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an nac english theatre production
Kim’s Convenience
January 22 – February 8 » NAC Theatre
by Ins Choi
A Soulpepper Production (Toronto)
Running time is one hour and 25 minutes with no intermission.
Kim’s Convenience was originally produced as part of the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival
at the Bathurst Street Theatre. It won the New Play contest, the Patron’s Pick and went
on to be part of the Best of Fringe Uptown Festival at the Toronto Centre for
the Performing Arts. The original cast included Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Jean Yoon,
Esther Jun, Andre Sills and Ins Choi. It was designed by Ken MacKenzie, directed by
Ins Choi, stage managed by Kat Chin and produced by Leon Aureus and Ins Choi.
Please completely turn off all cell phones, smart phones and texting devices. Cameras
and recording devices are not allowed at any time in the Theatre. Video and/or audio
recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.
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CAST
INS CHOI
Jung
GRACE LYNN KUNG
Janet
PAUL SUN-HYUNG LEE
Appa
ANDRE SILLS
Rich, Mr. Lee, Mike, Alex
JEAN YOON
Umma
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C R E AT I V E T E A M
WEYNI MENGESHADirector
ALBERT SCHULTZ
Remount Director
KEN MacKENZIE
Set and Costume Designer
LORENZO SAVOINI Lighting Designer
THOMAS RYDER PAYNE
Sound Designer
SEAN BAEK
Fight Director
KAT CHIN
Stage Manager
NEHA ROSS
Assistant Stage Manager
KELLY McEVENUE
Alexander Coach
LIZA PAUL Dialect Coach
photo – cylla von tiedemann
Ins Choi, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Jean Yoon, Grace Lynn Kung and Andre Sills.
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Artistic Director’s Notes
What an absolute pleasure it is to introduce you
to Kim’s Convenience, a piece of theatrical magic
disguised as a thousand Canadian street corners.
As fortunate as I am to live in Canada where diverse cultures seem to thrive side by
side, I rarely get to peek right inside the many different immigrant experiences. In this
story, Ins Choi throws the door open and says “come on in”.
Often stories about new Canadians revolve around negotiating new cultures. But the
two cultures most in conflict here are generational – fathers and daughters, mothers
and sons. In this beautifully observed story of a Canadian family lies one of the most
compelling and deeply human pieces from the year’s theatre landscape.
We are thrilled to bring it to you.
Jillian Keiley
artistic director
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Background Notes
Kim’s Convenience began as a vignette for a fu-GEN Theatre Company event.
Director Nina Lee Aquino, among others, felt there was more to be mined: a story
rooted in Toronto but not often portrayed on our stages. A story needing to be told.
With Aquino’s encouragement and guidance, writer Ins Choi set out to create a
full-length play.
First however he acted at the Stratford Festival, won a place in the Soulpepper
Academy, and became a father twice over. The play grew slowly, gaining supporters
as it went. Choi’s faith community at Grace Toronto Church, for example, funded a
week-long workshop. When Kim’s Convenience was finally submitted to the Fringe
Festival New Play Contest, it won. The subsequent production and extension sold
out. Soulpepper saw a chance to champion a new work that celebrates a completely
Torontonian story. And here we are.
While not autobiographical this play is grounded in a thorough knowledge of the
milieu. In fact, Choi originally wanted to stage it in an actual convenience store.
“You got that smell,” he says. “You got that convenience store smell, the dust, the
grime, the bell…” That idea didn’t come to pass but this tender, funny and surprising
script evokes the setting brilliantly, giving the play a powerful integrity and authenticity.
One of its many pleasures is the “behind the scenes” look we get at this staple of
our economy.
From the 1980s, when the Kim family of the play moves into Regent Park, Koreans
have been a fixture in Toronto convenience stores. In the enormously appealing
character of Mr. Kim, or Appa (father), we see the smarts, courage, resourcefulness
and humour these immigrants brought with them. Through his customers and
perhaps most vividly through his children, we also see Mr. Kim’s prejudices, hopes,
fears and longings. He is a fully rounded, richly realized creation, and a gift for any
actor. Listen to Mr. Kim on the subject of who’s stealing and who isn’t. Watch him deal
with other businessmen. His daughter may speak better English but she has her hands
full in an argument with her tough-minded Appa. Mr. Kim’s all too familiar difficulty is
that he has knowledge but no one to pass it on to: neither of his children will take over
the business when he retires. They have other dreams – desires Mr. Kim and his wife’s
hard work and sacrifice have helped make possible.
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One of the script’s most revealing aspects is its portrait of Regent Park. The closeness
and pride among those who live there is perhaps most simply and beautifully summed
up in Mr. Kim’s response to the idea of closing his store – “This community need me.”
