SEP 26 – OCT 22
MUSIC & LYRICS BY GLEN HANSARD & MARKÉTA IRGLOVÁ
BOOK BY ENDA WALSH
DIRECTED & CHOREOGRAPHED BY JULIE TOMAINO
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY CHRIS BARILLARO
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Welcome back to Canada’s Dockside Theatre!
On behalf of the entire Playhouse team, we are grateful to have
you here with us for our 41
st
season of theatre on the banks of
the St. Lawrence River.
Last season was ambitious in many ways, and I rst want to
thank our loyal audiences who rejoined us and celebrated
that strong return. I’ve had people ask me about what comes next for the
Playhouse. My simple response is: more. My goal is to continually build, netune,
and evolve this wonderful organization, starting with the productions that you’ll
be seeing on stage this season. This year we celebrate our incredible Production
Department who are both the brains and the brawn behind what you see in front
of you every time you enter the theatre. From the intricate design of the moors
of Baskerville, to the sprawling hills of The Sound of Music, the delicate fabrics
and embroidery of Intimate Apparel, and the cozy streets of Dublin in Once, their
artistry will transport you to a new world every time you sit down in the theatre.
I’m delighted to welcome you to our waterfront home this season and I hope
that the positive atmosphere that we aim to provide will ll you with optimism
and joy. Be sure to take that with you into the community when you’re stopping
in for a meal before or after the show, or simply chatting with friends about your
Playhouse experience.
Looking forward to seeing you at the theatre,
Brett Christopher
Letter from the Managing Artistic Director
The Thousand Islands Playhouse creates
our work on the traditional land of the
Anishinaabeg Nation and Haudenosaunee
Confederacy. We recognize the Indigenous
peoples of this land who are its original
caretakers and storytellers, both here and
across Turtle Island. As an organization
whose primary purpose is to tell stories, we
are committed to ensuring that the voices
and stories of Indigenous peoples continue
to be heard. Miigwetch, nya:weh, merci and
thank you to the people on whose traditional
territory we are able to live, work, and thrive.
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Letter from MPP Steve Clark
Welcome to the Playhouse and to the great region of
the Thousand Islands, Leeds, Grenville and Rideau
Lakes. Whether you’re visiting from afar, or staying at
home in this beautiful community, your presence with
us is celebrated.
I’ve been fortunate enough to work in this wonderful
place since my early years as the Mayor of Brockville
and during my time as the MPP, and I’m constantly reminded of how
special this area of Ontario truly is. The Playhouse and the surrounding
businesses highlight the natural beauty of this region and make the
Thousand Islands a great place to relax, enjoy a show, and play. Congrat-
ulations to the entire team at the Thousand Islands Playhouse for their
continued efforts to drive community connection, cultural literacy and
healthy tourism to this region.
On behalf of the Provincial Government, welcome to the neighbourhood
and let the play begin!
Mr. Steve Clark, M.P.P
Leeds-Grenville- Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
Letter from MP Michael Barrett
Welcome to the iconic Playhouse in the beautiful
community of Gananoque!
This vibrant community boasts exceptional attractions
and businesses like the Thousand Islands Playhouse
and the extraordinary people behind the scenes that
make our community a wonderful place to live, relax,
and welcome visitors.
We are reminded daily of the beauty and history of this region as the mighty
St. Lawrence River runs alongside us, through the surrounding islands that
tourists from all across Canada and from around the world come to see.
The Playhouse offers theatre with a spectacular view that makes it a truly
unique experience. Congratulations to everyone at the Thousand Islands
Playhouse on another successful performing season.
Thank you for supporting our local communities! Enjoy the show!
Mr. Michael Barrett, M.P.
Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
Letter from Mayor John Beddows
On behalf of the Town of Gananoque I am pleased to
welcome you to our Town and to the Thousand Islands
Playhouse.
The Town of Gananoque’s appreciation of the Playhouse’s
vibrant contribution to the cultural life of our community
is reected in the Town’s recent donation of both theatres
to the organization, cementing the Town’s status as
the Playhouse’s largest donor. We congratulate the Thousand Islands
Playhouse on yet another superb seasonal program of entertainment and
no matter which production, or productions, you might choose to enjoy,
we thank and congratulate you for your support and enjoyment of the
performing arts at Canada’s Dockside Theatre on the St Lawrence River.
Enjoy the show!
