Dangerous Liaisons, The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre- Sept. 7-28

As overheard in various salons and bedrooms…

The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre

and BMO FINANCIAL GROUP

Present

Dangerous Liaisons

By Christopher Hampton

Directed by Alexandre Marine

September 7-28, 2008

Valmont: "I want the excitement of watching her betray everything that's most important to her. I thought betrayal was your favourite word."

Merteuil: "No, no, cruelty. I always think that has a nobler ring to it."

MONTREAL August 2008- The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre kicks off a sizzling season of passion and seduction with Dangerous Liaisons, Christopher Hampton's adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 French novel about lust, greed, deception and romance. Don't miss what promises to be an exciting production, led by award-winning director, Alexandre Marine and featuring a handpicked, mostly Montreal cast of 16.

The Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont are a pair of schemers (and former lovers) who take pleasure in coolly manipulating and seducing those around them, leaving scandal, dishonour and outrage in their wake. The Marquise challenges the Vicomte to seduce the virtuous Madame de Tourvel, but when the latter breaks the rules and finds himself genuinely falling in love with his intended prey, the game quickly turns fatal--with devastating consequences for everyone involved. Here, sex is a game and death is but a means of keeping score.

Director Marine's previous production at the Segal, the Prix de la Critique award winning Amadeus, was an unqualified success and demonstrated his unique creativity in staging large scale period plays, particularly the decadent period of the late eighteenth century. Dangerous Liaisons will offer audiences another opportunity to experience Marine's directorial talent. Bryna Wasserman, the Segal Centre's Artistic and Executive Director, was never in doubt as to who should direct this opening play of the Segal's 08-09 season. "I couldn't be more confident in having Sasha leading this production, she said. It's a large scale, challenging play, but with his innovative eye and mastery of the physical aspect of the theatre, I'm certain his perspective will bring it to life in the most distinct and imaginative ways."

"This play and its themes of sex, power and manipulation are universal, we're still playing by the same rules as two centuries ago," said Marine in expressing the timelessness of the play. "You need look no further than today's news, at how little time is taken up by actual news versus tabloid sex scandals." As well, this late twentieth century stage adaptation of a late eighteenth century novel will astonish today's audience with how powerful and liberated the women are in the play. Madame de Merteuil matches her adversary Valmont move for move in this game of love, passion and domination.

As part of a truly international cast, Brett Christopher (a one man tour-de-force in the Segal's I Am My Own Wife) stars as the Vicomte de Valmont. Catherine de Sevè (hugely popular for L'auberge du chien noir on SRC, here in her first English stage role) enthralls as the Marquise de Merteuil. The highly respected cast also includes Jake Epstein (De Grassi: The Next Generation, Gemini Award), Anthousa Harris (Centaur's Romeo and Juliet), Gemma James-Smith (Sidemart's The Haunted Hillbilly), Vitali Makarov (Théâtre Deuxième Realité's Hamlet), Tara Nicodemo (The Segal's The Diary of Anne Frank), Jillian Niedoba (Not Wanted on the Voyage), Igor Ovadis (Minuit le soir) and Moira Wylie (The Segal's Hedda Gabler). Rounding out the company is Maud Desbois, Adam Driscoll, Alexandre Gorchkov, Lauren Roy, Kristina Sandev and David Sklar.

The design team has conceived a stage where reality reflects fantasy, desire and dreams- a space mirroring brooding narcissism. Mastermind creators include Yannik Larivée, set and props; Spike Lyne, lighting; Jessica Poirier-Chang, costumes and Dmitri Marine, sound and original music. Elaine Normandeau is the stage manager and Merissa Tordjman completes the team as assistant stage manager. Expect this to be the flagship show of the season.

"Le Vicomte de Valmont is conspicuously charming and never opens his mouth without first calculating what damage he can do."

- Mme. De Volanges

88.5 CBC Radio One proudly presents Sunday-@-the-Segal

Sunday, September 7, 11am. Admission is free.

