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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1993-01-06, Page 1950th Anniversary 1943-1993 HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY MOM & DAD, JANUARY 1 Wilfred & Laura Strickler From John, Sheila, Nancy, Lorne & families Happy 35th Glenn & Jean Jan. 11, 1958 Love, Bob, Karen, Scott & Families Open Reception at Brussels Legion, Saturday, January 16th, 1993 from 8:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. Best Wishes Only PARENTAL Il GUIDANCE LOST N NEW YORK Fri.-Thurs. 7 & 9:10 p.m. Nitely Jan. 8-14 Sat. & Sun Mat. 2 p.m. ALL MAT SEATS `3.50 LONG DISTANCE? CALL 1-800-265-3438 FOR TOLL FREE MOVIE INFO THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1993. PAGE 19. E ntertainment No Grand debut for Baby Jane Who's who at Stratford for '93? Artistic Director David William announced recently the Stratford Festival's 1993 creative and acting ensemble. The 41st season officially opens on Monday, May 31 with William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra at the Festival Theatre. This production will be directed by Artistic Director Designate Richard Monette and designed by Stephanie Howard. The music will be composed by Louis Applebaum with lighting design by Michael J. Whitfield. The cast features Leon Pownall and Goldie Semple in the title roles with Edward Atienza as Lepidus, Mervyn Blake as The Clown, Peter Donaldson as Pompey, Michelle Fisk as Octavis, Lewis Gordon as Enobarbus, Yanna McIntosh as Iras, Stephen Ouimette, returning to Stratford after a nine-year absence, as Caesar, Alison Sealy-Smith as Charmian, and Frank Zotter as Eros. Antony and Cleopatra, begins preview performances Friday, May 14, and runs until Sunday, Oct. 17. Also at the Festival Theatre is Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Joe Dowling. Designed by Hayden Griffin, this production will feature music composed by Keith Thomas, and lighting designed by Louise Guinand. A Midsummer Night's Dream will feature Wayne Best as Theseus, Ted Dykstra as Bottom, Comm FEore as Oberon, Sheila McCarthy as Helena, Stephanie Morgenstern as Hermia, Lucy Peacock as Titania, Sean Power as Demetrius, Marc Ruel as Lysander, Alison Sealy-Smith as Hippolyta, Brian Tree as Peter Quince and Frank Zotter as Puck. A Midsummer Night's Dream will begin preview performances on Tuesday, May 4, and will run to Saturday, Nov. 13. The musical Gypsy, (book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) will be directed and choreographed by Brian Macdonald with musical direction by Berthold Carriere, design by Debra Hanson, lighting design by Michael J. Whitfield and consulting direction/choreography by Anne Wootten. The production will feature Doug Adler as Tulsa, Douglas Chamberlain as Cigar, Peter Donaldson as Herbie, Karen K. Edissi as Mazeppa, Liz Gilroy as Dainty June, Bernard Hopkins as Uncle Jocko, Monique Lund as Louise, Sandra O'Neill, in her Stratford debut, as Mama Rose, Mary Pitt as Tessie Tura and Mari Trainor as Electra. Gypsy, begins previews Monday, May 3, and continue through Sunday, Nov. 14. Opening mid-season, on Thursday, Aug. 5 is Moliere's comic masterpiece The Imaginary Invalid, in a translation by Donald M. Frame. Directed by Albert Millaire and designed by Meredith Caron, the production will feature music by Alan Laing, and lighting design by kevin Fraser. William Hutt returns to the Festival to play Argan, the "invalid" of the title. The cast also includes Edward Atienza as M. Diafoirus, Mervyn Blake as M. Bonnefoy, Michelle Fisk, as Mine, Bernard Hopkins as M. Purgon, Monique Lund as Angelique, Sheila McCarthy as Toinette, Paul Miller as Cleante, Stephen Quimette as T. Diafoirus, Nicholas Pennell as Beralde and Ian White as M. Fleurant. The Imaginary Invalid begins preview performances on Saturday, July 31, and runs until Saturday, Oct. 16. The magic Gilbert and Sullivan returns to Avon Theatre when The Mikado opens on Friday, July 2. Directed and choreographed by Brian Macdonald with musical direction by Berthold Carrierre, The Mikado will be designed by Susan Benson, with lighting design by Michael J. Whitfield and consulting direction/choreography by Anne Wootten. The cast includes John Avey as The Mikado, Juan Chioran as Pooh-Bah, Eric Donkin as Ko-Ko, Barbara Fulton as Peep-Bo, Thomas Goerz as PishTush, Christina James as Katisha, Glynis Ranney as Yum-Yum, Stephen Simms as Nanki-Poo and Karen Wood as Pitti-Sing. The Mikado begins preview performances Wednesday, June 23, and runs until Saturday, Oct. 30. Opening July 16 is Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being Earnest. Directed by Artistic Director David William, this production will feature set design by Gary Thomas Thorne, costume design by Molly Harris Campbell and lighting design by John Munro. The cast includes Barbara Bryne as Miss Prism, Richard Cumock as Canon Chasuble, Marion Day as Cecily Cardew, Colm Feore as John Worthing, Pat Galloway as Lady Bracknell, Lorne Kennedy as Algernon Moncrieff, William Needles as Merriman, Lucy Peacock as Gwendolen Fairfax and