A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Doris Baizley is a wildly inventive clown show adapted from Dickens’ classic story. (Both Ali Baba and a Parrot appear!) This was the second show I designed at Capilano, and despite a few interesting turns along the way (due to unforeseen circumstances the director and therefore the approach changed partway through, and then again after the designs had been approved the director changed again!) Nevertheless, the  students in Capilano University's Costuming for Stage and Screen under the mentorship of instructor Kim Bothen still managed to realize over 35 costumes, giving our final director, the wonderfully generous Stephen Atkins as much leeway as possible to change and tweak designs as we could and keep to both the course and production schedules. The brilliant wig work was produced entirely by students usually from merely glancing at the sketches. This show also required us to create individual makeup designs for every actor.

DIRECTOR: Stephen Atkins
​COSTUME DESIGNER: Christopher David Gauthier
HEAD OF WARDROBE: Kim Bothen  
COSTUMES LAB SUPERVISOR: Caroline Cheng   
COORDINATOR/DESIGN ASSISTANT*: Katie Dueckmann and Taryn Patterson  
KEY PAINTER, ALERATIONIST*: Bunny Muegens  
KEY DYER/CUTTER*: Kat Holmes  
CUTTERS*: Kyrstin Bain, Andrea Delano, Sierra Kretlow, Raye, Jessica Waddell  
KEY BREAKDOWN ARTIST*: Montse Camara  
CUTTER, DECORATOR*: Nate Cook  
KEY WIGS, HAIR, AND HEADDRESS*: Salem Taylor  
COSTUME CONSTRUCTION CREW*: Amara Anderson, Vivian Cao, Marcella Carrillo-Cuenca, Jenny Chapple, Lisa Chow, Lisa Coldwells, Cass Haraymchuk, Mandy Kozie, Morgan McBride, Hawley Miller, Angela Nguyen, Brook Reid, Michelle Redekop, Bailey Riddell, Gezelle Ruth, Stephanie Shanklin, Lee-Anne Styan

SET DESIGNER: Heidi Wilkinson   LIGHTING DESIGNER: Michael Hewitt   SOUND DESIGNER: Sebastian Finch   
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Kevin Michael Cripps   CHOREOGRAPHY: Heather Cornell   CIRCUS TRAINING: Tami Knight   
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Mark “Sparky” Lawrence   TECHNICAL PRACTICUM SUPERVISOR: Mat Herrmann   PROP AND PAINT SUPERVISOR: Heidi Wilkinson  
STAGE MANAGER*: Kathleen Gordon   ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS*: Christopher Hall, Tea Stéfiuk
* denotes student crew positions

CAST in order of appearance:
STAGE MANAGER/SCROOGE: Branden Kupfer   PROP GIRL/TINY TIM: Jennifer Tong   DIRECTOR/MARLEY: Stephen Richardson   LEADING MAN/BOB CRATCHIT: Justin Thomas Calla  
LEADING LADY/MRS CRATCHIT: Nicole Sherwood   YOUNG LEADING MAN/FRED: Levi Wall   INGENUE/BELLE/MRS FRED: Nikki West   OLD ACTOR/MR FEZZIWIG: Sheldon Brown  
CHARITABLE WOMAN/MOTHER-IN-LAW: Madelaine Funnelle CHARACTER WOMAN/CHARITABLE WOMAN/MRS FEZZIWIG: Jess Redmond   ALI BABA/CHRISTMAS FUTURE: Isaac Caverzan  
PARROT/CHRISTMAS PRESENT: Michaela Macht   LITTLE CAROLER/CHRISTMAS PRESENT: Faith Anne Roxas Javier   CHRISTMAS PAST: Terran Milne   SCHOOL MASTER: Julia Kosor  
CLOWN 2/JAKE THE FENCE: Aliya Boulanger   CHRISTMAS PRESENT: Miki Brodkin   CLOWN 3/SCAVENGER 1/PETER: Kayla Neuendorf   CLOWN 1/SCAVENGER 2/BELINDA: Kate Boutilier  
CLOWN 5/SCAVENGER 3: Erin Van Zyderveld   CLOWN 4/SCAVENGER 4: Sarah Joëlle Vitet

Photography: Jamie Edgar