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This I Shall Defend
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This I Shall Defend
Program Cover
2013
The Taking!
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The Taking!
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The Taking! Script
The Taking!
Andrew Beggs as the Métis Boy, 2014
Rotary Community Day Parade
Director, Sandra Forsell leads the way, 2013
This I Shall Defend, 2013
Byron Jaaskelainen as Charles Oakes Ermatinger
This I Shall Defend, 2012
Ermatinger Clergue National Historic Site
(l to r) Andrew Naphan, Sandra Forsell, Jason Preece, Theodore Syrette
This I Shall Defend
Public Rehearsal, Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, 2013
This I Shall Defend, 2013
Theodore Syrette as Shingwaukonse
This I Shall Defend, 2013
The Company
Performed at the Captain's Dinner
Delta Hotel, July 19, 2013
This I Shall Defend
2013 Company
(l to r) Tracey Hilderley, Matea David-Steel, Maggie Maracle, Theresa Binda, Theodore Syrette, Michael Russon, Christine Kay, Benn Fisher, Andre Stuetz, Byron Jaaskelainen
The Taking! e-poster
The Taking!
Rehearsal in the ruins of Fort St. Joseph
Andrew Lorimer prepares
in the role of Miller Worsley
The Taking!
American sailors add some realism
The Taking!
The Taking!
The Taking!
The Taking!
The Taking!
The Taking!
Tracey Hilderley adds soundscape on the snare drum
The Taking!
Dustin Luck as the Storyteller
The Taking!
Loyal Beggs as Lt. Colonel McDouall
The Taking!
performed on a hot humid day, August 23, 2014
The Taking!
The Healing Lodge Singers add drumming and song
The Taking!
American crew featuring Byron Jaaskelainen, Richard Karhu and Michael Russon with Russel Moore, Nick Giulietti, Joel Aikens, Courtney Guertin
Frank O'Connor Column
Sault Star, Aug. 28, 2014
The Taking!
Audience feedback
This I Shall Defend
Program
This I Shall Defend
Program Cover
2013
The Taking!
Script excerpt
The Taking!
2013 Company
The Taking! Script
The Taking!
Andrew Beggs as the Métis Boy, 2014
Rotary Community Day Parade
Director, Sandra Forsell leads the way, 2013
This I Shall Defend, 2013
Byron Jaaskelainen as Charles Oakes Ermatinger
This I Shall Defend, 2012
Ermatinger Clergue National Historic Site
(l to r) Andrew Naphan, Sandra Forsell, Jason Preece, Theodore Syrette
This I Shall Defend
Public Rehearsal, Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, 2013
This I Shall Defend, 2013
Theodore Syrette as Shingwaukonse
This I Shall Defend, 2013
The Company
Performed at the Captain's Dinner
Delta Hotel, July 19, 2013
This I Shall Defend
2013 Company
(l to r) Tracey Hilderley, Matea David-Steel, Maggie Maracle, Theresa Binda, Theodore Syrette, Michael Russon, Christine Kay, Benn Fisher, Andre Stuetz, Byron Jaaskelainen
The Taking! e-poster
The Taking!
Rehearsal in the ruins of Fort St. Joseph
Andrew Lorimer prepares
in the role of Miller Worsley
The Taking!
American sailors add some realism
The Taking!
The Taking!
The Taking!
The Taking!
The Taking!
The Taking!
Tracey Hilderley adds soundscape on the snare drum
The Taking!
Dustin Luck as the Storyteller
The Taking!
Loyal Beggs as Lt. Colonel McDouall
The Taking!
performed on a hot humid day, August 23, 2014
The Taking!
The Healing Lodge Singers add drumming and song
The Taking!
