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The Do-Gooders
BY JESSICA MOSS

FOUR LIBERALS TRY TO DO GOOD. WHATEVER THAT MEANS.

Beth is just trying to do something nice. Sarah Jane is just trying to do some good. 
Anthony is just trying to do what's right. And Richie is just trying to do what he has to.
​When four well-meaning people have dinner at the end of the world, what disaster will destroy them all first?

Join us in the Mainstage Theatre ​​
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JESSICA MOSS/
PLAYWRIGHT
​Jessica writes and acts. Or she’d like to: it’s tough out there. She describes her work as emotional, feminist comedy. Training: Juilliard.
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NICOLE ARENDS/
DIRECTOR
Nicole loves directing plays and has directed and assistant directed professionally (YPT) and independently (Fringe), as well as in community theatre (Alumnae and Village Players). She particularly loves directing (and attending) unique, immersive, site-specific productions. Some of her previous work at Alumnae includes Just One of the Guys (Audio Play), Impressionism (Director 2019), The Gut Girls (Lady Helena 2017), Collected Stories (Director 2002), and Wally (NIF 2000). She also directed several plays on Zoom through the CyberReads series and co-hosted the Zoom Theatre Labs. Upcoming projects include The Departure Train (Audio Play) and Mending Fences (Village Players). Website: nicolearends.com
THE CAST
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JACOB KLICK/
​ANTHONY
Jacob Klick is making his third stage appearance, and first since the beginning of the pandemic, after having previously played Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie (Village Players) and Mr. Darcy in Pride & Prejudice (Scarborough Players). Jacob is currently a student in the Theatre & Drama Studies program at the University of Toronto, directed in collaboration with Sheridan College. He thanks his family and friends for their unwavering love and support, as well as everyone in attendance for their active participation in Canadian theatre.
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SIMONE MATHESON/
​BETH
Simone Matheson is a Queer multi-disciplinary artist, classically trained actor, and theatre creator born and raised in Tkaronto. Simone is the Co-Artistic Director of Arrowwood Theatre Co. and holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Windsor. Simone has co-created and performed in the Toronto Fringe (Icarus), Dark Crop Festival (Icarus; Here and There), Soulpepper’s QueerFutures2099 (Contactless), Shakespeare in Action's Weston: Then and Now (Nurses: Then and Now), and more. Presently, Simone is co-writing an adaptation of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, funded by Theatre Passe Muraille and the OAC, and theatrical theory, “Theatre of Cringe” with mentor, Kayla Besse (Tangled Arts + Disability).
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LEONARD MARIO ZGRABLIC/
​RICHIE
​Given his realization of the damage potential of humanity’s obsession with good vs. evil, heroes vs. villains, Leonard is glad to be a part of this refreshing story. He has returned to the Toronto stage after several years, having previously acted in and directed plays for the InspiraTO Festival, also held on Alumnae’s MainStage. In the interim, he has been involved with multiple works for Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre as both actor and director.
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FATMA NAGUIB/
​SARAH JANE
Fatma is an Egyptian Actor, Comedian, and Content Creator based in Toronto. You may have seen her on Netflix’s Newton’s Cradle or heard her voice as Queen Amanitore in Sid Meier’s Civilization VI game. If you speak Arabic, you might have come across her TEDx talk or her women empowerment content with over 35 million views. She has done dubbing and voiceover work for Nickelodeon, Starz, OSN, and MTV to name a few. She has a BA in Filmmaking and a BFA in Painting. She is currently studying comedy writing and performance, along with her training at The Second City.
THE PRODUCTION TEAM
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MECHELLE WU/
​STAGE MANAGER