Brian Tree as Lane. The Importance of Being Earnest, begins previews on Wednesday, July 14, and runs until Sunday, Oct. 31. At the Tom Patterson Theatre Robin Phillips will direct Shakespeare's King John. Ann Curtis will design the production, with lighting design by Louise Guinand. The cast features Nicholas Pennell in the title role with Edward Atienza as Pandulph, Michelle Fisk as Blanch, Lewis Gordon as Salisbury, Lorne Kennedy as Chatillon, Diego Matamoraos as Lewis, Stephen Ouimette as Philip the Bastard, Goldie Semple as Constance, Ian White as Pembroke and Janet Wright as Elinor. King John begins preview performances Wednesday, May 26, and runs until Saturday, Sept. 18. Bacchae by Euripides, in a translation by Kenneth Cavander is only the second Greek tragedy performed by the main company in the Festival's 40-year history. The cast includes Wayne Best as the 2nd Messenger, Barbara Bryne as the Chorus Leader, Richard Cumock as Tiresias, Ted Dykstra as Pentheus, Colm Feore as Dionysus, Bernard Hopkins as the 1st Messenger, Nicholas Pennell as Kadmos and Janet Wright as Agave. Chorus members are Marion Day, Philippa Domville, Karen K. Edissi, Melanie Janzen, Monique Lund, Kerrin Mehagan, Lucy Peacock, Natalie Sebastian, Donna Starnes and Mari Trainor. Bacchae begins previews on Friday, June 25 and runs to Saturday, Sept. 18. A limited return engagement of Dan Needles' acclaimed Wingfield Trilogy, which includes Letter from Wingfield Farm (first performance Wednesday, June 16), Wingfield's Progress (first performance Thursday, June 17), and Wingfield's Folly (first performance Saturday, June 19), will be presented in repertory through Sunday, Aug. 22. Directed by Douglas Beattie with lighting design by Louise Guinand, all three of these one-man shows are performed by Rod Beattie. Thursday, July 15 marks the world premiere of Fair Liberty's Call by Canadian playwright Sharon Pollock. Directed by Guy Sprung, the production will be designed by Maryse Bienvenu, with music by R. Bill Gagnon and Genevieve Maufette and lighting design by Kevin Fraser. The cast includes Wayne Best as Major Anderson, Philippa Domville as Eddie, Ted Dykstra as Daniel and Janet Wright as Joan. Fair Liberty's Call, begins previews on Saturday, July 10 and runs until Saturday, Aug. 28. This season's Young Company production, The Illusion by Pierre Corneille, translated and adapted by Ranjit Bolt is directed by Marti Maraden, in her second season as Director of the Young Company. The production will be designed by Victoria Wallace, with music composed by Keith Thomas and lighting design by James Milburn. The nine members of the 1993 Young Company are Tom Allison, Francoise Balthazar, Stephen Bogaert, Scott Fisher, Jeffrey Kuhn, Yanna McIntosh, Stephanie Morgenstern, Scott Nichol and Matthew Penn. Artistic Director Martha Henry Dec. 7 announced that Henry Farrell, suddenly and unexpectedly, has withdrawn his permission for The Grand Theatre to stage an adaptation of his novel, What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?, scheduled to open Jan. 15. In its place The Grand will present Wrong for Each Other by Norm Foster. "Of course we are disappointed not to be able to proceed with what would have been an exciting premiere," said Ms Henry. "However, I am delighted that we will be able to present Norm Foster's newest romantic comedy." Cranbrook-area residents, Wil- fred and Laura Strickler enjoyed a double celebration on Jan. 1, mark- ing not only the beginning of a new year, but 50 years of marriage. The former Laura Hackney was working as a registered nurse at Ontario Hospital in Woodstock when she met Wilfred, who was employed there as head gardener. On Jan. 1, 1943 the couple were united in marriage at the United Church manse. The bride, who was a daughter of Charles and Helena Hackney, was attended by her sister Ida Hackney. The groom, a son of John and Rachel Strickler of Bright, was attended by his friend, the late Jack Hallick of Woodstock. Wrong For Each Other will star the dynamic husband and wife team of Sheila McArthy and Peter Donaldson, and will be directed by the very talented Janet Wright, with set and costumes designed by Patrick Clark and lighting designed by Michael J. Whitfield. Wrong For Each Other recounts the rocky relationship between Nora Case and Rudy Sorenson, from their first meeting to falling in love, through marriage and then divorce. Through a series of flashbacks laced with' hilarious memories, the two disclose how wrong they really are for each other, or are they? Folowing their marriage the new- lyweds resided in Woodstock where three of their four children, John, Sheila and Nancy, were born. Son Lorne arrived after the family moved to the Brussels area in 1952, where Wilfred began farming. Since coming to Cranbrook, Laura was actively involved with the WI group until it disbanded last year. Wilfred has been a member of the Foresters for many years. To commemorate the special golden occasion, a small family dinner was held at the couple's home on New Year's Day. Cranbrook couple marks 50 years of marriage, Jan. 1