Join us for another season of intimate conversation and riveting lectures.

Monday Night Talkbacks presented by Pratt and Whitney Canada

As usual following the play, some of the actors and/or designers will remain on stage to take questions from the audience. Monday Night Talkbacks provides an intimate opportunity for audiences to engage up close and personal with the personalities bringing first class professional English language theatre to Montreal.

Building audiences for the future

Everyone in this field knows that what matters most is the creation and fostering of new audiences. To this extent, the Segal Centre is offering fantastic savings for those under 30. The hope is to see full advantage of this taken, from full-time college and university students to young professionals just starting out.

Tickets and Media Information

Run:

September 7-28

Previews:

September 7 1:30 pm

September 8-10 8:00 pm

Sunday-@-the-Segal:

September 7 11:00 am

Media Opening Night:
Thursday, September 11 8:00 pm

Performances:

Monday - Thursday, 8:00 pm

Saturday 8:30 pm

Sunday 7:00 pm

Matinées:

Wednesdays 1:00 pm

Sundays 2:00 pm

Box Office:

(514) 739-7944

www.segalcentre.org

Admission

(514) 790-1245

www.admission.com

Segal Centre for Performing Arts at the Saidye

5170 cote St. Catherine Rd.

Alexandre Marine- Director

Mr. Marine is a founding member of the Tabakov Theatre in Moscow, founding artistic director of his company, Théâtre Deuxième Réalité (T2R) and a faculty member at the Institute of Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University. He has directed over 60 shows in Moscow, Montreal, Boston, New York and Tokyo. His 1997 production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at Centaur Theatre was rewarded at the Soirée des Masques, while T2R's Hamlet was awarded the critics' prize (AQCT) for best Montreal show in 1999. The Segal production of Amadeus, which he directed, was also noted by the AQCT prize for best English-language production, as well as a MECCA for best director.

Brett Christopher- Le Vicomte de Valmont

Brett is known to Segal audiences for his performance in the solo show I Am My Own Wife (Masques Award: Best English Production, Mecca Award: Best Actor.) Other notable theatre credits include: The Gladstone Variations; Autoshow (Convergence Theatre); Antony & Cleopatra (Shakespeare in the Rough); Much Ado About Nothing (CanStage); Family Stories: Belgrade, The Sea (ARC); Romeo & Juliet; As You Like It (Theatre by the Bay); Mary's Wedding (Theatre & Co.) Brett is also the General Manager of Theatre Kingston and a graduate of the George Brown Theatre School.

Catherine de Seve- La Marquise de Merteuil

Catherine De Sève shares her time and versatile talent between theatre and television. On stage: La Marea (FTA), Le Silence (Omnibus), Le Comte de Monte-Cristo and Scaramouche (Théâtre Denise-Pelletier). She also took part in Brigitte Haentjens's creation Tout comme elle (Usine C). She made a name for herself on Quebec television in Sketch Show (Gémeaux nomination for Best Actress in comedy). Since 2003, she has been a part of the prime-time program L'auberge du chien noir, broadcast on the SRC.

Christopher Hampton – Playwright

Dangerous Liaisons is Mr. Hampton's 1985 Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782 French epistolary novel. Other plays include The Talking Cure, White Chameleon, Tales from Hollywood, Treats, Savages, The Philanthropist and Total Eclipse. He co-wrote the book and lyrics for the musicals Sunset Boulevard and Dracula and the libretto for the Philip Glass operas Waiting for the Barbarians and Appomattox. He has translated extensively from Chekhov, Ibsen, Moliere, Odon von Horvath and Yasmina Reza. Screenplays include The Quiet American, Dangerous Liaisons (for which he won as Oscar), Carrington Atonement and most recently Cheri.

