Famous Employees

Clinton Carew

Don't be surprised if you see our employees on stage or screen. Nearly all of the of the employees at Heights Residential are actors or musicians. Window Cleaning is the new waitering (Check out the Edmonton Journal article.) Why? Well . . .

Co-owner, Clinton Carew -- currently getting his Masters in Directing at the U of A -- knows a lot of student actors. And actors really know how to work hard. They are personable and know how to make a good impression. And they are good at improvizing. And things tend to slow down somewhat in August just as Fringe swings into full gear!

We've got some of the best employees around. And we are committed to helping them achieve thier goals, at work and in thier artistic endeavors

Our Employees
at Fringe 2009

Clinton Carew in

LOVE HATE KILL

A New Play by Shannon Blanchet, Clinton Carew, Clarice Eckford, Ryan Parker, and Tessa Stamp

Written by
Clinton Carew, Trina Davies, Ryan Hughes, Stewart Lemoine, Kirsten Rasmussen & Amy Shostak

Playing at the Varscona Theatre at the Edmonton Fringe 2009

Friday August the 14th at 9PM,
Saturday the 15th at 5PM,
Monday the 17th at 9PM,
Tuesday the 18th at 5PM,
Wednesday the 19th at 3PM,
Thursday the 20th at 5PM,
Friday the 21st at 9PM,
and Sunday the 23rd at 5PM

Written and Directed by

Ryland Alexander

JACK & JILL: DECONSTRUCT

A new creation at the 2009 Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival

Venue #10: Fission Media Stage (Planet Ze Design Centre), 10055 80 Avenue

Twice now Alberta collective The System Theatre has wowed audiences at the Edmonton Fringe with its fearless and high octane approach to theatre production. Recall 2007’s risqué, controversial and double Sterling-nominated The Creation of the World and Other Business and 2008’s sophisticated ‘Art’. This August, The System Theatre, once again aided by some of Alberta’s hottest young talent, plans to break down and reinvent the process of storytelling and paint for you the blackest of comedy. Jack & Jill: Deconstruct marks the culmination of The System Theatre’s “Creation Series” and the company’s boldest work to date.

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water…

The System Theatre will hold up the mirror to show you the carefree child you were – then smash identity and myth into pieces: fragmented and breathtaking. Jack & Jill: Deconstruct will reveal the sordid elements and darker tones flowing through the most innocent rhymes. This is the part your imagination can’t remember – a world of play, of farce, of magic – and of danger. There will be laughter, but gasps may follow. Jack & Jill: Deconstruct will show you the reality you cannot hide from – and reality has a giant puppet monster. Child’s play this is not.

Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after…

Elena Porter in:

THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES

World Premiere. Promise Productions steps up and gets down
at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival

"The Twelve Dancing Princesses" plays at the Global Family Stage 11 (Strathcona Community League)

What do an international hip hop dance competition, a queen’s coronation, and a twelve pairs of worn down shoes have in common? They’re the subject of Promise Productions’ new play "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" coming to the Edmonton International Fringe Festival this August.

Fringe Family Stage favorite, Promise Productions, creators of the twisted fairy tales "Cinderella the Wizard" and "The Too Tall Princess", returns to the Edmonton International Fringe Festival this August with a new spin the classic story "The Twelve Dancing Princesses"- and the spinning doesn’t stop of at this world premiere new script by Ellen Chorley. "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" explodes onto the stage with a vivid video design, five live dance numbers and a soundtrack ripped from today’s pop charts.

Featuring Taylor Chadwick, Ellen Chorley, Stephen Keppler and Elena Porter, directed by Amy Neufeld, choreographed by Andrea Gilborn, designed by Dave DeGagne and written by Ellen Chorley.

With special appearances by: Amy Neufeld, Andrea Gilborn, Dave DeGagne, Brian Bergum, Mark Stubbings, Jon Stretch, Andrew Shum, Jacyln Nestman, Ellie Heath, Antonio Bavaro, Stephanie Wigston, Tasha Weenk, and Cody Ray

Patrick Howarth in:

MOLLY

Stage 8 (Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre)
Running Time: 55 minutes

Company: Covenant Theatre
written by AD Andrea Boyd
starring Patrick Howarth and Kristi Hansen

"Molly" is a story of love's response to the darkness. On a lonely mountain, Kate & her husband Michael confront the dissolution of their dreams. Will they survive?

