The 2021/22 Season saw the first full season of live, in-person theatre since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. For a more in-depth season overview, see the 2021/22 Annual Report below.
2021/22 Annual Report 2021/22 Season Brochure
Conceived and Directed by SANDRA LARONDE Choreography by JERA WOLFE
A Special Presentation from RED SKY PERFORMANCE
Digital Show Program
SANDRA LARONDE Director & Concept JERA WOLFE Choreographer
SARAH DI ORIO Dancer MIYEKO FERGUSON Dancer LINDSAY HARPHAM Dancer TYLER LAYTON-OLSON Dancer JESSICA MAK Dancer CONNOR MITTON Dancer IAN DE SOUZA Musician NADINE PITA Musician RICK SACKS Musician ORA BARLOW-TUKAKI Collaborator, Vocalist & Musician NELSON TAGOONA Vocalist (recorded)
ELIOT BRITTON Composer & Sound Designer ALEXIS BOWLES Lighting Designer CHRIS MALKOWSKI Lighting Director MARCELLA GRIMAUX Creative Video Director DANIEL FAUBERT Head Motion Designer ALEXANDRE ABRETTE Technical Designer KINOO ARCENTALES Costume Designer SARAH MILLER Production Stage Manager
Trace by Red Sky Performance | Photo by Rob DiVito
Trace by Red Sky Performance | Photo by David Hou
Trace by Red Sky Performance | Photo by Marc J
Created by TRACEY POWER and STEVE CHARLES A new version based on the Firehall Arts Centre production.
Creative
TRACEY POWER Director & Choreographer STEVE CHARLES Music Director & Arranger JAMES MACDONALD Associate Director DREW FACEY Set & Costume Designer JOHN WEBBER Lighting Designer XAVIER BERBUDEAU Sound Designer TEGAN KLANCNIK Associate Set Designer & Scenic Painter MARIAN TRUSCOTT Associate Costume Designer TANYA SCHWAERZLE Stage Manager & Associate Choreographer MADISON HENRY Assistant Stage Manager
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Written Directed and Performed by RICK MILLER A KIDOONS and WYRD production
Produced by Kidoons and WYRD Productions RICK MILLER Writer, Director, Performer & Production Manager* CRAIG FRANCIS Stage Manager & Director of Marketing* JEFF LORD Executive Producer DAVID LECLERC Projection Designer BRUNO MATTE Lighting Designer CREIGHTON DOANE Composer & Sound Designer YANNIK LARIVEE Set, Costume & Props Designer RAVI JAIN Directing Consultant LOGOGRAPH Graphic Design, Multimedia & Marketing (ARDON BESS: Laurence Davis, on video)*
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Rick Miller in BOOM | Photo by David Leclerc
Rick Miller in BOOM | Photo by Paul Lampert
By INS CHOI An Arts Club Theatre Company (Vancouver) Production | Based on Pacific Theatre's 2018 Production
DEVON ALEXANDER Rich/Mr. Lee/Mike/Alex HOWIE LAI Jung BRIANNA KIM Janet JAMES YI Appa MAKI YI Umma
KAITLIN WILLIAMS Director | SORAN NAKAI Assistant Director INS CHOI Playwright CAROLYN RAPANOS Set Designer JESSICA OOSTERGO Costume Designer JONATHAN KIM Lighting Designer CHENGYAN BOON Sound Designer MIKE KOVAC Fight Director TED ROBERTS Tour Technical Director PETER JOTKUS Stage Manager VICTORIA SNASHALL Assistant Stage Manager
James Yi in Kim's Convenience | Set Design by CAROLYN RAPANOS; Costume Design by JESSICA OOSTERGO; Lighting Design by TED ROBERTS | Photo by David Cooper
James Yi & Maki Yi in Kim's Convenience | Set Design by CAROLYN RAPANOS; Costume Design by JESSICA OOSTERGO; Lighting Design by TED ROBERTS | Photo by David Cooper
James Yi & Howie Lai in Kim's Convenience | Set Design by CAROLYN RAPANOS; Costume Design by JESSICA OOSTERGO; Lighting Design by TED ROBERTS | Photo by David Cooper
By L FRANK BAUM With Music & Lyrics by HAROLD ARLEN & E.Y. HARBURG Background Music by HERBERT STOTHART Dance & Vocal Arrangements by PETER HOWARD Orchestration by LARRY WILCOX Adapted by JOHN KANE for the Royal Shakespeare Company Based upon the Classic Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. & distributed in all media by Warner Bros.