Mayor John S. Beddows, CD, BMASc
The Corporation of the Town of Gananoque
250 King St West, Gananoque ON K7G 2G6
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THOUSAND ISLANDS PLAYHOUSE presents
Orchestrations by Martin Lowe
Originally Produced on Broadway by
Barbara Broccoli John N. Hart Jr. Patrick Milling Smith Frederick Zollo
Brian Carmody Michael G. Wilson Orin Wolf The Shubert Organization
Robert Cole, Executive Producer
in association with
New York Theatre Workshop
Once was originally produced Off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop in
December 2011, Jim Nicola, Artistic Director, William Russo, Managing Director
Once was originally developed at the American Repertory Theater,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, in April 2011
Diane Paulus, Artistic Director, Diane Borger, Producer
PRODUCTION SPONSOR
Enda Walsh
BOOK BY
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY
John Carney
BASED ON THE MOTION PICTURE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
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Eamon
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Baruska
Svec
Ex-Girlfriend
Billy
Emcee
Bank Manager
Ivonka
Director & Choreographer
Music Director
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Associate Director/
Associate Choreographer
Stage Manager (to Oct 1)
Stage Manager (from Oct 2)
Assistant Stage Manager
Apprentice Stage Manager
Czech Translator
Child Supervisor
Dialect Coach
Tyler Check
Melissa MacKenzie
Juno Wong-Clayton
Kevin Forster
Alexa MacDougall
Sandy Crawley
Seana-Lee Wood
Alex Panneton
Em Siobhan McCourt
Daniel Williston
Haneul Yi
Jon-Alex MacFarlane
Vera Deodato/Brea Oatway
Julie Tomaino
Chris Barillaro
Joe Pagnan
Ming Wong
Michelle Ramsay
Brian Kenny
Lyndsey Britten
Dustyn Wales
Rebecca Eamon Campbell
Cristina Hernandez
Delaney Small
Martin Galba
Grace Irwin
Alison Matthews
Thousand Islands Playhouse engages professional artists who are members of
Canadian Actors’ Equity Association and the Associated Designers of Canada.
Once is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
CAST
CREATIVE
TEAM
Run Time is approximately 2 hours, with one intermission.
The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means
whatsoever are strictly prohibited.
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About the Creators
BOOK
Enda Walsh
Enda Walsh is an acclaimed playwright, screenwriter and director. His recent
work includes the play Arlington and the opera The Second Violinist which both
premiered at the Galway International Arts Festival in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
He also worked on the new musical, Lazarus, with David Bowie, which opened at
New York Theatre Workshop in December 2015. Enda adapted and directed Max
Porter’s Grief is the Thing with Feathers, which ran both in Glasgow and New York.
His work has been translated into many languages and has been performed
internationally since 1996. In 2014 he received an Honorary Doctorate from
Galway University.
Markéta Irglová
Markéta Irglová is an Academy
Award winning musician and
actor born in the Czech Republic.
Film: Once and Milluji tě Modře.
Albums: Muna, Anar, The Swell
Season, the soundtrack of Once
(Academy Award for Best Original
Song, ‘Falling Slowly’, Olivier
award for Outstanding Musical
Contribution), Strict Joy.
Glen Hansard
Glen Hansard is an award-winning
musician with a host of real-life songs and
lilting vocals that reect a passion for his
diverse inuences. Film: The Commitments,
Once. Albums: Between Two Shores, This Wild
Willing, Didn’t He Ramble, Rhythm and Repose,
Strict Joy, the soundtrack of Once (Academy
Award for Best Original Song, ‘Falling Slowly’;
Olivier award for Outstanding Musical
Contribution), The Swell Season, The Cost, Burn
the Maps, Set List, For the Birds, Dance the Devil,
Fitzcarraldo, and Another Love Song.
John Carney
John Carney is a Dublin-based writer-director who came to the world’s attention
following the box ofce hit and critically acclaimed musical feature lm Once,
which garnered multiple Independent Spirit, Sundance and Raindance awards.
Previously, John was a bassist in the Irish rock band the Frames, where he met
Glen Hansard. These musical roots continue to be evident in John’s work with his
latest production, Can a Song Save Your Life?. Other projects include Dogs of Babel for
David Heyman and Nathan Kahane starring Steve Carrell and a feature adaptation
of M.R. James’s Casting the Runes for Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.
