Cinderella - Young People's Theatre

season partner 

Cinderella 

(a RATical retelling) 

BY MIKE KENNY 

Music Composed by Jason Jestadt 

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE 

MAINSTAGE | NOV. 12 - DEC. 30, 2012 

regan thiel, in a scene from the princess & the handmaiden (2009/10); set design by david boechler, costume design by 

dana osborne, lighting design by bonnie beecher; photo by daniel alexander | illustration by jan borkowski 

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Message from the Artistic Director 

There are hundreds of versions of the Cinderella story found 

throughout the world’s cultures. Many of them reinforce in some 

way the notion that if a girl is good, she will one day get a rich 

husband. When I first read Mike Kenny’s take on the story, I was 

struck by the fact that his Cinderella doesn’t wish to go to the 

Ball to find a husband but simply to dance the way her father and 

mother once taught her. It was delightful to find a Cinderella who 

was not pining for that someday when her Prince will come. 

I was also delighted by Mike’s five sweet but dim-witted rats who 

re-enact the tale, acting out what happened in the abode they 

shared with Cinderella. From their point of view, this orphan girl 

living with her stepmother and stepsisters has fallen to the lowest 

status in the house, which matches their status exactly. But life at 

the bottom of the pile is great in their view. They know who they 

are, they’re happy and they’re glad to make the kindly sits-in-theashes-girl 

a part of their circle. 

In the affection they show Cinderella, Whiskers, Tail, Ears, Teeth and 

Claws are keen to make her feel loved. But Cinderella isn’t a rat, 

even if she shares the same status. She has lost who she is all the 

while frantically attending like an invisible servant to every person’s 

needs but her own. When Cinderella wishes to go to the Ball, I think 

she’s wishing to return to a point in time when she knew herself 

and felt her worth. And it turns out that at the Ball she meets a 

Prince who feels similarly unseen and unknown. 

In our season theme of wishes, dreams, and hopes, this Cinderella 

wishes for one magical evening but she’s asking for something 

every child deserves: to be seen, to be heard, and to matter … and, 

as the song says at the end, to fit in. 

Allen MacInnis 

Artistic Director, YPT 

About Young People’s Theatre 

YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE is the largest Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) company 

in Canada and a significant institution in the Canadian professional theatre community. 

Over our 47-year history we have produced many of the most important works 

that now form the canon of plays for young audiences in this country. Learning is at the 

centre of everything we do and YPT is renowned as the showplace for presenting important 

TYA work developed elsewhere. In addition to being a producer and presenter 

of theatre, YPT has also been home to a year-round Drama School for youth since 1969. 

At the centre of YPT’s artistic policy is a desire to have a positive and lasting impact on 

the emotional, social, and intellectual development of young people in order for them 

to grow into the unique and wonderful people they were born to be. At YPT we also believe 

that the more challenging, the more hostile, the more ‘isolated-within-the-crowd’ 

our world becomes, the more we need art to help us interpret the universe, connect 

with each other, and imagine a better future. If adults need this, kids need it more. 

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youngpeoplestheatre.ca

Young people’s theatre 

presents 


(a RATical retelling) 

BY MIKE KENNY 

Music Composed by JASON JESTADT 

CAST 

Prince 

Whiskers 

Tail 


Teeth 

Claws 

Ears 

Matthew G. Brown 

Dmitry Chepovetsky 

DeAnn deGruijter 

Steffi DiDomenicantonio 

Élodie Gillett 

Amy Lee 

Richard Lee 

creative team 

Director 

Musical Director & Piano 

Choreographer 

Set & Costume Designer 

Lighting Designer 

Sound Designer 

Assistant Director 

Bass Clarinet, 

Tenor Saxaphone & Clarinet 

Stage Manager 

Assistant Stage Manager 


Jason Jestadt 

Jo Leslie 

Robin Fisher 

Lesley Wilkinson 

Michael Laird 

Christine Brubaker 

Harvey Kogen 

Kristin McCollum 

Dini Conte 

Photography and the videotaping or other video or audio recording 

of this production is strictly prohibited. 

The performance will run approximately 75 minutes with no intermission. 