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos- Novelist

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, (1741-1803), was a French soldier and novelist. His masterpiece Les Liaisons dangereuses is one of the earliest examples of the psychological novel. Written in epistolary form, it explores the amorous intrigues of French aristocracy. It combines searching psychological analysis in the manner of 17th-century drama, the assumptions of 18th-century philosophical sensationalism and suggestions of demonic Romantic revolt. The novel has inspired a large number of critical and analytic commentaries, plays and films.

Fall Theatre Event - Talisman Theatre

TALISMAN THEATRE
Presents the Montreal English première of
DOWN DANGEROUS PASS ROAD
by Michel Marc Bouchard
translated by Linda Gaboriau
directed by Emma Tibaldo

DOWN DANGEROUS PASSES ROAD is a play that explores the complexities of the human experience through the poetry of tragedy and triumph. In an eternal moment of déja-vu, on Dangerous Passes Road, three brothers attempt to confront the consequences of their father's drowning thirteen years ago. Lines from his last poem repeat over and over in their heads—the same poem that had spun round and round in the whirlpool that had eventually pulled him down. Struggling to break the cycle, and striving for moments of frankness and lucidity, they repeat snatches of their conversations from that fateful day, over and over.

November 6 to 16, 2008 Tues. to Sat. - 8:00 pm
Sat. Matinees - 2:00 pm
Théâtre La Chapelle
3700, St-Dominique
(514) 843-7738
www.talisman-theatre.com

Actors:
Marcelo Arroyo, Patrick Costello and Graham Cuthbertson
Set & Costume Designer:
Lyne Paquette
Lighting Designers:
David Perreault Ninacs & Sarah Yaffe
Composer/Sound Designer:
Michael Leon
Video and Visual Designer:
Mireille Couture

Ticket Prices
Adults: $25
Students: $20
Groups (10 or more): $20

Fall Theatre event

OTHELLO

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Gabrielle Soskin

Shakespeare's timeless tragedy illustrates the devastating power of words to manipulate, persuade, and ultimately destroy.

Othello, a noble moor, a military hero, is caught in a terrifying web of deceit in Shakespeare's gripping masterpiece. Brimming with disturbing and conflicting emotions: love and hate, jealousy and ambition, sexual desire and individual integrity, as the characters struggle against the forces that overpower them.

DATES & TIMES: November 13 to 29 8:00 pm

Weekday matinées: November 14, 17, 19, 20, 24 & 26 1:00 pm
Sunday matinées: November 16 and 23 2:00 pm

VENUE: McCord Museum

690 Sherbrooke Street West

J. Armand Bombardier Theatre

Box office: (514) 398 - 7100 ext. 234

WEB SITE: www.persephoneproductions.org

4th Line Theatre Adds Extra Play Date

Extra Date added for 4th Line Theatre’s Schoolhouse Play

4th Line Theatre has already enjoyed sold out shows for their remount of the Schoolhouse play this season, and have made available an extra performance on Monday, August 18^th for their eager audiences. “This has almost become an annual tradition,” says General Manager, Simone Georges. “We normally perform from Tuesday through Saturday, with a break for the actors on Sundays and Mondays but that extra Monday date has proved to be an invaluable practice for each of the productions these past two years. Mondays provide a great weekday alternative as it has proven to be very popular, and our Monday performance in July was one of the first dates sold out!”

Despite the unusual rain this summer, the theatre experienced no rain cancellations throughout the month of July and has only cancelled twice this season. Always interested in the comfort and quality of experience for their patrons, 4th Line Theatre offers a complimentary shuttle service to the Farm venue from the Old Millbrook School this week (August 13^th – 16^th) when their parking field at the venue became unusable due to the rain.

Performance start time is 6pm. For tickets call 705-932-4445 or 1-800-814-0055 or visit www.4thlinetheatre.on.ca

Schoolhouse

By Leanna Brodie

Directed by Kim Blackwell

August 5 to 30 / Previews: August 5 and 6 / Opening night: Thursday, August 7

Tuesday to Saturday at 6 p.m.