MUSIC & LYRICS
WRITER & DIRECTOR OF MOTION PICTURE
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Director’s Note
It’s been a long time coming... this show, this production, this group of people.
I started working on Once in late 2019, for a production in September of 2020.
We all know how that year went, so I have endless gratitude to Brett for bringing
back the team – we’re nally getting to see the vision realized. And I couldn’t be
more excited.
Once is a beautiful moment in time; a show that takes place over the course
of ve days, and in just ve days, two souls, destined to meet, have such a
profound impact on each other that their lives change forever. Held together
by their love of music, the community of people that we meet deeply affect one
another. I hope you discover the poetry and magic that Once has to offer.
I have so many people to thank. Thank you to my closest collaborators, Lyndsey,
Chris, and Dustyn, for keeping me organized and laughing. Thank you to all the
designers, Joe, Ming, Michelle, and Brian, your work is beautiful. Thank you to the
rest of the team, to the staff at TIP, and to Brett, for making it all happen. Thank
you to this cast, for memorizing THE WHOLE SCORE, and for being open, willing,
and joyful. Finally, thank you to you, the audience, for being here and supporting
live theatre.
WHAT’S IN STORE FOR
2024
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nd out
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1000islandsplayhouse.com
The following CIBC Private Wealth, Wood Gundy Advisors are pleased
to support the 2023 season of the Thousand Islands Playhouse
Moe Johnson
Glen Johnson
Ryan Johnston
Jonathan Schutt
Mark McQuaig
Marc LeBlanc
Lisa Wittur
Richard Strong
Helen Papadakis
Jamie Vickers
Don Shepherd
Mark Santoni
Lee Wetherall
Jamie Galbraith
Peter Galbraith
has been the proud
Founding Sponsor
of the Thousand Islands
Playhouse since 1982.
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CAST
Theatre Performance from Sheridan
College and is a co-founder of PEI’s
vibrant independent theatre company,
Kitbag Theatre (@kitbagtheatre). All my
love to Jake and Teddy. xx
Juno Wong-Clayton
EAMON
For TIP: Debut
Elsewhere: The Ballad
of Stompin’ Tom - Teen
Tom (Sudbury Theatre
Centre); Joy in Living Colour Variety Show -
Producer (Basket Collective); The Balloon
Tree - Archduke/Narrator (TBD Theatre Co.).
Other: Juno is a multi-disciplinary artist
and founder of the arts organization,
Basket Collective. She has spent the
past 6 years working in the musical
theatre industry but has recently put
focus on her music career with her band
Chinese Medicine. She had the privilege
of recording her rst EP, Die Aspora, in
2022 with Wade MacNeil of Alexisonre.
Since its release, it has garnered much
praise and led to a showcase spot in
NXNE 2023 and the band was ranked 3rd
on CBC Musics “9 2SLGBTQIA+ Canadian
musicians to listen to in 2023.” Follow her
@chinamedsband on TikTok/Insta
Kevin Forster
ANDREJ
For TIP: Debut
Elsewhere: Ordinary
Days (Shifting Grounds
Collective); Storybook
Search (Bad Hats Theatre); Ride The
Cyclone, Little Women: The Musical (The
Playhouse Collective); Robin Hood, Cyrano
De Bergerac (The Lakeside Players);
John Who (Preamble Productions);
Geronimo Stilton: Mouse in Space (Electric
Moon Theatre Company); Loot (Bygone
Theatre); The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee, 7 Stories (Hart House
Theatre); The Diary Of Anne Frank (FSWC);
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, The Little
Mermaid (Lower Ossington Theatre)
Other: Anne With an E (CBC/Netix); Fear
Thy Neighbor (Investigation Discovery).
Tyler Check
GUY
For TIP: Jersey Boys
Elsewhere: Buddy:
The Buddy Holly Story
(Drayton/Mayeld);
Mamma Mia (Stage West); Million Dollar
Quartet, The War Show, Kings & Queens of
Country (Drayton).
Upcoming: Roll Models: An Interactive
D&D Roll Play (Toronto); Million Dollar
Quartet (London).
