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ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE

                            June/July 2022

   2 PIANOS
   4 HANDS
  PROGRAM
Royal Alexandra
    Theatre
June/July 2022
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Towards Truth and Reconciliation
As we move towards reconciliation with the original peoples of this
land, it is important for all of us to consider the history of what is now
called Canada and how we have arrived at this moment in time.

But we can’t achieve reconciliation without first acknowledging the
land on which this theatre stands and its traditional keepers. We take
this opportunity to do that now.

The Royal Alexandra Theatre is located on the Treaty Lands and
Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and the traditional territory
of the Anishinaabe, the Wendat, and the Haudenosaunee. The territory
is within the lands protected by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum
Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Haudenosaunee and
Anishinaabe and allied nations to peaceably share and care for the
resources around the Great Lakes.

Today, the meeting place of Toronto (also known as Tkaronto) is home
to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island. We are grateful
to work on this land.
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ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE

         David Mirvish presents the 2021/22 Mirvish Subscription Season

                                         —
                             DAVID MIRVISH presents
                        The MARQUIS ENTERTAINMENT INC.
                             & TALKING FINGERS INC.
                                  production of

                 2 PIANOS
                 4 HANDS
                             Created and Performed by
      TED DYKSTRA and RICHARD GREENBLATT
                          Featuring Alternate Performers
               RICHARD TODD ADAMS and MAX ROLL
                                 Production Designer
                                   STEVE LUCAS

Sound Designer            Associate Production Designers               Technical Director
  JOHN LOTT                      CHRIS MALKOWSKI                      BRENDAN GILHULY
                                 JASON GOLINSKY

 Stage Manager                Assistant Stage Manager             Apprentice Stage Manager
ANDREA BAGGS                         EMILIE AUBIN                        HAZEL MOORE

                                      Produced by
                  ROBERT RICHARDSON and COLIN RIVERS
                                       Directed by
            RICHARD GREENBLATT and TED DYKSTRA

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                          Dedicated to our Piano Teachers
Dr. Lillian Upright of Edmonton and the late Professor Dorothy Morton of Montréal

  2 Pianos 4 Hands was originally produced in April 1996, by the Tarragon Theatre, Toronto,
                          in association with Talking Fingers Inc.
       and produced across North America and in London, UK by Mirvish Productions
     (Off-Broadway and U.S. tour co-producers with Ben Sprecher and William P. Miller).

                        2 Pianos 4 Hands is generously supported by
           Yamaha Music Canada                  and Remenyi Music
ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS PROGRAM - Theatre - Mirvish
THE MUSIC
                                                 ACT I
Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052, 1st Movement                                                     J. S. Bach
Heart and Soul                                                                       Hoagy Carmichael
The Birch Canoe                                                                            Leila Fletcher
By the Stream                                                                       Richard Greenblatt
Our Band Goes to Town                                                    arranged by J. B. Duvernoy
Sonatina No. 6 in F major                                                             L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 16 in C major, “Facile,” 1st Movement                                            W. A. Mozart
Sonata for One Piano, Four Hands in D major, 1st Movement                                   W. A. Mozart
In Der Halle des Bergkönigs,
   “In the Hall of the Mountain King”, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1                                Edvard Grieg
Concerto in D minor, 1st Movement                                                               J. S. Bach

                                                ACT II
Prelude No. 15 in D flat major, “Raindrop”                                              Frédéric Chopin
Asturias “Leyenda”                                                                         Isaac Albéniz
Rondo for Two Pianos, Four Hands in C major                                             Frédéric Chopin
Fantasiestücke No. 2                                                                 Robert Schumann
Sonata No. 8 in C minor,
  “Pathétique,” 1st and 2nd Movements                                                 L. van Beethoven
Ballade No. 2 in F major                                                                Frédéric Chopin
Mephisto Waltz No. 1                                                                           Franz Liszt
A Medley of Pop Tunes
Impromptu in A flat major                                                                Franz Schubert
My Funny Valentine                                                  Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart
Piano Man                                                                                         Billy Joel
Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052, 1st Movement                                                     J. S. Bach

    2 Pianos 4 Hands has an approximate running time of 2 hours and 5 minutes,
    including one intermission. Due to the nature of live theatre the running time
                    may vary from performance to performance.

