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Raes Calvert; Photo by Chris van der Schyf

By Maurice SendakOriginally adapted for the stageby Carol Healas and TAG Theatre, GlasgowProduced by Presentation House TheatreDirected by Kim Selody

IN THE STUDIO | MAR. 4–30, 2014

Where the Wild Things Are

Allen MacInnisArtistic Director

Nancy J. WebsterExecutive Director

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Presentation House Theatre believes that professional theatre is for everyone. Every show we present or produce will be of the highest professional standard while also appealing to the diversity of the North Shore. We are proud to offer programming for children and youth, adults young and old, the music aficionado and the innovative and emerging dancers.

Welcome to Where The Wild Things Are. This project started in 2000 with a trip to Scotland when I met Jon Morgan of TAG Theatre in Glasgow. The company had received permission from Maurice Sendak to do an intimate, guided play experience based on his book for about 20 children at a time. The ingenious way in for the project was created by Carol Healas. I was very impressed with the concept and wrote Maurice to see if we could do a similar thing in Canada. Maurice very generously gave us permission but only if it remained intimate and true to the spirit of a guided play experience. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to speak with Carol about her concept, as she had passed away by the time we received permission and began working on the show. I adapted the TAG adaptation, with their permission,  and made it more of a play for adults and children alike. This will be its third production. It has toured Canada and travelled twice to Japan. I am ever grateful to Carol Healas and the team at TAG for their work with the very young. Maurice had a special understanding of the world of the child. This play touches that place in all of us. I hope you enjoy letting your Wild Thing out today!

Kim Selody, Artistic Director of Presentation House Theatre

*Please note: This is a participation play and so there will be times when the children are asked to make noises and perform actions. Prior to the performance, discuss with them the difference between moments of participation and times when they need to be quiet and listen to the actors.

About Presentation House Theatre Theatre

Director’s Note

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YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE

PRESENTS

The performance will run approximately 50 minutes with no intermission.

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

By Maurice SendakOriginally adapted for the stage

by Carol Healas and TAG Theatre, GlasgowProduced by Presentation House Theatre

Directed by Kim Selody

CREATIVE TEAM

SUPPORTED BY

CAST

DirectorSet, Props & Costume Designer

Composer/Sound Designer Lighting Designer

Stage Manager

Kim Selody Linda Leon Cathy Nosaty Bradley A. Trenaman Giselle Clarke-Trenaman

Max Mom/Narrator

Raes Calvert Linda A. Carson

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RAES CALVERTmax

Raes is excited to be performing as Max again! This marks his third time playing this role in Where the Wild Things Are. Select theatre

credits include: The Big League (MTYP), Out in the Open (Green Thumb Theatre) and The Number 14 (Axis Theatre). Raes is the Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Hardline Productions in Vancouver, where he happens to have been born and raised. He is a two-time Jessie Richardson Award Nominee and one-time winner. Raes is a graduate of the Studio 58 professional actor-training program at Langara College in Vancouver. Enjoy the show!

LINDA A. CARSONmom/narrator Linda, a graduate of Vancouver’s Studio 58, has been a professional actor and writer for 25 years. She has acted in theatres across Canada and

written several plays, including Dying to Be Thin (Jessie Award), Mom’s The Word (co-wrote, Jessie Award), George And Martha (adapted from James Marshal) and Jack and the Giant Beanstalk (YPT). Linda’s latest acting credits include George and Martha, (Carousel Players) Rocket and the Queen of Dreams, Blanche in Brighten Beach Memoirs (Theatre Northwest) and Where the Wild Things Are (Jessie Award). Linda is very excited about Presentation House Theatre’s production of Where the Wild Things Are and is thankful for the support both YPT and PHT have given to the project’s development.

KIM SELODY director

For the past 20 years, Kim has worked as a writer, director and actor across Canada, United States, England and The Netherlands. Kim

has served as Artistic Director of the Playwrights Theatre Centre and Carousel Players. Works developed include Comet in Moominland, The Hobbit, Silverwing, Rocks, House at Pooh Corner, and Where the Wild Things Are.

LINDA LEONset, props & costume designer Linda Leon was thrilled to work on Where the Wild Things Are with her friends Kim, Linda and Cathy. Her designs have

been seen on stages throughout Canada in the past twenty-five years, but she has a special love of theatre for young audiences. Select design credits include sets for Café Daughter (Gwaandak Theatre); A Story Before Time (Kaha:wi Dance Theatre) and sets, puppets and costumes for Banff Festival of the Arts and The Cat Came Back (MTYP). Linda Leon is a member of Associated Designers of Canada.