The gentrification now underway may improve some buildings – there’ll certainly be
more pricey condominiums – but what will happen to the people who have called this
community home for years? What will happen to the small businesses that have so
faithfully served them? Through this one family, their business and their loyal clientele,
Ins Choi has given us a hilarious, touching glimpse of a corner of our own world.
Here. And now.
Background Notes by Soulpepper Associate Artist Paula Wing
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Playwright’s Notes
My father grew up in North Korea. Since his birth, until the end of the Second World
War, it was “occupied” by the Japanese. Soon after WWII, the Korean civil war broke
out. During that time, he and his family walked south, across the mountainous Korean
peninsula with thousands of others in search of freedom. My mother grew up in an
orphanage in war-torn South Korea raising her younger brother from the age of five.
After graduating high school, she was working as a secretary for the government when
she met my father. They set foot in Canada in 1975 with $200, three kids and hope.
My father worked at my uncle’s convenience store by day and went to ESL classes by
night while my mother took care of me and my two older sisters. We lived with my
uncle’s family in the apartment above their convenience store on Weston Road and
Black Creek Drive.
After a performance of Kim’s Convenience at the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival, my
parents came up to me, hugged me and said, “We are very proud of you. Thank you.”
Kim’s Convenience is my love letter to them and to all first generation immigrants who
call Canada their home. I am deeply honoured and thrilled that you are here as part of
the 2013-14 tour of Kim’s Convenience.
Mari, you had more faith in me than I had in myself.
Love you… you too Poem… you too River.
Ins Choi
Playwright and Jung in Kim’s Convenience
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Bios
Ins Choi
Jung, Playwright
Resident Artist; Kim’s Convenience,
Alligator Pie, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Death of a Salesman,
(re)Birth: E.E. Cummings in Song & Window on Toronto.
OTHER THEATRE: lady in the red dress (fu-GEN Theatre Company/
Factory Theatre); Hamlet, The Odyssey (Stratford Festival);
Banana Boys (fu-GEN Theatre Company);
Hongbu and Nolbu (Young People’s Theatre).
OTHER: His play Kim’s Convenience is touring across Canada in 2014. He’ll be
performing his solo show, Subway Stations of the Cross on Feb 2nd at St. Albans church
in Ottawa.
SOULPEPPER:
Grace Lynn Kung
Janet
La Ronde, Kim’s Convenience.
OTHER THEATRE: Yukonstyle (Canadian Stage); a nanking winter
(Nightwood Theatre); Paper Series (fu-GEN Theatre Company);
Problem Child (Canadian Rep Theatre); Alice Through The Looking-Glass
(Ottawa School of Speech + Drama in association with the NAC).
FILM & TELEVISION: Slings and Arrows, Away from Her, Being Erica, George
Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, InSecurity, Hypercube, House Party, Cubicle Warriors, P2,
Open House, Billable Hours, The Listener, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Blue State,
Lost and Delirious, The Doozers, Portrait of a Serial Monogamist, Remedy.
OTHER: Two Certificates of Distinction in Speech and Drama from Trinity College
London (UK); Voice (Grand Central Studios - UK, Pirate Radio - CDA); Gemini Award
nominee for Best Leading Comedic Actress.
SOULPEPPER:
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee
Appa
Kim’s Convenience, La Ronde.
OTHER THEATRE: Ali & Ali: The Deportation Hearings (Neworld
Theatre/Cahoots Theatre Projects); The Monster Under the Bed (Young
People’s Theatre); Godzilla (Crow’s Theatre); The Hobbit (Young
People’s Theatre); 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt (Theatre Passe Muraille).
FILM & TELEVISION: Robocop, Untitled Work of Paul Shepard, Ice Princess, The Echo, P2,
Warehouse 13, XIII, Almost Heroes, Alphas, Covert Affairs, Degrassi, Train 48, The End of
Days at Godfrey Global Inventory.
OTHER: 2012 Toronto Theatre Critics’ Association Award for Best Actor
(Kim’s Convenience); Dora Mavor Moore Award Nomination for Outstanding
Performance by a Male in a Principal Role 2012 (Kim’s Convenience) and 2010
(Monster Under the Bed).
SOULPEPPER:
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Andre Sills
Rich, Mr. Lee, Mike, Alex
Kim’s Convenience,You Can’t Take It With You, Home,
Window on Toronto.
OTHER THEATRE: Shakespeare’s Nigga, Ruined (Obsidian Theatre
Company); Intimate Apparel (Alberta Theatre Projects); Cruel & Tender,
Much Ado About Nothing (Canadian Stage); Courageous (NewStages);
Out At Sea (ARC); Richard III (Hart House Theatre); The Taming of the Shrew, As You
Like It (Theatre By The Bay); The Overwhelming (Studio 180/Canadian Stage); Othello,
Radio Golf (St. Louis Black Rep).