Other: Tyler is a performer, producer,
writer, podcaster, and Dungeon Master
originally from Kingston. Tyler now
lives in Toronto and has worked across
the country both on stage as well as
behind the scenes. Tyler is currently
producing several projects with fellow
Toronto artists as well as producing
his own music/shows. If he’s not doing
one of those things, you will nd him
either playing or thinking about playing
Dungeons & Dragons. Talk to him about
D&D…I dare you…
Melissa MacKenzie
GIRL
For TIP: Debut
Elsewhere: The
Songs of Johnny &
June (Charlottetown
Festival/Kitbag Theatre); Miss Bennet:
Christmas at Pemberley (Theatre New
Brunswick); Dear Rita (Charlottetown
Festival); Tuesdays & Sundays (Kitbag
Theatre); It’s a Wonderful Life (Magnus
Theatre); Anne & Gilbert (The Guild);
Crazy for You (Theatre Sheridan);
Perfect Wedding, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
(Stephenville Theatre Festival).
Music Direction: Billy Elliot (Chrysalis
MD, Neptune Theatre); The Songs of
Johnny & June (Kitbag Theatre); Open
Casket Open Mic (Victoria Playhouse).
Other: Melissa is an endo/invisible
disability advocate and multidisciplinary
artist from Prince Edward Island. She
holds an Honours Bachelor of Music
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Alexa MacDougall
REZA
For TIP: Debut
Elsewhere: Midsummer
Night’s Dream (Theatre
Rusticle); On the Town,
Threepenny Opera (Theatre Sheridan)
Other: Alexa is over the moon to be
a part of this beautiful show. Thank
you to all who come and witness this
celebration of music, love and life.
Sandy Crawley
DA
For TIP: Debut
Elsewhere: Sandy
has appeared in over
70 productions and
toured to 55 cities in Canada as well as
playing in the UK and the Netherlands.
Roles include “Alonso” in The Tempest,
“Dionnysus” in The Bacchae, “Boyet” in
Love’s Labours Lost, “Antonio” in Much
Ado About Nothing and “Hastings” in She
Stoops to Conquer. Recent roles include
“Johnny Cash” in Ring of Fire (Grand
Theatre), “Bartender” in The Oak Room
(Toronto Fringe) and “Mayor Dobbs” in
Brightstar (GTP).
Other: He led his rst musical
ensemble at age 12 and loves music of
every genre. As composer and musical
director he collaborated to create
White Noise by Michael Hollingsworth,
a modern adaptation of The Orestia.
A lifelong arts activist, Sandy has
served as National President of ACTRA,
Labour Relations Director of PACT, and
Executive Director of organizations
representing freelance journalists
(PWAC) and documentary lmmakers
(DOC). He is currently Critic for Arts,
Culture & Heritage for the Green Party
of Canada and a founding member of
Artists for Real Climate Action (ARCA).
Seana-Lee Wood
BARUSKA
For TIP: Anne of Green
Gables, The Music Man
Elsewhere: Piaf/Dietrich,
Once, Sound of Music,
No Change in the Weather (Mirvish);
Phantom of the Opera, Show Boat (Livent);
Suds, Buddy Holly, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd,
Evita, Singing in the Rain, She Loves Me,
Funny Girl, My Fair Lady (Arts Club); Bright
Star, Tent Meeting (Rosebud Theatre);
Talking Sex on Sunday (Firehall Arts); Hello
Dolly, The Sound of Music, Little Women
(Chemainus Theatre); Colours in the
Storm, Calendar Girls (Grand Theatre).
Other: Between theatre contracts
she anchors a tip jar on cruise ships
with her lounge-y piano playing and
original comedy show One Piano, Two
Canadians with husband, pianist Jim
Hodgkinson. Television: Super Dave’s
All Stars. Original radio show: Good
Morning Cottage Country (Smile Theatre).
Podcast: Good News from Rosebud.
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Alex Panneton
SVEC
For TIP: Debut
Elsewhere: Buddy: The
Buddy Holly Story, Sorry
I’m Canadian 2 (Drayton
Ent); Country Roads, At the Hop, Back to B4
(Smile Theatre); Buddy: The Buddy Holly
Story (Mayeld, The Globe); James and
the Giant Peach, Merrily We Roll Along, Violet,
Beauty and the Beast, The Sound of Music
(YES Theatre); Songs For a New World,
Urinetown (We Are Here).
Musician: Let’s Dance! (Terra Bruce);
Forever Plaid (Starvox); Spring Awakening
(Theatre Sheridan); Bare: A Pop Opera
(Toto Too); The Rocky Horror Show (Ovation
Productions); Mamma Mia (YES Theatre).
