, Sales and Box Office

CARI GOSNELL

RYAN HULL

Assistant Manager, Sales and Box Office

MICHELLE DAVIS

Co-ordinator, Reports and Scheduling

SARAH RODGERS

Co-ordinator, Sales Technology

PIPPA BARWELL

Group Sales and Special Ticketing Assistant

VICKI BRADLEY

Assistant

JULIE JONES

Box Office Staff

ZACHARY BIGGS

BRYAN BROOME

MATTHEW CHASSE

GENY COLICCHIO-QUINN

DAVID ESHUIS

ELIZABETH HARVEY

SUSANNE HESLOP

AMY HUNTER

CHRYS KALOUDIS

KATRINA LEMAIRE

LAURA MARTIN

JENNIFER PALABAY

JOEL RENNER

TRACY ROMANELLI

JESSICA SWEENY

ANTONETTA TREMONTE

KYLIE VIOLETTE

VICTORIA WILLEMS

Green Room

Supervisors

JUDE JONES

MICHAEL THOMSON Cooks

ELIZABETH ABRAHIM

CHASE CRAWFORD

ERIKA LOFFELMANN

MARIO PUMA

Retail

Manager, Retail Sales and Shaw Express

MATT WEAVER

Staff

MARCUS ANDREWS

SAMARA BALL

MARK FRIESEN

DANA PERESSOTTI

JESSICA SWEENY

CHELSEA TOTTEN

Artistic Director Emerita

JACKIE MAXWELL

DONORS

As of September 2025 +

We are thankful to all of the generous donors who help to create great theatre!

CUMULATIVE GIVING

Cumulative donations and pledges of $250,000 or more.

$1 MILLION+ The 1916 Foundation · Richard & Mona Alonzo · Anonymous Buffalo Donors · Carol & David+ Appel · Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie · Charles Balbach+ · Ron++ & Barbara++ Besse · James A. Burton & Family Foundation · Estate of Mona M. Campbell · Alberta G. Cefis++ & Ilio Santilli++ · Andrew Colwell & Richard Ellis++ · Estate of Valerie Delacorte, Gabriel Pascal Memorial Fund · Bill & Barbara Etherington · Richard++ & Darleen Falconer · Val Fleming+ · Nona Macdonald Heaslip+ · Colleen++ & Brian Johnston · James & Diane++ King · Richard McCoy++ · The Jim Meekison++ & Carolyn Keystone++ Foundation · The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation · Mary Mizen+ & Chris Booth · George Papatheodorou & Ken Deeth · Tim++ & Frances++ Price · Corinne++ & Victor+ Rice · The Slaight Family Foundation · Wendy & Wayne Smith · Donald++ & Elaine++ Triggs · Carol Walker & Estate of John Greenhill Walker · Jaime Watt & Paul Ferguson - Navigator Ltd. · 2 anonymous gifts

$750,000+ Estate of Walter Carsen, OC · The John R. Oishei Foundation · Andrew++ & Valerie Pringle · William++ & Meredith Saunderson · Shaw Festival Guild · 1 anonymous gift

$500,000+ Estate of Bram & Bluma Appel · Patricia & Barrie Barootes · James F. Brown++ · Robin Campbell++ & Peter Jewett++ · Truly Carmichael* & Tim Jennings*++ · Cullen Foundation · David & Amy Fulton · Mary E. Hill++ · Rennie & Bill+ Humphries · Oliver Kent & Martine Jaworski · Nancy & John McFadyen · George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation · Philip & Berthe Morton Foundation · Jodey Porter++ · Estate of Ada W. Slaight+ · The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation · 1 anonymous gift

$250,000+ Keith Ambachtsheer & Virginia Atkin · Gail+ & Mark Appel · Barb & Terry Babij · Lorne++ & Rosemary Barclay · Sheila Brown++ & Doug Guzman · Estate of Cairine Caldwell · DeRoy Testamentary Foundation · Donner Canadian Foundation · Michael Eagen & Michele Darling+ · Wendy++ & Bruce++ Gitelman · Mr++ & Mrs+ Anthony R. Graham · Estate of Mary Lucille Grant · Mike Grey · Corinne Hansen · The Joan & Clifford Hatch Foundation · Estate of Lawrence George Hodgett · Humeniuk Foundation · Mr & Mrs C.L. Hunt · Mr Richard M. Ivey · Don+ & Gundy+ Jackson · Chris & Jeanne Jennings · Rebecca++ & Ian++ Joseph · The Henry White Kinnear Foundation · Michael & Sonja+ Koerner · Cynthia & Malcolm+ Macdonald · The McLean Foundation · Bernard Ostry+, OC · Barbara Palk+ & John Warwick+ · Peter M. Partridge · Esther Sarick · Allan Slaight+ · Nancy Smith++ · Maureen+ & Wayne Squibb · Dorothy Strelsin Foundation · Estate of Douglas Elton Tallon · Philip Terranova & Audrey Allen · Liz Tory+ · Jim++ & Michal+ Wadsworth (Carlos & Elizabeth Heath Foundation, Mulroy Family Foundation, Robert & Patricia Colby Foundation) · M & N Walker Fund at the Niagara Community Foundation · Estate of Paul Warun · Colin+ & Barbara+ Watson · 1 anonymous gifts

We also recognize the following corporations for their cumulative donations.

$1 MILLION+ Bell Canada · BMO Financial Group · Canada Life · CIBC · Honda Canada Inc · HSBC · RBC · Scotiabank · Sun Life Financial · TD Bank Group · Vintage Hotels

$500,000+ KPMG · Northbridge Insurance · Paradigm Capital Inc · PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP · Walker Industries Holdings Limited

ENDOWMENT & ESTATE GIFTS

Contributions made in the last 13 months

Estate of Mona Alonzo · Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie, The Baillie Family Fund for Education · Estate of Charles Balbach · Estate of Catherine Black · Estate of Robert Bye · Estate of Thomas Caster · Estate of Douglas G. Crowe · Fiera Capital Corporation · Estate of Lawrence Garfinkel · Estate of Mary Lucille Grant · Estate of Beryl Holtam · Estate of Frances Hyland · Estate of E. Merle Jones · Estate of H. Rachel King · Estate of Laurence Leprell · Macdonald Family, Macdonald Family Fund · H & R Mida Charitable Foundation · RP Investment Advisors · Estate of Patricia R. Russell · Estate of Pamela Samuels · Daniel Shapiro, in memory of Susan Shore who loved The Shaw · Estate of Robert Shaw · The Slaight Family Foundation · Estate of Robert & Barbara Thompson · Michael & Anne Tyler Fund through the Victoria Foundation · Estate of Bill Van Wyck · Estate of Paul Warun · 2 anonymous gifts

ALL. TOGETHER. NOW. CAMPAIGN GIFTS

LEAD DONORS ($1 MILLION+) The 1916 Foundation · Richard & Mona Alonzo · Carol & David+ Appel · Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie · Ron++ & Barbara++ Besse · James A. Burton & Family Foundation · Alberta G. Cefis++ & Ilio Santilli++ · Andrew Colwell & Richard Ellis++ · Bill & Barbara Etherington · Funded by the Government of Canada (Financé par le gouvernement du Canada) · Mary E. Hill++ · Martha+ & Tom++ Hyde · Colleen++ & Brian Johnston · Richard McCoy++ · The Jim Meekison++ & Carolyn Keystone++ Foundation · Mary Mizen+ & Chris Booth · George Papatheodorou & Ken Deeth · Tim++ & Frances++ Price · Province of Ontario · Corinne++ & Victor+ Rice · Wendy & Wayne Smith · Donald++ & Elaine++ Triggs · Jaime Watt & Paul Ferguson - Navigator Ltd. · 2 anonymous gifts