            The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs,
            either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices
            such as cellular phones, beepers and watches.

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PRODUCTION HISTORY

In 1994 Ted and                             Talking Fingers and Tarragon Theatre
                                            shared the 1996 Dora Mavor Moore
Richard formed                              Award for Outstanding Production, and
                                            Ted and Richard received the prestigious
Talking Fingers to                          Chalmers Award – Canada’s National

write and workshop                          Playwriting Award – that same year.
                                               Immediately following the close of
their new script                            the premiere run in Toronto, Ted and
                                            Richard embarked on a national tour.
2 Pianos 4 Hands.                           They travelled from coast to coast with
                                            the show, stopping back at the Tarragon
The play was subsequently programmed        for a second run in the fall of 1996, and
as part of Tarragon Theatre’s 1995-’96      concluding in Vancouver in September of
season in Toronto and premiered in April    1997 at the Vancouver Playhouse.
1996 to rave reviews and sold-out houses.      In October of 1997, backed by a team

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of producers including David and Ed            they have performed in Tokyo and on
Mirvish, 2 Pianos 4 Hands opened               tour throughout the country, and in
Off Broadway at The Promenade                  2011/12/13 embarked on a Farewell Tour
Theatre. The production was widely             that included visits to Toronto, Ottawa,
acclaimed and ran for six months before        Vancouver and Edmonton.
transferring to the Kennedy Centre                There have been many other
in Washington in the spring of 1998.           productions with other actors, both
Ted and Richard returned to Toronto            male and female, in Canada and across
later that summer and again played             the globe. Since its premiere, 2 Pianos
to sold-out houses, this time at the           4 Hands has had 4,000 performances
historic Royal Alexandra Theatre, with         at 200 different theatres throughout
Mirvish Productions.                           Canada, the US, the UK, Japan, Australia,
   The show had its European premiere          Hong Kong, South Africa, Austria, Finland
at the Birmingham Rep in the spring of         and beyond. Nearly 2 million people
1999, a production that transferred later      have seen the play on five continents
that fall to the Comedy Theatre in the         worldwide making it one of the most
West End of London.                            successful Canadian plays ever.
   Since then, Ted and Richard have               Now Ted and Richard are returning to
twice reunited to perform in Toronto with      the stage of Toronto’s Royal Alexandra
Marquis Entertainment/Talking Fingers/         Theatre to reprise their roles in
Mirvish Productions, twice toured to           celebration of the 25th Anniversary of
Japan (presented by Shochiku), where           this much-loved Canadian classic.

  TWO OF THE BEST IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
  By Richard Greenblatt, with contributions from Ted Dykstra and others who were
  part of the experience.

                                     This provocative memoir describes the origins and
                                     evolution of one of the most successful plays in
                                     Canadian theatrical history.

                                     “A page-turner, and every bit as gripping as the
                                      show itself.” — Liz Parker | Music Educator
                                     “A most welcome celebration of a unique Canadian
                                      cultural success story.” — Bob White | The Stratford
                                      Festival
                                     “A tribute to the power of friendship, of theatre,
                                      and of music.” — Robert Cushman | Theatre Critic
                                     “Poignant, moving, and filled with as much
                                       mischievous wit as their final product.”
                                       — James Anagnoson | Dean, The Glenn Gould
                                       School, Royal Conservatory of Music

                                     ON SALE NOW in the lobby (along with DVD of
  Also includes the script of 2P4H
                                     2 Pianos 4 Hands), and at www.jgshillingford.com

