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YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATREPRESENT S

The performance will run approximately 80 minutes, with a 15-intermission.

Photography, videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Chad HenryAdapted from Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd

Produced by Seattle Children's Theatre, Seattle, WA, USADirected by Linda Hartzell

Choreographed by Marianne RobertsMusic Direction by Jeff Bell

THE C A STPianist

Mouse, Cat, BearDog, Tooth Fairy, Bear

BunnyOld Lady, Dish, Bear

Jeff BellMolli CorcoranAuston JamesMike Spee Vickielee Wohlbach

Young People’s Theatre is situated on the territories of the Mississaugas of New Credit and other Indigenous peoples, whom we acknowledge and respect.

THE CREATIVE TEAMScenic Designer

Costume DesignerLighting Designer

Sound DesignerOriginal Puppet Design

Puppet Designer/CoachWig Master

Stage Manager Production Assistant,

Tour Company ManagerProduction Manager

Technical Director Dance Captain

Jennifer LuptonCatherine HuntRick PaulsenChris R. WalkerDouglas N. PaaschAnnett MateoJoyce DegenfelderShellie StoneLaurel Nichols

Michael WellbornMichael K. HaseAuston James

Seattle Children’s Theatre is a professional company employing members of Actors’ Equity Association.

SUPPORTED BY

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A Message from the Artistic Director, YPTIt is with great pleasure that YPT welcomes the prestigious Seattle Children’s Theatre (SCT) for their first performance in Canada – especially during our 50th Anniversary season. Their delightful production of Goodnight Moon is an example of the fine work they have done for many years under the leadership of their Artistic Director, Linda Hartzell. Linda is widely respected across America for her artistry, her dedication to young audiences, and her leadership in making SCT one of the foremost theatres for young people in the world.

This presentation is an exchange of sorts with SCT. We recently took YPT’s Hana’s Suitcase to Seattle for a three-week run. With support from the Biller Foundation, the production sparked an extensive series of public forums, workshops and post-show panels. I could not have been more proud of the way the story of Fumiko Ishioka and her search for Hana Brady ignited SCT’s young audiences.

I like to refer to Goodnight Moon as a “cuddle play”. There are some stories that are just meant to remind us how delightful it is be three years old - or five - or forty! The rituals of bedtime across many cultures revolve around a few reminders. These include knowing that the things we cherish will be there in the morning, that the moon is a light for sleeping, that sleep is really good for us...and that we can sleep safe and sound in the love of our family.

I hope you have a wonderful sleep tonight and every night.

ALLEN MACINNIS

YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE (YPT) is the oldest professional theatre company in Toronto and is a national producer and presenter of theatre for young audiences - the first and largest of its kind in Canada. Over the past 50 years YPT has staged many of the most important plays that form the canon of work for youth in our country. YPT continues to develop new work and create partnerships with theatre companies across the country and around the world.

But that’s not all. The enriched learning experiences of YPT’s Education & Participation Department provide young people with opportunities to develop their whole being. Through our workshops in community shelters and agencies, educational initiatives in Toronto classrooms, Drama School programs in four locations throughout the City, and training and apprenticeship opportunities, we place learning at the centre of everything we do.

At Young People’s Theatre we strive for a positive and lasting impact on the emotional, social, and intellectual development of young people - giving them the chance to grow into the unique and wonderful people they were born to be.

About Young People’s Theatre

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Cast

VICKIELEE WOHLBACHOLD LADY, DISH, BEAR

Vickielee is super excited to be returning to the world of the Great Green Room. She has performed frequently with Seattle Children’s Theatre and favorites include James and the

Giant Peach, Dot & Ziggy, A Year With Frog and Toad, Stellaluna, Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse and Go Dog Go. Vickielee has toured extensively throughout the U.S., Japan and Europe, and is proud to make her Canadian debut. Favorite stage roles include Kate in Taming of the Shrew, Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker, Brunhilde in Das Barbecu and Housewife in Menopause the Musical. In addition to her career as a recording and voiceover artist, she regularly rocks out with cover band The Usual Suspects, and acoustically with Modern Angels who just released their third album, Go To Sleep. Modernangels.com. Hello Toronto!

