YOU ARE HERE by Daniel MacIvor
Directed by Paul Hardy
September 24 - October 9, 2010
In fluidly madcap style, one of Canada's most distinctive and influential post-modern playwrights takes us on a voyage in flashback through the not-so-extraordinary life of a woman named Alison. Along with her friends, lovers and work colleagues, we find out how Alison got from there to here.
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TICKETS
Performance Dates
Friday September 24 - October 9, 2010
Talkback following matinée, Sun Oct 3
Performance Times
Wednesday to Saturday: 8:00 pm
Sunday Matinée: 2:00 pm
Box Office opens one hour before performance time
Admission Prices
Wednesday: 2-for-1
Thursday, Friday & Saturday: $20
Sunday Matinée: PWYC
CASH ONLY! Box Office does not accept credit or debit cards
Reservations
Email: reservations@alumnaetheatre.com
Phone: 416-364-4170 (Box 1)
YOU ARE HERE: Cast Biographies
JAMIESON CHILD,
Paul/Justin
Jamieson is seen mostly in theatre and film. Born in Hamilton, Ontario he began making movies at a young age. He has recently portrayed Duke Orsino in Ruckus Magazine's production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and most recently played a leading role in Darklands, an independent film exploring the music scene in Toronto. Upcoming: he will appear in Ghost Light Projects production's of Boys in The Band and Six Degrees of Separation. Jamieson is a graduate of Ryerson Film School and studies at Meisner Toronto. He is honoured to be working with a talented and very pro cast/crew for Alumnae theatre.
JOSEPH COCHRANE,
Ted Steeves/Doctor/Waiter
This is Joseph's first time on the Alumnae Mainstage. He has performed in the Studio as part of the New Ideas Festival and is happy to be back. Joseph trained at Humber Theatre School and was one of the founding members of Springboard Productions. Favorite credits include King Henry VIII in the Milton Renaissance Faire, Ross in Macbeth (Forward Theatre), Bobby Gould in Speed the Plow (Springboard) and The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come in Scrooge: A Christmas Musical (Rose Theatre, Brampton). He has also directed the following: Oleanna, Kreskinned and Power Lunch (Springboard). Joseph dedicates this performance (and all) to his new bride Christina.
CAMERON JOHNSTON,
Jerry
In the past, Cameron toured extensively with Mad Science Productions, acting as Show Manager and performing for thousands of adults and children. His many tours included stops at the Calgary Stampede, Six Flags Minnesota, the Arizona State Fair, and an extended stay at the Kennedy Space Centre. Other notable performances include Egeus and Francis Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream for Driftwood Theatre Group, Touchstone in As You Like It and Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing with Canopy Theatre, the title role in Nic Pearsons one-man show Rays to Shine for the SummerWorks Festival and Jack in David Yee's Half Life. Cameron also played Pinky and West in the Brian Richmond-directed project Pride's Crossing for Theatre Erindale. A founding member of Royal Porcupine Productions, Cameron will be performing in their production of Black Milk at the Tarragon Theatre in January 2011.
TABITHA KEAST,
Alison
Selected theatre credits include Closer, The Memory of Water and Homeward Bound (Alumnae Theatre), Romeo + Juliet (The Driftwood Theatre Group), Twelfth Night (Alchemy Theatre), Possession (New Ideas Festival) and In the Booth (Toronto Fringe Festival). Media credits include the upcoming television feature The Kennedys for the History Channel and Book Club for Showcase; previous credits include the short films All in a Day and Leper for Dopeyding Productions, the award-winning student film The Tenant, voiceover work for film, and many, many commercials all of which share the common goal of feeding our rampant consumerism in which she apparently plays a supporting role.
SEEMA LAKHANI,
Connie Hoy/First A.D.
Seema has been a member of Alumnae Theatre Company since the spring of 2010, making her debut in June in The Abortion Monologues. Past credits include: The Vagina Monologues, Arcadia, and MacIvor's This Is A Play. In 2005 she won the best playwright award at the Purple Shorts One Act Festival at the University of Western Ontario. Since graduating from the Richard Ivey School of Business, she's been working in the business, entrepreneurship and digital media space, as well as writing and performing in the sketch comedy troupe Warm Summer Hotness.
WILL O'HARE,
Thomas Roman
Will is an educator, actor and Dora-nominated director from New York City, currently working as the Director of Education for the Classical Theatre Project in Toronto. He is thrilled to be in his first production with the Alumnae Theatre Company. Selected acting credits: Guildenstern/Player King/Grave Digger in The Prince Hamlet (Why Not Theatre), Fool in King Lear (Hart House Theatre) Napoleon in the national tour of Animal Farm (Synapse Productions), Mitch in The Expense of Spirit (International WOW Company), Virgil in The Bomb (International WOW Co.), Brabantio in Othello (Mud/Bone Productions); Macduff in Macbeth (AST); Polonius in Hamlet (Bearclaw Productions), Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (Edison Theatre).
ALYSSA QUART,
Diane Drake
Alyssa is thrilled to be making her debut with Alumnae Theatre. A graduate of Ryerson Theatre School, she was most recently seen as Theresa in another MacIvor play, Marion Bridge, at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. Other favourite roles include: Claire in Proof, Mindy in Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, Judith in The Trial of Judith K and Robin in Godspell. Alyssa would like to thank her boys for giving her time out to play.