MAJOR DONORS ($100,000+) Keith Ambachtsheer & Virginia Atkin · Barb & Terry Babij · Charles Balbach+ · Lorne++ & Rosemary Barclay · Sheila Brown++ & Doug Guzman · Robin Campbell++ & Peter Jewett++ · Truly Carmichael* & Tim Jennings*++ · William Charnetski & Kerry Stewart · Mr. G. Mark Curry · DeRoy Testamentary Foundation · Richard++ & Darleen Falconer · Dr Bob Gaines & Toni Burke · Wendy++ &

Bruce++ Gitelman · Mr++ & Mrs+ Anthony R. Graham · Lyle Hall+ · The William & Nona+ Heaslip Foundation · Mr & Mrs C.L. Hunt · J&L Rogers Family Charitable Foundation · Rebecca++ & Ian++ Joseph · Diane++ King · Mona+ & Harvey Levenstein · Michael++ & Katie++ Militello · Jodey Porter++ · Drs Jolie Ringash & Glen Bandiera++ · Barbara Watson+, in memory of Colin Watson+ · 1 anonymous gift

OTHER CAMPAIGN DONORS ($1,000+) Agents of Good · Philip Akin++ · Patricia & Barrie Barootes · Sylvia Bennett++ · Jim Bertram & Bonnie Foster · Dr & Mrs+ John L Butsch · Mary & Brendan Calder · Tim Carroll*++ & Alexis Milligan* · Elizabeth S. Dipchand++ & Gregory Prekupec · Jon Duschinsky & Sonia Vinnik · Vivien Dzau++ & Daniel MacIntosh++ · Kenneth++ & Amy Friedman · Shira Hart · Pamela++ & Robert Heilman · Tim++ & Lisa Johnson · Oliver Kent & Martine Jaworski · Suzanne B Labarge · Ronald H. Luczak++ · Cindy* & Derek Mewhinney · The Mulroy Family Foundation · Dan Patterson++ · The Jasmine & Kevin+ Patterson Family Foundation · Gregory Prince++ & Erin O’Brien · Eleanor Reed · Joe & Molly Reynolds · Sam & Robin++ Ridesic · Samiha++ & Aseer Sachedina · Ann Savege · In memory of Susan Jane Shore who loved The Shaw · Edward++ & Elizabeth++ Simmons · Nancy Smith++ · Stephen & Monica Spaulding · Mark & Bettie Tullis · Unity · Harriet ‘Sis’ Bunting Weld · Bruce++ & Susan Winter · Ellen Wodchis · 1 anonymous gift

ANNUAL DONORS

Gifts in support of annual operations and special projects made over the last 13 months.

MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS

VISIONARIES ($250,000+) James A. Burton & Family Foundation · David & Amy Fulton · Tim++ & Frances++ Price · The Slaight Family Foundation · 1 anonymous gift

DIRECTORS CIRCLE ($100,000+) Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie · Patricia & Barrie Barootes · The William & Nona+ Heaslip Foundation · Colleen++ & Brian Johnston · Gabriel Pascal Memorial Fund · Dorothy Strelsin Foundation - Corinne Nemy · 1 anonymous gift

ARTISTS CIRCLE ($50,000+) Ron++ & Barbara++ Besse · Nathan & Marilyn Hayward · Mary E. Hill++ · Martha+ & Tom++ Hyde · Diane King++ · Mona+ & Harvey Levenstein · The Martin Family · Richard McCoy++ · The Jim Meekison++ & Carolyn Keystone++ Foundation · 1 anonymous gift

PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($25,000+) Hy++ & Phyllis++ Ackerman · Richard & Mona Alonzo · Carol & David+ Appel · Gail+ & Mark Appel · Robert & Mary Pat Armstrong · Mr Bob Breuls · Robin Campbell++ & Peter Jewett++ · Truly Carmichael* & Tim Jennings*++ · Andrew Colwell & Richard Ellis++ · Gerry Conway & Kanur Srinivasan · Richard++ & Darleen Falconer · Wendy++ & Bruce++ Gitelman · Dr Roe Green · Jacob & Inge Iliohan · Chris & Jeanne Jennings · Oliver Kent & Martine Jaworski · Janet Lamb · Andrew++ & Valerie Pringle · Corinne++ & Victor+ Rice · William++ & Meredith Saunderson · Sylvia Soyka · Donald++ & Elaine++ Triggs · Barbara Watson+ · Jaime Watt++ & Paul Ferguson · 1 anonymous gift

GOVERNORS COUNCIL

DRESS CIRCLE ($15,000+) Keith Ambachtsheer & Virginia Atkin · Sheila Brown++ & Doug Guzman · Alberta G. Cefis++ & Ilio Santilli++ · William Chapman · William Charnetski & Kerry Stewart · Robert & Karen Christmann · Vivien Dzau++ & Daniel MacIntosh++ · Bill & Barbara Etherington · Marlene & Darryl Fry · Dr Bob Gaines & Toni Burke · Lauren & Vaughn Goettler – Goettler Family Foundation · Mike Grey · Mr & Mrs C.L. Hunt · Rebecca++ & Ian++ Joseph · Ms Susan Kennedy · Kristian+ & Anita Knibutat · Suzanne B. Labarge · Ann & John Lorenc · R. Susan MacIntyre · Marilyn Pilkington & Wayne Shaw · Jodey Porter++ · Dr Reza Rastegar, Elissa Rastegar & Mrs Sheryl Armstrong Rastegar · J+ & L Rogers Charitable Foundation · In loving memory of Pam Rowcliffe · Frank & Susan Saraka · Esther Sarick · Linda Sauro · Ann Savege · Nancy Smith++ · Ken Stowe & Nita Farmer · M & N Walker Fund at the Niagara Community Foundation · 1 anonymous gift

FOUNDERS CIRCLE ($10,000+) Melissa Balbach & John Bace · Peggy Bell, in loving memory of Ken Bell · Lee & Barbara Bentley · Jim Bertram & Bonnie Foster · Bettina Buss++ & Oliver Jakob · Colin & Sandy Black · Tim Carroll*++ & Alexis Milligan* · John Cleghorn+, in loving memory of Pattie · John & Debi Coburn · Mark Curry, in loving memory of Ann · Patricia G. Debrusk · In memory of Robin Deemer · Marilyn Dickinson · Elizabeth S. Dipchand++ & Gregory Prekupec · Mr James Duhaime & Dr Heather Hannah · Michael Eagen & Michele Darling+ · Wayne & Isabel Fox · Robert C. Gibson · John & Judith Grant · Lyle Hall+ · Ann Holcomb & René Bertschi · Paul & Valerie Kirkconnell · Betty & Jamie Knight · Lori Labatt · Paul Brehl & Ann Lawson Brehl · Mr D’Arcy Levesque · Janet & Sidney Lindsay · Sharmini Mahadevan & Diana Dimmer · Nancy & John McFadyen · Robert McGavin & Kerry Adams · Dr Donna McRitchie & Dr Shaf Keshavjee · Marylee O’Neill, Intersect International Ltd · The Jasmine & Kevin+ Patterson Family Foundation · Gregory Prince++ & Erin O’Brien · Judy Goetz Sanger+ · David Schwartz Foundation, Inc · Sara & Michelle Sirkin · Elizabeth Stirling & Tom Millward · Jim++ & Michal++ Wadsworth · Carol Walker · Jack Watkins & Erin English · Jeanne & William Watson · Stefa & Les Williams · David & Shelagh Wilson · 2 anonymous gifts