Molli is thrilled to be in Toronto performing at Young People's Theatre. Other recent credits include: Pippi in Pippi Longstocking, Barrister in The Wizard of Oz and Dot in Dot

& Ziggy (Seattle Children's Theatre); Lucy in A Charlie Brown Christmas (Taproot Theatre); Melody in Bad Jews (Seattle Public Theatre); Hope in Urinetown (Balagan Theatre); Danger: Books!, JT News: A Jewish Celebration (Book-It Repertory Theatre); Melissa in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Seattle Musical Theatre); Cinderella in Into The Woods and June in The Musical of Musicals, The Musical (Mt. Baker Theatre). As always, so much love to my family.

MOLLI CORCORANMOUSE, CAT, BEAR

Auston most recently appeared as El Gallo in The Fantasticks (Showtunes Theatre Company); Dan in Next to Normal (Balagan Theatre); and Tanner in Cloaked (Village

Theatre). Favorite Seattle Children's Theatre shows include The Wizard of Oz, A Year with Frog and Toad, Jack and the Beanstalk and his very first Chad Henry show: Little Lulu. Auston was also the composer for SCT's original production of Harold and the Purple Crayon.

AUSTON JAMESDOG, TOOTH FAIRY, BEAR

Mike is thrilled to be bringing this delightful show to Toronto audiences. Mike’s previous shows at Seattle Children’s Theatre include a pair of world premiere

musicals, starring as Dick Whittington in Dick Whittington and His Cat and James in James and the Giant Peach. Favorite regional credits: Fyedka in Fiddler on the Roof, Quartet in My Fair Lady, Charlie in Anne of Green Gables, Jesus in Godspell and Georg in Spring Awakening. LOVE!

MIKE SPEEBUNNY

Artistic & Production, Seattle Children's Theatre

Linda has been the Artistic Director of Seattle Children’s Theatre and its Education Programs since 1984. She has directed more than 64

plays for SCT, including 47 world premieres of plays such as James and the Giant Peach, Mwindo,

LINDA J. HARTZELLDIRECTOR & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

The Red Badge of Courage, Holes, The HobokenChicken Emergency, Afternoon of the Elves, When I Grow Up I’m Gonna Get Some Big Words, Pink and Say, Still Life with Iris, The Odyssey, Naomi's Road, The Rememberer, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Addy: An American Girl Story, Goodnight Moon, Busytown and A Single Shard. She received her BA in Education from the University of Washington and was a faculty member of Lakeside School in Seattle from 1977 to 1992, where she taught drama. In addition to SCT productions, Linda has directed The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the Syracuse Stage and developed a new toddler production, Dot &

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ALLEN MACINNIS

MARIANNE ROBERTS CHOREOGRAPHER

Ziggy, which premiered at Chicago Children’s Theatre. Her directing credits in the Northwest include the productions of Lemons, Nuts and Creeps (The Group Theatre); Kitchen, Church and Kids and The Fabulous Sateens Spill the Beans (Empty Space Theatre); and The Grapes of Wrath (Intiman Theatre). She has directed the Seattle Repertory Theatre’s Mobile Outreach Bunch (MOB), and was the director for the original production of Angry Housewives at the Pioneer Square Theatre. During the summer of 1991, Ms. Hartzell worked with One Reel Productions in Seattle and Furusato Caravan to create and direct Labor of Love, a play that toured both Japan and the United States. Labor of Love was remounted in 1992 and performed as part of the Olympic Arts Festival in Barcelona, Spain. She also directed the Australian premiere of Afternoon of the Elves for Adelaide’s Windmill Performing Arts and the State Theatre Company in Sydney in August 2004. Ms. Hartzell has been instrumental in developing Connecting Stories, a cross-cultural exchange program with theatre artists in the U.S., the Netherlands and Iran, which brought Iranian performance artist Yaser Khaseb to Seattle to kick-off the 2009-2010 season. Linda was formerly on the board of the national organization, Theatre Communications Group (TCG). She is a former vice president of the United States Center for the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People (ASSITEJ/USA), and currently sits on the board of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Linda was invested as a Member of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre in 1998 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and received the international ASSITEJ Award for Artist of Excellence in 2011. In 2013, Linda was awarded the Orlin Corey Medallion Award by the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America. In 1994, she was honored by the University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences with the Distinguished Achievement Award, and received the Women of Achievement award from the Seattle Chapter of Women in Communications. Seattle newspapers voted Linda one of The Ten Best of Puget Sound in 1996 for “giving Seattle one of the best playhouses for children in the nation”. In 2001, Ms. Hartzell was honored with the Gregory Falls Sustained Achievement Award given by Theatre Puget Sound. Other honors include the Seattle Mayor’s Arts Award in 2006, and ArtsFund’s Outstanding Achievement in the Arts award in 2009. In 2015, Linda received the Women of Influence award from the Puget Sound Business Journal, and the prestigious Washington State Governor’s Individual Artist award.