American crew featuring Byron Jaaskelainen, Richard Karhu and Michael Russon with Russel Moore, Nick Giulietti, Joel Aikens, Courtney Guertin
Frank O'Connor Column
Sault Star, Aug. 28, 2014
The Immigrant Stories
Aboriginal Youth Group
greeting the Irish with traditional dance and drum
Aboriginal Youth Group, 2001
First performance of the Immigrant Stories
Irish Tradebridge
June 14, 2001
Liz Edgar-Webkamigad
Kammermusik, 2001
Chris Jaaskelainen, Sheldon Jaaskelainen, Vincent Feletii, Nathanial Cole
Congratulations
Bruce Strapp, Executive Director, Economic Development Corp. of Sault Ste. Marie and W.A. Hamilton, Theatre in Motion
Susanne Myers Bugyra
First Performance, June 14 2001
Dympna Hennessy
First Performance, June 14, 2001
The Immigrant Stories, June 14 2001
First Company: (from top L) Mary Ann Iles, Jennifer Kersley, Carol Colombo, Dympna Hennessy, Loretta Durat, Susanne Myers Bugyra
Irish Tradebridge Performance 2001
Letter of congratulations from MP Carmen Provenzano
PAVRO Conference 2002
Letter of Congratulations
PAVRO Conference 2002
Audience feedback
Citizen Engagement Forum 2002
Letter of Congratulations
Winter Cities Forum Performance 2003
Audience feedback
Aboriginal Youth Group
greeting the Irish with traditional dance and drum
Aboriginal Youth Group, 2001
First performance of the Immigrant Stories
Irish Tradebridge
June 14, 2001
Liz Edgar-Webkamigad
Kammermusik, 2001
Chris Jaaskelainen, Sheldon Jaaskelainen, Vincent Feletii, Nathanial Cole
Congratulations
Bruce Strapp, Executive Director, Economic Development Corp. of Sault Ste. Marie and W.A. Hamilton, Theatre in Motion
Susanne Myers Bugyra
First Performance, June 14 2001
Dympna Hennessy
First Performance, June 14, 2001
The Immigrant Stories, June 14 2001
First Company: (from top L) Mary Ann Iles, Jennifer Kersley, Carol Colombo, Dympna Hennessy, Loretta Durat, Susanne Myers Bugyra
Irish Tradebridge Performance 2001
Letter of congratulations from MP Carmen Provenzano
PAVRO Conference 2002
Letter of Congratulations
PAVRO Conference 2002
Audience feedback
Citizen Engagement Forum 2002
Letter of Congratulations
Winter Cities Forum Performance 2003
Audience feedback
Hitchhiking to the End of the World
Hitchhiking to the End of the World
Original Company: (clockwise) Carol Colombo, Richard Karhu, Adrian Gabrelywicz, Mike Bernier
Sault City Magazine 1999
Sault City Magazine, 1999
Hitchiking to the End of the World
Door Sign
Hitchhiking to the End of the World
Thunder Bay Fringe Festival, 1999
Bob Diotte, Sault This Week 1999
Ottawa X Press, Jennifer Ball
June 24, 1999
Hitchhiking to the End of the World
Handbill; Thunder Bay Fringe Festival 1999
Hitchhiking to the End of the World
Summer 1999
The Herald, Aug. 29, 1999
Sault This Week, August 25, 1999
Hitchhiking to the End of the World
Superior Outdoor Adventures, Wawa.
Summer 1999
Hitchhiking to the End of the World
Original Company: (clockwise) Carol Colombo, Richard Karhu, Adrian Gabrelywicz, Mike Bernier
Sault City Magazine 1999
Sault City Magazine, 1999
Hitchiking to the End of the World
Door Sign
Hitchhiking to the End of the World
Thunder Bay Fringe Festival, 1999
Bob Diotte, Sault This Week 1999
Ottawa X Press, Jennifer Ball
June 24, 1999
Hitchhiking to the End of the World
Handbill; Thunder Bay Fringe Festival 1999
Hitchhiking to the End of the World
Summer 1999
The Herald, Aug. 29, 1999
Sault This Week, August 25, 1999
Hitchhiking to the End of the World
Superior Outdoor Adventures, Wawa.