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THE COMPANY

                   TED DYKSTRA             Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Bottom in A
                  Ted, Co-Creator,         Midsummer Night’s Dream and Ariel in
                  Co-Director              The Tempest; as well as three seasons
                  Ted started playing      of leading roles for the Shaw Festival.
                  piano at age six,        Most recently Ted portrayed Scrooge
                  and peaked at age        in the Citadel Theatre’s landmark new
                  twelve, when he had a    production of A Christmas Carol, a role
particularly memorable string of firsts    he originated and has played for three
competing in the Edmonton Kiwanis          seasons in a row. In 2000 he turned his
Music Festival. His acting career began    attention to directing, and since has
at a young age in St Albert, Alberta,      directed many award-winning shows in
playing the 2nd Bird in Once Upon a        Toronto and across the country. He has
Clothesline, but his breakout role was     also directed 2P4H across America and
Bilbo Baggins in his grade 8 school’s      in Australia and Hong Kong. In 2014,
production of The Hobbit. Since then       Ted and his wife Diana Bentley founded
he has gone on to play leading roles       the Coal Mine Theatre in Toronto’s
on every major stage in Canada, often      East End, and it has become the most
combining his musical skills in such       successful indie theatre in the country,
roles as: Mozart in Amadeus; Cale          garnering its artists a staggering 29
Blackwell, a character based on Jerry      Dora nominations in 6 seasons. He
Lee Lewis, in Fire (seven Canadian         regularly directs and acts there. Ted
theatres); Shostakovitch in Master         has appeared in dozens of films and TV
Class (Manitoba Theatre Centre);           shows and most recently was a regular
Glenn Gould in An Evening with Glenn       on Season 6 of The Expanse. He is also
Gould (National Arts Centre), Hedwig       the voice of Dad Tiger on Daniel Tiger’s
in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Crow’s       Neighbourhood. He is also a Founding
Theatre); and Cousin Kevin in The          Member of Soulpepper Theatre and in
Who’s Tommy (Mirvish Productions).         the award department he has received
As well, school children around the        6 Doras (acting, musical direction,
world know him as Bach in the film         producing), a Gemini (acting), a Sterling
Bach’s Fight for Freedom. He also wrote    (musical direction), a Merritt (directing)
and composed the acclaimed musical         and a Chalmers (writing). He is the
Evangeline which was produced at           proud father of Theo, Rosie and Henry.
the Charlottetown Festival and the         He loves playing and watching tennis.
Citadel Theatre in Edmonton. Other         Oh, and Go Oilers.
favourite acting roles include the title
role in Hamlet (Theatre Calgary); for
Soulpepper Theatre: Teach in American
Buffalo, Daffyd Llewelyn in A Chorus
of Disapproval and Yuri in his own
adaptation of Tolstoy›s The Kreutzer
Sonata; for Stratford: title role in

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RICHARD                   Lehrer, Care and Athabasca. 2 Pianos
                   GREENBLATT                4 Hands has played on five continents
                    Richard, Co-Creator,     and in over 150 cities since it opened
                    Co-Director              at the Tarragon Theatre in April 1996.
                    Richard Greenblatt       Greenblatt himself has performed the
                    is an actor, director,   play with co-creator Ted Dykstra over
                    writer, and musician     1000 times across Canada, and in New
who has been a professional theatre          York City, Washington D.C., London,
artist for the last 49 years. He was born    U.K., Tokyo, and now for the sixth time,
in Montréal and studied piano for 10         in Toronto. A mentor and teacher to
years with the late Professor Dorothy        young talent, he has taught acting,
Morton of the McGill Conservatory of         directing and play creation at most
Music. He studied theatre at Dawson          of the theatre training institutions in
College before pursuing his acting           Canada, including Toronto Metropolitan
training at the Royal Academy of             University, University of Alberta, George
Dramatic Art in London, England.             Brown College, Humber College,
Upon graduating, he worked at Leeds          and the National Theatre School of
Playhouse for a season, returning to         Canada. He has also directed the
Canada in 1975. Since then, he has           premieres of numerous groundbreaking
performed in theatres in Toronto, across     and award-winning plays for young
Canada and abroad, playing such              audiences, including Seesaw, Mirror
diverse roles as Henry David Thoreau,        Game, Misha, Danny, King of the
Spinoza, and Sam Goldwyn, as well as in      Basement, Wrecked, The Incredible
feature films, television and radio. Other   Speediness of Jamie Cavanaugh and
favourite roles include the Fool in King     Kindness. Since the Covid Pandemic, he
Lear, Creon in Antigone, the Concierge       has “pivoted” to being an author. In 2021,
in The Gladstone Variations, Galbraith in    his book Text and Context, the Operative
Essay, Cadman in I Call myself Princess,     Word was published by J.G. Shillingford
and touring to Galway, Ireland as the        Press, and his memoir Two of the Best in
Father in Enda Walsh’s bedbound. He          the Neighbourhood, An Anecdotal History
has directed well over 130 productions       of 2 Pianos 4 Hands, has just been
for theatres across the country - the vast   released, and is on sale in the lobby. His
majority being original and/or Canadian      third writing/performing collaboration
works - including plays by George            with Diane Flacks, Pals, will be presented
F. Walker, Judith Thompson, Jason            at the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre in the
Sherman, Adam Pettle, Diane Flacks,          fall of 2023. Oh, and he’s writing his first
Shirley Cheechoo, Michael Healey,            novel. Richard has received numerous
Julie Tepperman, and Rob Fothergill,         nominations for his work, and has won
amongst numerous others. Classical           seven Dora Awards and two Chalmers
works he has directed include plays by       Awards. He lives in Toronto with partner
Shakespeare, Chekhov, Shaw, Brecht           Tanya Greve and their daughter, Amelia,
and Shepard, amongst many others.            and is the proud father of Natasha, Will
As a writer, he wrote or co-wrote: Soft      and the dearly missed Luke Greenblatt.
Pedaling, 2 Pianos 4 Hands, Sibs, The
Theory of Relatives, i.d., Letters from