Em Siobhan
McCourt
EX-GIRLFRIEND
For TIP: Debut
Elsewhere: Orlando
(Royal Manitoba
Theatre Centre); Sense
And Sensibility (Citadel Theatre); Fiddle
Cat (Kompany Family Theatre); Bone
Cage (Theatre Yes).
Film: Jupiters Legacy (Netix), Kim’s
Convenience (CBC), Murdoch Mysteries
(CBC/Shaftesbury), Bunker Burger (Tribeca
Nominated Short Film), Home Again (Best
Actress - LGBTQ+ Shorts - indieFEST).
Other: Em is a genderuid actor,
producer, stage-combatant, and
musician. They would like to thank
Brett for ghting for this show, and
their family for supporting their work.
@Emsmccourt
www.EmsMccourt.com
Daniel Williston
BILLY
For TIP: Jersey Boys
Elsewhere: Theatre -
Orphan Song (Tarragon);
Ring of Fire (Aquarius/
Citadel); Lil’ Red Robin Hood, Wizard of
Oz (Ross Petty Productions); Once (The
Grand/RMTC); Kinky Boots (Mirvish,
Australian Tour); Shrek The Musical
(Globe Theatre); Spoon River, Accidental
Death of an Anarchist, Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern Are Dead (Soulpepper).
Film and Television: 1Up (Lionsgate),
V/H/S/94 (Shudder), Most Dangerous
Game 2 (Roku/CBS Studios), Jupiter’s
Legacy (Netix), Dark Matter (SYFY/Bell
Media), Heroes Reborn (NBC), Gangland
Undercover (The History Channel);
Simulant (Mongrel Media).
Other: This show and this music
hold a special place in my heart, as
does my wife Kristen. Thank you to
her, my parents, and Debbie. Follow
on IG and Twitter: @danielwilliston,
TikTok: @thedanielchronicles, website:
danielwilliston.com
May to SEPTember 2023
Seasonal Exhibit
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Haneul Yi
EMCEE
For TIP: Debut
Elsewhere: Spring
Awakening (Sheridan
College); Aqsarniit
(Charlottetown Young Company).
Other: Haneul (he/him) is a Korean
Canadian multi-instrumentalist, actor-
musician, & music director. He is a
graduate of the Bachelor of Musical
Theatre Performance program at Sheridan
College and the recipient of the 2021 Jon
Kaplan Award. He is delighted to be debuting
his TIP journey with Once as the Emcee.
Jon-Alex
MacFarlane
BANK MANAGER
For TIP: Debut
Elsewhere: Sugar Road
(Cow Patti); Once (Toronto-
Dora Ensemble winner, 1st National Tour,
Neptune, Segal Theatre- META nomination);
1812 (Foster Festival workshop); Hairspray
(Aquarius); Fiddler on the Roof (Capitol,
Stage West Miss., Neptune); 12 Angry Men
(Rose Theatre); Forever Plaid (New Yorker,
Stage West Miss.); The Last Resort (Stirling,
Rose Theatre); Beauty and the Beast (Stage
West Miss.); Mamma Mia (Drayton); Miss
Saigon (Drayton); Full Monty, Guys and Dolls,
Buddy Holly (Stage West Miss.); Robin Hood
(Ross Petty-Elgin); Who’s Under Where
(Upper Canada); Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolour (Drayton, Stage West Miss.).
Other: Thanks to my amazing wife and
agent Cat, and to all, “You can’t have a city
without music”.
Julie Tomaino
THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS
The Thousand Islands Playhouse thanks our loyal and
dedicated volunteers. This group of individuals provides
hundreds of hours of support each season, and their efforts
make our operations run smoothly. Catch them selling
50/50 tickets, ushering, and helping at various special events!
Brea Oatway
IVONKA
For TIP: Sound of
Music (Gretl).
Elsewhere: Brea
has had various
roles in her school’s plays.
Other: Brea is excited to be
in another production at the
Playhouse this season and hopes
you enjoy the show!
Vera Deodato
IVONKA
For TIP: Debut
Other: Vera is no
stranger to the
stage, having
been a member of the Kingston
Danceforce competitive team
since the age of two, when she
competed nationally at the Shine
Dance Competition in Niagara
Falls (and won!) in her category.