BENEFACTOR ($6000+) Susan Addario & David Farrar · Kathleen & Richard Aregood · Ruth Aspinall, in loving memory of Scott Aspinall · Ms Heather Bacon · Carroll & Ted Baker · Lorne++ & Rosemary Barclay · Laurie Barrett & Martin Block · Brian & Jenifer Bassil · Michel & Doreen Bell · David & Faith Bell · Nani & Austin Beutel · Doug & Valerie Brenneman · Edward & Caryn Chatten · Carol & Burke Fossee · John & Therese Gardner · Paul & Helen Gareau · Robert Henry Gibson · Mike & Cindy Hansen · Laurie+ & Douglas Harley · Sally Harmer, in memory of Jack Harmer · Timothy & Pamela Hines · Susan & Richard Horner · David & Joanne Jones · Jay & Marni Kell · Johanna Killam · Jane E. Laird · Mrs Susan Lee · Randy & Lynne LeGallais · Larry Lubin · Robert+ & Margaret MacLellan · Leo Maloney, in loving memory of Dennis Thomson · Jefferson & Sally Mappin · Anthony B. & Mary++ S. Martino · John & Marg Mather · Janet+ & Bruce McKelvey · David & Agatha Moll Charitable Fund · Ms Sharon Molnar · Alex & Abby Moore · Noel D. Mowat · Pamela & Richard Nowina · David Pakrul & Sandra Onufryk · Peter Partridge & Poppy Gilliam · Joe & Molly Reynolds · Sam & Robin++ Ridesic · Drs Jolie Ringash & Glen Bandiera++ · Sabine & Jochen Schleese · Maureen+ & Wayne Squibb · AJ & Nancy Stokes · Gerald & Margaret Sutton · Mr & Mrs Murray & Emila Walker · Jack Walsh · Bruce++ & Susan Winter · Ron & Kay Woodfine - Just Christmas · 4 anonymous gifts

LEADING PATRON ($3500+) Robert C. Anderson · Ed & Connie Babcock · Barb & Terry Babij · John & Claudine Bailey · Aubrey+ & Marsha Baillie · Ruth Balton · Robert & Loretta Barone · Roland H. & Mary Bauer · Pierre Beausejour & Patricia McQuillan · Donald Bourgeois & Susan Campbell · Michael & Kate Bradie · Mary & Tony Brebner · James F Brown++ & Dr Jean T. Stevenson++ · Denise Carpenter & Drake McHugh · Arlene+ & Rob Carson · Karen Chapman · Karen Cheah · Jeffrey Chessum · Jean & Joe Chorostecki · Roger & Susan Christensen · John+ & Lynn+ Clappison · Glenna & Derek Collins · Gary+ & Cathy Comerford · Katherine Robb Corlett · Kim Cranfield · Marion Cross · Bob & Diane Czarnik · Mrs Margot Devlin* · Britt & Nancy Doherty · Ken & Ginny Douglas · Paula & Thomas Elsinghorst · Janice Everett Sabourin · Mario Ferrara & Annabel Kennedy · Andy Filardo & Beth Profit · Russell C. & Carol N. Finch · James R. Fleck & Dr Sandra Zakarow · Mr David Flora · Donald & Cathy Fogel · Kenneth++ & Amy Friedman · Lionel Gadoury & Catherine Jevons · Wayne & Isabel Gale · Marian Galligan · Nancy & Graham Garton · Dianne Gibbs* · Judith & A.C. Goodson · Mr++ & Mrs+ Anthony R. Graham · In memory of Charles J. (Jack) Hahn: Perelandra Fund · Rob Haines, UE · Alton B. Harris & Andrea S. Kramer · Doris Hausser · Pamela Davis Heilman++ · Sandy Henderson++ · Yolanda & Mike Henry · Lauri & Jean Hiivala · April & Norbert Hoeller · Dr Pamela Hopper · Douglas+ & Colleen Hunter · Kathy Inch · Rob & Elizabeth Jennings · Paul Jensen & Julie Harrington · Ms Linda Johnson · Stuart & Carrie Johnson · Ms Dawn Joki · Catherine & Dan Kaloutsky · Ellen & Nick Kammer · Ed+ & Ann King · Mr & Mrs David & Christine Knight · Mira & Saul Koschitzky · Dr George & Carolyn Kotlewski · Mr & Mrs Charles F. Kreiner Jr · Andy Lam · Helen H.S. Lam & Joseph A. Lloret · Adina Lebo · Nancy Lockhart & The Murray Frum Foundation · Antony Lundy & Janet Looker · Dennis & Bernadette Martin · Gail Martin & John Kaloyanides · Alan McAdams & Ellen Dykes · Donald McGerrigle & Christina Brouillette · Robert McKeown & Kathleen Mundy · Andrea & Endre Mécs · Julie Medland · Virginia Medland · Cindy* & Derek Mewhinney · Michael++ & Katie++ Militello · Florence Minz · Mary Mizen+ & Chris Booth · Mogford Campbell Family Foundation · Bryan & Darlene Mooney · Edward & Judith Mortl · Ms Deborah Nathan · Bill & Lee Nelson · Larry Oakes · Richard & Nadine Osborn · George Papatheodorou & Ken Deeth · Wade & Wanda Partridge · Ms Erin Peradotto · David & Cynthia Parks · Brian & Paddy Parr, honorary members · Carole & Paul Pizzolante, ON · Tom & Mary Powers · Joy Rogers · Gregg & Dianne Ruhl · Samiha++ & Aseer Sachedina · Marti & Bob Sachs · Derwyn Sangster · David & Sheryle Saunders · Edward++ & Elizabeth++ Simmons · Barbara A. Smith · Mr++ & Mrs Scott Snow · Dennis Souder & Deborah Bannerman · Stephen & Monica Spaulding · Martha Spears · Marc St-Onge++ & Kellie Saunders · Mr & Mrs Bruce & Chris Tait · Lois Tatelman · Lynda & Stephen Tepperman · Jacques Thibault & Ruth M. Gover · Liz Tory+ · Mark & Bettie Tullis · Greg Virelli & Mario Vecchi · Jack & Debbie Waitkus · Gregg+ & Joan Watkins · Ms Mary McLean Wilson · Eric Yonke · Hua Yu & Levent Kurth · 12 anonymous gifts

PATRON ($2000+) Bob & Dorothy Aaron · Mr Doug & Dr Lavonne Adams · Philip Akin++ · Julie AllenSargent* & Stuart Sargent · Jerome Andersen & June Hajjar · Mr Ronald R. Andersen · Trish Anthony & Kathryn O’Grady · David Antscherl & Carol Lewis · Sherri & William Appell · Callie Archer · Diane Arsenault & Gwyer Moore · Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD & Michael Paterson · Bob & Irene Bader · Graham Bailey · Richard J. Balfour · Gerry & Elizabeth Baranecki · Michael Barnstijn & Louise MacCallum · S. Basmajian & K.J. Conway · Paul & Sue Baston · Fred & Karen Beattie · Don Beddage · Ruthanne Beighley · K. Benoit & J. Brooks · Robert Berckmans & Joanne Heritz · Dr David H. Bergen & Deborah Kehler · Amina & Aziz Bhaloo · Mr Biesty & Ms Batabyal · Stacey Lynn Bilotta · John & Isabella Bisanti · Steve & Helen Bittner · Ellen & Murray Blankstein · Johnny & Lina Blue · Ronald James Boone · Carolyn S. Bornstein · Balfour Bowen Family Foundation · David P. Boyd · AnnLouise Branscombe Fund at Niagara Community Foundation · Debra Breuer & Douglas Goodman · Chris Brown & Catherine Philbrook · Reny Burrows · The Paul Butler & Chris Black Foundation at Toronto Foundation · Dr & Mrs+ John L. Butsch · Mark Callan* & Marion Rawson* · Ms Judith Callender & Dr Thomas Pekar · Douglas & Maureen Cameron · Ms Nicola Campbell · Robin Cardozo & Jeff Richardson · Ellen & Brian Carr · Doreen & Terry Carroll · Greg & Lori Case · Mark Chason & Mariana Botero Chason · Briana Chen · Sandra Chodarcewicz · Gerry & Carol Chrisman · Hazel Claxton+ & Jude Robinson · Janice Coles · Harry M. Core · Dr George Corella & James Frackenpohl · Catherine Cornell & Declan Lane · Dr Lesley S. Corrin · John & Libby Crossingham · Judith Bowden* & Jeff Cummings* · Gordon & Patti Cunningham · Joe & Vicki Daurizio · Barry Davidson, MD · Mrs Marilyn & Mr Philip Davis · David & Linda Dayler · Michael+ & Honor de Pencier · Dr John Defazio · Amanda Demers & Brian Collins · James & Mary Frances Derby · Patrick J. Devine · Mr Michael Disney · Dr Delf Dodge & Mr Timothy Dodson · Mr Chris Doiron · Reed Drews & Lisa Iezzoni · Robert Dunigan & Robert McDonald · Peter & Suzanne Durant · Alan & Susan* Dyer · Victor Eiser · Tom & Kim Elltoft · Steven Endicott · Susan Dalgetty