CATHY NOSATY composer/ sound designer Cathy Nosaty is a musician, composer for theatre and film and artist educator. Her scores for theatre for young audience

include Where The Wild Things Are (Presentation House/Manitoba Theatre For Young People), Jack and the Giant Bean (Presentation House/Y.P.T), Here to Hear (Carousel Players/Y.P.T.) i think i can (Y.P.T.) and Comet in Moominland (Manitoba Theatre For Young People). She recently composed the score for the documentary film The Motherload on C.B.C.’s The Doc

Cast Creative Team

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Zone. Cathy is also an artist educator for Tapestry New Opera, the Canadian Opera Company, the Classical Music Conservatory and programs with the Royal Conservatory of Music.

BRADLEY A. TRENAMANlighting designer Brad is happy to return to YPT after lighting i think i can in 2011 and he is especially excited to be working with Kim Selody again

to revisit Where the Wild Things Are, a project near and dear to his heart. Recently, Brad lit the new Canadian production of Cats at The Panasonic Theatre. He has designed for many of Toronto’s top dance companies and choreographers including Shawn Byfield, Ballet Creole, Debbie Wilson, Menaka Thakkar, Janak Khendry and The Stepcrew. Other notable projects include singer Matt Dusk (Las Vegas Hilton), The National Chinese Acrobats with the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony (Sony Centre), His Holiness The Dalai Lama (Rogers Centre), Menopause the

Musical (Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas), and several tours with illusionists Ted and Marion Outerbridge. Brad is also a regular contributor to Professional Lighting and Production Magazine and he is a member of Associated Designers of Canada. His website is http://www.batlighting.com/.

GISELLE CLARKE-TRENAMANstage manager

Giselle is super excited to be back with Where the Wild Things Are. Over the past ten years she has worked in theatre

for young audiences on shows such as George and Martha, i think i can, The Cat Came Back and The Incredible Speediness of Jamie Cavanaugh. She has worked on The Africa Plays (Volcano Theatre/CanStage), A Raisin In the Sun and several operas with the Highlands Opera Studio, Opera Lyra Ottawa and Opera Hamilton. She has also toured Sweden with NorrDans, one of Europe’s leading modern dance companies. Her greatest accomplishment is her daughter Brianna.

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For Discussion After the Play• What makes you frustrated and angry?

• How can your imagination help you to escape scary or unpleasant experiences?

• What turns you into a Wild Thing?

• Can happy events also turn you into a Wild Thing? Explain.

• In what ways were the monsters similar? In what ways were they different?

• What are some ways we all thought of to tame the monsters? Can we think of other ideas?

• Why is it helpful to think of taming methods that don’t rely on other people?

• Can we tame our own “inner monsters” by using similar strategies?

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YPT StaffAllen MacInnis artistic director

Nancy J. Webster executive director

Craig Morashdirector of administration

ADMINISTRATION & ARTISTICStephen Colellaassociate artistic director & dramaturg

Linda Keyworthinterim adminstrative and building manager

Megan Brady(on leave)administrative coordinator

Odelia Leeaccounting assistant

PATRON SERVICESRachel Pennyfront of house manager

Nora Hassaanassistant front of house manager

Mike Petersenassistant front of house manager

Maria Mendozacustodian

Maria Ayalapart-time custodian

ushers:Nathaniel Abram Annie Altshuler Gillian Arnold Daniel Bell Ivy Chang Meagan Diaz Angela Gavin Matthew Fields Jeff Gilburd Tarah Hamilton Goodie Hodnett Mika Howard

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FUNDRAISING & DEVELOPMENTRichard Lefebvredirector of development

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EDUCATION & PARTICIPATIONJill Ward manager of education & participation

Karen Gilodo associate artistic director, education

Amber Ebert school & community programs manager

Lois Adamson educational services coordinator

Liz Pounsett drama school director

education & participation assistants: Megan Cassidy Mahssa Hazfi

resident artist educators:Saniya Ansari Marjie Chud Thomas Morgan Jones Amy Lee Lee Pham Jennifer Villaverde

co-op student:Renée Superville

education interns:Katie Horner Aimee Bouchard

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sales associates:Dave Barclay Lucie Ryan Donnelly Heather Caswell Sarah Thorpe

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Production StaffIan Arnold consulting director of production

Alexis Buset technical director

Matt Jordan studio technician

Mattea Kennedy head scenic artist

Scott Kitcher stage carpenter & operations assistant

Aiden Nagle head of audio

Lokki Ma head of props

Barb Martin head of wardrobe

Elaine May assistant to the head of wardrobe & wardrobe mistress

Josh McGill head electrician

Peter Tresnak production co-op student

Ryan Wilson head scenic carpenter

Sheila Brown, chair Susan Witteveen, vice chair

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