With an added performance on Monday, August 18

The year is 1938 and Miss Linton is the new teacher in a rural schoolhouse full of eager youngsters and underachieving ‘big boys’ alike. The play recalls the passion of these young women teachers who shaped so many lives by inspiring loyalty, fear and a love of learning.

Community service for Of Mice and Men cast

The cast and crew of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men give back to the community
while undertaking on-site character studies

Sunday, August 24 from 10:30am to 1:00pm

Future Hudson Historical Society (541 Main Road, Hudson)

August 2008 – Don't miss this real 'labour day' as the cast and crew of the Montreal Theatre Ensemble's (MTE) Of Mice and Men take their work into the community. The town of Hudson, like all good farmsteads, will provide the rakes, hoes, shovels, wheelbarrows, etc., as the cast undertakes a major cleanup involving clearing the brush, stacking logs and branches, carting off rocks, weeding and hoeing around a building recently acquired by the Town for use by the Hudson Historical Society.

Ten actors will offer some serious method acting. They'll spend the day in character and costume, working as farmhands would in 1937, for only their food. Bossing everyone around, the foreman for the day will be local resident James Parry. Lunch will be an authentic meal; cabbage, beans and bread, in keeping with the type of food labourers would have eaten during the depression.

Two of the actors play characters with disabilities (Bill Fletcher as Candy and Herschel Andoh playing Crooks) and will work with the physical handicaps given in the text. Christopher Moore as Curley, the boss' son, will do little but order people around and Rebecca Croll, playing Curley's wife, will be flirting with all the boys while they try to get their work done. These characters present obstacles and challenges to the group such as Lennie (Adam LeBlanc) having to be closely supervised, and Curley picking fights and doing little work, as he is immune from 'getting the sack'.

This interaction will give the actors something concrete to draw from when playing roles that modern actors might have trouble relating to, as comforts of today are wildly different from the harsh realities of that time. While doing this physical labour, the cast can experience one another as they would in the play, without the confines of the script.

West Island/Island-wide benefits

More importantly, the actors will give back to the community while learning in this unique setting. Hudson Mayor Elizabeth Corker is excited about this mutually beneficial event. She, along with representatives of the Hudson Historical Society will be on-site. This season, the John Abbott College Department of Theatre and Music embarks on a new venture by launching its Stage Two series. Here, John Abbott College's Professional Theatre Program welcomes outside theatre companies to share their experience and open their rehearsals to the present theatre students. The first visiting company is the Montreal Theatre Ensemble. This important program benefits culture all over the island.

Of Mice and Men, August 28-Sept. 13
Montreal Theatre Ensemble
Casgrain Theatre, in the Casgrain Building of John Abbott College
21, 275 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Reservations: (514) 515-9140

Of Mice and Men is presented in association with the John Abbott College Department of Theatre and Music

www.montrealtheatreensemble.com

Segal Centre Gala

The Segal Centre for Performing Arts to be officially inaugurated with ribbon cutting ceremony August 19^th.

Mayor Tremblay to attend event co chaired by Isabelle Hudon and Simon Brault

Montreal, August 11 2008 - On June 1, 2007, the Segal Centre for Performing Arts officially came into existence. Just over a year later renovations are now complete and final touches are being made to the new facility. On August 19^th, at 8:30 pm, the Centre will officially open its doors to the community with a ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by Isabelle Hudon, President and CEO of the Montreal Board of Trade and Simon Brault, President, Culture Montreal and Vice-Chair, the Canada Council for the Arts, in the presence of Mr. Alvin and Mrs. Leanor Segal and Mayor Gerald Tremblay,

“For Simon and myself, it is a great honour to be co chairing this gala event,” said Ms. Hudon. “ The gala is not only a celebration of culture itself but also an important occasion at which to honour the support of the arts by the business community in particular, something that is so vital to the continued vibrancy of arts and culture in our city.”