Marianne is delighted to once again play in the Great Green Room with Bunny, Mouse and all the other magical characters in Goodnight Moon. She has choreographed productions at most of the professional theaters in Seattle and the 1992 Olympic Arts Festival in Barcelona. Having choreographed over 30 productions at SCT, favorites include Lyle the Crocodile, Peter Pan, A Year With Frog and Toad, The Wizard of Oz, Pippi Longstocking, James and the Giant Peach and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. As a dancer, Ms. Roberts trained and performed in New York and toured internationally with New York-based concert dance companies. Teaching credits include Cornish College of the Arts, in both the dance and theatre departments, and Village Theatre’s Kidstage program.

JEFF BELL MUSIC DIRECTOR & PIANIST

Jeff is thrilled to be in Toronto with this production of Goodnight Moon. Other music directing credits at Seattle Childrenʼs Theatre include Pippi Longstocking and, most recently, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Jeff lives in Seattle, and his work as music director has also been heard at Village Theatre, Centerstage Theatre and Cornish College of the Arts.

JENNIFER LUPTONSCENIC DESIGNER

“It’s so great to be bringing our wonderful Goodnight Moon to Toronto!” Jennifer has spent much of her career since the early 1980s with Seattle Children’s Theatre where she recently designed the set for and opened Robin Hood, which traveled to the New Victory Theatre in New York City. Other recent design favorites include Adventures with Spot, Pippi Longstocking and Lyle the Crocodile. Her work has been seen at ACT, Intiman, Empty Space, New Century, Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska Repertory Theatre and Tacoma Actors Guild. Jennifer recently left Cornish College of the Arts where she was on the faculty for over twenty years. Jennifer received her MFA in Set and Lighting Design from the University of Washington. Most importantly, thank you Denis and Zach.

CATHERINE HUNTCOSTUME DESIGNER

Catherine’s designs have been seen in Seattle and throughout the country. Some of her favorite productions are James and the Giant Peach with Linda Hartzell, and Pippi Longstocking with Rita Giomi (Seattle Children's Theatre). Other Seattle Theatre credits include: In the Next Room: The Vibrator Play, directed by Kurt Beatty, as well

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RICK PAULSENLIGHTING DESIGNER

Rick is pleased to bring this production to Toronto. Making his home in Seattle, he has designed more than 25 shows for SCT including Red Badge of Courage, Sleeping Beauty, Pharaoh Serket and Lost Stone of Fire, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Animal Farm, The Secret Garden, Addy; an American Girl Story, Honus and Me, The Wizard of Oz and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. His lighting has been seen at every major theatre in the Seattle area and across the U.S. over the past 35 years. Rick is a proud member and Trustee of United Scenic Artists Local USA829. He is devoted to his wife Roberta and daughter Paige.

CHRIS R. WALKERSOUND DESIGNER

Chris is very happy to be returning as resident sound designer for SCT. In Seattle he has designed at The Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT, Intiman and The 5th Avenue. In California he’s designed at The Old Globe Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, the Mark Taper Forum, the Geffen Playhouse and ACT (San Francisco). He spent seven seasons as the resident designer at the American Repertory Theatre in Boston, designing over forty productions while there. He has also designed in New York, Houston, Philadelphia, Princeton, Providence, Chicago, Washington D.C. and Phoenix, as well as internationally in Singapore, Taiwan and Moscow. Commercially he has designed for Intel, Harvard University, Starbucks and Popcap Games. He holds a degree in Classical Piano performance from Cornish College of the Arts.