The Ontario Trillium 

Foundation is an agency of 

the Government of Ontario 

YPT gratefully acknowledges the support of the 

Ontario Trillium Foundation in aiding our ongoing 

efforts to ‘green’ our theatre and, in part, what you will 

experience in the theatre at this performance is due to 

their generosity. Their funding is enabling us to replace 

some of our outdated lighting equipment with energyefficient 

LED stage lights, purchase a new wireless mic 

system for our cast and crew and, later in the season, an 

assisted listening system for our audiences. 

media sponsor 


Cast 

MATTHEW G. 

BROWN 

the prince 

Matthew G. Brown 

is thrilled to be the 

playing on the YPT 

stage again as the 

Prince! Matthew 

is a graduate of 

the Randolph 

Academy and alumni of the Canadian 

Film Centre Actors Conservatory. Theatre 

credits for YPT include Seussical - A 

Musical, i think i can (2006 Dora awardwinning 

production and 2011 NAC tour). 

Selected theatre credits include Hair (The 

Grand), Jersey Boys (Dancap), Dreamgirls 

(Theatre Aquarius, MTC), A Midsummer 

Night’s Dream, Hair (Canadian Stage), 5 

Guys Named Moe (Theatre Cambridge). 

Selected film and television credits 

include Rattan, Down, To The Teeth (CFC), 

The Kennedys (History Television), Nikita, 

Instant Star (CTV), Mayday (Discovery 

Channel), Rookie Blue (Global), Good 

Fences (Showtime), Colour of Friendship 

(Family Channel). Matthew will be 

appearing in episodes of Mr. D (CBC) and 

Covert Affairs (CTV, USA Network) this 

Fall/Winter. I dedicate this performance 

to Deloris Brown. Anything I learned 

about being a prince I learned from you. 

God Bless. Twitter: @Mr_M_G_B 

DMITRY 

CHEPOVETSKY 

whiskers 

Selected theatre 

credits for 

Dmitry include 

Midsummer Night’s 

Dream (Canadian 

Stage), Craigslist 

Cantata: Do 

You Want What I Have Got? (Arts Club, 

Jessie Nomination), This (Vancouver 

Playhouse, Jessie Nomination), Forests, 

Remnants (Tarragon), The Catering 

Queen (Tarragon/Fringe), Room to 

Panic (Loco7/LaMama ETC, NY), Creon 

(Theatreworks), Top Gun: The Musical! 

(NYMF/Factory/Dora Nomination), Danish 

Play (Nightwood), Zadie’s Shoes (ATP), 

Unidentified Human Remains (Vancouver 

Fringe), Jacques Brel is Alive and Well … 

(PTC), Orphan Muses (Touchstone) and 

Picasso at the Lapin Agile (MTC/NAC). 

Selected film and television credits include 

Alphas, The Listener, Caprica, Psyche, 

Murdoch Mysteries (Gemini Nomination), 

The Baby Formula, and ReGenesis (Gemini 

Nominations). Original work: Blind 

Submission, FETCH! and Bloodline (Jessie 

Nomination/New Play). Upcoming for 

Dmitry is Craigslist Cantata at the Factory 

Studio (Acting Up Stage/Factory). 

DEANN 

deGRUIJTER 

tail 

Previous 

productions for 

YPT include Jacob 

Two Two Meets 

the Hooded Fang, 

The Man Whose 

Mother was a 

Pirate, One in a Million and Bunnicula. 

That’s an Evil Chicken, a Pirate, a Teacher, 

a Parent and now... a Rat. It’s good to be 

back! DeAnn has performed in theatres 

and festivals worldwide and enjoyed many 

years of teaching, coaching and theatre 

production. Thanks to the George Cedric 

Metcalf Foundation, she interned at YPT 

as Artistic Director under the mentorship 

of Allen MacInnis. Her voice can be heard 

on radio commercials, cartoons, narrating 

live for Kids Film Festivals and ... hollering 

at her fabulous sons Willem and Marcus. 

DeAnn has also played a Piece of Seaweed, 

a Crocodile and a Bear-Skin Rug. She will 

happily accept all gifts of cheese. 

STEFFI DIDOMENI- 

CANTONIO 

cinderella 

Steffi is thrilled 

to be wearing the 

glass slippers in her 

YPT debut! Other 

theatre credits 

include touring 

the US with the 

Broadway musical Spring Awakening 

in the role of Ilse. Also, Next to Normal 

(MTC), Angel Square (NAC), Angel 

Vicarious (GCTC), The Miracle Worker 

(OLT) and Steffi’s Picnic (Puppets Up! 