Simon Brault echoed Hudon’s sentiments, saying “we are very fortunate that a new trend has emerged in our city whereby the private sector has become more engaged with the arts and culture milieu, not just as givers, but as active participants in what our artists of today and tomorrow are proposing for our city’s future. It is truly a unique and timely event.”

Indeed, the foundation of the new Segal Centre is built upon the belief and vision of Alvin and Leanor Segal that the arts and culture are not an option. “A thriving arts and culture milieu are proof that a community is alive and well and looking to the future,” they said.

“Leanor and Alvin Segal have blazed a trail that allows those of us working in the arts and culture milieu the opportunity to dream big,” said Bryna Wasserman, Artistic and Executive Director of the Segal Centre. “It is our wish to have the Segal Centre become a home for arts and culture as diverse as our community itself,” she added, “ and it is only by joining together with the community at large, with the business community in particular, that our wishes can be realized.”

The Segal Centre for Performing Arts is built upon a structure of five pillars: The award-winning Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre, producing six professional English language plays per season to which 3500 patrons are currently subscribing; The world renowned Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre, now celebrating it’s fiftieth season; The Academy, where acclaimed professionals are nurturing talent in music, dance, theatre, media and circus arts; the Studio, a flexible multi-purpose venue to serve as a home for the diversity of Montreal artists; and the CinemaSpace and ArtLounge, Montreal’s newest boutique arts venue and oasis for artists.

Wild Dogs at Nightwood

"A perspective on love and loss [that] will haunt you for days." Entertainment Weekly

“Love is like... wild dogs. If it hunts you down, it will not let you go.” from Wild Dogs

NIGHTWOOD THEATRE LAUNCHES THEIR 2008-2009 SEASON

WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF HELEN HUMPHREYS’

WILD DOGS

From the novel by Helen Humphreys / Arranged for the stage by Anne Hardcastle / Directed by Kelly Thornton

Starring: Tamara Podemski, Les Carlson, Steve Cumyn, Raven Dauda,

Stephen Joffe, Tony Nappo and Taylor Trowbridge

October 4 to November 8, 2008 - Berkeley Street Theatre, Downstairs

Produced by Nightwood Theatre in association with The Canadian Stage Company

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Toronto, ON… Nightwood Theatre is thrilled to embark on its 29^th season with the world premiere of Helen Humphreys’ Wild Dogs, arranged for the stage by Anne Hardcastle. Winner of the 2005 Lambda Award for fiction; Wild Dogs was one of NOW Magazine’s Top 10 Books of 2004 and has been optioned for film. This world-premiere stars Tamara Podemski, who was the winner of the Sundance Film Festival 2007 Special Jury Prize for Acting – both the first Canadian and first aboriginal in history to win this prize -- and an IFC nomination for her work in Four Sheets to the Wind.

Each evening at dusk, six people gather at the edge of the woods calling their dogs back – dogs that have turned wild. Drawn together by need, this unlikely group forms a community – until violence strikes unexpectedly. Wild Dogs is an unforgettable story about the wild in all of us.

“It is not often that a script comes across my desk that excites me as much as Wild Dogs. It is one of he most daring and original texts I’ve seen in some time, so much theatricality and an array of brilliant characters told with naked gusto. It’s arrestingly honest with a profound message about love and our need to belong” says Nightwood Artistic Director Kelly Thornton.

Joining Podemski, the acting ensemble for Wild Dogs includes such Canadian film, television and theatre luminaries as Les Carlson (renowned actor who has appeared on every major stage across the country including six seasons at Stratford Festival), Steve Cumyn (Dora Award-winning lead actor from Angels in America), Tony Nappo (Alias Godot, Da Vinci’s Inquest), Raven Dauda (Intimate Apparel, Da Kink in my Hair) and introduces Taylor Trowbridge and Stephen Joffe in their Toronto stage debuts.