Ezra & David Don Ezra · Sarah* & Tom Fabiani · Mrs Margaret Fairman · Jamie Ferster & Edwin Frizzell · Tina Filoromo · Ms Gina Foster · Robert & Julia+ Foster · Carole E. Fritz · Ron & Linda Fritz · Richard Furnstahl & Teresa Stankiewicz · Currie & Judy Gardner · Hope & Libby Gibson · Caroline Gill & David Jackson · Penny Gill & Chris Pibus · Sharon & Ian Gillespie · Susan Ginsberg · Susan Glass & Arni Thorsteinson · Laurie Hoffman Goetz & Wendelin Goetz · Fred & Charleen Gorbet · A. Gorodezky & S. Curtis · Patricia Gosda · David & Sharon Graper · Art Grierson · Marcia & Michael Grimes · Ian S. Haberman · Mr Michael Hale · Diana & Stewart Hall · Shira Hart · Roberta Heath · Suzanne Hébert+ · Judith & David Hecker · Mary & Arthur Heinmaa · Mary Ellen Herman · Wendi & Murray Hiebert · Mary E. Hofstetter & R. David Riggs · Martin & Maria Hoke · Dr Steven Millward & Mary L. Holley · Oleh & Kimberly Hrycko · Dr Judy Hunter · John J. & Maureen O. Hurley · Gundy Jackson+ · Roberta Jacobs-Meadway & Jay Meadway · Elliott Jacobson & Judy Malkin · Mr Kent James · Tim++ & Lisa Johnson · Dr David & Glenda Jones · Jeffrey & Jessica Kahn · Henriette Katz · Prof Joseph Kelly, Esq · Mrs Susan Kinsman · Mr Roger Klotz · Peter & Elke Kluge Family Foundation · Ms Patricia Knipe · Kelly & Bryce Kraeker · Ms Janet Kramer · Barry Kropf · Thomas & Kathy Kuhl · David & Donna Lailey · David Lane & Grayson Sless · Rai Lauge & Jo Holden · Victor C. Laughlin, MD Memorial Foundation Trust · Francois Letaconnoux · Elizabeth Lewis & Thomas Saunders · Richard & Lynne Liptrap · Patrick Little · Susan & Rebekah Little · Daniel & Sharon Lowenstein · Ronald H. Luczak++ · Cynthia Macdonald · Susan MacDonald & Doug Mepham · Bob & Heather MacNeil · Terry+ & Terry Mactaggart · Paul Madeley, in loving memory of Gayle Stokes · Rita & Charles Maimbourg · Susan & Todd Makler · Dr & Mrs Mario Malizia · M. & M. Marques · Ms Eileen Martin & Dr Hugh Gayler · Fred W. Martin · Marlene Masales & Victor Ramanauskas · Lynn Masaro · Laura Mason · Elaine Mayo · Robert McChlery & Lorne Swan · Dr & Mrs James W. McClellan · Ms Marcia McClung & Franklyn J. Griffiths · Heather L. McKee · Dr Lisa Mikitch · Mr Jonathan A. Millen · Ken Miller & Jo Anne Jordan · Alan & Patricia Mills · Peter Milne · Valerie & Jim Milostan · Gary & Linda Molinaro · Alfred & Nancy+ Mouget · Mr Thomas & Mrs Marceline Mudie · John Murphy & Joyce Macredie · Linda Murray · Susan Murray, in memory of John Butler · Petrina & Peter+ Nesbitt · Peter & Laurie Nixon · Noble Caplan Abrams · Wanda & Jim Novinger · Ian Orchard & Angela Lange · Jonathan F. Orser · Charles H. Owens* · Anne & Don Palmer · Mr Joel Parke* · Dan Patterson++ · Mr Bruce A. Pearson · Victor & Esther Peters · Jim Pianosi · Polk Family Charitable Trust · Gary Pottruff & Maire Verschurren · John & Norine Prim · The Racioppo Family Foundation · Ms Dyanne Ratner · Pinky+ & Bill Regan · Carol Reid+ · Heather & David Ring · Shirley E. Roberts · Mr Paul Rogers · Dr Lynn Rosen & Bradley C. Rosen · Tuula & John Ross · Lori Russell & David Banks · Mr Glen Salzman · David & Dinah Sanderson · Bill & Kathy Sanford · Robert & Marlene Savlov · Mr & Mrs John Sayers · Kathleen M Schiano, in memory of David Bradley · Terry Schoenick & Debra Reger · Doug & Cheryl Seaver · Linda Seppanen · Beverly & Gerry Shea · Allan Sherwin · Mrs Carolyn Sibbick · Ivor & Renee Simmons · Maureen Simpson & Almos Tassonyi · Bryan Smale & Sherry Dupuis · Dr Kevin Smith & Marian Lips Fund · Wendy & Wayne Smith · William & Linda Smith · Dr & Mrs Robert J. Sokol · Victor & Anne Solomatenko · Bob & Linda Sommerville · Mrs H. Stairs+ & Mr E. Mooney · Susan & Ron Starkman · Renée Stein, in memory of Mel Stein · Mr Lawrence+ & Mrs Pamela Stevenson · Anita Stoll & Pete Clapham · Styles Family Foundation · Mr Brian Sullivan · Vijay Sundar Singh · David Sutherland, in loving memory of Susan Sutherland · Doug & Lynda Swackhamer · Ms Caroline Swinson · Wuchien Michael Than · Gordon & Annette Thiessen · Brian & Christine Thorne · Catharina Tocchio · Gail & Doug Todgham · Ms Karen Tribble · Mrs Nicole Tzetzo++ · Gary & Marie Van Graafeiland · Cynthia Vance & Scott Smith · Verna Lester & Harry Jongerden · Ian Waldron & Tim Redmann · The Walenta Family · Mr & Mrs Alan+ & Diane Walker · Joan & Jean Waricha · Carolyn J. Warner · June & David Weind · Lyman & Deana Welch · Harriet ‘Sis’ Bunting Weld+ · Garry & Shirley West · John C. Williams · Mark Wilton · Brenda Wivell · The Honourable & Mrs Theo Wolder · John & Leslie Wright · Yimlei Yep & Stephen Lunt · William Young · Mary V Zimmerman · Carole Zucker Family Fund at the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto · 10 anonymous gifts