International Festival). Film and television 

credits include Stage Fright with Meatloaf 

(Serendipity Point Films); Sunshine 

Sketches of a Little Town with Gordon 

Pinsent (CBC); Lost Girl (Showcase) 

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and four seasons of Moitié Moitié (TFO). 

In 2006, Steffi placed in the Top 5 on 

Canadian Idol (CTV), where she worked 

and performed with Cyndi Lauper and 

Nelly Furtado, among others. Steffi is 

currently one half of the dynamic folk-pop 

duo Good Together. Look at me mom, I’m 

a princess! 

ÉLODIE GILLETT 

teeth 

élodie Gillett is 

very happy to 

be performing at 

Young People’s 

Theatre for the 

first time! She 

was last seen as 

Dinah in Trouble In 

Tahiti and in Ragtime (The Shaw Festival). 

Other theatre work includes a two-year 

run as Lorraine in Jersey Boys (Dancap 

Productions), Christine in Dirty Rotten 

Scoundrels (Moonpath Productions), 

Charity in Sweet Charity (Stage West 

Calgary), Oklahoma! and My One and Only 

(Stratford Shakespeare Festival), Love 

Among the Russians, High Society, Gypsy, 

Happy End, Pal Joey and Pygmalion 

(Shaw Festival). Élodie also appeared in 

The Kennedys, starring Greg Kinnear and 

Katie Holmes. As always, she sends love to 

her family in Vancouver. 

AMY LEE 

claws 

Amy is thrilled to 

be returning to YPT 

after playing Hana 

Brady in Hana’s 

Suitcase and all of 

the characters in 

The Invisible Girl. 

Amy is one half of 

the Dora Award-winning and Canadian 

Comedy Award-nominated clown duo, 

Morro and Jasp, with whom she has cocreated 

and performed in Morro and 

Jasp do Puberty, GONE WILD, Go Bake 

Yourself (with Cahoots) and Of Mice and 

Morro and Jasp. Other credits include: The 

Godot Cycle (Yes Let’s Go), Guns & Roses 

(The Original Norwegian), David Mamet’s 

November (WJT; Canadian Premiere), and 

Pride and Prejudice (MTC). Amy recently 

completed the short film Pas de Trois, 

which will be featured on Bravo. Next, she 

will return to YPT to perform in Carousel 

Players’ production of Here to Hear and 

in the spring she will have the honour of 

being a Resident Artist Educator with YPT. 

RICHARD LEE 

ears 

Richard is an 

actor, fight 

director, theatre 

producer and 

Dora Mavor Moore 

Award-winning 

sound designer. 

In his career in 

theatre he’s had the joy of playing many 

interesting roles and has received many 

Dora Mavor Moore Nominations for his 

work. YPT credits include Ghost Train, 

Hongbu and Nolbu: The Tale of the 

Magic Pumpkins, Hana’s Suitcase and 

The Forbidden Phoenix (YPT/Citadel 

Theatre). Other theatre credits include 

The Neverending Story (Roseneath 

Theatre), A Fool’s Life (Ahuri Theatre in 

Association with Why Not Theatre), Little 

Dragon (K’now/Theatre Passe Muraille), 

and Banana Boys (fu-GEN Asian Canadian 

Theatre Company). Richard is also a 

founding member and former General 

Manager of fu-GEN Asian-Canadian 

Theatre Company. 

Creative Team 


director 

Allen has been 

directing for over 

25 years at theatres 

from coast to coast 

across Canada, 

including Belfry 

Theatre, Victoria; 

Globe Theatre, 

Regina; Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary; 

Shaw Festival, Ontario; Centaur Theatre, 

Montreal; and Neptune Theatre, Halifax. 

Recent productions include A Year 

With Frog and Toad, Touch the Sky, The 

Wizard of Oz, Seussical – A Musical (2006 

Dora award for Outstanding Direction), 

Bunnicula, Blue Planet, Hana’s Suitcase, 

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and The 

Princess & the Handmaiden, all for YPT. 

Other favourite productions include In 

Good King Charles’s Golden Days (Shaw 


Festival), The Stone Angel (Centaur 

Theatre, Montreal), A Doll’s House, 

Walking on Water, fareWel, Crackpot 

and Joni Mitchell: River (P.T.E.). Allen 

spent eight years as Artistic Director of 

Winnipeg’s Prairie Theatre Exchange 

before becoming Artistic Director of 

Young People’s Theatre in 2002. 

