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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2014-06-18, Page 88 News Record • Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Kitchen Radio kicks off Blyth Festival's 40th season Special to the Signal Star It's September 1968 and Eleanor, the lonely young wife of a bank man- ager, is unpacking boxes yet again, this time in a small farming town. Because she and Dan move so often, her only friends are the female coun- try musical stars she listens to on her kitchen radio and she imagines she is one of them. Suddenly Elly finds herself entangled in the lives of local women - Sophie, Maggie, Helen and Angela - and her world is turned upside down! THE COMPANY DAVID ARCHIBALD (Duane, Musical Director, Co -composer) 1 David's Blyth credits include Dear Johnny Deere (Music Director), Spirit of the Inland Sea (Concert), Perilous Pirate's Daughter (Com- poser/Co-author), The Ballad of Stompin' Tom (Musician) and Hometown (Composer/Musical Director). REBECCAAUERBACH (Sophie)1 Rebecca is thrilled to return for her fifth season with Blyth Festival. Audi- ences may remember her from Dear Johnny Deere, Reverend Jonah, Queen Milli of Galt, Another Sea- son's Harvest or The Ballad of Stompin' Tom. Rebecca is an actor, musician and emerging writer based out of Toronto. JASON CHESWORTH (John) 1 Jason was last seen at Blyth in Dear Johnny Deere. Other credits include Spoon River (Soulpepper, Global Cabaret Fest.), The Bricklin (Theatre New Brunswick), The Christian Republican Fundraiser In Dayton, Tennessee (Toronto Fringe '08), The Shape of Things (Manitoba Theatre Centre) and many roles with the Shaw Festival. MARION DAY (Helen) 1 Marion is thrilled to be here in her seventh sea- son: Beyond The Farm Show, Having Hope at Home, Hometown, Rope's End, Bordertown Cafe, The Book of Esther, Harvest, The Mail Order Bride, Innocence Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott. Other theatre includes work with the Stratford Fes- tival as well as with Touchmark The- atre, Shakespeare Works and Mer- cury Theatre. MARION de VRIES (Playwright)1 Marion is an award-winning play- wright. Her solo plays are big face (Finalist - Chalmers Play Award), mercedes and idiot (SummerWorks Contra Guy Playwright Award). She co -wrote Jumping Mouse with Columpa C. Bobb (Dora nomina- tion), and the musical Ship of Fire with Suzanne Pasternak and Tom Leighton (Festival Players of Prince Edward County). Marion wrote her new musical Kitchen Radio while Canada Council Playwright in Resi- dence at Blyth Festival. KELLI FOX (Director) 1 Kelli's directing credits include This Wide Night at the Summerworks Festival 2013, Anthropocene for The Wreck- ing recking Ball and With Individual Desire, based on events in the life of Ameri- can poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. She has assisted Tadeusz Bradecki on Candida at the Shaw Festival and Max Reimer on The Last Resort for Regina's Globe Theatre. Acting cred- its include Nightwood Theatre's 2012 Dora award-winning The Penelo- piad, twelve seasons with the Shaw Festival and three with the Stratford Festival. GREG GALE (Dan) Greg was last seen at Blyth Festival in Vimy. Other credits include Other Desert Cities (Grand Theatre), Macbeth and The Taming of the Shrew (Canadian Stage), Sudden Death (NextStage Festival), The CN Tower Show (Thea- tre Passe Muraille), The Great Gatsby (Grand Theatre), His Greatness (Iarts/ Factory), Ghost Stories (Mir- vish) and Highway 63: The Fort Mac Show (Architect Theatre), which he co -created. NICOLE JOY-FRASER (Maggie) 1 Nicole is an actress, singer and dancer of mixed Woodland Cree, Metis and European descent. She has performed with a wide variety of companies around the world includ- ing the original North American cast of Mamma Mia!, the multi -award winning West End cast of Jerry Springer -The Opera, and the UK tour of Beauty and the Beast. ELIZABETH KALLES (Eleanor) Elizabeth is making her Blyth debut. She received her BFA Acting degree from the University of Windsor, where some of her past roles include Natasha in Three Sisters and Athena Sinclair in Suite Surrender. EMILY LUKASIK (Angela)1 Emily is entering her fourth year of Music Theatre Performance at Sheridan College, where she recently played Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House and Marathon of Hope. Other credits include Newfoundland Songbook, Country Jubilee (Stephenville Thea- tre Festival); Chess, High School Musical, and Mimi in Rent (Theatre Aquarius Performing Arts Program). Kitchen Radio is designed by Laura Gardner (set), Jennifer Triem- stra-Johnston (costumes), Rebecca Picherack (lighting) and Todd Charl- ton (sound). The production is stage managed by Crystal MacDonell (Production Stage Manager) and Heather Thompson (Assistant Stage Manager). Anita Nittoly is the Fight Director. Blyth Festival acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council. KITCHEN RADIO I June 25 - August 19 Book by Marion de Vries Lyrics and music by Marion de Vries and David Archibald Directed by Kelli Fox Musical director: David Archibald TIC KET5: $34 preferred I $30 reg- ular I $15 youth I (Previews: $26 pre- ferred I $22 regular I $15 youth) BOX OFFICE: 519.523.9300 I Toll Free: 1.877.862.5984 I Online: www. biythfestival.com DATES TO NOTE: June 26 - Preview at 8pm June 27 - Opening Night at 8pm (Preceded by Gala Dinner at 5:45pm and Tractor Parade at 7:30 pm) June 28, July8, 12, 16, 17, 19, 26 performance at 2 pm June 28, July5, 10, 11, 15, 19, 24, 25, August 2 performance at 8 pm August 9 - Closing performance at 2 pm TALKBACK: July 17 - An informal quest ion and answer "Talk Back" with cast mem- bers follows the 2 pm matinee. COUNTRY SUPPERS: Friday, and Saturday, - Enjoy a home cooked meal served at a local venue at Tickets are $16 each and may be booked by calling the box office. Deatfline change! 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