FRIENDS

PREMIER ($1000+) Andy & Karen Abrams · M. Ackerman · Arlene Albrich · David & Jan Angus · Catherine Arnott & Brian Jones · Dr Marion Arthur · John & Eleanor Ball · Fred & Karen Beattie · Ms Abigail Bennett · Sylvia Bennett++ · Timothy & Susan Benning · Diane F. Berlinski · Mr Edward Bickford · Roy & Ronna Birnboim · Steven & Allison Blakey · Ms Christine Bloch · Barry Bolton · Barbara Gage Bolton · Joan & Larry Bourk · Terry Brackett · Earl & Lynne Breen · Paul F. Brett · Trish & Alex Brown · Brian & Jenny Brown · Desi Brownstone & Kandice McKee · Chris Bucko & Eva Wu · Mr Frank Carere · Graham Carpenter · Francesco & Betty Catanzariti · Ms Yvonne Causer & David Bell · Susan Chandler · Rosemary Chew · Ellen & Michael Chirco · Sandra Chodarcewicz · John & Nancy Christodoulides · Ellen Christy & Paul Sikora · Henry & Jeanne Ciok · Mark Cipra & Ann Fairhurst · Ms Lita Clavier · Mrs Claire Conway · Constance & Ron Corrigan · Miss Coral Courtney · John & Hiedi Cox · Joan D. Cranston · Ms Susan N Crisp · Mike & Heather Cross · Mr & Mrs Bill Crothers · Dr Roger I. Dacre · Mr Clayton Dahl · Rita Daniel · Christine Dear · John & Rita Densley · Nicholas & Susan Dietrich · Dr & Mrs Richard Farr Dietrich · Mr Lawrence DiGiulio · Andrew W. Dorn · J. Driskill & L. Bryant · Mary & Frank Eberl · Mr John M. Edmiston · Kathryn Elder · Eleanor L. Ellins · Paul Epner & Janet Gans-Epner · John & Shari Ezyk · Robert & Ruthann Fagan · Mr & Mrs Sheldon & Bev Fainer · Timothy J Finnell · Micheal Firestone & Carol Albert-Firestone · E. Flynn & E. Kulperger · Trevor & Sandra Francis · Frank & Cynthia Franklin · Janet Fraser · Peter Garstang · Thomas M. Gervasi · Mr Edward N Giannino · Virginia Gilbert · Marie Gillespie · Jan & Kathy Goulding · Mary Greco · Alan Green · C.S. Greiner · Mr Bey Grieve · Bruce & Patricia Griffin · F. Gruehl · Vance & Virginia Gudmundsen · Mr I.S. Haberman · Mr Stephen Hale · Joanne Hall · Dr Marguerite D Hambleton · Robert & Pam Hart · Robert & · Josephine Henderson · Glynis A. Henry · Alison Hepburn · Lawrence & Beatrice Herman · Marion F. Hill · Penny Hommel & Jim Bergman · George & Mac Hoover · Dr & Mrs C.E.M. Horning · Mr Robin Hovis · Mary Ellen Hoy & James Keller · Robin & Charlotte Hoy · James Hughes · Roger Hughes & Susan Peacock · James Hunker & Janice Remai · Susan & Stephen Huntington · Barbara G. Inglese · Dr Jann Istead · Leslie Jackson · Dr Ronald Jackson · Mr Mark D. Jacobs · Joan & William Jaynes · Mrs Erin Jennings · Audrey Johnston ·

Christine & George Joyce · Richard & Gretchen Kane · Dagmar Kanzler & David Ross · Elaine Katz · Sylvia Kennedy · Linda Kenny & Ralph Eades · David & Mary Keren · Kyle Kerr · Mr John Kivlichan · Mr Douglas Koschik · Donna & Alan Lambshead · Kevin Lamotte* & Cynthia Kamin · Teresa Lasiuk & Mike Carruthers · Kirk Lawson & Dr. David Braun · Esther Lee · Cathy Lindsey · Robert & Bonnie Logan · Donald Love & Lynn Cross · Matthew Lynn · Nick & Lynn Ross · Ms Linda MacDonald & Dr Thomas Gray · Mary MacDonell · John Brian MacIntyre · Drs Stuart MacLeod & Nancy McCullough · Mr Thomas A. MacWilliam · James & Virginia Mainprize · Michelle Massie · Sue & Biff Matthews · Nancy May · Jim McArthur · D. Ann McClure · Dr & Mrs David M. McConnell, Jr · Jim McDonald & Michelle Arsenault · I. McDorman · Ms Adrienne McLennan · Col & Mrs Cathi Mietkiewicz · Mrs Susan & Mr Stephen Miller · Marg Misener · Kelly Monaghan · Frederick W. & Linda K. Moncrief · Patricia Monger & Ralph Pudritz · Huw & Tricia Morgan · Karen & Peter Mount · Ms Nancy Murray · Robert & Patricia Neill · Miss Melissa Novecosky* · Alek & Dyanne Oleszkowicz · Ms Jennifer Palabay* · James & Linda Perich · Mr Steven L. Peters · Mrs Barbara Phelps · Aren T. Plante · Mr Robert W. Plyler · Mrs Linda Pollack · Anna Porter+ · Mr William Porter · Mr James Quigley · Julian+ & Alice K. Rance · Anthony & Victoria Reino · Mr & Mrs John Rennie · Dr Lyn Robinson · Nancy Rubenstein & Ruth Wahlstrom · Jean Gordon Ryon · Catharine Saxberg · John Schambach · Jan Schmitt · Mary-Anne Seppala · Michael & Sandra Sexton · Heather Sheehan · Christina Skublics · Sheila & Peter Smith · Judy Snyder · Dr Graham Spanier & Dr Sandra Spanier · Phil Spencer · Paul Sportelli* · George Stark · Tom Thornley Stoker · Ann & Ross Stuart · James Sutherland & Susan Ehlers · Dr Catherine Swan · David Szymborski & Marilyn Sicklesteel · Ms Jane Taylor · Jan & Ken Thompson · Dr M.J. Toswell · Judith Trotter-Field & Richard Field · Mary Usher-Jones · Miss Kathleen Weber · Lawrence Weis & Dr Kathi McCarroll · Philip & Kimberley* White · Mr Brian Williams · Larry Willis & Robyn Ellis · James Wilson · Robert & Dana Wilson · Vida Winegarden · Julian & Nandita Wise · Jane Worton · Andrew & Tracey Zawadzki · 18 anonymous gifts

SUSTAINING ($600+) Helen Adams · Matthew & Phyllis Airhart · Marilyn & Joseph Allevato · D. Altman & J. Skinner · Audrey Amo & Alan Bowers · Alan Anderson · Sue Anderson · Nancy Brown Andison & Mike Andison · Laurie & Michael Andrews · Dr Charles & Mrs Susanne Armitage · A. Ashworth · James Baillie & Elizabeth Kocmur · Mr Jeff Bamford · Marilyn Bardeau · Ms Carol Ann Bartlett · Ms Pippa Barwell* · Lori Beak · Steve Beatty-Front Row Insurance Brokers · Thomas & Linda Beran · Mrs Grazyna Bergman & Mr Douglas Kiefer · Michael Berlis & Ellen Cheslock · Ms Nancy Bernard · Albert & Lynne Bishop · Helen Bishop · Katharine Bocking · Rory Bolger & Helene Rottenberg · Ms Kimberley Bolton · Lucy & Jim Bondy · Arlene Book · Judy & Gene Bradbury · Mr Rob Coles · Ms Jessica Breski · Dena Broeders & David Hunter · Mr Dan Brown · Mrs Heidi Brown · Ms Katherine Buchanan · Doug & Libby Bullock · Mr Caleb Buys · Mrs Jane Calver · Mr Joseph & Mrs Elaine Capone · Brian Carr & Kathryn Elliott · James Carr & Dina Larsen · Dean & Mary Jane Chamberlain · Don Chamblee & Edward Trenn · Dan & Doris Cherkas · Bill & Sheila Childs · Dr & Mrs