Vera has also been featured as a
singer in both the Kingston Has
Talent competition and Kid’s Got
Talent Belleville, where she was
awarded rst place in her category
in 2022. Vera is overjoyed to be
in her rst musical and to share
the stage with this amazing cast.
She would like to thank her Omie
and Grandma for driving her to
rehearsals and her vocal coach and
dance teachers for their continued
guidance and support.
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DIRECTOR/
CHOREOGRAPHER
For TIP: Jersey Boys
Elsewhere: Margaritaville,
Billy Elliot (Theatre
Calgary); Beautiful, Kinky
Boots, Pride &
Prejudice (Arts Club); Newsies, Hairspray,
Shrek (TUTS); 9 to 5, Jersey Boys, Once
(Citadel); Titanic (The Grand); Footloose,
Grease, Marvellous Wonderettes
(Chemainus);
Hunchback of Notre Dame, Saturday Night
Fever, From Here To Eternity, Cabaret, On The
Town (The Rev Theatre Co); We Will Rock
You, Shout!, Rocky Horror (Magnus).
Other: Choreographer for Beaches (TV
movie remake starring Idina Menzel);
Dora Award winner and Jessie Award
winner for Outstanding Choreography
in Musical Theatre; Former Radio City
Rockette; Former faculty at Sheridan
College, Randolph College, AMDA, and
Capilano University. Thank you Brett,
Lyndsey, Chris and the entire company
of Once. Enjoy the show!!
Chris Barillaro
MUSIC DIRECTOR
For TIP: Anne of Green
Gables, You Are Here.
Elsewhere: 9 to 5
(Capitol Theatre);
Dixon Road (Musical
Stage Company); L’homme de la Mancha
(Théâtre du Rideau Vert); Beauty and the
Beast (Globe Theatre); Kiss of the Spider
Woman (Eclipse Theatre Company);
Belles Soeurs: The Musical, Funny Girl,
Forever Plaid, Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Play’s
the Thing (Segal Theatre); Demain matin
Montréal m’attend (Théâtre du Nouveau
Monde & Quebec Tour); Belles-Soeurs:
Théâtre Musical (Place des Arts & Quebec
Tour); Last Night at the Gayety, Schwartz’s:
The Musical (Centaur Theatre); Rooms: A
Rock Romance, Altar Boyz (CETM).
Upcoming: Jack: A Beanstock Panto
(Capitol Theatre).
Other: Much love to Jonathan, Talent
House, my family and friends, and thank
you to Julie and TIP for having me!
Joe Pagnan
SET DESIGNER
For TIP: Debut
Elsewhere: Gruesome
Playground Injuries
(BirdLand); She’s Not
Special (Tarragon and Nightwood); The
Candlemaker’s Game (Project Humanity);
#Kander&Ebb (Stratford / colored
lights); MSM (Lemontree); Pippin! (St.
Lawrence College); Crazy for You (Theatre
Sheridan); Beauty and the Beast, Shrek!
(Globe Theatre); The Curious Voyage,
Amadeus, Beneath Springhill (Talk is Free
Theatre); Creature, Stories in the Woods
(Frog in Hand); Every Brilliant Thing (Royal
Manitoba Theatre Centre, and Talk is
Free Theatre).
Upcoming: Iceman (Theatre by the Bay);
What She Burned, Into the Woods (Talk is
Free Theatre – New Zealand).
Other: Joe is an adjunct professor of
scenography at Queen’s University,
game designer ludologist, project
manager of Augmented Reality
Immersive Accessibility with
Boredom Projekt Germany and
Talk is Free Theatre, Canada. As an
ecoscenographer, Joe is ecstatic to
reside amongst the crags and currents
of the 1000 Islands with his life partner
and rescued ‘wolf’. www.joepagnan.ca
Ming Wong
COSTUME DESIGNER
For TIP: Debut
Elsewhere: The Master
Plan, Red Velvet, Uncle
Vanya, Bengal Tiger at the
Baghdad Zoo, Orphans for the Czar (Crow’s
Theatre); Peter’s Final Flight (Ross Petty
Productions); Rent, Hamlet 911 (Stratford
Festival); Just to Get Married, Trouble in
Mind (Shaw Festival); Public Enemy, Is God
CREATIVE TEAM
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Is (Canadian Stage); Alice in Wonderland
(Bad Hats/Soulpepper); Things I Know
to be True (Company Theatre/Mirvish);
Pipeline, Sizwe Banzi is Dead (Soulpepper).