JULIEN ARNOLD Uncle Henry / Emerald City Guard KEVIN OWEN CLARKE Ensemble / Understudy: Scarecrow / Hunk ANDREW COWNDEN Cowardly Lion / Zeke CECILLY DAY Glinda / Aunt Em JEN FONG Ensemble / Understudy: Dorothy BECKY FROHLINGER Ensemble / Understudy: Wicked Witch of the West / Miss Gulch JAKE KOPYTKO Ensemble / Understudy: Cowardly Lion / Zeke STEPHANIE McLEAN Ensemble / Understudy: Glinda / Aunt Em REM MURRAY Ensemble / Understudy: Tinman / Hickory EMMA SLIPP Wicked Witch of the West / Miss Gulch KIRK SMITH Tinman / Hickory ROBBIE TOWNS Scarecrow / Hunk MANDISA VOLO Dorothy CHRISTOPHER WEDDELL The Wizard of Oz / Professor Marvel MACY Toto
KAITLYN BRAIN Youth Ensemble BRYNN COLLINS Youth Ensemble BRIELLE ERNST Youth Ensemble ADAM FIELDS Youth Ensemble EVA-MARIE FOX Youth Ensemble ANNA HAHN Youth Ensemble ANNA MacFARLANE Youth Ensemble WILLIAM McKAY Youth Ensemble ADISON THOMPSON Youth Ensemble ALYA VAN LAER Youth Ensemble LUKAS WOODS Youth Ensemble
JARRED ALBRIGHT Violin / Fiddle JASON STARUIALA Percussion MARK VAN ZIEGLER Bass
JAMES MacDONALD Director ASHLEY BALL Musical Director / Arranger TRACEY POWER Choreographer NARDA McCARROLL Set Designer STEPHANIE KONG Costume Designer JOHN WEBBER Lighting Designer DOUG PERRY Sound Designer HANS SAEFKOW Scenic Painter LAUREL ONEIL Stage Manager MADISON HENRY Assistant Stage Manager VICTORIA SNASHALL Apprentice Stage Manager
KIRK SMITH, ANDREW COWNDEN, MANDISA VOLO & ROBBIE TOWNS in The Wizard of Oz (2022) | Director JAMES MacDONALD | Choreographer TRACEY POWER | Set Design NARDA McCARROLL | Costume Design STEPHANIE KONG | Lighting Design JOHN WEBBER | Scenic Painter HANS SAEFKOW | Photo by BARBARA ZIMONICK
The Cast of The Wizard of Oz (2022) | Director JAMES MacDONALD | Choreographer TRACEY POWER | Set Design NARDA McCARROLL | Costume Design STEPHANIE KONG | Lighting Design JOHN WEBBER | Scenic Painter HANS SAEFKOW | Photo by BARBARA ZIMONICK
CHRISTOPHER WEDDELL & MANDISA VOLO in The Wizard of Oz (2022) | Director JAMES MacDONALD | Choreographer TRACEY POWER | Set Design NARDA McCARROLL | Costume Design STEPHANIE KONG | Lighting Design JOHN WEBBER | Scenic Painter HANS SAEFKOW | Photo by BARBARA ZIMONICK
EMMA SLIPP & KEVIN OWEN CLARK in The Wizard of Oz (2022) | Director JAMES MacDONALD | Choreographer TRACEY POWER | Set Design NARDA McCARROLL | Costume Design STEPHANIE KONG | Lighting Design JOHN WEBBER | Scenic Painter HANS SAEFKOW | Photo by BARBARA ZIMONICK
Written by CHRISTINE QUINTANA Spanish Translation & Adaptation by PAULA ZELAYA CERVANTES A Neworld Theatre Production, in association with Western Canada Theatre
GENEVIEVE FLEMING Performer | Actriz ALEXANDRA LAINFIESTA Performer | Actriz MANUELA SOSA Understudy | Alternante
Creative | Equipo Creativo
CHRISTINE QUINTANA Playwright | Dramaturga PAULA ZELAYA-CERVANTES Translation & Adaptation | Traducción y Adaptación DANIELA ATIENCIA Dramaturg | Dramaturgista CHELSEA HABERLIN & DANIELA ATIENCIA Directors | Dirección GAVAN CHEEMA Assistant Director | Asistente de Dirección MISHELLE CUTTLER Sound Designer | Diseño de Sonido SHIZUKA KAI Set Designer | Diseño de Escenografía JESSICA OOSTERGO Costume Designer | Diseño de Vestuario HARIKA XU Lighting Designer | Diseño de Luz CANDELARIO ANDRADE Projections Designer | Diseño de Proyecciones ANDIE LLOYD Surtitle Programming & Operation | Programación y Operación de Subtítulos NICOLE LAMB Production Manager & Technical Director | Dirección Técnica y Supervisión de Producción YVONNE YIP Stage Manager | Jefa de Piso MARIANA MUNOZ Apprentice Stage Manager | Aprendiz de Jefa de Piso Cultural Ambassadors | Embajadoras Culturales Ruth Suarez Paula Lara Luz de Maria Vasquez Ana Lorena Perez Dulce Maria Zamudio
