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One of the most popular and romantic comedies of the century, Same Time, Next Year follows the love affair between Doris and George, who while married to others, rendezvous once a year. Twenty-five years of manners and morals are hilariously and touchingly played out by the lovers, as life gives and takes away, and the changing world spins around them. This production is sure to delight you and bring you back to Theatre Collingwood the “same time next year”!
Same Time, Next Year
Written by Bernard Slade
Directed by Dayna Tekatch
Designs by Tim Webb
September 18 to September 28, 2013
DAYNA TEKATCH - Director
Dayna directed and choreographed Midlife: The Crisis Musical for Orillia last season. Selected credits include: Director/Choreographer-Oliver! (NAC); Director-The 39 Steps(Stage West and the Canadian premiere at the 1000 Islands Playhouse), Driving Miss Daisy, Tuesday's With Morrie(Starbright Festival); Choreographer- The Penelopiad(Citadel), The Wizard of Oz(Globe), The Drowsy Chaperone(Vancouver playhouse, NAC, Citadel, 1000 Islands-Sterling award for Outstanding Choreography, Winter Wonderettes(Kingston Grand), The Music Man, Anything Goes(TUTS), Romeo&Juliet, nativity, Creation, A Christmas Carol(NAC). Dayna spent 8 consecutive seasons with the Stratford Festival as an actor and choreographer and 3 seasons with the English Theatre Company at the National Arts Centre as a director, choreographer, and actor.
BRIAN PAUL - George
BRIAN PAUL spent 2012 playing Sergeant Thunder in WarHorse at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto. He’s happy to return to LOL this year. He was Henry in Sexy Laundry in 2011 and Ron in Married Alive in 2010. Previously Brian appeared at the Orillia Opera House as Charles in Blithe Spirit and Saunders in Lend Me a Tenor. Brian performs across Canada. He has been a company member for The Vancouver Playhouse, The Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Blyth Festival, Festival Lennoxville and The Stratford Festival. He also appears in many films and television shows. Recently Brian worked on Murdoch Mysteries, The Listener and the soon-to-be-released feature film Mr. Viral. Brian lives in Toronto with wife Deborah Tennant and their daughter Aislinn Paul.
ROBIN CLIPSHAM – Doris
Actor, director, writer, and educator, Robin has spent most of her life in theatre. Recent credits include Murder In Noirville, and Thumbs (for Laugh Out Loud), As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (for PRISM Theatre In The Park), Birth, Wit, Noises Off! (for the Rene M. Caisse Theatre), Misery, Love Letters (for The Whole Enchilada), Steel Magnolias, Fiddler On The Roof (at The Algonquin) The Rez Sisters and Les Belles Soeurs (for Nipissing University), Sexy Laundry (for Theatre Muskoka), and the Peaches series of shows all over the place! Robin also teaches drama courses and improvisational theatre to adults, children, and high school students in Muskoka.
ERIKA MOREY – Stage Manager
Erika is ecstatic to be working with the Orillia Opera House and Theatre Collingwood this summer. Recent theatre credits include: And Slowly Beauty (Tarragon Theatre), thirsty, King Lear (National Arts Centre), Knickers! A Brief Comedy, The Odd Couple, The Fly Fisher’s Companion, Jessie’s Landing (Lighthouse Festival Theatre), Whispering Pines (Great Canadian Theatre Company), Poodle Skirts to Platform Shoes (Theatre Aquarius), Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera Lyra) and They All Do It (Odyssey Theatre). Erika also participated in Theatre Ontario’s Professional Theatre Training Program in the area of technical direction.
TIM WEBB - Designer
A Muskoka cottager and resident, Tim is pleased to be including Collingwood in the magical area he calls “home”. Tim has designed sets for some of Canada's most influential theatre companies including Theatre Aquarius, Drayton Festival, The Stirling Festival, Theatre by the Bay in Barrie, Theatre Sudbury and the Gravenhurst Opera House, as well as numerous Theatre Companies in the U.S. primarily in South Florida. Tim is also enjoying his 4th year as resident designer at the Orillia Opera House.
A Mural Artist by trade, Tim has created in excess of 400 murals and paintings for international corporate clients such as Second Cup (4o+locations), Ben Moss Jewelers (75 locations), Cara Foods (numerous Hospitals, airports and Universities nationwide), McDonalds, Ronald McDonald House, and The Bay (to name a few) and contributed his artwork to the 2012 restoration of Toronto’s Arcadian Court Ballroom. Recently, "SofiMag", a prominent Miami Beach design magazine selected Tim as one of the city's "33 Creative Minds to watch”, placing him in position #1.
Currently, Tim is excited to be Production Designer for the return of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats” at the Panasonic Theatre in Toronto. (Please visit Tim at www.muralsbytimwebb.com) to view a gallery of his past works.
Photo: Robin Clipsham and Brian Paul. ©2013 Max Durnford.
2013-09-09
Collingwood: Theatre Collingwood presents “Same Time Next Year” September 18-28