Covenant Theatre was nominated for 4 Sterling Awards for "Kingfisher Days". The "Molly" company is made up of multiple Sterling winners & nominees.

Jesse Jervais in:

THE MALTESE BODKIN

Running Time: 2 hours & 10 minutes

Company: Acme Theatre Enterprises

David Belke's Fringe legend returns. Film noir and Shakespeare collide in this spectacular comedy/mystery. Detective Birnam Wood never wanted to be in London. Especially not in 1605. But the solution to his partner s murder lies in a suspicious cast of Shakespeare s deadliest characters. And the secret of The Maltese Bodkin!

Adam Cope in:

EDMUND

Location: Stage 8 Coca Cola Stage - OSPAC ( 8426 Gateway Boulevard Edmonton Alberta )

Mer-Man Productions
Edmonton, AB
Playwright: Matt Alden
Cast: Jamie Cavanagh, Adam Cope , Joshua Dalledonne
Crew: Murray Utas, director

Edmund’s life is falling apart and the two sides of his brain are refusing to help. With his fiancée and his job on the line, not to mention a bickering brain, Edmund brings indecision to a whole new level. From the writer-director team of Real Time, The Overnight and Ghost Righters.

75 minutes
Comedy
5 Stars - Star Phoenix

Recent Shows 2009

Darren Paul performed in:

COMEDY OF ERRORS and
TITUS ANDRONICUS

Comedy of Errors

Giving two sets of twins the same names is likely to generate infuriating opportunities for inaccurate identification, but, in Shakespeare's hands, the mischief and mayhem result in a much-loved work of farce and slapstick.

Director Jeff Page takes audiences on a madcap adventure to Edmonton circa 1915, suffragette city, with the brothers Antipholus and Dromio, as they reunite with their families in the most inefficient manner possible.

Comedy of Errors previews on July 1 and opens on July 3, it runs on the odd dates at 8 pm and all Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2pm.

Titus Andronicus

In Rome, it is election day, for Caesar as dead, and a new emperor must be chosen. Caesar’s sons Saturninus and Bassianus declare themselves candidates for the new empery.

Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus challenges its audience to bear witness to barbarism and vengeance. In a post-modern world created by Director Marianne Copithorne, Titus blurs the line between justice and retribution, asking if humanity is born of pure heart or profound hate.

Titus Andronicus previews on June 30 and opens July 2. It is performed on even dates at 8 pm, evenings only.

Directed by Perry Gratton

OPEN TRACKS

By Hedda Hakvåg

The Roxy Theatre
June 12 - 21

When did you figure out that life was unfair? A fair guess says it was
probably on a Tuesday afternoon. Tuesdays suck. Candy, Nora, and Aaron
are three kids hanging out by the train tracks, skipping track and field class.
Maybe things will look a little brighter after it all. Maybe.
And if that’s all they ever get, that’s okay, because it's still better than Tuesdays.

Directed by Perry Gratton
Cast: Merran Carr-Wiggin, Zvonimir Rac & Keltie Squires
Stage Manager: Molly Pearson
Designer: Jennifer Goodman
Sound Designer: Andrew Smith
http://www.nextfest.ca

Directed by Clinton Carew

ASSASSINS

May 14-23, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
$5 Preview Wednesday, May 13
Matinee Thursday, May 21 at 12:30 p.m.
No show Sunday, May 17

Directed by MFA Directing candidate Clinton Carew
Set, Lights and Projected Media: Lee Livingstone
Costumes: Robert Shannon

“Aim for what you want…Everybody gets a shot”

ASSASSINS

Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM

Book by JOHN WEIDMAN

The University of Alberta Studio Theatre closes out the 2008/2009 season with a bang! Assassins – a bold musical from Stephen Sondheim about the people who killed or attempted to kill the President of the United States, blasts onto the mainstage May 14 - 23, 2009 at 7:30 pm in the University of Alberta’s Timms Centre for the Arts (87 Avenue & 112 Street).