Photos of / Fotos de ALEXANDRA LAINFIESTA & GENEVIEVE FLEMING | Directors CHELSEA HABERLIN & DANIELA ATIENCIA | Set Design SHIZUKA KAI | Costume Design JESSICA OOSTERGO | Original Lighting Design HARIKA XU | Tour Lighting Design NICOLE LAMB | Projections Design CANDELARIO ANDRADE | Surtitles Design ANDIE LLOYD | Photo by MURRAY MITCHELL
Christine Quintana and/y Paula Zelaya Cervantes Introduce You to / te presentan "Clean"
Created by KRYSTLE DOS SANTOS and TRACEY POWER A Western Canada Theatre production in association with Musical TheatreWorks
KRYSTLE DOS SANTOS Viola Desmond STEVE CHARLES Guitar/Upright Bass JEN LEWIN Piano CHRIS DAVIS Drums/Trumpet
KRYSTLE DOS SANTOS Creator TRACEY POWER Creator & Director SEREANA MALANI Associate Director STEVE CHARLES Musical Director DREW FACEY Set Designer CS FERGUSSON-VAUX Costume Designer JILLIAN WHITE Lighting Designer ANGELA BEAULIEU Stage Manager OLUWATOBI AKINWUMI Wig Creator DONNY TEJANI Wig Stylist GREG KLOHN Paradise Sign Construction TEGAN KLANCNIK Scenic Painter
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Photos of JEN LEWIN, KRYSTLE DOS SANTOS, CHRIS DAVIS, STEVE CHARLES | Director TRACEY POWER | Set Design DREW FACEY | Costume Design CS FERGUSSON-VAUX | Lighting Design JILLIAN WHITE | Wig Builder OLUWATOBI AKINWUMI | Wig Stylist DONNY TEJANI | Scenic Painter TEGAN KLANCNIK | Photo by MURRAY MITCHELL
Watch a teaser for Hey Viola! Viola Desmond—The Soundtrack of a Life
By Laura Michel
LAURA MICHEL Playwright ERIC COATES Director ANDREW KUSHNIR Dramaturge HAILEY VERBONAC Set, Lighting, and Projection Designer BONNIE ACKO Costume Designer JEREMY KNEESHAW Sound Designer KELSEY RAE Stage Manager DONNA SHARPE Assistant Stage Manager
Footage from a Development Workshop, held at WCT in April, 2021 for Echoes of the Homesick Heart
JESSICA BUCHANAN Actor JAMES MACDONALD Actor BRITTNEY MARTENS Actor TRACEY POWER Actor TERRI RUNNALLS Actor KIRK SMITH Actor LUKAS VANDERLIP Music & Soundscapes
JAMES MacDONALD Director Tales from the Stage TERRI RUNNALLS Director Tales from the Cookie Jar LIAM BEFURT Lighting Designer / Technician BRITTNEY MARTENS Scenic Designer KIRK SMITH Video Editing & Design SABRINA STACE Costume Designer LUKAS VANDERLIP Sound Designer PAUL CUTHBERT Sound Technician CHRISTINE LEROUX Stage Manager SELENA "TWITCH" TOBIN Technical Lead & Video Technician Camera Operartors: ADRIAN HARLAND CARINA HEINE KELLY McCALLUM OLIVIA STELLA Playwright Rest Assured (Tales from the Stage) GEORGE M. JOHNSON Playwright The Hourglass (Tales from the Stage) LEILA KHELOUIATI
In partnership with the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce A week-long festival celebrating International Women's Day, curated by an all-female WCT team. The festival included the following events:
CATRIONA LEGER Creator & Director MORGAN BENEDICT Creator & Performer JESSICA BUCHANAN Creator & Performer ALLANDRA GARDNER Creator & Performer BRITTNEY MARTENS Creator & Performer DEVON MORE Creator & Performer TERRI RUNNALLS Stage Manager NATHAN FADEAR Choreography & Movement LEON SCHWESINGER Set Designer DEVON MORE Sound Designer
MORGAN BENEDICT Host SUMMER BOGETTI-SMITH Performer JESSICA BUCHANAN Performer CHIOMA DARAH-ANI Performer JENNY EDWARDS Performer MEGAN HANKS >Accompanist JANE HARESTAD Performer TARA HOLMES Performer KAMLOOPS PERFORMANCE COMPANYPerformers HARMONY MAHER Performer AMY NEWMAN Performer GISELLA RAMSAY Performer TERRI RUNNALLS Host EMILY VUTEV Performer
ALICIA ASHCROFT Panel Discussion Host BLAIR KAPLAN VENABLES Panelist KENNEDY ABERDEEN Panelist LAURA MICHEL Panelist STACEY OWEN Panelist TANIA MCCARTNEY Breakout Room Host TERRI AXANI Breakout Room host
CATRIONA LEGER Playwriting Mentor ROBIN NICHOL Playwriting Mentor TANIA MCCARTNEY Featured Playwright CORRIE SHOEMAKER Featured Playwright