ANNETT MATEOPUPPET DESIGNER/COACH

Annett believes anything can be a puppet! She has made all kinds of puppets out of all kinds of materials for people, projects and theatres both locally and nationally. In her career as a professional puppet designer and builder she has built marionettes, Muppet-type puppets, rod puppets, large body/costume style, modified Banraku, shadow and pretty much every other kind of puppet. She has attended the O’Neill's National Puppetry Conference for a number of years and is in her fourteenth season as a puppet designer and builder for Seattle Children's Theatre. She has done custom requests, puppets

SHELLIE STONESTAGE MANAGER

Credits include: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Goodnight Moon, Mwindo, The Wizard of Oz, Lyle the Crocodile (Seattle Children’s Theatre); Grease, A Chorus Line, Oliver!, Secondhand Lions, The Music Man, RENT, Cinderella (5th Avenue Theatre); The Vaudevillians, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?, Venus in Fur, Boeing Boeing, Clybourne Park, Red, The Imaginary Invalid, Birdie Blue, Twelfth Night (Seattle Repertory Theatre); La Cenerentola (Spoleto Festival ’08); The Lion in Winter, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); Amelia, Don Quixote (Seattle Opera).

LAUREL NICHOLS PRODUCTION ASSISTANT & TOUR COMPANY MANAGER

Laurel is a Seattle-based stage manager and the Summer Season Production Manager at Seattle Children’s Theatre. Credits include Hello! My Baby, Like You Like It, Young Frankenstein, Anything Goes, Beauty and the Beast (Village Theatre KIDSTAGE); My Mañana Comes (ArtsWest); Goodnight Moon, Spamalot (Seattle Children’s Theatre); Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, Citizen Ruth (Balagan Theatre); Oliver, Secondhand Lions (The 5th Avenue Theatre); The Walworth Farce (New Century Theatre Company). Laurel would like to thank her amazing friends Ann, Josh and Pamela for their encouragement as well as her husband, Daniel, for his never-ending supply of love and support.

as the world premiere of Stephen Dietz's new play Bloomsday. Catherine has designed at The Seattle Opera, The Village Theatre, The Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT Theatre, The San Diego Repertory Theatre, L.A. Theatre Works and Hartford Stage. Ms. Hunt designed the costumes for the video game Riven, and has also been an adjunct faculty member at both Cornish College of the Arts and The University of Washington.

for parades, theatre performances for adults and is a regular participant of regional puppet slams. You can view her puppets on Puppetlandia.com.

KAREN SHARP MANAGING DIRECTOR

Karen has been a member of the SCT staff since 1999 and served as Education Director for many years. She honed her administrative skills teaching and coordinating arts education programs for over twenty years including several years as a drama specialist in a public elementary school. In addition Karen is an adjunct faculty member for the Seattle University MFA Arts Leadership program, Cornish College of the Arts and serves on the faculty of Bringing Theatre into the Classroom and Teaching Artist Training Lab. She has consulted with art schools and theater education departments across the country to help them implement best practices at their institutions and has been a guest lecture at many colleges and universities. Karen has presented at several local and national conferences including the 2011 and 2013 One Theatre World conferences, 2012 AATE Theatre in our Schools regional conference and the 2013 and 2015 AATE national conferences. Karen is the current Board President of both TYA/USA and The Winifred Ward Scholarship Foundation.

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About Seattle Children's TheatreSince its inception in 1975, Seattle Children's Theatre (SCT) has strived to provide innovative artistic programming and professional theatre for young audiences. With a mission to provide children of all ages access to professional theater and with an emphasis on new works and theatre education, SCT has produced over 235 plays, 110 of which are world premieres. Their state-of-the-art facility was the first self-contained theatre complex built for young audiences in the nation, and has since been used as a model for other theatres. To date, SCT has inspired and educated over 4 million children in the Puget Sound area.

Seattle Children’s Theatre and members of the creative team for this production, are affiliated with the following unions and professional organizations.

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 50,000 professional actors and stage managers. Equity endeavors to advance the careers of its members by negotiating wages, working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits (health and pension included). Member: AFL-CIO, FIA. #EquityWorks

The Director is a member of the Stage and Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.

Seattle Children’s Theatre is a member of TYA/USA, the national center of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People.

SCT is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre.

SCT is a member of International Performing Arts for Youth (IPAY).

Lighting, Sound, Staging, Property, Scenery, Scenic Art and Costume work is performed by employees represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists, and Allied Crafts of the US and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC.

The designers at this theatre are represented by the United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

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• How many things can you remember that Bunny says goodnight to?

Here are some questions for discussion

• Who are you going to say goodnight to tonight?

• What could the Old Lady do to help Bunny get to sleep sooner?