Wild Dogs Details

DATES: October 4 to November 8, 2008

MEDIA/VIP: Thursday, October 9, 2008

SHOW TIMES: Monday to Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2:00 p.m.

TICKETS: Single tickets: $20 - $42, Mondays: PWYC, Previews: $25

Tickets are available in advance by calling (416) 368.3110 or online at www.nightwoodtheatre.net

NIGHTWOOD PASSHOLDERS: Save up to 50% on tickets by calling (416) 944.1740 x8

LOCATION: Berkeley Theatre, Downstairs, 26 Berkeley Street

Mark the date!!

Upcoming at Nightwood:

I. Bear With Me written and performed by Diane Flacks

January 7 to January 24, 2009 (Opening Night: January 9, 2009)

Berkeley Upstairs Theatre

Produced by Nightwood Theatre

Directed by Kelly Thornton

Bear With Me finally hits the Toronto stage!! Based on her laugh out loud book by the same name comic marvel Diane Flacks serves up a hilarious and poignant account of her reluctant journey into the secret and insane world of motherhood. Ms. Flacks delivers a knock-out punch.

Tickets: $20-$42

Box Office: (416) 368.3110

II. Groundswell Festival 2009

January 26 to 31, 2009

Berkeley Upstairs Theatre

New Plays by: Madeleine Blais Dahlem, Lisa Codrington, Florence Gibson, Maia Kareda, Natalie Meisner, Beatriz Pizano, Sally Stubbs

Seven bold women playwrights grapple with war, religion, poverty, reconciliation and choice. Canadian work about the world around us.

Tickets: $10

Box Office: (416) 368.3110

lll. Prisoner of Tehran - Exclusive Sneak Peak

Based on the best-selling autobiography by Marina Nemat

Adapted by Maja Ardal / Directed by Kelly Thornton

May 16, 2009 - Nightwood Studio, Distillery District (Open only to Nightwood donors and passholders)

Based on her girlhood in Tehran, when Ayatollah Khomeini took power, the play chronicles Nemat’s unbelievable journey: captured at age 16, condemned to death and suddenly, in a twist of fate, spared her life. This inconceivable story is a testament to the sheer will and determination of a woman facing her darkest hour and a delicate portrait of youth and stolen dreams.

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ABOUT NIGHTWOOD THEATRE

Nightwood Theatre – Artistic Director Kelly Thornton and Producer Monica Esteves.

As Canada’s national women’s theatre since 1979, Nightwood has launched the careers of many of the leading theatre artists in the country creating a repertoire of Canadian plays including Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet, Djanet Sears’ Harlem Duet and Sonja Mills’ The Danish Play.

We have touched the lives of thousands in our history and today we are thriving. We have won Canada’s highest literary and performing arts awards and more than ever our success proves the need for theatre that gives voice to women and celebrates the diversity of Canadian society. Nightwood is a national theatre and we remain actively engaged in mentoring young women and promoting women’s place on the local, national and international stage.

Wild Dogs is part of the Berkeley Street Project initiative, where The Canadian Stage Company, Nightwood Theatre and other vital theatre companies are partnering to transform the Canadian Stage’s Berkeley Street Theatre into a dynamic home for contemporary performing arts.

Hold the dates: Dangerous Liaisons, The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre, Sept. 7-28

Hold the Dates!

The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre and BMO Bank of Montreal

Present

Dangerous Liaisons

By Christopher Hampton

Directed by Alexandre Marine

Mark these dates in your fall calendar

Sunday, September 7-Sunday, September 28, 2008

88.5 CBC Radio One presents the Sunday-@-the-Segal lecture for Dangerous Liaisons on Sunday, September 7, 11 a.m.

Dangerous Liaisons

The Leanor and Alvin Segal Theatre

At The Segal Centre for the Performing Arts at the Saidye

5170 Cote St. Catherine Rd.

Monday to Thursday at 8:00 p.m.

Saturday at 8:30 p.m.

Sunday at 7:00 p.m.