JASON JESTADT 

composer, musical 

director & piano 

Jason is a Canadian 

composer and 

musician who has 

been frequently 

commissioned 

and has written 

works in several 

genres: chamber music, musical theatre, 

electro-acoustic music, and music 

for film. In recent years, his music 

has been performed across Canada 

by The Amadeus Choir, Madawaska 

String Quartet, Elmer Iseler Singers 

and Vancouver Chamber Choir. Most 

recently he served as music director and 

orchestrator for Theatre 20’s production 

of Bloodless, as well as working on 

productions of We Will Rock You, Rock of 

Ages, Billy Elliot and Rent. 

JO LESLIE 

choreographer 

Jo began dancing 

at 5 years old. 

When she grew 

up she made 

dances and 

performed them 

across Canada. 

But something 

was missing - she wanted to tell stories 

using words as well as the body. She 

taught movement to actors (National 

Theatre School for 11 years) and became 

a movement director of a great many 

plays and new opera - Number One 

and Jamie (YPT), The Elephant Man 

(Norrlandsoperan, Sweden), Shelter 

(Tapestry), Hamlet, Love’s Labour’s 

Lost… (NAC), Taming of the Shrew, The 

Odyssey (Stratford Festival) and 4 shows 

at Caravan Theatre, BC. Jo shares her 

knowledge of theatre as a dramaturge 

and director for contemporary dance and 

hip-hop - The Dietrich Group, Chimera 

Project, Rubberbandance, Solid State 

dance co., and Docudance in St John`s. 

She works with performers with mixed 

abilities too – RARE (Toronto Fringe) and 

Paroles dans le vent in Montreal. 

ROBIN FISHER 

set & costume 

designer 

YPT credits include 

Set & Costume 

Design for A Year 

With Frog and Toad 

and Set Design for 

Love You Forever 

and More Munsch 

and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. 

Other theatre credits include Set & 

Costumes for The Black Bonspiel of Wullie 

MacCrimmon (The Globe Theatre), Hand 

of Bridge/Telephone (Canadian Opera 

Company), Circle Mirror Transformation 

(GCTC), The Little Prince (The Grand 

Theatre), The Tempest (The Canadian 

Stage Company), I,Claudia (Theatre & 

Co./Segal Centre). Costumes - The Ends 

of the Earth (The Belfry Theatre) and 

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor 

Dreamcoat (WCT). Robin received a Dora 

Mavor Moore award for her costumes for 

36 Views (Actors Repertory Company). 

Upcoming: Robin will be designing set and 

costumes for Western Canada Theatre’s 

production of Fiddler on the Roof. 

LESLEY 

WILKINSON 

lighting designer 

Lesley’s work as a 

lighting designer 

has taken her to 

theatres across 

Canada and the 

United States . 

Lesley’s theatre 

lighting designs include A Year With 

Frog and Toad, Seussical, You’re A Good 

Man, Charlie Brown, Jacob Two-Two 

and The Hooded Fang (Young People’s 

Theatre), The Producers, High School 

Musical (Canadian premiere), Proof, 

Wit, Dangerous Liaisons, Tuesdays with 

Morrie, Blue Orange (Neptune Theatre), 

What Lies Before Us (Crow’s Theatre - 

National Tour), Good News, Hit the Deck 

(Shaw Festival) and Enchanted April 

(Theatre Calgary). For the Canadian 

Opera Company Lesley has lit Idomoneo, 

Eugene Onegin, and The Marriage of 

Figaro and for the Pacific Opera Company 

her designs include La Traviata, Madama 

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Butterfly and the world premier of 

Erewhon. Lesley was Associate Lighting 

Designer on Napoleon, Mamma Mia, Cats 

(National Tour), and Durante and has 

lit events for Hermes, Birks, and Cartier 

in Toronto. Most recently Lesley lit the 

world premiere of The Bricklin - An 

Automotive Fantasy (The Fredericton 

Playhouse), Visiting Mr. Green and Lost 

in Yonkers (HGJT) in Toronto. Lesley has 

been nominated for 6 Dora Mavor Moore 

Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design. 

MICHAEL LAIRD 

sound designer 

Based in Toronto, 

Michael’s work 

has been heard 

in theatre 

productions 

throughout 

North America. 