Mechelle does a little bit of everything. She is currently a writer and Linguistics student at the University of Toronto, looking to get back into the performing arts. She has playwriting, directing, and stage management experience, with her last production being a surrealist-horror rendition of Three Blind Mice. Mechelle also occasionally acts and sings, having starred as Levi in Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat (David Foster Theatre). In her free time, she composes and paints.
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JUDIT MURPHY/
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
​Judit is a new member of The Alumnae Theatre Company, and this innovative one-act play marks her first role in live theatre creation. After a long break from the arts, Judit recently completed a Screenwriting program offered at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies and is currently studying Drama online through the University of Saskatchewan.
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  • HOME
  • 2022-23 SEASON
    • Female of the Species 2022
    • Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike 2023
    • String of Pearls 2023
    • FireWorks Festival 2022
    • New Ideas Festival 2023 >
      • NIF 2023 WEEK 1
      • NIF 2023 WEEK 2
  • MEMBERSHIP
    • Members Only
    • Become a Member
  • TICKETS
  • OPPORTUNITIES
    • Actors
    • Playwrights
    • Directors
    • Production
  • RENTALS
  • ❤ SUPPORT US
    • Our Supporters
    • Make a Gift
    • Donate by Shopping
  • ABOUT US
    • Contact Us
    • Who We Are
    • Board of Directors
    • Anti-Racism Statement
    • Safe & Respectful
    • Accessibility
    • PREVIOUS SEASONS >
      • 2021/22 SEASON >
        • Albertine in Five Times
        • Nested
        • In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
        • New Ideas Festival 2022 >
          • NIF 2022 Master Classes
          • NIF 2022 Talks
          • NIF 2022 Short Plays >
            • B to Z
            • Joule's Odyssey
            • Cancel Culture
            • The Do-Gooders
          • NIF 2022 Workshops
      • 2020/21 Season >
        • New Ideas Festival >
          • New Ideas Festival 2021 WEEK 1
          • New Ideas Festival 2021 WEEK 2
      • 2019/20 Season >
        • The Heidi Chronicles
        • FireWorks Festival >
          • Belle Darling Klondike Queen
          • Grief Circus
          • If the Shoe Fits
        • The Trip to Bountiful
        • New Ideas Festival 2020
        • New Ideas Festival 2020 WEEK 1
      • 2018/19 Season >
        • The Importance of Being Earnest
        • Fireworks Festival 2018 >
          • The Pigeon
          • Moving On
          • Animal
        • Top Girls
        • New Ideas Festival 2019 >
          • New Ideas Festival 2019 Week 1
          • New Ideas Festival 2019 Week 2
          • New Ideas Festival 2019 Week 3
        • Impressionism
        • News - 100 Year Open House 2018
      • 100th Anniversary 2017/18 Season >
        • Thirteen Hands
        • FireWorks Festival 2017 >
          • This Will Be Our Last Transmission
          • Surrender, Dorothy
          • GASH
        • Omission
        • New Ideas Festival 2018 >
          • New Ideas Festival 2018 Week 1
          • New Ideas Festival 2018 Week 2
          • New Ideas Festival 2018 Week 3
          • 2018 Reading Series
        • Queen Marie
      • 2016/17 Season >
        • THIS
        • FireWorks Festival 2016 >
          • Inked Heart
          • Motherland
        • The Gut Girls
        • New Ideas Festival 2017 >
          • New Ideas Festival 2017 Week 1
          • New Ideas Festival 2017 Week 2
          • New Ideas Festival 2017 Week 3
        • The Clean House >
          • The Creases In My Sari
      • 2015/16 Season >
        • Antigone
        • FireWorks Festival 2015 >
          • Divine Wrecks
          • Cottage Radio
          • Radical
          • Playwright Intensive 2015
        • Stepping Out
        • New Ideas Festival 2016 >
          • New Ideas Festival 2016 Week 1
          • New Ideas Festival 2016 Week 2
          • New Ideas Festival 2016 Week 3
        • August: Osage County
      • 2014/15 Season >
        • Escape From Happiness
        • FireWorks Festival 2014 >
          • Burying Toni
          • You Have To Earn It
          • Playwright Intensive 2014
        • New Ideas Festival 2015 Week 1
        • Blood Relations
        • New Ideas Festival 2015 >
          • New Ideas Festival 2015 Week 2
          • I am Marguerite
          • New Ideas Festival 2015 Week 3
    • Blog