SPONSORED BY - Young At Heart Musical Theatre For Seniors

SPONSORED BY:
Our Benefactor and Friend,
Joseph Buist
Young At Heart
Musical Theatre For Seniors Inc
P.O. Box 3297
Charlottetown, PE
C1A 8W5
(902) 569-4449
http://yahtheatre.com
info@yahtheatre.com
Artistic Producer
Catherine O’Brien
Hyndman and Company
Insurance Ltd.
Community Cultural
Partnership Program
Nick Whelan, Anne Putnam, Jennifer Long, Hank Stinson, Anders Balderston
Young at Heart would like to thank the following for their help and generosity: Colin McAulay, JP Gaudet, Kevin Maclean, Doug Gallant, Long And McQuaid,
Budget Car Rental, The Buzz, The Guardian, Island Offset, Robert Harding,
CFCYʼs Ron Gillespie, The Confederation Centre of The Arts, PEI Council for the Arts
The Big Red Radio Show
A tribute to CFCY radio host Loman McAulay
Written by Hank Stinson & Wade Lynch
Directed by Hank Stinson*
Company List
Cast: Anders Balderston, Jennifer Long & Nick Whelan
Musical Director: Sean Ferris
Stage Manager: Anne Putnam*
Set Designer & Properties: Garnett Gallant
Costume Designer: Nancy Hooper
* appears with permission of Canadian Actors Equity Association.
Hank Stinson Director & Co-Writer
Writing Credits: The Big Red Radio Show, Flash in the Pan, Through
the Gable Window –Young at Heart Theatre. Co-creator; Canada Rocks,
co-creator, Something Wonderful, Charlottetown Festival, Flash in the
Pan (New Zealand), The Winkle Pickers (Norway), A Childʼs Garden of
Verses (USA); musical adaptations of Rainbow Valley, Emily of New
Moon, and The Blue Castle, from the novels of Lucy Maud Montgomery.
What a Difference a Day Makes, Puppy Love, The Devil You Know.
Young Master Davy.
Directing Credits: The Winkle Pickers, Charlottetown Festival. The
Blue Castle; ACT, at The Guild, Charlottetown. The Big Red Radio
Show, Flash in the Pan, Through the Gable Window –Young at Heart
Theatre Co.
Anne Putnam Stage Manager
Anne is delighted to be a part of this year's Young at Heart Musical
Theatre for Seniors. She first worked for the original Smile Theatre on
Through The Gable Window.
The Charlottetown Festival: Stage Manager 1986-2009 including Anne
of Green Gables – The Musical™, Shear Madness, The Ballad of
Stompin' Tom and Stan Rogers – A Matter of Heart.
Other Theatre: Theatre New Brunswick 1994-2005; opera in Manitoba,
New Brunswick, and Ontario, outdoor theatre in the Rockies, comedy in
Cape Breton, drama by the Bay of Fundy, murder mystery at Winter
Garden Theatre, Tapestry New Opera Works, Native Earth Performing
Arts.
THE CAST
Anders Balderston
Anders is thrilled to have the opportunity of working with Young at
Heart Musical Theatre for Seniors. He would like to give a great
big hug to the creative team for allowing him to share in this
experience. He is always grateful for any chance he has to step
onto the stage and looks forward to doing so with his fellow
performers. Now sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
Jennifer Long
A proud Islander, Jennifer Long brings passion and creativity to all
she does. A graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts,
Jennifer has been an entertainer since the age of three!
Some of her favorite performance credits include: "Jan" in
“Grease” (Vancouver), “The Gin Game” (BC Tour), the "refugee" in
"Spirit of a Nation" (Victoria and Vancouver), “Les Folles
Jambettes” CanCan troupe, and a one-year stint as "Anne of
Green Gables" at Canadian World Theme Park, Japan.
In addition to theatre, Jennifer's love of acting has led her both to
the small and large screen. She is a certified Film Production
Assistant and has worked on productions including Smallville,
Outer Limits, Wolf Lake, Slapshot II, Life (Or Something Like It),
and Glory Days.
In 2007, she moved her company “Smiling Jenny Productions”
back to PEI, and has found great joy working “behind the scenes”
in arts and event administration, including projects with Cavendish
Tourism Association, East Coast Music Awards, The Guild, Canada
Games, and Canadian Idol. She is delighted to be singing her
heart out with “Young at Heart” this winter!
Nick Whelan
Nick is thrilled, not only to get the privilege to work with Young At
Heart, but to also do what he loves in a place so close to his heart.
He is a graduate of the 3 year musical theatre performance
program at St. Lawrence College in Brockville, Ontario. Past credits
include: “The Rocky Horror Show” (ACT) Beauty & the Beast” (SLC
Stage) “Sleeping Beauty”- (Casa Loma), “Cinder(f)ella?!”- (1000
Islands Playhouse) “Chicago”- (SLC Stage), “Anne & Gilbert” (1000
Islands Playhouse), “A Chorus Line”- (SLC Stage), “Emily of New
Moon”- (CBC). He would like to thank all of his friends, both “from
here” and “from away”, for their constant support and thanks you for
supporting live theatre. www.nicholaswhelan.webs.com