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written and composed by John MacLachlan Gray in collaboration with Eric Peterson
Directed by Rick Kishfeaturing Stratford & Shaw Festivals,
Kyle Blair as Billy Bishop
Billy Bishop Goes ToWarFebruary 25th – March 8, 2014
Presented at The McManus Studio Theatre at The Grand Theatre
We go to a time when Heroes were made...
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An Epic Adventure written and composed by John MacLachlan Gray
in collaboration with Eric PetersonDirected by Rick Kish
Presented at The McManus Studio Theatre at The Grand Theatre
8 pm performances 2 pm performancesFeb. 25, 26, 27, 28 (opening night), Mar. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Feb. 26, Mar. 1, 5, 8
Thurs., February 27 and March 6, 11 a.m. performance
The CAST
Others making an appearance behind the scenes...
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By his own admission, William Avery Bishop was the Royal Military College's “worst studentever.” But before he can be expelled, he enlists for service in the First World War. BeforeBilly Bishop's wartime days are over, this colourful young scrapper from Owen Sound willbecome a hero and a lightning rod of new confidence for a young Canada.
Anchored by its haunted hero and his clear-eyed memories of war's tragedies and blackcomedies, this award-winning musical epic introduces us to 17 other characters that aregiven extra resonance by songs that are sometimes raucous, sometimes mournful, but always steeped in the realities of wartime. Experience Billy Bishop and connect body andsoul with a formative part of Canada's history.
Kyle Blair Billy BishopDean Harrison The Piano Player
Leanne Rich Stage ManagerEric Bunnell Set DesignerBernadette Sperandeo Gall Props Julie McGill Costume DesignerAnthony Gentile Lighting DesignerJenelle Carter ProjectionsCassandra Griffin Production AssistantRicardo Blanco Production Assistant
THE COMPANY
Part Musical, part comedy, part drama...
First produced by the Vancouver East Cultural Centre
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BIOS Kyle Blair* (Billy Bishop)Kyle is a London native who now resides in Stratford, ON. Growing up he attended Lester B. Pearson and Oakridge S.S. He is grateful for theopportunities afforded to him by Original Kids, the Amabile Boys Choir,London Musical Theatre and the incomparable Art Fidler. Since graduatingfrom the University of Windsor (BFA) and Stratford's Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training, Kyle has spent 12 seasons between the Stratford and Shaw Festivals appearing in leading roles in manymusicals and in a range of work by Shakespeare, Noel Coward, J.M. Barrie andOscar Wilde. He has worked across Canada at the National Arts Centre,
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Grand Theatre, Acting Up Stage, Theatre Aquarius, Drayton Entertainment, Talk is Free Theatre, and will be heading to Neptune Theatre in Halifax to play Bert inMary Poppins this spring. Kyle sends thanks and love to his mentor and friend Bernard Hopkins.
Rick Kish* (Producer, Director)For AMLTC, Rick has directed the Brickenden Award Winning - Vigil, the WorldPremiere - The Great Kooshog Lake Hollis McCauley Fishing Derby by NormFoster & his long time favourite – A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline. Rick servedas Artistic Director at The Port Stanley Festival Theatre (PSFT), 1999 – 2001and Bluewater Summer Playhouse (BSP) in Kincardine, ON, 2001-2006. Selecteddirecting credits include: A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline (AMLTC, BSP), Hedwig& The Angry Inch (2012 London Fringe), Wang Dang Doodle (Grand Theatre),Steel Magnolias (SODA, U of Windsor), Sweeney Todd (UWO), Mary’s Wedding,The Wild Guys, Suds: The Rocking ‘60’s Musical Soap Opera, Forever Plaid &
the World Premiere Production of Norm Foster's Storm Warning (BSP), Maggie's Getting Married,Pith, You'll Get Used To It! The War Show & Bordertown Cafe (PSFT). Rick says a big “THANK YOU”to everybody who has believed in and supported AMLTC thus far! There's more to come!
Dean Harrison (The Piano Player)Dean is a performer and arranger based in London, Ontario and has workedfor many years in theatre and live music. Credits include The Boneyard Man(Jayson MacDonald), Blue Suede Shoes Shoes (Drayton), Twist and Shout, LesMiserables, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story (The Grand Theatre). He has beena featured soloist with Orchestra London, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and the International Symphony Orchestra. Currently, Dean enjoysplaying music in the New Orleans tradition with Enchanté and the “Bayou SoulKings”. He is very pleased to be back with a missing link theatre company. Deanappeared in A Really Retro Christmas Special 2013 as, you guessed it, The Piano Player.