Summer 1999
The Lions and the Lambs
Review
by Robin Waples
March 4, 1999
Photo accompanying Review
Sault Star
March 4, 1999
Sault Star Preview Article
Photo accompanying Preview Article
Sault Star
March 1, 1999
Preview Article
Sault Star
March 1, 1999
First Inspiration
by W.A. Hamilton
Mary Ann Iles as Jean
Shane Halpin as Mac and Sonya Ostrowski Masotti as Barb.
The Saulter article
Jean sleeps
Carol Colombo as Susan
Handbill
Tea and Creme de Menthe
Packing up the memories
In rehearsal
Review
by Robin Waples
March 4, 1999
Photo accompanying Review
Sault Star
March 4, 1999
Sault Star Preview Article
Photo accompanying Preview Article
Sault Star
March 1, 1999
Preview Article
Sault Star
March 1, 1999
First Inspiration
by W.A. Hamilton
Mary Ann Iles as Jean
Shane Halpin as Mac and Sonya Ostrowski Masotti as Barb.
The Saulter article
Jean sleeps
Carol Colombo as Susan
Handbill
Tea and Creme de Menthe
Packing up the memories
In rehearsal
Rocky and Athena Meet the World
Table program
Northern Ontario Youth Entrepreneurship and Leadership Conference
"Who are you now?"
Who am I now? Who am I now? I am a high school student. I have a lab report due tomorrow, a French club meeting AND..."
"Awww... Ms. Betty was only supposed to be in for a checkup and now she needs (with pleasure) a lobotomy!"
Scene One: Womb Service
Jordan Foisy as Rocky and Allison Ash as Athena, May 31, 2003.
MindLands
Page from multi-media production
directed by Paul Rivers, Theatre Aquarius; published in Canadian Theatre Review #109
Article, Canadian Theatre Review
by playwright W.A. Hamilton; Number 109, Winter 2002
Canadian Theatre Review
2nd page of article by W.A. Hamilton
Article, Canadian Theatre Review
by director, Paul Rivers; Number 109, Winter 2002
Canadian Theatre Review
2nd page of article by Paul Rivers
Flyer
Great Canadian Theatre Company, 1997
Algoma University, July 1998
Michael Bernier as Tom Woolrich
Preview, Sault This Week, 1998
MindLands, Algoma University 1998.
"We always find some way to keep on thinking things will pick up.I guess we won't really believe it 'til they shut the gates. No. Not until they say so.. and they never say so... until it's too late."
Preview, Sault Star, 1998
MindLands, Sault Ste. Marie, 1998
Tamarind Spender, Sound Technician
Review. Sault Star, 1998.
MindLands, Sault Ste. Marie 1998
Susanne Myers and Adrian Gabrylewicz
Sponsor Invitation, 1998
Program Cover, 1998
Bob Diotte, Sault This Week, 1998
Print Ad, Theatre Aquarius 2000
MindLands, Theatre Aquarius
Ralph Chapman as Tom Woolrich
Preview,
Review, Hamilton Spectator 2000
MindLands, Theatre Aquarius, 2000
"You haven't changed since high school. No kidding. You're exactly the same. Well, a little thicker around the middle maybe, eh?"
Theatre Aquarius, 2000
"Anyway, I went to Toronto and I checked into the hotel and then I met a few more people and we hit a few bars and I missed the Bowie concert and the next thing I know its two in the morning and I'm wandering around Yonge Street by myself."
Page from multi-media production
directed by Paul Rivers, Theatre Aquarius; published in Canadian Theatre Review #109
Article, Canadian Theatre Review
by playwright W.A. Hamilton; Number 109, Winter 2002
Canadian Theatre Review
2nd page of article by W.A. Hamilton
Article, Canadian Theatre Review
by director, Paul Rivers; Number 109, Winter 2002
Canadian Theatre Review
2nd page of article by Paul Rivers
Flyer
Great Canadian Theatre Company, 1997
Algoma University, July 1998
Michael Bernier as Tom Woolrich
Preview, Sault This Week, 1998
MindLands, Algoma University 1998.