Matinées: Wednesdays, 1:00pm and Sundays, 2:00 pm

Reservations: (514) 739-7944

Artsy Fartsy at Theatre Ste Catherine

ARTSY FARTSY


art·sy-fart·sy (ärtse-färt'se)
adj. Vulgar
Pretentiously or affectedly artistic.


Theatre Ste. Catherine presents it's own version of Artsy Fartsy in a weekly variety show hosted by indie-comedy darling, Aubrey Tennant.

Eclectic, electric and just plain wacky.
From boy bands to drag queens, from burlesque to boylesque, from stand-up to sit down - comedy all around wrapped up in a weekly show guaranteed to tickle your trunk.

Each week will surprise you… buckle in because you never know what or who will be on stage.
It's not your typical variety show.



THEATRE STE CATHERINE
264 Ste Catherine Est
514-284-3939
Every Tuesday – starting August 5
Show at 9pm
Tickets $5

Shaw Festival Establishes Governors International Advisory Council

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, July 17, 2008 … The inaugural meeting of the newly established Shaw Festival Governors International Advisory Council, which takes place tomorrow at the Festival, will celebrate the international breadth of The Shaw’s audiences and the global reputation of the Festival’s work.

In late March the Shaw Festival’s Board of Governors voted unanimously to establish the Governors International Advisory Council. The Council will be a proactive body which represents the Festival in strategic centres across North America, with members acting as ambassadors for The Shaw. The Council will assist the Board in expanding The Shaw’s reach, reputation and base of support. Its establishment recognizes The Shaw’s position as a world-renowned theatre company whose audience is 40% American and drawn from all over Canada and the world. The group will consist of up to 16 Canadian and up to 16 American or International positions. (A position is comprised of an individual or a couple.)

Members of the Governors International Advisory Council are elected for their passion and commitment to the Shaw Festival, their residence in a geographic area with current or potential strength in stakeholder support, and their ability to build bridges between The Shaw and local, regional and national individuals and institutions.

The current membership of the Governors International Advisory Council, which is expected to continue to grow, is comprised of:

The Hon. Lincoln M. Alexander, Hamilton, ON

David and Carol Appel, Toronto, ON

Anthony Herbert Bogert, Chelsea, QC

Elizabeth T. Daly, Bryn Mawr, PA

Leslie L. and Anna Dan, Toronto, ON

James and Margaret Fleck, Toronto, ON

Susan Glass, Winnipeg, MB

Nona Macdonald Heaslip, Toronto, ON

Sir Michael Holroyd, London, England

William B.G. Humphries, Toronto, ON

Malcolm S. Macdonald, Chair, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Gerry C. Miovski, Westfield, NJ

Dr. Ross H. Paul, Windsor, ON

Walter and Cathleen Ross, Palm Beach, FL

Judy Goetz Sanger and Dr. Sirgay Sanger, New York, NY

James M. and Michal Wadsworth, Buffalo, NY

Gregg D. Watkins, Bloomfield Hills, MI

OYR 2008-09 Creations

ONE YELLOW RABBIT PERFORMANCE THEATRE

ANNOUNCES 2008-09

PERFORMANCE CREATIONS

One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre celebrates another year of performance creation when it revisits two of its most popular friends Sylvia Plath and Leonard Cohen, pushes the boundaries at the High Performance Rodeo, shares its interpretation of the world's oldest epic, and combines sex, hockey and rock n' roll for an electric night of erotica.

Founded in 1982 and based in the Big Secret Theatre in Calgary's EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts, One Yellow Rabbit creates new, original theatrical works by its Resident Performing Ensemble each year. The OYR Ensemble has also toured its unique brand of performance across North America, Australia, Asia, Mexico and Europe. In addition to producing new Ensemble creations, OYR hosts the annual High Performance Rodeo, Calgary's International Festival of the Arts, and the Summer Lab Intensive school of performance creation. For more information, please visit oyr.org.