Upcoming: Natasha, Pierre, & the Great
Comet of 1812 (Crow’s Theatre); The Guide
to Being Fabulous (Soulpepper); The
Inheritance (Canadian Stage).
Other: 2021 recipient of the Virginia
and Myrtle Cooper award, two-time
Dora Award Winner (Is God Is, Alice in
Wonderland). www.mingwongdesign.com
Michelle Ramsay
LIGHTING DESIGNER
For TIP: Sexy Laundry,
Ring of Fire, Leading
Ladies, Into the Woods,
Dear Johnny Deere, Pirates
of Penzance, She Loves Me, The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee, Night, and
Poochwater.
Elsewhere: Martyr (ARC); The First Stone
(New Harlem); among men, Year of the Rat,
acts of faith (Factory Theatre); The Doctors
Dilemma, Sherlock Holmes and the Raven’s
Curse (Shaw Festival); 9 to 5: The Musical
(Capitol Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Our Town (Theatre Rusticle);
Broken Tailbone (Nightswimming); RUR:
A Torrent of Light (Tapestry Opera); Lilies
(lemonTree Creations/Why Not).
Other: She has received eight Dora
Awards, a SATAward, the 2008 Pauline
McGibbon Award, and was a nalist for the
2021 Siminovitch Prize. She is on the Board
of the Associated Designers of Canada.
Brian Kenny
SOUND DESIGNER
For TIP: Debut
Elsewhere: Selected
credits include: Fall On
Your Knees (Vita Brevis
Arts); Come From Away in concert (Mirvish,
Marquis Ent); Billy Elliott, The Rocky
Horror Show, The Music Man, Little Shop of
Horrors (Stratford Festival); Elf, Grow, Mary
Poppins (The Grand Theatre); Everybody
Just C@lm The F#ck Down, Between
Breaths, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
(Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland).
Other: Brian is a board member of
the IATSE Local 659, The Associated
Designers of Canada.
Lyndsey Britten
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR/
ASSOCIATE
CHOREOGRAPHER
For TIP: Jersey Boys
Elsewhere: Assistant
Work - The Adventures of Pinocchio (YPT);
Newsies (TUTS); Grease (Chemainus
Theatre); 42nd Street, Urinetown (Studio 58);
Singin’ In the Rain (RCMT).
Performance Work: Anne of Green Gables
(Charlottetown Festival); Crazy for You,
Wizard of Oz, The Music Man (Gateway
Theatre); Singin’ In The Rain, My Fair Lady
(RCMT); Shrek The Musical, Hairspray (TUTS).
Choreography Work: Matilda
(Mainstage Theatre); Don Giovanni (UBC
Opera); Cabaret (Tomo Suru Players);
Urinetown (The Lawyer Show).
Upcoming: Dance Supervisor (Disney
Cruise Lines).
Other: CTC Choreography Award winner.
Love to my family, friends, and anyone
that needs some.
Dustyn Wales
STAGE MANAGER
For TIP: Debut
Upcoming: Mary’s
Wedding (Drayton).
Other: Over 100
productions across Canada, including
Newsies, Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!,
Sound of Music, The Prom (Drayton); Yaga
(RMTC); Billy Bishop, Glengarry Glen Ross,
Faith Healer, Travesties, Who’s Afraid of
Virginia Woolf? (Soulpepper); Into the
Woods (TIFT); Blackout, Take The Moment,
Light in The Piazza, Craigslist Cantata
(Musical Stage); You Dance (National
Ballet); A Man A Fish (Persephone);
Musical of Musicals (Mirvish); i think i
can, Blue Planet (YPT); Rocky Horror, Jesus
Christ Superstar, Tempest (Hart House);
Soldier On (UK Toronto Tour); Pan Am Games.
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Rebecca Eamon
Campbell
STAGE MANAGER
For TIP: Baskerville,
Jersey Boys, Miss
Caledonia, Ring of Fire,
Shirley Valentine. Rebecca was the
rst Stage Manager for the TIP Young
Company, celebrating 30 years this
season!
Elsewhere: Heartlines (GCTC);
Copenhagen (Soulpepper); The Complete
Works of Shakespeare (Abridged),
Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Tempest,
Macbeth, Trouble on Dibble Street (St.