"We always find some way to keep on thinking things will pick up.I guess we won't really believe it 'til they shut the gates. No. Not until they say so.. and they never say so... until it's too late."
Preview, Sault Star, 1998
MindLands, Sault Ste. Marie, 1998
Tamarind Spender, Sound Technician
Review. Sault Star, 1998.
MindLands, Sault Ste. Marie 1998
Susanne Myers and Adrian Gabrylewicz
Sponsor Invitation, 1998
Program Cover, 1998
Bob Diotte, Sault This Week, 1998
Print Ad, Theatre Aquarius 2000
MindLands, Theatre Aquarius
Ralph Chapman as Tom Woolrich
Preview,
Review, Hamilton Spectator 2000
MindLands, Theatre Aquarius, 2000
"You haven't changed since high school. No kidding. You're exactly the same. Well, a little thicker around the middle maybe, eh?"
Theatre Aquarius, 2000
"Anyway, I went to Toronto and I checked into the hotel and then I met a few more people and we hit a few bars and I missed the Bowie concert and the next thing I know its two in the morning and I'm wandering around Yonge Street by myself."
Bellies, Knees and Ankles
Bellies, Knees & Ankles Image
by Lorraine Mackie, 1997
Bellies, Knees and Ankles, 1997
The Cast
Original Company, 1997
(from top) Anna-Lee Potvin, Sandra Iles, Lorraine Mackie, Susanne Myers
1st Performance, Algoma University
August 1997
Writer and company, 1997
Review, Entertainment This Week
Sudbury Fringe Festival, 1997
Page from Bellies, Knees and Ankles
Published in Seven Short Plays from Theatre Ontario, 2002
Lena
Seven Short Plays from Theatre Ontario
Introduction, by Marian Doucette
Seven Short Plays from Theatre Ontario
Handbill
Preview Performance, Summer 2000
Summer 2000 Company
(clockwise from centre): Richard Karhu, Cara DeSimon, Susanne Myers, Lorraine Mackie, Christine Ward, Wendy Hamilton
Thunder Bay Fringe Festival
Summer 2000
Review, In-Fringe
Thunder Bay Fringe Festival, July 2000
Preview, Timmins Times 1998
Newspaper Ad
Timmins Production, May 1998
Newspaper Article
Timmins Daily Press, 1998
Bellies, Knees & Ankles Image
by Lorraine Mackie, 1997
Bellies, Knees and Ankles, 1997
The Cast
Original Company, 1997
(from top) Anna-Lee Potvin, Sandra Iles, Lorraine Mackie, Susanne Myers
1st Performance, Algoma University
August 1997
Writer and company, 1997
Review, Entertainment This Week
Sudbury Fringe Festival, 1997
Page from Bellies, Knees and Ankles
Published in Seven Short Plays from Theatre Ontario, 2002
Lena
Seven Short Plays from Theatre Ontario
Introduction, by Marian Doucette
Seven Short Plays from Theatre Ontario
Handbill
Preview Performance, Summer 2000
Summer 2000 Company
(clockwise from centre): Richard Karhu, Cara DeSimon, Susanne Myers, Lorraine Mackie, Christine Ward, Wendy Hamilton
Thunder Bay Fringe Festival
Summer 2000
Review, In-Fringe
Thunder Bay Fringe Festival, July 2000
Preview, Timmins Times 1998
Newspaper Ad
Timmins Production, May 1998
Newspaper Article
Timmins Daily Press, 1998
1939: An Evening of Old Tyme Radio and Big Band Swing
Live radio broadcast
circa November 29, 1939
Dancing amidst the airplanes
Wendy Hamilton and Ed Spender
1939:
Carol Colombo as C.C., hostess of the Palm Gardens
The Palm Gardens Servers
Bob Jenkins, band leader
Old Tyme Radio is on the air
The Original Old Tyme Radio Players
November 29, 2003. (L to R front) Jim Cronin, Helen Petrolo, Marg Turner, Cheryl Alleway, Art Osborne (back) Richard Karhu, Joe Petrolo, John Chambers, John David Cameron, Albert Jones.