• Would you like to go visit the Moon and stars? What would you do when you got there?

Ask children to draw the room where they sleep. Ask them: “Do you have any of the same things there that Bunny had in his room?”

An exercise for when you get home

• What does The Cow learn from trying to jump over the Moon?

• Why are Bunny and Mouse friends?

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Staff for Young People's Theatre

Allen MacInnis artistic director

Nancy J. Webster executive director

Craig Morash director of administration

ADMINISTRATION & ARTISTICEdgar Chua director of operations

Katherine Sanders associate producer

Stephen Colella associate artistic director & dramaturg

Nick Tracey associate general manager*

Odelia Lee accounting assistant

PATRON SERVICESCamille Wilson front of house manager

Nora Hassaan assistant front of house manager

Lourdes Mendoza custodian

Ester Ayala part-time custodian

ushers: Gillian ArnoldAbdoulaye Bah Daniel BellAmelia BlaineIvy ChangBen ClementTarah HamiltonAndy HaywardGabriela HeckenGoodie HodnettHoma Kameh Guy Legault Tom McHale

Robin MunroAlex OsborneKaren RiveraLucas RosaliKatherin RossFran RuelkeTaisa RuslanaQuinton SamuelLetrell StanleySabrina TadesseJulie ThompsonLesley WilkinsonChris Young

EDUCATION & PARTICIPATIONKaren Gilodo associate artistic director, education

Jill Ward education & participation administrative director

Lois Adamson member schools & education manager

Marjie Chud interim drama school director

Amber Ebert school & community programs manager

Crystal Janicki education & participation assistant

Kristina Majnarichdrama school assistant

Norah O’Donnell community volunteer coordinator

Liz Pounsett drama school director (on leave)

Hanna Wolf drama school coordinator

co-op studentsLindsay IvanJesse LewisMichelle Calouro

resident artist educators: Herbie Barnes Christopher DuthieRamona Gilmour-Darling Britta JohnsonRob Kempson Amy Lee Melinda Little Mary Francis Moore Sabryn Rock Emil Sher Alix Sideris Noah SpitzerGreg Thomas Roy Fernandes resident professional educator

MARKETING & SALESMarilyn Hamilton director of marketing

Heather Caswell sales coordinator & box office supervisor

Josée Duranleau, Duranleau Communications media relations

Clare Hill digital content coordinator

Shawn McCarthy sales manager

Mariya Morosovska graphic designer/web associate

Cara Vandermey ticketing administrator

sales associates: Gabby GriceFranny McCabe-Bennett Matt Pilipiak Alexa Polenz Sarah Thorpe

FUNDRAISING & DEVELOPMENTAllan Penning director of development

Graeme Page campaign director

Chris Weber senior manager, development

James Parker development coordinator

Carlene Tung development coordinator

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Young People's Theatre Production Staff

David Scandiffio, chair

Sheila Brown, past chair, 50th anniversary gala co-chair

Holly Coll-BlackDavid Dal BelloRod DaviesBarbara DickPaul DinelleShauna Emerson-O’NeillDavid FuttererMathew HarrisonValerie HelbronnerJenine Krause

Shannan LevereNeil Macdonald Councillor Pam McConnellCouncillor Mary-Margaret McMahon Alayne MetrickAine O’FlynnChris PittsRob SainsburyJulie Soloway Carl Spitzer

**Stage Employees of YPT are represented by Local 58 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

Young People's Theatre Board of Directors

*Partially funded through the Professional Development program of The George Cedric Metcalf Foundation

Rick Banville director of production

Alexis Buset technical director

Ilana Harendorf head of wardrobe

Matt Jordan** studio technician

Mattea Kennedy head scenic artist

Scott Kitcher** stage carpenter & operations assistant

Lokki Ma head of props

Josh McGill** head electrician

Aiden Nagle** head of audio

Chloe Tekavcic wardrobe assistant

Ryan Wilson head scenic carpenter

Y.C. Chau & Sons Piano Inc.