A.G. Clark · Andrew J. Cleland · Mr & Mrs James Clemens · Close Shavians · Rod & Mary Coates · Christina Coldwell · Fran Cook · Kenneth Copland · Jim Cressman · Joyce Czaban · Michael Davies · Mr Warren Davis · Mrs Monique DeJonghe · Cindy Deman · Ray Demarco · Ms Marcie Doan · Frank & Joan Donath · Sheila & James Drury · Vera R. Duchstein · Ms Marjorie Dumbrell · Dr Stephen Dunnett · Mr John R. Edgar · Gina & Steven Edward · Marlene Edwards · Carl S. Ehrlich & Michal Shekel · Bonita Eros & Craig McMullen · Robert W. Esler & Silvia Marcus · Sarah M. Fallon & John R. Fudyma · Mr Greg Fedoryn & Mrs Susan Henry · Mr David Feeny · Paul & Theresa* Feor · Mr Carr & Mrs Marian Ferguson · Mr Daniel H. Ferrier & Mr Ronald Northrup · Mary Thomas & Brian Findlay · Barbara Fingerote · Graham & Silke Flint · Michael & Judy Fox · Linda & Ken Foxcroft · John & Susan Franchi · James & Sondra Franzen · Annick Freed · Dr Deanna Friesen · Bente & Tom Garner · Ms Robin Garrett · Mr Jack Geuzebroek · Mr Murray Gleave · Pamela Mallindine & John Glen · Marcia & Bernie Glick · John & Susan Goddard · Lesley Rigg & David Goldblum · Mr Ray Gormley · Grace Gosinski & Lindsay Brown · Larry & Catherine Graber · Richard & Bibi Grace · Dorothy Graham · Patricia Grainger · Ms Cindy Grant · Brian & Lenore Greaves · Sandra Green · Lorna Greenbaum · Barbara Griffin & Clay Stauffer · Ray & Marjorie Gunther · Mrs Monica Hainer · Peter Hall · Tanis Hall · Virginia Hamill · Rev James Hannah · Ann-Marie Harley · Helen Harper · Nancy R Harris · Russell Harris & Marianne Arseneau · Ms Frances Harvey · Phil & Dolores Haverstick · Helen Hawkins · John Henderson · Audrey Hendrickson · Gayle Henkenhaf · Bill & Rosette Hillgrove · Tom Hoadley & Cindy Lombardo · Carol Hodges · John & Betsey Honek · Harry and Debbie Horricks · Christopher Hough & Donna Estrich · Art Huber & Janet Jeffrey · Mr Timothy R. Hulsey · David & Emily Hyde · Richard Hyde & Laurie Bentley · Gail & Alick Innes · Barbara Jackel · Jean Jagendorf · Janet James · David & Leslie Jeanneret · Alicia Jeffery & Neil Alan Foster · Elisabeth Johnson · Keith Jones · Michael Jones · Scott & Beth Jorgensen · Mr Thomas A. Jorgensen · Richard Joyrich · George & Gail Julie · Richard & Judith Katz · Ms Avril Kearney · Jane Kearns · Marilee Keller · Janet Kennish · Richard & Sally Kinsey · Prof S. Kirschbaum & Dr T. Ambus · Eva M Klein · Celia Knapp & William Cobb · Gail & Robert Kostash · Mr Jim & Sandy Koteles · Mrs Zorica Kovacev · Terry Kratz · Joy Lambert · Bonnie Lamourie & Ronald Newman · Catherine & Dick Lane · Mr & Mrs B.J. Laws · Dr Renee S. Lerche · Murray & Tina Levith · Arlyn Levy · Steve Levy · Craig & Abby Lewis · Mr Colin Lindsay · David & Diane Lisburn · Mrs & Mr Gillian & Bob Little · Michael Litvak · Ms Sonya Livingston · Rev Karl E. Loeb · Mr Steve Lowden · Robert & Wendy L. Lowe · Edward Lupa · Mr Arthur MacDonald · Scott & Debi MacKay · Laurel MacKay-Lee · Doris & Lachlan MacLachlan · James & Gladys MacPherson · Don & Helga MacRae · Allan Magnacca · Kathy & David Maister · Ms Candy Manuel · Mr Leor Margulies · Ms Lillian Martingano · Pauline Mateas, in memory of Lyle R. Nickle · Colin & Sharen Mayers · Margaret Matyus & Sean Foley · Gabe & Nancy Mazzetti · Ms Sheila McBride · Mr Larry Melnychuk · Bishop Daniel Miehm · Lynda Miller · Pauline Miller · John Mills Sr & Jill E Mills · David & Gail Moorcroft · Dr James C. Moore · James & Mary Morgan · John A. Morrison · Arthur & Franca Moss · Dr Mary Ann Mountain · Carol & Linda Muehlig, in memory of Gladys Muehlig · Lynn & Stephen Muench · Mrs Dawn D. Mullinger · Kim Mustill · Debbie Myers · Janet-Lee & George Nadas · Doug & Mary Neal · Nick & Jean Neumann · Rae & Audrey Ney ·

Carol Nissenson · Mr Fergus Odonnell · Lynn & John O’Donnell · Michael & Laura O’Hara · Dr Elizabeth OliverMalone · Charles & Judy Overland · Nancy Kay Owens · Thomas & Susan Palmer · John Park & Sharon Tocher · Mr Wade Partridge · Mrs Audrey Paton · D. Murray Paton · Christopher Patterson & Rosanna Pietrangeli · W. John & Thea Patterson · Jennifer Peace · James & Elizabeth Peddie · Mr & Mrs Frank Penny · John and Debra Perkins · Jill Leigh Perry · Lisa Rae Philpott · Edward Planeta Jr · Mr & Mrs John G. Polzin · Ed Pomeroy · Keith Potter · Larry & Karen Poulos · Jim & Bonnie Powell · Dr Joanne Powers · Gaye-Ann & Les Pracsovics · Bob Price · Rev David & Mrs Judith Pritchard · Mr Joe Proietti · Gerald & Veronica Punnett · Robert Purves · Adele Quarrington & David Robinson · Frances M. & Gary H. Quart · Robert J. Redhead · Judge Bonnie Reed & Stuart Schlossberg · A. Reeve & C. Rose · Laurie Reid · Owen Ricker · Keith & Susan Rivers · Dr & Mrs E. Lee Robbins · Mr John Robinson · Mr Robert Robinson · Mary Anne Rokitka · Russell J. Rowland · Edward & Nina Jane Roy · Lorraine & Manfred Rudolph · Neil Rudolph & Susan Cluff · Mr & Mrs Rushton · Michael & Janet Ryval · Victor M Saccucci · David & Ann Saffer · Rowena & Peter Samuel · Bonnie & Thomas Sanderson · Mr Ken Schander · Catherine & Stephan Schifter · Mrs Karen Schlather · John & Donna Schwartzburg · Jack & Carolyn Scott · Charles & Maureen Scroope · Linda Seifert · Leo & Sheila Serio · Robert and Deborah Shakotko · Paula Shapiro · Ms Barbara Shum · Ms Carolyn Sihler · Robert Simpson & Catherine Craig · Jim & Nancy Sissons · Lisa Skora · Mrs Gene Anne Smith · Alma Smitheringale & Ron Durand · Robert Spadoni · David & Trudy Spence · Mr & Mrs Ken Spicer · Myrna Stait-Gardner · Linda & Mark Steinman · Dagmar & Jan Stodola · David & Beverley Stone · Barbara Stratton · Carol Strom · Dr Alex Sunarich · Carolyn & Ian Sutherland · Mr & Mrs Gregory & Gillian Szabo · Donald Szydlo · Jan & Bob Tanouye · Joanna K. Taylor · Peter Taylor · Helen E. Tazzman · J. Thornburg & E. Skronski · Dr Eva Tlusty · The Toby Family · Mary Toll & William Heimann · Peter Toller · Nanci Turk · Lori L. & John R. Twombly · Larry & Joan Urbanoski · Ms Demetra Valente · Douglas & Beverly Valentine · Fay & Garry Vanden Beukel · Ms Nina Robinson Vitow · Dr Nancy J. Vivian · Vito Volterra · Mr Leslie Vona & Ms Lori Sarazin · Helen Vosu & Donald Milner · W.D. Waite · Nick & Marg Walker · Patricia E. Warren · Lisa Wascovich & Marie Ivkanec · Ms Joan Watson · Grant Wedge & Bob Crouch · In memory of Normand & Sally St-Onge · James & Judith Westell · Alden & Susan White · Justin White · Mr Patric Whyte & Mrs Oralyn Whyte · Dr Gerard Wieczkowski Jr · Rasa & Neil Wilkinson · Alan Wilson · Ms Jane Wilson · Dr Christopher M. Wixson · Mrs Donna R. Wixson · Elaine M. Wolfe & Barry L. Silverman · Rev Mark J. Wolski · Eve Wylie · Craig & Patty Wynn · Bruce Young · Barrie Zwicker · 37 anonymous gifts