OTRP perfom Flash Gordon
Live radio broadcast
circa November 29, 1939
Dancing amidst the airplanes
Wendy Hamilton and Ed Spender
1939:
Carol Colombo as C.C., hostess of the Palm Gardens
The Palm Gardens Servers
Bob Jenkins, band leader
Old Tyme Radio is on the air
The Original Old Tyme Radio Players
November 29, 2003. (L to R front) Jim Cronin, Helen Petrolo, Marg Turner, Cheryl Alleway, Art Osborne (back) Richard Karhu, Joe Petrolo, John Chambers, John David Cameron, Albert Jones.
OTRP perfom Flash Gordon
The Summer Playhouse
Sault Star, 2002
Sault Star, 2002
Summer Playhouse has a home! 2002
(L to r) Ed Spender, Richard Karhu (technical director), Wendy Hamilton
Texas Boy, 2002
with Tova Arbus and Paul Micucci
Wendy Hamilton, director
The Octoberists
The Summer Playhouse house band
Babel Rap, 2002
with Jordan Foisy and Paul Micucci
Steve Ballantine, director
Back to Back, 2003
Carol Colombo and Jeff Arbus
Wendy Hamilton, director
Micheline Findlay and Sue Barber
creating a live musical soundscape for Back to Back
The Tiger, 2002
with Richard Karhu and Anne Halonen
Richard Karhu, director
Wake, 2002
with Carol Colombo and Monica Chisholm
Loretta Durat, director
Sault Star, 2002
Preparing, 2003
with Carol Colombo
Steve Ballantine, director
Table program
Laundry and Bourbon, 2003
with (l to r) Sarah Stewart, Jessica Lewinsky and Tamarind Spender
Steve Ballantine, director
Lone Star, 2003
with Paul Micucci and John Reed Hryskiewicz
Steve Ballantine, director
Sault Star Article, 2003
Photo: Lone Star
with Casey Gallant and Paul Micucci
Steve Ballantine, director
Danny & the Deep Blue Sea, 2003
staged and performed by Jessica Lewinsky and Brandon Martin
Table program
Hyronomous A. Frog:The Frog Prince
with Tamarind Spender and John Reed Hryskiewicz
Loretta Durat, director
2003
Hyronomous A. Frog: The Frog Prince
2003
Loretta Durat, director
Sault Star, 2003
Swamp Baby
with Penny Martin
Lorreta Durat, director
Looney Quarters Concession
Sault Star Article, 2003
Photo: Afterglow
Amanda Zuke, director
Long Happy Life of Anton Artaud
written and performed by Christine Walde
2003
Sault Star, 2003
Ann Marie's Bedroom
W.A. Hamilton, director
An Evening with Jack Wetherall, 2003
Sault Star, 2002
Promoting the Playhouse
Sault Ste. Marie Downtown and Waterfront Attractions Guide
Preview Night, 2004
The Olde Tyme Radio Players, 2004
(L to R) Art Osborne, Helen Petrolo, Jim Cronin
Brochure, 2004
2004 Brochure
A Lady of Letters, 2004
A One Night Gem
with Jennifer Kersley
A Lady of Letters, 2004
Jeff Arbus creates a live musical soundscape
Packet-In, 2004
with Jeff Arbus and Susan Muise
Carol Colombo, director
Ohio, 2004
with Carol Rowland-Vas
Wendy Hamilton, director
Black and White, 2004
with Sonya Ostrowski Masotti
Lance Trudeau, director
Eve's Diary, 2004
with Lucy Kerr-Holden
Wendy Hamilton, director
Scuba Lessons, 2004
with Emily Andersen
Wendy Hamilton, director
Back and Forth from WORK, 2004
A One Night Gem
with Tim Murphy
Mary Margaret Phallon from CHICKS
A One Night Gem
with Susan Barber
Outside, 2004
Poster design by Stig Andersen
2004
The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi, 2004
with Scarlett Marenger, Laura Schnablegger and Lauren Davies
Loretta Durat, director
The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi, 2004
with Carol Colombo and Lauren Davies
Loretta Durat, director
The Garden of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, 2004
with John Reed Hryszkiewicz
Loretta Durat, director
Rubies, 2004
with Susan Muise and Paul Micucci
Lance Trudeau, writer/director
Rubies, 2004
The weekly recap....