MICHAEL VITOROVICH,
Richard
Mike is excited to be back at The Alumnae Theatre performing in You Are Here, having previously appeared as Daisy in Baby With The Bathwater. Elsewhere: various Shakespeare shows at Alchemy Theatre, including All's Well That Ends Well, The Tempest, Anthony & Cleopatra and Timon of Athens; and Smirnov (The Bear) in a recent production of The Chekhov Vaudevilles at Robert Gill Theatre. These days you can also find Mike taking his lumps (figuratively and literally) as a Comic in rooms such as The Eton House and Spirits. Mike would like to thank his family for the foundation, his friends for the support, and his cast mates for a wonderful working experience.
Creative Team Biographies
ANGUS BARLOW,
Sound Designer
A freelance musician/engineer/sound designer from Toronto, Angus has been working with the Alumnae Theatre for about seven years. Sound designs include: Lettice and Lovage, Summer & Smoke, A Lie Of The Mind, Perfect Pie, Wit, Closer, and most recently A Delicate Balance.
VIVIEN FEIRSON,
Props
Twenty-four years ago, Vivien's first job with Alumnae Theatre was props for Tom & Viv. She went on (in descending order!) to produce, SM, ASM, run lights & sound, and now here she is, back again finding props. All I can say after all these years is that whatever your job at Alumnae, you still have to take out the garbage. So to cast & crew, many of whom are younger than I've been around this theatre, get out there & break a leg.
DANIELLE GUSLITS,
Stage Manager
Danielle is thrilled to be back stage managing at Alumnae Theatre. In the past couple of years she has been busy getting married, dragonboating, running marathons, studying, and now working as a deaf-blind intervenor. The calls of the booth have brought her back to the Alumnae, and it's great to be back. Break a leg everyone!
PAUL HARDY,
Director
For Alumnae Theatre Company, Paul Hardy has previously directed Judith Thompson's Perfect Pie and Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind, as well as designing lighting for about a dozen productions, most recently last seasons A Delicate Balance. He also served as lighting designer for The Stranger (Praxis Theatre), [the sadly departed] Alchemy Theatre's All's Well and A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lovesick Productions' Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave, and many others. Also an actor, Paul's leading roles include Underneath (Praxis Theatre), As You Like It (Canopy Theatre), For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again and She Stoops to Conquer (Alumnae Theatre), Step Up (Stagekids), and Macbeth (Classical Theatre Project).
DANIEL MACIVOR,
Playwright
Born in Sydney, N.S., in 1962, MacIvor declared in Grade 5 that he wanted to be a psychiatrist when he grew up. Later, he switched his career choice to architect. Now I feel like I've melded those two things with theatre. His theatrical career began in Toronto in the 1980's, founding the groundbreaking company da da kamera, and co-creating with director Daniel Brooks such works as House, Monster, Here Lies Henry and In On It.
Also an actor, MacIvor performed in many of his own plays, as well as on TV (CBC's cult hit Twitch City with Don McKellar) and film (Jeremy Podeswa's The Five Senses).
Among his many awards, he has earned a Genie Award for his screenplay adaptation of Marion Bridge (2004), the Governor General's Award for Drama in 2006, and the prestigious Siminovitch Prize in Theatre (2008). This September, Bruce McDonald's rock'n'roll film Trigger, for which MacIvor wrote the screenplay, premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival.
SCOTT PENNER,
Costume Designer
Scott's recent designs include King Lear, Arcadia (Hart House Theatre); West Side Story, Footloose (Randolph Young Company); Stellaluna (Kids Entertainment); Twelfth Night (The Classical Theatre Project); The Killing Game, Top Girls, Doctor Faustus (Randolph Academy); The Rocky Horror Show, Lucky Stiff, A Musical Called Robin Hood, Little Shop of Horrors (Toronto Youth Theatre); Stranger, Underneath (Praxis Theatre); Dom Juan (Theatre Glendon). Scott has also worked in the U.K. building show pieces for Robert Cary-Williams autumn/winter 2005 runway show, Badlands, for London Fashion Week, and has assisted set designer Michael Levine for productions of The Magic Flute (Hungarian State Opera), Tannhauser (Royal Opera) and A Dog's Heart (De Nederlandse Opera) and was the Assistant set designer of Peter Pan (Stratford Festival). Training: BFA York University, Royal Court Theatre Young Writers Programme 2005. www.scottpennerdesign.com
ED ROSING,
Set & Lighting Designer
Ed received his BA in Theatre/English at Western Reserve University in Cleveland and then went to Yale Drama School. He finished his formal education at Central School of Art and Design in London, England. Grateful thanks to Paul Hardy for giving him the opportunity to go so far out of the box in this awesome production. Selected Works: Private Lives (Alumnae Theatre, Director), My Darling Judith (Scarborough Theatre Guild, Director), Of Mice And Men (Scarborough Players, Set Design: ACT-Co Award nomination for Best Set Design), Pride and Prejudice (Alumnae Theatre, Lighting Design), Brighton Beach Memoirs (Teatron Theatre Group), Baby With Bathwater (Alumnae Theatre, Lighting Design).
Shelley Cahill, Dinah Watts, Co-Producers
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