ENDOWMENT

The Shaw’s Endowment Fund totals more than $39 million and provides this Festival with a portion of the net income earned each year – a vital and reliable source of revenue. The Shaw’s Endowment has grown thanks to the following generous donors and their Funds which support a diverse range of initiatives and programs: Bram & Bluma Appel, Bram & Bluma Appel Playwright in Residence Fund · Carol & David+ Appel, Carol & David Appel Play Development Fund · Estate of Lillian M. Aylesworth, Robert & Lillian Aylesworth Endowed Academy Fund · Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie, Christopher Newton Interns Fund & Baillie Family Fund for Education · Charles Balbach+, Gardens & Beautification Fund · James F. Brown++, Debra J. Graham & James F. Brown Fund · Walter Carsen+, O.C., Rose Fund · John Cronyn, John Cronyn Fund · Margaret & Jim Fleck, Paul D. Fleck Fund · Doralee & Lawrence Garfinkel, David Garfinkel Memorial Fund · George Weston Ltd, Director’s Project Fund · Corinne Hansen, Ali & Corinne Hansen Fund · Martha+ & Tom++ Hyde, Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre Fund · Ivey Foundation, Academy Professional Endowment Fund · Beryl Ivey & Richard M. Ivey, Academy Professional Endowment Fund · Don & Gundy+ Jackson, Gundy Jackson Fund · Diane++ & James King, Shaw Festival Travel Fund · Ed+ & Ann King, Ed & Ann King Wardrobe Endowment Fund · Macdonald Family, Macdonald Family Fund · H & R Mida Charitable Foundation, H & R Mida Fund · Michael++ & Katie++ Militello, Katie & Michael Militello Endowed Fund · Tim++ & Frances++ Price, Tim & Frances Price Risk Fund · Andrew++ & Valerie Pringle, Andy Pringle Creative Reserve Fund · Calvin G. Rand+, Calvin Rand Fund · William++ & Meredith Saunderson, William & Meredith Saunderson Acting Apprentice Program Fund · Shaw Festival Guild, Shaw Guild Endowed Fund · The Slaight Family Foundation, The Slaight Family Academy Endowed Fund · Allan Slaight+ & Standard Broadcasting, The Newton Awards · Donald++ & Elaine++ Triggs, Donald & Elaine Triggs Technology Endowment Fund · Michael & Anne Tyler, Michael & Anne Tyler Fund for the Academy through the Victoria Foundation · 1 anonymous gift

In addition, we would like to thank the following who have generously contributed $25,000 or more for Endowment purposes to the Shaw Festival Endowment Fund:

Ron++ & Barbara++ Besse · J.P. Bickell Foundation · John & Nancy Bligh · Estate of Ruth Bolt · Shauneen+ & Michael Bruder · Estate of Penelope Carter · Gary+ & Cathy Comerford · Michael Eagen & Michele Darling+ · Anthony & Shari Fell · Art & Val+ Fleming · David & Amy Fulton · Brenda Gibson · Estate of Lawrence George Hodgett · Rennie & Bill+ Humphries · Estate of Dr Mary Beth Jennings · Lewfam Foundation · Manulife Financial · Estate of John Mappin · Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation · Norman & Marian Robertson Charitable Foundation · Estate of Angela Roland · Gary & Donna Slaight · Maureen+ & Wayne Squibb · Estate of Helen Allen Stacey · Uplands Charitable Foundation · Walker Industries Holdings Limited · Carol Walker & Estate of John Greenhill Walker · Estate of Paul Warun · Barbara+ & Colin+ Watson · Bruce++ & Susan Winter · 2 anonymous gifts

With the participation of the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario.

DIRECTED & RESTRICTED FUND GIFTS

INDIVIDUAL GIFTS Marilyn++ & Charles++ Baillie · Peggy Bell, in memory of Ken Bell · Paul Madeley, in loving memory of Gayle Stokes · Gabriel Pascal Memorial Fund · Marilyn Pilkington+ & Wayne Shaw · Joseph & Jeltje Reid · Corinne++ & Victor+ Rice · Ann Savege

SPECIAL APPEAL ($600+) Gifts to our Special Appeal help to ensure future generations can enjoy, learn and benefit from the Shaw Festival’s performances and programs.

Richard & Mona Alonzo · Ms Heather Bacon · Mr Evan G. Birks · Vivien Dzau++ & Daniel MacIntosh++ · Diane King++ · Ian Orchard & Angela Lange · In loving memory of my parents Benjamin & Jeanette Leon · Mark & Bettie Tullis · 1 anonymous gift

PHILIP AKIN BLACK SHOULDERS LEGACY AWARD

This award was established in honour of Canadian Director/Playwright Philip Akin. Gifts to the Philip Akin Black Shoulders Legacy Award are invested by the Shaw Festival Endowment Foundation to support youngin-craft Black Canadian theatre artists through financial support, artistic guidance, and national promotion. Each year, up to five artists are awarded a minimum $5000 prize towards training and opportunities to grow their craft.

LEAD DONORS ($10,000+) Buddies in Bad Times Theatre · Emma Donoghue · Lindy Green & Sam Chaiton · Jefferson Mappin · The Metcalf Foundation · The Musical Stage Company · Andrew++ & Valerie Pringle · Shaw Festival

GIFTS ($500+) Thom Allison · Arts Club Theatre Company · David Auster · Alethea Bakeogeorge · Victoria Barber · Paul Beauchamp · Belfry Theatre · Judith Bowden* & Jeff Cummings* · Theresa Boyle · Cahoots Theatre · Canadian Stage · Centaur Foundation for Performing Arts · Suzanne Cheriton · Derrick Chua · Mitchell Cohen · Steven G Cumyn · David Daniels · Patrick David · Megan Deeks · Cassandra Di Felice · Emma Donoghue · Factory Theatre · Yvonne Fleck · John Goddard · Harold Green Jewish Theatre · Kate Hennig* · Ray Hogg · Robyn Hoja · Astrid Janson · Michael Jones · Pauline Jones · Tamara Jones · Thomas Jones · Koffler Centre · Mitchell Marcus · Leanne Matlow · Racheal McCaig · Bart Nickerson · Nightwood Theatre · Stacey Norton · Obsidian Theatre Board of Directors · Obsidian Theatre Company · Playwrights Canada Press · Kimberley Rampersad* · Luke Reece · Suzy Rodness · Alicia Rose · Amanda Rosenthal · Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre · Rupal Shah · Michael Sinclair · Celia Smith · Dennis Souder & Deborah Bannerman · Soulpepper Theatre · The Stratford Festival · Summerworks · Talk Is Free Theatre · Tarragon Theatre · Theatre Calgary · Theatre Gargantua · The Theatre Centre · Kristen Thomson · Alan & Janet Walker · Ellen Wallace · Lucy White · Young People’s Theatre · Rhonda Zwingerman · 1 anonymous gift

