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
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