From the opening number set in a shooting gallery to the provocative tune of “C’mere and Kill the President,” Sondheim delivers a captivating portrait of nine notorious killers in our culture; historical figures that are as much a product of the American Dream as the famous leaders they aim to kill.

Musicals are a rare occurrence for the UofA Studio Theatre and this production, directed by MFA Directing candidate Clinton Carew (BFA Acting ‘95) as his thesis project, promises to be a dazzling spectacle, with Carew also playing the Proprietor. Musical Direction is by Ryan Sigurdson.

Assassins premiered off-Broadway in 1990 and was met with a lukewarm reception from American audiences then steeped in a pre-Gulf war patriotic climate. A later production in London was far more acclaimed. A Broadway production planned for 2001 was deemed too controversial in the 9/11 aftermath and postponed until 2004, eventually earning Michael Cerveris a Tony Award for his performance as John Wilkes Booth. Assassins was recently revived in London’s West End in 2008.

The Studio Theatre cast features: Paul Bellows (Hinckley), Tara Brodin B Ed ’97 (Moore), Paul Morgan Donald (Byke), Andrew Mecready (Guiteau), Laura Raboud (Chorus, Herold), Garrett Spelliscy BFA Acting ’08 (Czolgosz), Jon Lachlan Stewart (Booth), Farren Timoteo (Zangara), Paul Welch BFA Acting ’07 (Chorus), current BA Drama students Holly Cinnamon (Chorus), current BFA Acting students Adam Cope (Chorus), Elliott James (Chorus, Ford), Robert Markus (Chorus, Billy), Karyn Mott (Fromme), recent BFA Acting graduates Joel Crichton (Balladeer), Joshua Dalledonne (Oswald), Joëlle Préfontaine (Goldman), and current UofA Art & Design student Allison Leggatt (Chorus).

Sets, lights and projected media are designed by Professor Lee Livingstone (MFA Theatre Design ‘73), costumes are designed by Professor Robert Shannon (MFA Theatre Design ‘85) and the soundscape is designed by Matthew Skopyk (BFA Technical Theatre Production ‘06). The production is stage managed by recent BFA Technical Theatre Stage Management graduate Dawn Friesen, assisted by current BFA Technical Theatre Stage Management student Emma Deobald.

Assassins Musical Director Co-Sponsors: Yellow Pencil Inc. and Heights Residential

Studio Theatre 08.09 Season Media Sponsors: See Magazine and CKUA Radio Network

Elena Porter

THE WIZARD OF OZ

By L. FRANK BAUM
With Music and Lyrics of the MGM motion picture score
by HAROLD ARLEN and E.Y. HARBURG
Background Music by HERBERT STOTHART
Book Adaptation by JOHN KANE from the motion picture screenplay

Directed by BOB BAKER

Featuring
BLAIR IRWIN as Dorothy Gale
JULIEN ARNOLD as the Cowardly Lion
JEREMY BAUMUNG as the Scarecrow
JOHN ULLYATT as the Tin Man

April 18 – May 31, 2009
Shoctor Theatre

“There’s no place like home.”

Recapture the wonder of the magical story of Dorothy and her dog Toto. Swept away by a twister, they are set down in the colourful land of the Munchkins, where they meet The Scarecrow, The Tin Man and The Cowardly Lion. Together, they set off to find the Wizard in the Emerald City of Oz; battle the Wicked Witch of the West and her Flying Monkeys; and discover the importance of bravery, love and devotion.

Featuring all of your favourite songs from the 1939 film featuring Judy Garland, this timeless classic will be brought to life on our stage by the talented team who created Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Get set to enjoy this delightful adventure to a wonderfully imagined place.

Ryland Alexander was
Instructor and Director of

RENT
School Edition

performed entirely by students

Presented by the Foote Theatre School’s
Teen Musical Company

book, music, and lyrics by Jonathan Larson

Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer prize-winning Broadway musical is based loosely on Puccini's opera La Bohème.

This adaptation has been carefully done, working with the Larson estate to retain the dramatic intent of the groundbreaking rock musical, and consists of minimal changes to language and the removal of one song (CONTACT) to make it possible for teenagers to perform this piece.

May 22, 2009- May 27, 2009
part of the

May 22 – 30, 2009
Rice Theatre