Selected Sound 

Design credits include: Seussical (YPT/ 

Citadel Theatre); A Year With Frog and 

Toad, The Princess and the Handmaiden, 

Forbidden Phoenix, You’re a Good Man, 

Charlie Brown, The Wizard of Oz (YPT); 

Evil Dead: The Musical (Off Broadway, 

Toronto & Montréal); A Synonym for Love 

(Volcano Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s 

Dream (CanStage); Hair (The Grand 

Theatre); Sound of Music, Little Women: 

The Musical (Citadel Theatre); Calendar 

Girls (Mirvish Productions); Stuff Happens 

(Studio 180 & Mirvish Productions); Our 

Class, The Overwhelming, Blackbird, 

Offensive Shadows (Studio 180); Such 

Creatures (Nightswimming); Through the 

Leaves, Festen, Marion Bridge (Company 

Theatre); Tout Comme Elle (Necessary 

Angel/Luminato); A Beautiful View (da 

da kamera). Associate Sound Design 

credits include Sweeney Todd, Beauty 

and the Beast (Citadel Theatre); Kiss Me, 

Kate (Stratford Shakespeare Festival) and 

Silicone Diaries (Buddies in Bad Times 

Theatre). 

Christine 

Brubaker 

assistant director 

RBC Emerging Artist 

Christine is 

delighted to 

be working at 

YPT again. She last was seen here in 

Flippin’ In, The Lion the Witch and The 

Wardrobe and Pinnochio. Other credits 

include The Penelopiad, The Danish Play 

(Nightwood); Fear of Flight (Artistic 

Fraud); A Comedy of Errors (Canadian 

Stage); Schoolhouse (Festival Players); 

The Vaudevilles of Chekov (NAC) and The 

Babysitter (Theatre Direct). As a director/ 

music director, credits include Much Ado 

About Nothing (Nightwood), Madhouse 

Variations, Doc Wuthergloom’s Haunted 

Medicine Show (Eldritch Theatre); The 

Trials of John Demjanjuk (Theatre Asylum) 

and The Kiltarten Comedies (Shaw 

Festival - arrangement/MD). Christine 

teaches at Humber and Sheridan, YPT 

and Armstrong Acting Studios. She is a 

graduate of The National Theatre School 

(’94) and is pursing her MFA through 

Goddard College in Vermont. 

Harvey KogEn 

bass clarinet, tenor 

saxophone & clarinet 

Harvey has most 

recently performed 

Bloodless, Hair, 

Hugh Jackman 

in Concert, The 

Sound of Music, 

and Little House on 

the Prairie (Mirvish). He played Phantom 

of the Opera (Livent) & Cats (Marlene 

Smith), and toured with Sharon, Lois and 

Bram and Blood Sweat & Tears. He is a 

featured soloist in Howard Cable’s The 

Swing Years symphony concerts across 

Canada. His credits cover 20 years with 

such names as Gladys Knight, Aretha 

Franklin, Diana Krall, Rod Stewart, Tina 

Turner, Ella Fitzgerald and Natalie Cole. 

He was a featured jazz soloist for the 

Toronto appearances of Tony Bennett and 

has recorded for Jazz Radio Canada. He 

was born in NY City. 

KRISTIN 

MCCOLLUM 

stage manager 

Kristin is thrilled 

to return to YPT 

where previously 

she was Stage 

Manager for 

Seussical and A 

Year With Frog & 

Toad and Assistant Stage Manager on 

The Princess & the Handmaiden. Stage 


Management credits include Ben Heppner 

in Recital, The Brothers Grimm and 

Hansel and Gretel (COC), Binti’s Journey 

(Theatre Direct Canada), Danny, King of 

the Basement and Head à Tête (Roseneath 

Theatre). ASM credits include Tout 

Comme Elle (Necessary Angel/Luminato), 

Miss Saigon (PCLO/Dancap), nine seasons 

with the COC including Il Trovatore, 

Iphigenia in Tauris, Ariadne auf Naxos, 

The Nightingale and Other Short Fables, 

War & Peace, and Die Walküre as part of 

Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Kristin is inspired 

daily by her daughter, Ella. 

DINI CONTE 

assistant stage 

manager 

Dini is ecstatic to 

be joining YPT 

for the first time. 

