From Cradle to Stage - Cast 2011

Introducing the casts and teams of this season's From Cradle to Stage. Auditions were held Feb 13th and 14th and we had great fun listening to the variety of poems shared. We heard everything from Shel Silverstein to William Shakespeare to Dylan Thomas. Such wonderful words! Thanks to everyone for coming out. We had such wonderful people to choose from. The following casts feature people both familiar to Walterdale and brand new! Always an exciting mix!

Hope is Dead, by Mike Czuba; Dramaturgy by Tracy Carroll
Directed by J. Nelson Niwa

Stage Managed by May Kharaghani

Cast:

Girl - Alexandria Fortier

Old Man - Bob Klakowich

Even the Walls Have Eyes, by Sherryl Melnyk; Dramaturgy by Brian Dooley

Directed by Sarah Jackson

Stage Managed by Megan Lindmark

Cast:

Andrea - Tara Rout

Father - Ryan Beck

Mother - Mandy Faye

Poetry Unbound, by Robert Zimmer - a staged reading

Directed by Vivien Bosley

Stage Managed by Jackie Lotery

Cast:

Poetry - Gabby Bernard

Lyrica - Isabelle Chatelain

Pedanticus - Robert MacDougall

Theory - John Trehart

Academia - Heather Patton

Narrator - Mary Ellen Perley

Taxpayers - Matt McTurk, Nathan Schmidt

Overall Production Team:

Production Manager - Pierre Valois

Lighting Designer - Brad Melrose

Sound Designer - Darryl Portz

Costume Coordinators - Parazanda Valois and Sarah Valois

Anyone interested in working on this production, please contact Pierre Valois.

The New Year! Happy New Year!

So it is January 2011 and we are 1/3 of the way through the 52nd Season at Walterdale. Currently we have two shows in rehearsal. Rabbit Hole is up on deck next, opening on February 9th. We are securely in the building and enjoying the luxury of getting the deck earlier than usual due to the phenomenal talents of Pierre Valois, Joan Hawkins and their crews. This fortunate occurrence will allow the actors to feel at home in the space even earlier than usual. Since this piece requires some major emotional journeys it is so nice to be able to have our feet grounded in the world of the play so early. The only obstacles we have encountered so far have been weather related as the freakish snow storms hitting our city have made it a challenge for all of us to get to the theatre. Luckily the team works hard when we get there so we make up for any lost minutes!

The other show in rehearsal is The Threepenny Opera. Music rehearsals have begun and some blocking. Due to the rehearsal schedule to Rabbit Hole, Threepenny has been abel to use the theatre on occasional evenings in January. We have had some wonderful time sharing space this season between shows which helps us to maximize the usage of the space!

Auditions for From Cradle to Stage will also be in February. See the previous post for details. The Dramaturges are working hard with the playwrights in order to get those scripts rehearsal ready by mid February!

Looking for One Acts...

A Reminder - The Deadline for submissions for the One Act Festival is September 15th. Send submissions to my email (adwalterdale2009@yahoo.ca) or a hard copy to the theatre. The details of the submission request can be found on Walterdale's webpage.

The Early Bird...

I am the kind of person who likes to get things started earlier rather than later. It is the only thing I really learned from all those '7 Habits' workshops that we did in the 90s. Anyhow, in the spirit of that I have contacted APN about getting Dramaturges in place before the One Acts competitions (maybe they can even be involved in the selection). It's a long way off, but the challenges with getting people on board after the fact is what is pushing me to do this now. The more I can get under way now, the better!