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                   ADAMS                     Minervina, and proud son. With much
                  Ted Alternate              love and gratitude to my family, Marquis,
                  (Tuesday evening           and Ted and Richard for the magic.
                  performances)
                  Richard Todd Adams         ANDREA BAGGS
                  is one of a handful of     Stage Manager
actors in the world to have played both      Mirvish Productions Debut. Selected
The Phantom and Raoul in The Phantom         Theatre Credits: Sweat (Canadian
of the Opera and both Valjean and Javert     Stage); Trace (National Arts Centre/
in Les Misérables. On Broadway, he was       Factory Theatre); The Runner (Human
seen in The Woman in White, The Pirate       Cargo/Tarragon); 2 Pianos 4 Hands
Queen and Cats. His career with 2 Pianos     (Marquis Entertainment (National Arts
4 Hands has spanned over 20 years,           Centre/Thousand Islands Playhouse);
performing the show across Canada and        Charlotte: A Tri-Coloured Play with Music
the United States. Favourite roles include   (Theaturtle; European tour, Luminato/
Percy in The Scarlet Pimpernel, the title    World Design Stage-Taiwan); Beautiful
roles in Jekyll and Hyde, Quixote in Man     Man, Banana Boy (Factory Theatre);
of La Mancha, and Dickinson in 1776. A       Mary’s Wedding (Crow’s Theatre/Solo
graduate of The Juilliard School, Richard    Productions); Mary Poppins (Young
has sung with many of the world’s top        People’s Theatre); The Drawer Boy
symphonies, including an upcoming            (Theatre Passe Muraille); Freedom
June 2022 date with the NAC Orchestra        Singer (Project Humanity; National
performing the music of Lerner and           Tour); The Sound of Music (Opera on
Loewe. www.richardtoddadams.com              the Avalon). Assistant Stage Manager:
                                             A Streetcar Named Desire, Sisters
                   MAX ROLL                  (Soulpepper Theatre Company);
                  Richard Alternate          Constellations, Botticelli in the Fire/
                  (Tuesday evening           Sunday in Sodom, Domesticated,
                  performances)              Shakespeare in High Park 14’-16’
                  Max is delighted to        (Canadian Stage Company); 2 Pianos
                  make his Toronto           Hands (Marquis Entertainment).
                  debut at the historic
Royal Alexandra Theatre. 2 Pianos 4          EMILIE AUBIN
Hands: Role of Richard for the NAC,          Assistant Stage Manager
having previously played Ted at both         Emilie is a stage manager for theatre
the Chemainus Theatre Festival and           and experimental performance based in
Thousand Islands Playhouse. Off              Tkaròn:to. Select credits include: Is God
Broadway: Mrs. Warren’s Profession           Is, Cast Iron, 21 Black Futures, Pass Over,
(u/s all the men). UK regional: Benedick     School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls
in Much Ado About Nothing and Orsino         Play, hang (Obsidian Theatre); Harper
in Twelfth Night, both for Rabble            Regan (Canadian Stage); It Comes in
Theatre. UK National Tour: Jay Gatsby        Waves (Bluemouth Inc and Necessary
in The Great Gatsby for Blackeyed            Angel); Century Song, Infinity (Volcano
Theatre Company. Narrator of multiple        Theatre); Underneath It All (New Harlem