Selected credits 

include The Devil 

We Know, Dear 

Johnny Deere, 

Early August, Vimy, The Book of Esther, 

Bordertown Café, The Mail Order Bride, 

The Nuttalls, Innocence Lost: The Steven 

Truscott Story, Harvest (Blyth Festival); Il 

trovatore, Il barbiere di Siviglia; Cavalleria 

rusticana / Pagliacci (Opera Hamilton); 

Free as Injuns (Native Earth); Highway 

63: the Fort Mac Show, Roshni, Letters 

to My Grandma (Theatre Passe Muraille); 

Montparnasse (Groundwater @ TPM); 

Laurier; Saskatchewan Rebellion and 

Canadian Pacific Scandal (VideoCabaret). 

Dini thanks her family for their support 

and encouragement of her love of 

playmaking. 

YPT has the best Volunteers! 

Join the Team! 

Do you have a passion for theatre? Do you enjoy working with children 

and meeting new people? Then join our team of dedicated and 

enthusiastic volunteers. You can gain experience, practice language 

and develop new skills! Our program is for everyone! 

For information on how you can join our 

Community Volunteer team contact 

Jill Ward 

manager of education & participation 

416.363.5131 x254 

jward@youngpeoplestheatre.ca 

Photo: JILL WARD 

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YPT Staff 

Artistic Director 

Director of Finance & Operations/ 

Acting Managing Director 

Community Participation Coordinator 

Educational Services Coordinator 

Part-time Custodian 

Graphic Designer/Marketing Coordinator 

Development Associate, Corporate 

& Foundation Giving 

Administrative Coordinator 

Dramaturg 

Media Relations 

Development Associate, Individual Giving 

Alternate Part Time Front of House Manager 

Educational Services Director 

Audience Services & Ticketing Administrator 

Director of Marketing 

Part-Time Front of House Manager 

Accounting Assistant 

Director of Development 

Second Alternate Part Time Front of House Manager 

Sales Coordinator/Associate 

Front of House Manager 

Sales Manager 

Custodian 

Drama School Director 

Manager of Education & Participation 

Technical Director 

Production Manager 

Head of Wardrobe 

Studio Technician 

Co-Acting Head of Wardrobe 

Head Scenic Artist 

Stage Carpenter & Operations Assistant 

Head Electrician 

NTS Production Intern 

Co-Acting Head of Wardrobe 

Head of Props 

Head of Audio 

Head Scenic Carpenter 

Scenic Carpenter 

Scenic Artist 

Painters 

Props Builder 

Props Volunteer 

Cutter 

Senior Stitcher 

Stitcher 

Dresser / Stitcher 

Piano Tuner 

Crew 

Sales Associates 


Craig Morash 

Natalie Abdou 

Lois Adamson 

Orlando Linares Ayala 

Jan Borkowski 

Ashley Boucher 

Megan Brady 

Stephen Colella 

Josée Duranleau, Duranleau Media Relations 

Leah Gardiner 

Katerina Georgieva 

Karen Gilodo 

Sasha Girling 

Marilyn Hamilton 

Nora Hassaan 

Odelia Lee 

Richard Lefebvre 

Kyle Lima 

Nick MacInnes 

Maxine McCarthy 

Shawn McCarthy 

Maria Mendoza 

Isaac Thomas 

Jill Ward 

Alexis Buset 

Jeff Cummings 

Mary Fulford-Winsor (on leave) 