Special thank youStephen Quinney

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Seattle Children's Theatre Staff for this Production

Linda Hartzell artistic director

Karen Sharp managing director

ARTISTIC

Nanette Acosta Costume Shop Manager

Elizabeth A. Friedrich Properties Shop Manager

Alexis Garrigues Company Manager

Michael K. Hase Technical Director

Eric Koch Assistant Technical Director

Beth Ellen Spencer Associate Production Manager

Michael Wellborn Production Manager

SCENIC SHOPAshley Bailey Assistant Charge Artist

David Baldwin Scenic Carpenter

Jeffrey Cook Charge Scenic Artist

Brian “Chili” Culver Master Scenic Carpenter

Zach Danneker Scenic Carpenter

Clark Sandford Scenic Shop Foreman

COSTUME SHOPCora Brown Stitcher/Crafts Assistant

Joyce Degenfelder Wig Master

Shellie Moomey First Hand

Kellie Dunn Master Crafts Artisan

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING

PRODUCTION

Benjamin Baird Master Stage Carpenter

Craig Bradshaw Master Electrician

Michael White Hayes Lead Sound Engineer

Nick Koester Lead Electrician

Nick Lauris Lead Stagehand

Emily McLaughlin Wardrobe Assistant

Mandy Mueller Lead Dresser

Erin Perona Wardrobe Master

Jackie Roberts Lead Stagehand

Joseph Swartz Master Sound Engineer

Allysa Thompson Lead Electrician

Alex Trewin Lead Sound Engineer

STAGE CREW

PROPERTIES SHOPDaphne Maurides Lead Properties Artisan

Todd Peacock-Preston Lead Properties Artisan

Annett Mateo Master Puppet Artisan

PUPPETRY SHOP

Ariel Bradler director of sales & marketing

Brooke O’Neal interim director of development

Patrick Schroeder director of finance

Rita Giomi artistic associate

Don Fleming education director

ADMINISTRATION

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VISIT YOUNGPEOPLESTHEATRE.CA FOR MORE INFORMATION

WHAT’S HAPPENING

Young People’s Theatre received an extraordinary gift of $3 million from the Slaight Family Foundation for the creation of The Ada Slaight Education Centre at YPT.

This gift allows YPT to extend access to our shows and increase the number of Drama School bursaries for young people who might not have the means to attend or participate. It also provides the opportunity for YPT to expand its participatory theatre programs in the community, its training programs, and its professional theatre apprenticeships.

• Join us at YPT’s Cultural Gym, a family friendly Pay What You Can drama program on Wednesday evenings. The next session entitled: “Conflict Resolution Through Theatre" begins on March 23rd (ages 12 and up).

•YPT, in partnership with the TDSB, is delivering a Playwriting Festival in which students from two different schools create their own original pieces with the guidance of a professional playwright.

•YPT is partnering with The Hincks-Dellcrest Centre – Gail Appel Institute to host their Parent Seminar Series. There will be sessions on March 7th and April 11th.

•Relaxed Performances of Goodnight Moon, specifically designed for young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), are scheduled for March 4th at 10:15am for school audiences and March 6th at 11:00am for public audiences.

•Registration is open for full-day workshops YPT is providing on PA Days (TDSB/TCDSB) from 9:00am to 3:30pm for Grades 1-3 on April 15th and Grades 1 – 6 on June 10th.

•Sprucecourt Public School, one of YPT’s Member Schools, is participating in a research project with us to learn about all that goes into creating a professional theatre production.

•Check out our Events Calendar to remain up-to-date on all YPT events. http://www.youngpeoplestheatre.ca/events/

THE ADA SLAIGHT EDUCATION CENTRE AT YPT

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Our Generous SupportersChildren from YPT’s Drama School program were asked this summer to use

their imaginations and give us their perceptions of donor giving levels. We’ve compiled the results and have named some of our donor giving

levels to reflect the children’s creative ideas.

Superheroes: $20,000+

Kings and Queens: $10,000+

Aimia Canada Inc. AnonymousBarrick Gold CorporationBMO Financial GroupSheila Brown* & Doug Guzman, Davis & Julia Great-West Life, London Life and Canada LifeIndustrial Alliance & IA Clarington Investments Inc.Intact InsuranceGeorge Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation

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Ada Slaight Education Centre at YPT $500,000+The Slaight Family Foundation

Princes and Princesses: $5,000+Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLPThe Dalglish Family FoundationBarbara Dick*, Malcolm Burrows & FamilyEdwards Charitable FoundationDavid Futterer*Joan & Clifford Hatch Foundation

The McClure Family*** Microsoft Canada Penwest Revenue Corp.David Sloan***The Mary-Margaret Webb FoundationAviva Zukerman Schure