Lawrence Shakespeare Festival);
alterNATIVES (Firehall Theatre); Anatomy
Lesson, Thunderstruck or The Song of the
Sooth- Sayer (Pi Theatre); W;t (Globe
Theatre); The Tempest, Henry IV part 1
(Bard on the Beach). Two seasons with
Alberta Theatre Projects, work with the
Vancouver Fringe, the Ottawa Fringe,
and the Upper Canada Playhouse.
Other: Rebecca worked for the
National Arts Centre Foundation,
taught Fundraising for the Arts at
the University of Ottawa, and Stage
Management at Queen’s University. She
lives in Kemptville with her husband
John and their two boys.
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Cristina Hernandez
ASSISTANT STAGE
MANAGER
For TIP: The Music Man,
Back in ‘59.
Elsewhere: Rent
(Stratford Festival); Glory (Chemainus
Theatre Festival); Have You Seen My Sister,
Innocents (Alberta Theatre Projects);
Orphans for the Czar (Crow’s Theatre);
Digital NOW (Spur-of-the-Moment
Shakespeare Collective); Singalong
Jubilee (Geordie Brown Productions).
Other: Cristina hopes you enjoy Once.
Delaney Small
APPRENTICE STAGE
MANAGER
For TIP: Debut
Elsewhere: The
Chorines, Turn the Page
(Theatre Sheridan); Enemy of the People
(Theatre Erindale); Shirley Valentine
(Capitol Theatre); Jenny’s House of Joy
(Foster Festival).
Upcoming: Shirley Valentine (Theatre
Aquarius).
Other: Delaney is a graduate of
Sheridan College’s Technical Production
for the Performing Arts Industry
program. She would like to thank her
family and friends who have always
encouraged her to pursue her passion
for theatre.
As long as there have been movies, there have
been musical stage adaptations of those movies.
Even before the invention of lm, adaptations of literature into operas and ballets
was common, with some adaptations becoming more well known than the original
media. One of the most famous ballets of all time, The Nutcracker, is based on the
novel The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, which most people have never read.
Musical adaptations of movies can be seen as a “safe bet” for producers for a
few reasons. Adapting an existing story can guarantee that a production will
have an audience that musicals with an original story might not have. Adapting
can also provide a framework for writers, producers, designers, choreographers,
and composers, keeping everyone on the same page. As the librettist Alan Jay
Lerner says in his forward to the published libretto of Paint Your Wagon,
...start o on the right foot and select a story that is all prepared for
you. The translation of that story to musical form is quite complex
enough. Within that frame you will find more than adequate challenge
to your originality and enough on which to experiment.
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Some well known movies that were adapted as musicals for the stage include
Elf, The Producers, 9 to 5, Billy Elliot and Sister Act. Some movies adapted into
stage musicals are then re-adapted into movies, called “recursive adaptation”.
For example, Matilda the novel was adapted into a movie, then adapted into
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Upon a Time...in
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a stage musical, which
was then adapted back
into a movie. The pattern
can be confusing, but
when an audience loves
a story, there is economic
incentive to create as many
adaptations of that story as
possible.
Once (the musical) is
based on the 2007 movie
of the same name. Unlike
many musicals based on
movies, most of the plot
and musical numbers
from the movie remain
intact. The movie, lmed in
Ireland with an extremely
small budget, was an indie
darling of 2007, and won
“Best Original Song” at
the 2008 Academy Awards
for “Falling Slowly”. Once
the musical opened on
Broadway in 2012 and kept
much of the lo- charm
that made so many fall in
love with the movie. With
all the music played live
on stage by actors/musicians, the musical was the
hit of the 2012 Broadway season, and won eight Tony
Awards, including Best Musical.
Stage adaptations are only as good as their source
material. Once the musical pulls from an authentic
and heartfelt movie with songs that connect with the
audience. As the critic Peter Brown described, “...what
makes this musical really special and puts it in a
different league to other offerings is the captivating,
magical quality of the songs. Almost from the rst
note, you realize you are listening to music that is
extraordinarily distinctive, powerfully emotional and
hugely affecting – in a word... stunning.”
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— BY ALLISON HESS
1
Loewe, F., & Lerner, A. J. (1968). Paint Your Wagon.
2
Brown, P. (2016, June 8). Review of Once at the Phoenix Theatre, London. London Theatre.
https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/once
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