Matt Jordan 

Ina Kerklaan 

Mattea Kennedy 

Scott Kitcher 

Jacquie Lazar 

Gal Minnes 

Miranda Lumley 

Lokki Ma 

Aiden Nagle 

Ryan Wilson 

Brian Chmeilewski, Melinda Dempster, 

Phillip Dormier-Corbin 

Ellie Arscott 

J. Luis Berenguer, Christine Miller 

Kathleen Ballos 

Care Robertson 

Laura Coats 

Barb Nowakowski 

Karen Hancock 

Gulay Cokgezen 

Jim Tennyson 

James Ankers, Matt Armour, Ian A. Bailie, 

Gavin Fearon, Jonah Greenbaum-Shinder, 

Trevor Haldane, Edgar Harris, Shawn Henry, 

Jenn Hewitt, Robin Johnston, Shanna Miller, 

Parker Nowlan, James Plouffe 

Dave Barclay, Melissa Haddad, Mattea Kennedy, 

Tamara Liendo, Rob McKee, Rachel Steinberg, 

Sarah Thorpe 


Ushers 

Residence Artist Educators 

Co-op students 

Education & Participation Assistant 

Special Thanks 

Gillian Arnold, Daniel Bell, Ivy Chang, 

Peter Ellinas, Katerina Georgieva, Jeff Gilburd, 

Tarah Hamilton, Nora Hassaan, Hillary Hawke, 

Goodie Hodnett, Ida Komariah, Kyle Lima, 

Pol Llorente, Isabel Mazzotta, Krystal Nausbaum, 

Mike Petersen, Robin Munro, Stephanie Phillips, 

Chantelle Philips, Kelly Pinack, Allana Reoch, 

Harveen Sandhu, Andrea Scott, Madeleine Staikos, 

Vardah Syed, Julie Thompson, Emil Vialva 

Christine Brubaker, Marjie Chud, 

Thomas Morgan Jones, Amy Lee, 

Mary Ellen MacLean, Michael Miller 

Karen Rivera, Camille Wilson 

Agnieszka Siwek 

David Ben, David Edwards, Paul Forbes, 

Rob Kennedy, David Phelan, Ben Renzella, 

Jacqueline Robertson-Cull, Jason Woodgate, 

The Electrical Safety Authority of Ontario, 

McWood Studios, Shaw Festival, PRG Lighting, 

Westbury National Show Systems 

Board of Directors 

Sheila Brown, co-chair 

Tamara Bahry 

Elizabeth Brooks 

David Dal Bello 

Barbara Dick 

Kate Hand 

Mathew Harrison 

Stacey Helpert 

Leslie Johnson 

Councillor Pam McConnell 

Christopher Jones, co-chair 

Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon 

Adam Neal 

Aine O’Flynn 

Diane O’Reggio 

Chris Pitts, treasurer 

David Scandiffio 

Julie Soloway 

Jan Sorhaug 

Susan Witteveen, secretary 

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Questions for the Ride Home 

• What qualities does Cinderella have that will make her a 

“good” princess? 

• Why do you think Cinderella comes back for the rats? 

• Which of Cinderella’s wishes comes true? 

• What obstacles does Cinderella have to overcome before 

her wishes come true? 

• What might she still wish and hope for? 


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Christopher Jones* & Christine Williams 

Leafs Dream Arts Schoolarship 

Allen MacInnis** & Arin Murray 

The McLean Foundation 

Craig Morash** 

The Muttart Foundation 

Daniel, Hugh & Roz Neilson 

Peter Nosalik & Richard Armstrong 

Aine O’Flynn* 

Diane O’Reggio* & Partick Turgeon 

Diane Osak & Steven Hurowitz 

Payworks 

Chris Pitts* & Patricia Tavares 

Chanrouti Ramnarine 

David Scandiffio* & Family 

David Skurka & Family 

Karen Smiley & Family 

Toronto Arts Foundation 

Shum Vourkoutiotis Fund At the Toronto 

Community Foundation 

Richard Lefebvre** & Steve Murray 

Judith Matthews 

Sam Marinucci 

John & Nancy Mulvihill 

Sandra Bruce 

Alexis Buset** 

The Cattana Family 

Brian Collins 

Pam & Chris Clark 

Gwynn & Paul Cochrane 

Don & Sue Comish 

Stephanie Cox 

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Joan Cummings 

Michael Detlefsen 

Tessa Edward 

Sharon & Ted Gardiner 

Roger & Ida Gilodo 

Janine Gliener 

Maxine Goldberg 

The Hand-Lennon Family* 

Helen Harper 

Kathryn Heller-McRoberts 

Shelagh Hewitt-Kareda 

Elizabeth Howson 

Liz Janzen 

JSO Consulting 

The Kolber Family 

Matthew Latella 

Hazel Lefebvre 

Susan Langley 

John & Gail MacNaughton 

Shawn McCarthy** 

Beverley McLean 

Beverley & Wayne McLeod 

Members $50-$99 

Anonymous 

Shira Bernholtz 

Aaron Carveth 

Lorraine Duff 

Spencer Fairweather 

Lois Fleming 

Scott Florence 

Emma Gardiner 

Leah Gardiner** 

Ellen Gutterman 

Deb Harvey 

Blair Irwin 

Matthew Jocelyn 

Kyla, Alana & Teygan Joyner 

Kimberley Kwan 

Amy Lee & Matthew Burt 

Nancy Lefeaver 

Kieren MacMillan & Lada Darewych, 

in Memory of John David Wood 

Maria Masina 

Tasoula Masina 

Ria McMurtry 

Malcolm & Myrna Morash 

Pamela Mordecai 

Heather Murray 

The Naworynski Kids 

Merilyn Neilson 

Jeffrie & Kathleen Owen 

Print Preview Ltd. 