Rubies, a weekly soap opera, 2004
with Chris Pozzebon, Paul Micucci, Devon Walsh
written and directed by Lance Trudeau
Sault Star, 2002
Sault Star, 2002
Summer Playhouse has a home! 2002
(L to r) Ed Spender, Richard Karhu (technical director), Wendy Hamilton
Texas Boy, 2002
with Tova Arbus and Paul Micucci
Wendy Hamilton, director
The Octoberists
The Summer Playhouse house band
Babel Rap, 2002
with Jordan Foisy and Paul Micucci
Steve Ballantine, director
Back to Back, 2003
Carol Colombo and Jeff Arbus
Wendy Hamilton, director
Micheline Findlay and Sue Barber
creating a live musical soundscape for Back to Back
The Tiger, 2002
with Richard Karhu and Anne Halonen
Richard Karhu, director
Wake, 2002
with Carol Colombo and Monica Chisholm
Loretta Durat, director
Sault Star, 2002
Preparing, 2003
with Carol Colombo
Steve Ballantine, director
Table program
Laundry and Bourbon, 2003
with (l to r) Sarah Stewart, Jessica Lewinsky and Tamarind Spender
Steve Ballantine, director
Lone Star, 2003
with Paul Micucci and John Reed Hryskiewicz
Steve Ballantine, director
Sault Star Article, 2003
Photo: Lone Star
with Casey Gallant and Paul Micucci
Steve Ballantine, director
Danny & the Deep Blue Sea, 2003
staged and performed by Jessica Lewinsky and Brandon Martin
Table program
Hyronomous A. Frog:The Frog Prince
with Tamarind Spender and John Reed Hryskiewicz
Loretta Durat, director
2003
Hyronomous A. Frog: The Frog Prince
2003
Loretta Durat, director
Sault Star, 2003
Swamp Baby
with Penny Martin
Lorreta Durat, director
Looney Quarters Concession
Sault Star Article, 2003
Photo: Afterglow
Amanda Zuke, director
Long Happy Life of Anton Artaud
written and performed by Christine Walde
2003
Sault Star, 2003
Ann Marie's Bedroom
W.A. Hamilton, director
An Evening with Jack Wetherall, 2003
Sault Star, 2002
Promoting the Playhouse
Sault Ste. Marie Downtown and Waterfront Attractions Guide
Preview Night, 2004
The Olde Tyme Radio Players, 2004
(L to R) Art Osborne, Helen Petrolo, Jim Cronin
Brochure, 2004
2004 Brochure
A Lady of Letters, 2004
A One Night Gem
with Jennifer Kersley
A Lady of Letters, 2004
Jeff Arbus creates a live musical soundscape
Packet-In, 2004
with Jeff Arbus and Susan Muise
Carol Colombo, director
Ohio, 2004
with Carol Rowland-Vas
Wendy Hamilton, director
Black and White, 2004
with Sonya Ostrowski Masotti
Lance Trudeau, director
Eve's Diary, 2004
with Lucy Kerr-Holden
Wendy Hamilton, director
Scuba Lessons, 2004
with Emily Andersen
Wendy Hamilton, director
Back and Forth from WORK, 2004
A One Night Gem
with Tim Murphy
Mary Margaret Phallon from CHICKS
A One Night Gem
with Susan Barber
Outside, 2004
Poster design by Stig Andersen
2004
The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi, 2004
with Scarlett Marenger, Laura Schnablegger and Lauren Davies
Loretta Durat, director
The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi, 2004
with Carol Colombo and Lauren Davies
Loretta Durat, director