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Productions); Art (Soulpepper); You         became part of Nightwood’s Young
Are A Field, Lady Baby, Portrait (The       Innovators 2020/2021 Cohort and
Dietrich Group); The Men in White           has participated in her second Lawyer
(Factory Theatre); Tributaries (Luminato    Show as Stage Manager this spring.
2017); Freedom Singer (Project:             Hazel has been grateful to work with
Humanity); We Keep Coming Back              the Centre for Indigenous Theatre,
(Selfconscious Theatre); Counting Sheep     SummerWorks and other collectives
(SummerWorks 2015); M’dea Undone            throughout the pandemic. She is
(Tapestry Opera).                           thrilled to be joining the 2P4H team this
                                            summer. She would like to thank her
HAZEL MOORE (she/her)                       family for always encouraging her to
Apprentice Stage Manager                    pursue working in the arts.
A graduate of the Humber College
Theatre Production program in 2020,
Hazel has spent her time working in
both virtual and live theatre spaces. She

                   THE CREATIVE TEAM

STEVE LUCAS                                 touring to London England at the ICA
Production Designer                         and Edinburgh at the Traverse Theatre.
Since 1987 Steve has designed               He was also responsible for the design,
award-winning sets and lighting for more    creation and direction of performances
than 500 productions of theatre, dance      for the Shadow Ball Halloween Galas
and performance art. His work has           at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Steve
toured extensively and has been seen        has acted as Theatre Consultant for
all across Canada, the United States,       several theatre renovations including
the UK, Europe, Scandinavia, Estonia,       Buddies In Bad Times, Theatre Passe
Russia, Australia and Asia - in all, 27     Muraille, Festival Players of Prince
countries around the world. Steve has       Edward County BMO Pavilion at The
designed the world premieres of literally   Eddie and the Coal Mine. Steve has
hundreds of shows, many of which            mentored students from University of
have gone on to further acclaim. These      Toronto, Sheridan, Humber and Toronto
include: The Drawer Boy, Never Swim         Metropolitan University, and has been
Alone, The Drowsy Chaperone, Innocence      a lighting design coach at the National
Lost: The Steven Truscott Project; Stag     Theatre School of Canada. He has also
and Doe, The New Canadian Curling           mentored several proteges through the
Club and 2 Pianos 4 Hands. Steve has        Theatre Ontario Professional training
conceived and directed several of his       grant. Steve has received several
own shows, including the award-winning      awards including four Dora Awards for
performer-less BREATH[e], which played      his set and lighting designs. He has also
to sold-out houses in Toronto as well as    been nominated for several of Canada’s