Terrence Reid 

Jackson & Olivia Reio 

Lynn Richardson 

Tanya Rouble 

Servocraft Limited 

David Shanta 

Rick Lee & Laurie Shapiro 

In Honour of Judy Silver 

Ivor & Renee Simmons 

Larry Swartz 

Peter J. Tay 

TD Bank Areawide 

Nancy Webster** & Brian Quirt 

David Williams 

Catherine McNally 

Tina Murphy 

Benjamin O’Connor 

Katie Pounder 

Mark Silver 

Sandra Tulloch 

*Board Member 

**Staff Member 

The above donations were made from July 1st, 2011 to November 28th, 2012. 

If we have incorrectly recognized you, please contact Ashley Boucher, Development Associate, 

at 416.363.5131 ext 238. 

YPT is a Registered Charitable Organization #11930 7254 RR0001 



Drama School Throughout the Year 

Fall/Winter/Spring Sessions 

SEPTEMBER – JUNE | GRADES JK – 12 

Confidence, Communication, Creativity 

Explore and experiment with essential drama skills in the Fall and Winter sessions. The 

Spring session culminates in a final presentation on the Mainstage. 

Summer Camps 

JULY – AUGUST | AGES 6 – 18 

Two-week sessions of excitement, creativity and non-stop fun. Have a blast, make great 

friends and create a play. Registration opens in January. 

March Break Camps 

MARCH 11 – 15, 2013 | GRADES JK – 6 

Make this a Spring Break to beat any trip south! Just like our Summer Session, and 

just as much fun! 

The Ensemble Programs 

JANUARY – JUNE | GRADES 9 – 12 & 7 – 8 

Write, act, create! An exciting collective piece for committed students who want to 

take their skills a level further. 

Audition Coaching 

JULY – JUNE | GRADES 7 – 12 

Personal coaching sessions are available, providing invaluable preparation for that 

big audition for an arts school or new play. YPT will put you in contact with selected 

members of our talented faculty to address the particular needs of the student. 

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416.862.2222 | youngpeoplestheatre.ca 


THANK YOU! 

YPT is grateful for the outstanding and generous support provided by our 

government partners who collectively contribute over $1.2 million annually, 

representing 36% of YPT’s annual revenues. 

Government Partners 

the ontario artS council and the ontario trillium foundation 

are agencies of the government of ontario 

Also, YPT would like to recognize and thank the outstanding generosity of our major 

donors who contribute over $25,000 annually. 

Season Partner 

Partners in Education 

arts impact 

The Catherine & Maxwell 

Meighen Foundation 

Partners in Creative Excellence 

The Slaight Family 

Partners in Accessibility 

IA Clarington Investments 

& 

Industrial Alliance 

Tippet Foundation 

Strategic Initiatives Partner 

PHOTO (L-R): Clarence Sponagle, Amy Lee in a scene from Hana’s Suitcase (2009/10); Set & Costume Design by Teresa Przybylski, 

Lighting Design by Andrea Lundy | Photo by Iden Ford Photography. 



Here to Hear 

BY LINDA A. CARSON 

AND CATHY NOSATY 

PRODUCED BY 

CAROUSEL PLAYERS 

IN ASSOCIATION WITH YPT 

RECOMMENDED 

FOR AGES 4 - 8 

STUDIO | FEB 4 - 21, 2013 

TICKETS $15-$20 

(HST & SERVICE CHARGES EXTRA) 

“Here to Hear is 

sure to delight...” 

- the James Wegg Review 

Here to Hear is a joyful, interactive 

play about hearing the world of music 

through different ears. Amanda and 

her dad don’t really agree on what 

music is. She likes to collect sounds 

from the audience and jam with them; 

he wants to perform the beautiful 

songs he has learned over the years. 

Just when it looks like there won’t be 

a concert at all, a surprise visitor turns 

things upside down. Together with 

the audience, Amanda and her father 

make a song that helps their visitor 

find the way home. 

L-R: Amy Lee, William Vickers in a scene 

from Here to Hear; Set & Costume Design 

by Michael Greves, Lighting & Projections 

Design by Gavin Fearon Photo by Tracy 

Van Oosten, Illustration by Jan Borkowski 

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