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Past Seasons
Season 23: 2002-2003
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The Drawer Boy
by Michael Healey
October 2-12, 2002
Yukon Arts Centre & community tour
A heartwarming comedy. A young city actor finds
himself in a rural community face to face with a pair of bachelor farmers.
What should he do when he discovers that their hidden story is a 30
year old secret of guilt, loss and touching love? |
Cast
Miles - Chris Bullough
Morgan - Ken Bolton
Angus - Rob Roy Production Team
Director: Michael Clark
Set, costume & lighting design: David Skelton
Sound Design: Jay Burr
Production Manager: Jen Jones
Stage Manager: Dean Eyre 
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Nakai Theatre Comedy Arts Festival
January 9-12, 2003
Canada’s funniest people come north,
bringing belly laughs during the depths of Winter.
Ron James, Ellie Harvey, Diana Frances, Martha Chaves, Metis Mutt (Sheldon
Elter), Izzy (Shannan Calcutt),
Flyin’ Bob (Bob Palmer)
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Presented by:
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Shape of a Girl
by Joan MacLeod
March 7-9, 2003
Yukon Arts Centre
Braidie is fascinated by a TV news story
about a girl accused of a shocking act of violence - "a
monster in the shape of a girl". She’s different
from Braidie and her friends…or is she?
Governor General Award winner Joan MacLeod
is one of Canada’s most respected playwrights. The
Shape Of A Girl was inspired by the Reena Virk Story: the
real life tragedy of a teenaged girl killed by a group
of teens.
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Cast
Braidie - Jenny Young
Production Team
Director: Patrick McDonald
Set Design: Scott Reid
Lighting Design: Brian Pincott
Composer: Ian Tamblyn
Production Manager: Brent Rossington
Stage Manager: Angela Beaulieu
Co-presented with the Yukon Arts Centre.
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WANTED
by Sally Clark
March 26 - April 7, 2003
Yukon Arts Centre & community tour
A young woman is thrown upon the mercy of
two brothers when her companions drown in the Whitehorse Rapids
in September 1897. A delicate balance is upset and a series
of events is set in motion that will be felt all the way down
the river. Who will survive and who will founder when new rules
tip the balance again in Dawson? |
Cast
Mary Potter - Vanessa Holmes
Jack Malone - Brian Fidler
Joe McAlister - Tom Scholte
Woman 1 - Amanda Leslie
Man 1 - James McCullough
Man 2 - Keith Wyatt Production Team
Director: Michael Clark
Set, Lights & Props Designer: David Skelton
Costume Designer: Alma Newton
Sound Designer: Daniel Janke
Production Manager: Moira Sauer
Stage Manager: Dean Eyre
Costume Assistant: Andria Bellon
24 Hour Playwriting
Competition & The Next 24 Hours
October 19 & 20, 2002
Riverview Hotel & Backwater Lounge First Prize: Mairi Macrae, Strange
Advances
Second: Norm Easton, The Search for Maggie Rupe
Third: Liz Gontard, Petty Crimes
Best Opening Line: Liz Gontard
Fast Fingers: Jenny Trapnell, The Makeover
Red Lantern: Mairi Macrae
Most Original Script: Yan Barry & Hugo Soucy, La Quete
Most Appetizing Play: Jonathan Robinson, The Curry Lesson
Most Morally Suspect Play: Erica Cripps & Kim Nohr, Stalker: The
Musical, and
Jack Jenkins, The Water Closet (tie)
24 Hour Cabaret
November 9, 2002
Backwater Lounge
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