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most prestigious awards including the       JOHN LOTT
Siminovitch Prize in Theatre, the Pauline   Sound Designer
Mc Gibbon Award, the K.M. Hunter            Toronto native John Lott has been
Award, and thirty three Dora Mavor          designing sound for 30 years throughout
Moore Award nominations.                    North America and is pleased to have
                                            been given the opportunity to be
CHRIS MALKOWSKI                             involved with Marquis Entertainment
Associate Production Designer               and Mirvish Productions once again on
Chris is a professional lighting designer   this 2022 production. John has spent
based in Toronto and designs lights for     16 seasons with the Shaw Festival,
dance, drama, opera, musical theatre        as well as time with the Stratford
and live events in Canada and across        Festival, Soulpepper Theatre Company,
the world. Selected credits include:        Canadian Stage and Charlottetown
Gloria (ARC/Crow’s Theatre); Waves of       Festival. John’s career began in
Flesh (Staats Berlin Ballett/Komische       1993 at the New Yorker Theatre on
Oper Berlin); AF (Canadian Stage/Red        Yonge Street (now the CAA). John
Sky Performance); Suitcase (Theatre         is the Canadian representative for
Passe Muraille); Portia’s Julius Caesar     Sound Associates, one of the largest
(Hart House Theatre); Pass Over             suppliers for Broadway sound design in
(Obsidian Theatre); Black Drum (Deaf        North America.
Cultural Centre/Soulpepper); Beside
Myself, Hilda’s Yard and The Writer         BRENDAN GILHULY
(Foster Festival); Associate Designer on    Technical Director
Middletown (Crow’s Theatre). Chris is a     Brendan trained at York University
member of the Associated Designers of       where he concurrently studied collective
Canada IATSE Local 659.                     creation and technical theatre with
                                            a focus on lighting design. When not
JASON GOLINSKY                              with Marquis Entertainment, he is
Associate Production Designer               Head of Operations with McWood
Jason is ecstatic to have a chance to       Studios building for film, TV, live events,
come back and work with this team           commercial and residential custom
in particular. From starting to do the      architectural fabrication and the
advancing and paperwork for 2P in 2003      occasional piece of theatre. Previous
for Laguna Beach until this production,     technical direction credits include:
working on 2P4H has been a continuous       Bed & Breakfast Tour (Globe Theatre
highlight of his career. Previous Marquis   & Marquis); 2 Pianos 4 Hands Tour
Entertainment shows include many            (Western Canada Theatre, The Grand,
many wonderful productions of 2 Pianos      Neptune Theatre, Chemainus Festival
4 Hands. Previous Mirvish productions       Theatre, Thousand Islands Playhouse,
include Assistant Lighting Designer on      NAC - all with Marquis Entertainment);
Dirty Dancing, We Will Rock You, Rock of    2 Seasons at the Blyth Summer Festival,
Ages, and Associate Lighting Designer       1 Season at Globus Theatre and the
on War Horse. Jason’s day job, currently,   2006 World Stage Design Exhibition
is Production Manager at the Garden         (OISTAT/USITT).
Theatre in Orlando, Florida.

