Confederation Part I: Confederation & Riel (2017)
Produced by
Presented by
Playwright: Michael Hollingsworth
Director: Michael Hollingsworth
Co-Director: Deanne Taylor
The History of the Village of the Small Huts, 1861 – 1870
Venue
Run
June 9th, 2017 – August 19th, 2017
Synopsis
VideoCabaret spectacularly conjures the era of Confederation in four tragicomic one-act plays, presented in two parts.
Confederation – John A. Macdonald masterminds the deal-making that leads to the fireworks on July 1, 1867. In a Montreal hotbed of anti-confederationists, Wilfrid Laurier meets Louis Riel.
Riel – Macdonald plans to turn the west into one big Ontario. Riel and Métis leaders collide with surveyors, and religious radicals plot terror; Laurier is spurred to act on his multi-cultural and secular ideals. (soulpepper.ca)
Cast
| Kevin Bundy | Bishop Ignace Bourger / Cabinet Minister D'Arcy McGee / Governor General Lord Monck / Father of Bon Bon / Metis Leader Ambroise Lepine / Soldier |
| Greg Campbell | Co-Premiere of the Canadas Sir George-Etienne Cartier / Red River Archbishop Tache / SEminary Student / 1837 Rebel Louis-Joseph Papineau / HBC Governor Archibald Mactavish / Soldier |
| Richard Alan Campbell | Cabinet Minister & Globe Founder George Brown / Lawyer Rodolphe Laflamme / Orange Lodge GrandMaster and Land Developer John Christian Schultz / HBC Owner Donald Smith |
| Jamie Cavanagh | Wilfred Laurier / Seminary Student / PEI Premiere George Coles / Fenian William O'Donoghue / Manitoba Governor William McDougall |
| Richard Clarkin | Prime Minister John A. Macdonald / Anti-Confederationiste Eric Dorion / Radical Orangeman Thomas Scott |
| Kat Letwin | Zoe (Lafontaine Laurier / New BRunswick Premiere Samuel Tilley / Metis Norbert Ledoux / Colonel Garnet Wolseley |
| Linda Prystawska | Madame Julie Riel / Madame Gauthier / Seminary Student / Cabinet Minister and Baron of Industry Alexander Gault / Nova Scotia Premier Charles Tupper / Bon Bon Guernon / Lady Agnes Macdonald / Fenian Patrick Whelan |
| Michaela Washburn | Louis Riel / Charlottetown Bum Boater |
Creative Team
| Michael Hollingsworth | Playwright |
| Michael Hollingsworth | Director |
| Deanne Taylor | Co-Director |
| Andrew Dollar | Lighting Designer |
| Astrid Janson | Costume Designer |
| Melanie McNeill | Costume Designer |
| Alice Norton | Wig Designer |
| Adam Barrett | Video Designer |
| Brent Snyder | Music |
| Richard Feren | Sound Designer |
| Paul Braunstein | Assistant Director |
Production
| Andrew Dollar | Stage Manager |
| Joanne Rumstein-Ellis | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Jessie Fraser | Sound Assistant |
| Lina Falomkina | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Marianne Alas | Costume Maker |
| Natassia Brunato | Costume Maker |
| Michelle Connolly | Costume Maker |
| Manon de Gagne | Costume Maker |
| Jenni Lee Pickett | Costume Maker |
| Ketrice Anderson | Costume Intern |
| Sophie Moynan | Costume Intern |
| Anne Barber | Props Builder |
| Ishai Buchbinder | Props Builder |
| Alicia Kuntze | Props Builder |
| Sarah Gaby-Trotz | Wig Assistant |
| Kira Duff | Wig Assistant |
| Rebecca McDermid | Wig Assistant |
| Oshan Starreveld | Wig Assistant |
| Sally Roberts | Technician |
| Daniel Sinclair | Technician |
| Dillan Chiblow | Rehearsal Auditor |
Staff
| Adam Barrett | Producer |
| Andrew Dollar | Director of Production |
| Jessie Fraser | Archive |
| Rick Simon | Graphic Designer |
| Bongo Kolycius | Video |
| Chris Clifford | Video |
| Michael Cooper | Photography |
| Nijole Mockevicius | Bookkeeper |