* This is a Canadian Actors’ Equity Associate production under the Artists’ Collective Policy.4
Leanne Rich (Stage Manager)Leanne Rich is thrilled to be a part of the Billy Bishop team for her Third production with A Missing Link! Other Missing Link credits include A Really Retro Christmas Special 2013 and Vigil. A proud graduate of the Ryerson Theatre School some her most recent school works include: EnChoreo 2013,Production Manager; Marathon ’33, Front of House Manager; How to Succeedin Business without Really Trying, Front of House Manager; The Bundle, AssistantStage Manager. Other works: Performing Occupy Toronto, Stage Manager(Docket Theatre Company).
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Anthony Gentile (Lighting Designer)Anthony has been involved in many theatrical and film productions in the past20 years across Canada, and in 2012 he got the chance to worked at the RoyalShakespeare Company in Stratford, England. Anthony has worked in all areas ofproduction from designing to building to running shows; even performing andphotographing events. He is currently spending most of his time working at The Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario and as a freelance photographer. This is Anthony's first production with AMLTC, since collaboratingwith Rick Kish’s production of Sweeney Todd at UWO. Anthony is very excitedto be working with AMLTC and looks forward to working with this fabulous company often in the future.
Julie McGill (Costume Designer)Julie P. McGill is a Canadian Costume Designer and member of the AssociatedDesigners of Canada and USITT. She received her Masters in Fine Arts in Costume Design from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Her pastproductions include Three Penny Opera at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Illinois, A Dream Play with Chicago director Max Truax andmore recently the UWO operas The Rape of Lucretia and Cinderella. Julie iscurrently designing the operas Gisela In Her Bathtub and City Workers in Lovefor UWO. Wonderful to be back in Canada with family and friends!
Bernadette Sperandeo Gall (Properties Designer)Since first contributing her creative talents to London Community Players by volunteering for The Shadow Box in 2009, Bernadette decided to pursue acareer in professional theatre, and has since graduated with Honours fromSheridan College with a Diploma in Theatre Arts – Technical Production. BillyBishop Goes To War is Bernadette’s first production with A Missing Link Theatre. Some past credits include: PROPS: Rent, Once Upon A Mattress, Assassins - Theatre Sheridan, The 39 Steps, The Last Resort, Dark of the Moon- London Community Players. WARDROBE: Miracle on 34th Street, DanceLegends - The Grand Theatre, Hairspray, Oliver, How The Other Half Loves,The Buddy Holly Story - Drayton Entertainment, Amadeus, Sweeney Todd -Theatre Sheridan. STAGE MANAGEMENT: Oklahoma - Theatre Sheridan, andBrickenden Award Winner: To Kill A Mockingbird - London Community
Players. SET & COSTUME DESIGN: RED – Fountainhead Theatre. Special thanks to hubby Joe forbeing so supportive and making every day an adventure and a dream come true! PS – Miss you lotsUncle Frank. You will always be in my heart xoxox
Cassandra Griffin (Production Assistant)Cassandra is delighted to be continuing her work with AMLTC in their secondseason! Between her many adventures, she loves to come home to the theatrewhere she enjoys taking on a variety of roles, including most recently as a production assistant and weather mistress in AMLTC production of Vigil . Shealso appeared in Vauxpunk Opera’s recent production of Rent as a performerand associate musical director. Cassandra first worked with Rick Kish on Theatre Western’s 2006 production of Sweeney Todd in the role of Mrs. Lovett.She will be appearing in AMLTC’s upcoming production of Saucy Jack and theSpace Vixens this fall. 5
Eric Bunnell (Set Designer)Eric Bunnell is honoured to design the setting for AMLTC's production of BillyBishop in this anniversary year of Canadian heroism in the First World War. Heis the grandson of veterans of the Philippine Insurrection and the Great War,and the nephew of a decorated Bomber Command pilot in the Second WorldWar. For AMLTC, Eric designed sets for Vigil and for last season's premiere ofNorm Foster's Great Kooshog Lake Hollis McCauley Fishing Derby. His recentcredits also include Blyth Festival, Port Stanley Festival Theatre, Lighthouse Festival Theatre in Port Dover, as well as UWOpera at Western University.Next, he is designing the premiere of Bingo Ladies, a new musical, at Port Stanley. Eric is a St. Thomas resident.
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