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ROBERT RICHARDSON
& COLIN RIVERS | MARQUIS
ENTERTAINMENT
Producers
Founded in 1996, Marquis Entertainment
was launched with a purpose of
developing and producing Canadian
theatrical plays/productions that exhibit    INTEGRATED
national and international appeal.
The first production that Marquis
                                            PARTNERSHIPS
represented and produced – 2 Pianos          Connect with our engaged
4 Hands. Since then, Marquis has been       customers through a variety
fortunate to form a lifelong partnership        of key touch-points
with the creators, Ted and Richard,
and bring the show to five continents
and play a producing role in nearly
200 productions. Producing/General
Management credits with Mirvish in
addition to 2P4H (1998 at the Royal
                                               In Venue       Programme
                                             Partnerships      Magazine
Alex, 2003 at the Elgin Theatre, 2011
at the CAA Theatre), include Next
to Normal and Fun Home (both with
The Musical Stage Co.); Donny and
Marie Christmas in Toronto, Arrabal,
The Railway Children (NOW Audience
                                             Red Carpet   Digital, Email,
                                               Events   Print Advertising
Choice Award), Rat Pack: Live from
Las Vegas, The Adventures of a Black
Girl in Search of God and many others;
and at the Elgin Theatre include nearly
15 years of the Ross Petty Pantos,
and Caroline, Or Change (with TMSC)                Product Sampling
as well as events for TIFF and CTV.                 and Activations
Other clients include Jackson-Triggs
(producer for the JT Amphitheatre since
its launch in 2001), Base Entertainment,
IMAX and Major League Baseball.
Marquis Literary is the agency division
of Marquis Entertainment and it is the
operational hub for the representation/     THE EXCLUSIVE SPONSORSHIP AGENCY
promotion of Canada’s largest roster of          OF MIRVISH PRODUCTIONS
playwrights/musical theatre composers,
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with a specialized focus on musical
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theatre and commercial development.
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www.MQent.ca / www.MQlit.ca
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              CHRISTIE LITES, Graeme Rivers                      Chariots Of Fire Theme — from the feature film Chariots of
                                                                 Fire. Written by Vangelis. Published by EMI Music Publishing
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             SOUND ASSOCIATES, John Lott
                                                                 Great Balls Of Fire — Written by JACK HAMMER and OTIS
                    PIANO TECHNICIAN                             BLACKWELL © 1957 Mijac Music and Unichappell Music Inc.
                      Wayne Ferguson                             (BMI) and Chappell & Co. Inc. (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
                                                                 My Funny Valentine — Music by RICHARD RODGERS. Lyrics
Producers’ Acknowledgments                                       by LORENZ HART. Rights administered on behalf of Chappell &
David Mirvish and all those at Mirvish Productions who have      Co. Inc. (ASCAP) and Williamson Music Company (ASCAP). By
supported the show throughout the years, Judy Richardson,        Arrangement with Warner Chappell Music, Inc. and Concord.
Rob Barg, Jim Welter, Aya Sato and the team at Yamaha
Canada, Mike Remenyi and the team at Remenyi Music.              Piano Man — Words and Music by BILLY JOEL. Rights
                                                                 administered on behalf of JoelSongs (SOCAN). By Universal
Playwrights’ Acknowledgments                                     Music Publishing Canada.
Diana Bentley, Henry Bentley-Dykstra, Beatrice Campbell, Celia
                                                                 The Mephisto Waltz No. 1 — Written by FRANZ LISZT.
Chassels, Jean & Chalmers Doane, Melanie Doane, Theo &
                                                                 Performed by VLADIMIR HOROWITZ. Courtesy of Sony
Rosie Dykstra, Theo & Truus Dykstra, Natasha, William, Luke
                                                                 Classical. By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment.
& Amelia Greenblatt, Tanya Greve, Fiona Jones, Steve Lucas,
Kate Lushington, Robin McKim, Gloria Muzio, the Ontario Arts                     Backstage and Front of House employees
Council, the Tarragon Staff and all the people who attended                      are represented by the International
and gave feedback on the first workshop of 2P4H.                                 Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
                                                                                 (or I.A.T.S.E.).
Thank you to Urjo Kareda, Mallory Gilbert and the Tarragon
Theatre for their support of the original production.                            Mirvish Productions is a member of the
                                                                                 Professional Association of Canadian
The playwrights would especially like to acknowledge Andy                        Theatres (PACT) and engages, under
McKim’s role as the Consulting Director of the original                          the terms of the Canadian Theatre
production. His input was, and is still, greatly appreciated.                    Agreement, actors and stage managers
                                                                                 who are members of the Canadian Actors’
MUSIC PUBLISHER CREDITS
                                                                                 Equity Association.
Heart and Soul — From the Paramount Pictures film A Song Is
                                                                        For Mirvish Programme and Mirvish Partnership
Born. Music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL. Words by FRANK
                                                                                 Opportunities, please contact:
LOESSER. Published by Sony/ATV Harmony
                                                                                       brands amplified
The Birch Canoe — Written by LEILA FLETCHER. © 2002
Mayfair Montgomery Publishing. By Arrangement with Mayfair
Music Publications Inc.

Bennie And The Jets — Words and Music by ELTON JOHN and            The Exclusive Sponsorship Agency of Mirvish Productions
BERNIE TAUPIN. Rights administered on behalf of Universal/
                                                                               brian.himel@brandsamplified.com
Dick James Music Limited (BMI). By Universal Songs of
                                                                                jory.amar@brandsamplified.com
Polygram International Inc.