THE DOHERTY-RAND LEGACY CIRCLE

Recognizes generous individuals who commit to future support through bequests or other legacy gifts. Bob & Dorothy Aaron · Mr Doug & Dr Lavonne Adams · Robert G. Anderson & Charles William Tate · Anonymous Buffalo Donors · Callie Archer · Scott & Ruth Aspinall · Keith Ambachtsheer & Virginia Atkin · Rob Ayling · Barb & Terry Babij · Deanna Baker · Lorne++ & Rosemary Barclay · Patricia & Barrie Barootes · Laurie Barrett · Joann Bean · Peggy Bell · Thomas & Linda Beran · Stacey Lynn Bilotta · Dr Brenda Birkin · Ronald James Boone · Norman Bradshaw · James F. Brown++ · Truly Carmichael* & Tim Jennings*++ · Thomas A. Caster · Anne Cattermole Levy · Alberta G. Cefis++ & Ilio Santilli++ · Dr Kathy Jane Chambery · Janice Coles · Amanda Demers & Brian Collins · Glenna & Derek Collins · William & Lacey Anne Collins · Andrew Colwell & Richard Ellis++ · Barry H. Davidson · Patricia G. Debrusk · Marilyn L. Dickinson · Dr L. Delf Dodge & Mr Timothy M. Dodson · Mr James Duhaime & Dr Heather Hannah · Vivien Dzau++ & Daniel MacIntosh++ · Steven Endicott · Carol Baggott Forte · Lorna & Walter C. Gates, Jr · John Geller · Mrs Priscilla Gerde · Judy & Peter+ Gill · Wendy++ & Bruce++ Gitelman · Wendy Glazier · Alexander Gluskin & Shauna Sexsmith · Mr & Mrs David Graper · Mike Grey · Maryann & Peter Grierson · Lyle Hall+ · Dr Marilyn J. Haring · Laurie+ & Douglas Harley · Donald Harrington · Brian Harrison & Daryl Novak · Ellen L. Hawman · Suzanne Hébert+ · Pamela Davis Heilman++ · Mary E. Hill++ · Lauri & Jean Hiivala · Susan A. Howard · Hunter Green Trust · Robin Campbell++ & Peter Jewett++ · Colleen++ & Brian Johnston · Ron & Nancy Johnston · Steve Johnston & Ron Price-Jones · Rebecca++ & Ian++ Joseph · Karen & Howard Kaplan · Diane King++ · Tom & Barb Kuby · Tammy Laber · Dr & Mrs Richard V. Lee · Larry Lubin · Ronald H. Luczak++ · R. Susan MacIntyre · Joanna Manning · Dennis & Bernadette Martin · Gail Martin · John & Marg Mather · Dr Donald McCreary · Mary I. McLeod Foundation · Mrs Stephanie Meredith · Cindy Mewhinney* · Mary Mizen+ & Chris Booth · Paul & Karen Munninghoff · George Papatheodorou & Ken Deeth · Brian & Paddy Parr · Jodey Porter++ · Tim++ & Frances++ Price · Sam & Robin++ Ridesic · Drs Jolie Ringash & Glen Bandiera++ · Margaret A. Riggin · Thomas R. Roese & William H. Frank · Joy Rogers · Susan & Peter Salomonsson · Larry J. Santon ·

Manfred & Phyllis Schaefer · Sabine & Jochen Schleese · Nancy Smith++ · Wendy & Wayne Smith · Victor & Anne Solomatenko · Elizabeth A. Stirling · John & Patricia Stocker · Ken Stowe & Nita Farmer · Scott Sunderland · H. Allen & Valerie R. Swanson · Lynda & Stephen Tepperman · Elizabeth Terry · Merilyn & Jim Thompson · Peter & Marie Van Der Gulik · Ian Waldron & Tim Redmann · Carolyn J. Warner · Harriet ‘Sis’ Bunting Weld+ · Philip & Kimberley* White · Jim Whitehead · Deborah & Grant Williams · 48 anonymous gifts

TRIBUTES & IN MEMORIAM GIFTS

GIFTS RECEIVED IN MEMORY OF Diana Beacham · Mona Brennan-Coles · Alexander Macklin Breuls · Eleanor Christine Breuls · Ellen Cochren · Ginny Douglas · Marie Dressler · Ralph Eades · Elizabeth Edgerton · Margaret Ferguson · Mary Goodwin · Beatrice Hamilton · Susan Horner · Elspeth Johnson · Elaine Loveman · Donald Cyril Lubick · Lillian Magder · Arthur Elliott Marshall, Jr · Samuel T. Phillips · Victor Rice+ · Bernice Santor · Barbara & Thomas Scrymgeour · Susan Jane Shore, who loved The Shaw · Normand & Sally St-Onge · Susan Sutherland · Douglas Tufts · Connie Walsh · Martine Vilas & Gerald · Frank Zalokar

GIFTS RECEIVED IN HONOUR OF Michael Barnstijn · Ian++ & Rebecca++ Joseph · Richard Joyrich · Ronald Luczak++ · Charlie Owens* · Production Stage Manager Lisa Russell* · Bert Shrubsole · Judi Shrubsole · Martha Shrubsole · Sara Shrubsole

FOUNDATIONS

James A. Burton & Family Foundation · Cullen Foundation · DeRoy Testamentary Foundation · Donner Canadian Foundation · Elcan Ridge Foundation, in memory of Elspeth Johnson · Fleming Foundation · Gouvernet Arts Fund at Rochester Area Community Foundation · The Joan & Clifford Hatch Foundation · Humeniuk Foundation · Jackman Foundation · The Henry White Kinnear Foundation · The Lawrason Foundation · The McLean Foundation · Mary I. McLeod Foundation · The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation · George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation · Philip & Berthe Morton Foundation · The Slaight Family Foundation · Dorothy Strelsin Foundation · 2 anonymous gifts

CORPORATE

THEATRE, PRODUCTION & STAGE SPONSORS 124 On Queen Hotel · BMO Financial Group · Burgundy Asset Management Ltd · Paradigm Capital Inc · The Shaw Guild · TD Bank Group

PROGRAM SUPPORTERS CIBC · Critelli’s Fine Furniture · Hodgson Russ LLP · Holiday Inn Express & Staybridge Suites · Niagara-on-the-Lake · Niagara Falls Bridge Commission · RBC Foundation · Rich’s · Riverview Cellars Estate Winery · Spirit in Niagara - Small Batch Distillers · Vintage Hotels

MEDIA, PRODUCT & IN-KIND SUPPORT Jackson-Triggs Estate Winery · MZ Media · Navigator Ltd · Niagara Airbus · Peller Estates Winery & Restaurant · Toronto Star · Trius Winery & Restaurant · Riverbend Inn & Vineyard · Zoomer Radio

PERFORMANCE HOSTS & BUSINESS MEMBERS Aylmer Express Graphics Group · Cenovus Energy · Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc · IG Wealth Management · Irish Design · It’s All Fun & Games · Jolanta Bula, Legal Professional Corporation · Niagara Holiday Rentals · Procor Limited · STAY Niagaraon-the-Lake · The Scotsman Hotel · The Woodbridge Company Limited · 1 anonymous gift

SHIVAREE SUPPORTERS Genesis Niagara · Dr Hopkins & Associates Optometry · The Irish Harp · Mr Furnace Heating & Air Conditioning · Niagara-on-the-Lake Realty · Ridley College · Tree Amigos Landscaping, Inc

VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES

Special thanks to the 400+ volunteers who contribute more than 15,000 hours to this Festival – without their support, many of our programs and events would not be possible.

THE SHAW GUILD Sandy Henderson++, President · Mary Mizen+, Past President

The Shaw Guild is a large group of 400+ volunteers who support and promote the Shaw Festival. They are involved in many activities including greeting patrons, taking tickets, leading backstage tours, beautifying the theatre gardens, running successful fundraising events, and building awareness and engagement for The Shaw. Collectively, they donate more than 15,000 volunteer hours each year. Without their support, many of our programs and events would not be possible.

SHAW BOXING EVENING Marc St-Onge++, Co-Chair · Aaron Toporowski, Co-Chair

SHIVAREE Arlyn Levy, Co-Chair · Chris Semple, Co-Chair

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