Executive Producers: $2,500+Anonymous B2B BankBMO Capital MarketsRon BreslerCI InvestmentsCIBC World MarketsRod Davies*Paul Dinelle*FacebookInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

Christopher Jones*** & Christine WilliamsThe Leonard FoundationAllen MacInnis** & Arin MurrayManulife Asset ManagementAlayne Metrick*The Muttart FoundationAine O'Flynn* & Steve BraunOsler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Edita & Graeme PagePayworks

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Producers: $1,000+

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YPT is a Registered Charitable Organization #11930 7254 RR0001

Gift In-Kind Supporters:

2015/16WINE SPONSOR

2015/16BEVERAGE SPONSOR

2015/16PRINT SPONSOR

2015/16CRAFT SUPPLIES SPONSOR

2015/16MEDIA PARTNER

2015/16SNACK SPONSOR

2015/16BEER SPONSOR

Sandra MurreNational Music Camp Of CanadaGrail NobleAndrea PerlakyMartin ReddickTerence Reid***James RidoutRavi SankarMarny ScullyServocraft Limited

David Alexander SevilleDavid ShantaIvor & Renee SimmonsSandra L. Simpson***Hilary SloanKim StevensChristine ThomlinsonMolly ThompsonMaureen ThorneJudy Toker

Nick Tracey**Fatema ValjiCara Vandermey**Bill VlaadJill Ward**Chris Weber**Hanna Wolf**

Young People’s Theatre (YPT) is very grateful to all of the individuals, corporations, foundations and government agencies who contribute to our continued growth and success.

Education is vital to all children but not all learning takes place in the classroom. The dynamic and exciting theatre experiences that YPT has to offer promote creativity, critical thinking and confidence in young people.

Our donors enrich the life of children and youth by giving them access to the magic of live theatre and exceptional programming. The generosity of donors keeps YPT accessible for all young people and their families.

To help us achieve our mission please contact: James Parker, Development Coordinator 416.363.5131 x248 or jparker@youngpeoplestheatre.ca

photo by: jenna muirhead gould

CHARITABLE REGISTRATION NUMBER 11930 7254 RR0001

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Drama School Throughout the Year

Fall/Winter/Spring SessionsGRADES JK – 12 | Classes now available in four different locations on weekends with weekday classes added downtown!

Explore and experiment with essential drama skills in the Fall and Winter sessions. The Spring session culminates in a final presentation in The Studio or on The Mainstage at YPT.

March Break CampsMARCH 14-18, 2016 | GRADES JK-6 | DOWNTOWN AND NORTH YORK

Our hugely popular March Break Camp is now available both downtown at YPT and for the first time in North York. Over the course of one week students will practice their theatre skills, learn new drama games and work collaboratively to create their own piece of theatre.

Summer Camp 2016 JULY-AUGUST, 2016 | GRADES 1-12 | DOWNTOWNOne and two-week sessions of friendship building and playmaking! Over the course of each camp, students work under the guidance of artist-educators to learn theatre techniques, develop ensemble skills and work collaboratively to create their own show. Special courses in Film Making and Music Theatre are also available.

Bursaries available for all programsPlease contact the Drama School for full details and an application form.

CALL OR CLICK TODAY!416.862.2222 | YOUNGPEOPLESTHEATRE.CA

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THE SLAIGHT FAMILY FOUNDATIONTHE ADA SLAIGHT EDUCATION CENTRE AT YPT

GOVERNMENT PARTNERS

EDUCATION PARTNER

ARTS IMPACT

SUN LIFE FINANCIALPAY WHAT YOU CAN& FIRST SATURDAYS SEATS FOR EVERY KID

ACCESSIBILITY EMERGING ARTISTS

YPT IS GRATEFUL FOR THE OUTSTANDING AND GENEROUS SUPPORT PROVIDED BY

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ALLEN MACINNIS NANCY J. WEBSTERArtistic Director Executive Director

ON THE MAINSTAGE APR. 4 TO MAY 16, 2016RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 5 & UP

CALL OR CLICK: 416.862.2222 YOUNGPEOPLESTHEATRE.CA #YPT50

The Wizard of OzBy L. Frank Baum

With Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. HarburgBackground Music by Herbert Stothart

Dance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard, Orchestration by Larry Wilcox, Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company

Based upon the Classic Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros.

Directed by Joey Tremblay