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MIRVISH PRODUCTIONS STAFF
Producer                               DAVID MIRVISH    Ticketing Software Administrator        SARA RIVARD
Executive Producer                     BRIAN SEWELL     Ticketing Software
Managing Director                        DAVID MUCCI      Co-ordinators       ERNEST CAYEMEN, DAVE PELLEY
Director of Finance                CAMILLO CASCIATO     Ticketing Training Co-ordinator          RYAN REEVE
Director of Communications                              Ticket Administration
  and Programming                JOHN KARASTAMATIS        Coordinator                   DANIELLA FRUSTAGLIO
Director of Sales and                                   Ticket Administration Assistant      MUNIRA SARUAT
  Audience Services                   CHRIS DORSCHT     Education, Outreach and
Director of Production             STEPHEN REBBECK        Accessibility Manager            DENISE ANDERSON
Director of Labour Relations and                        Education & Events Co-ordinator          NELIA BAIRD
  Business Development                MARK LAVAWAY      Associate Manager,
Directors of Development            KELLY ROBINSON,
                                                          Audience Services                   COREY PALMER
                                    HANNAH MIRVISH
                                                        Audience Services &
General Manager, Ticketing           JAMES ALDRIDGE
                                                          Ticketing Co-ordinator                 KARYN KING
U.K. Consultant                         PAUL ELLIOTT
                                                        Outbound Sales Manager               JARED HAMPDEN
                                                        Mailroom Co-ordinator               KAREN LEIGHTON
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
                                                        Audience Service Representatives     TIMOTHY ALLEN,
Associate General Manager/
                                                                              MARY ASKWITH, WESLEY BERGER,
  Company Manager                     CHARLES CHU
Associate General Manager            KENDRA BATOR               RANDOLPH BUCHANAN, MEL DELA VICTORIA,
Associate Producer                  LINDA INTASCHI                       MARGARET DINSDALE, ZACK GROSH,
Assistant Producer                     SARAH SISKO       LIVA GULENS-TAUBE, CLARA KIM, JESSICA LAGODA,
Assistant to David Mirvish          LAUREL PURVIS                       ALEXANDRA LEAN, HEATHER MacNEIL,
Company Manager                        ANIKA NATER                     RICHARD McDONALD, CALLAN POTTER,
Assistant Company Manager               JEN COOPER             MIKE RICHARDSON, JOANNE RUMSTEIN-ELLIS,
Assistant Company Manager             EMILY KNIGHT                 JONA SAGADRACA, SALVATORE SCOZZARI,
HR Co-ordinator                         TOM KITUKU          JOY TRACHSELL, SHERYL WALSH, RYAN WHITTAL
HR Intern                          JESSICA LAGODA       Office Co-ordinator                       ÁINE DAVIS

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT                                   ACCOUNTING
Production Manager                   NATHAN GILES       Analyst/Accounting Manager             REG DUNCAN
Production Manager                 CHRIS PRIDEAUX       Controller                               JASON YIP
Assistant Production Manager      BRIANNE GWARTZ        Accounting Staff              JULIE LOGAN, KIM SITU
Production Administrator          DESIRÉE PROVEAU       Payroll                          SHAHRZAD RAZAVI

MARKETING                                               ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE
Communications Manager                    SUE TOTH      General Manager                      RON JACOBSON
Press and Public                                        House Manager                  ELIZABETH MORALES
  Relations Manager             J. RANDY ALLDREAD       Assistant House Manager                    BECKY LOI
Marketing Manager                     ANTONIO TAN       Front of House Supervisor                    NORA H.
Digital Marketing Manager            RANA ALJAMAL       FOH Supervisor/Operations Assistant HALEY WATSON
Graphic Design Manager                 OTTO PIERRE
                                                        Box Office Staff    KIM CASSIRAM, MARIKA CSOTAR,
Marketing Co-ordinator         FRANCA LONGOBARDI
                                                                                                GEORGE KING
Web Content and Design           JENNIFER JENKINS
                                                        FOH Captain                        MANZOOR AHMED
Videographer                       DANIEL MALAVASI
                                                        Senior Maintenance Manager         KEVIN McCARTHY
                                                        Head Carpenter                     KEEGAN DORMAN
TICKETING & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
                                                        Head of Flies                    BLAIR EGGLESTONE
Ticket Operations and
                                                        Head Electrician                          JOHN STILL
  Technology Director                  JOSIE DI LUZIO
                                                        Head of Properties                    GUY GUALTIERI
Senior Phone Operations Manager       ALAN FORSYTH
Phone Operations Assistant Manager SUSIE MARCON         Head of Wardrobe                       LISA SHEAVES
Phone Operations Supervisor      SCOTT RICHARDSON       Head of Wigs                         HELEN GREGOR
Network Administrator         CHARLES BARTHMANN         Parking Supervisor                  ROBERT ASHLEY
Systems Administrator               CLAUDIA CUEVAS
Insights Manager                 VICTORIA MAGINNIS      MIRVISH PROGRAMME
Administrative Services Manager        MAGGIE BUSKI     Publisher                             DAVID MIRVISH
Reporting & Digital Communications                      Editor                           J. RANDY ALLDREAD
  Coordinator                             LIANNE WU     Graphic Designer                        OTTO PIERRE
Ticket Operations and                                   Advertising Sales             BRANDS AMPLIFIED INC.
  Subscription Manager               BLAIR LEIGHTON     Printer                      SUNVIEW PRESS LIMITED

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