OTHER: Four seasons at the Stratford Festival, attended Birmingham Conservatory,
member of The Actors’ Repertory Company and graduate of the George Brown
Theatre School.
SOULPEPPER:
Jean Yoon
Umma
Kim’s Convenience.
OTHER THEATRE: The Rez Sisters (Factory Theatre); Tout Comme Elle
(Necessary Angel); Hana’s Suitcase (Young People’s Theatre); Godzilla
(Crow’s Theatre); Yes Yoko Solo (Loud Mouth Asian Babes); A Club
of Small Men (Civilized Theatre); Blessings (Tarragon Theatre); Noran
Bang: The Yellow Room (Cahoots Theatre Projects).
FILM & TELEVISION: Peg + Cat, Orphan Black, The Firm, Being Erica, Warehouse 13,
Dream House, The Time Traveler’s Wife, The Best Years.
OTHER: 2007 Gemini Nomination for Dragon Boys. Playwright: Hongbu & Nolbu:
The Tale of the Magic Pumpkins (Young People’s Theatre), The Yoko Ono Project
(Loud Mouth Asian Babes/Theatre Passe Muraille). Dora Mavor Moore Award
Nomination, Outstanding New Play for The Yoko Ono Project.
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Creative Team
Weyni Mengesha
Director
Director: Kim’s Convenience (2012), A Raisin in the Sun
(2008, 2010), BLiNK. Assistant Director: As You Like It, The Threepenny
Opera, The Time of Your Life, Three Sisters.
OTHER THEATRE: Director: The Small Room at the Top of the
Stairs (Tarragon Theatre); Hosanna (Stratford Festival); Yellowman
(Nightwood Theatre/Obsidian Theatre Company); blood.claat (Theatre Passe Muraille/
Great Canadian Theatre Company); ‘da kink in my hair (Theatre Passe Muraille/Mirvish
Productions/Hackney Empire London); The Taxi Project (PEN Canada). Dramaturge:
Another Africa (Volcano Theatre/Canadian Stage).
OTHER: Upcoming: Lungs (Tarragon Theatre). Toronto Arts Council Foundation
Emerging Artist of the Year 2008; Harry Jerome Award; Harold Award. Dora Mavor
Moore Award Nomination for ‘da kink in my hair, blood.claat and A Raisin in the Sun.
Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award – Best Director for The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs.
SOULPEPPER:
Albert Schultz Remount Director;
Soulpepper Founding Artistic Director
Director: Idiot’s Delight, Of Human Bondage, Angels in
America, Home, The Crucible (Dora Mavor Moore Award), Death of a
Salesman, Exit the King, Oh What a Lovely War, Civil Elegies, As You Like It,
The Time of Your Life, The Caretaker, Olympia, Waiting for Godot, No Man’s
Land, She Stoops to Conquer, A Chorus of Disapproval (Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination),
Absolutely Chekhov (co-director), Twelfth Night. Actor: The Norman Conquests, The Fantasticks,
The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Guardsman, Uncle Vanya, The Threepenny Opera,
Our Town (Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination), Three Sisters, The Real Thing, Hamlet,
Platonov, Betrayal, Don Carlos, The Misanthrope.
FILM & TELEVISION: Shades of Black, Street Legal, Side Effects (Gemini nomination), Young at
Heart, Under My Skin, Going Home (Gemini nomination).
OTHER: Member of the Order of Canada; Gemini Award; Joan Chalmers National Award for
Artistic Direction; Queen’s Jubilee Medal; Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal; Arts and Letters
Award; Salute to the City Award; Leo Award; Barbara Hamilton Award; William Kilbourn
Award; Toronto Life Toronto Award; DareArts Cultural Award. Honorary Degrees from
Queen’s and Bishop’s Universities.
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Ken MacKenzie
Set and Costume Designer
Resident Artist; Set and Costume Designer:
Kim’s Convenience, Home, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Production Designer: Double Bill. Set and Video Designer:
Oh What A Lovely War. Set Designer: The Barber of Seville,
The Norman Conquests. Lighting Designer and Actor: Alligator Pie.
Set and Lighting Designer (collaborator): The Cherry Orchard. Costume Designer:
Death of a Salesman.
OTHER: Ken is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts. In the spring
Ken will be collaborating with NAC English Theatre Associate Artistic Director,
Sarah Garton Stanley, as the video designer on Beatrice and Virgil at Factory Theatre
in Toronto.
SOULPEPPER:
Lorenzo Savoini
Lighting Designer
Resident Artist, Resident Designer;
Set and Costume Designer: Idiot’s Delight, Angels in America, High Life,
The Crucible, Exit the King, The Threepenny Opera. Lighting Designer:
Kim’s Convenience, The Norman Conquests, Home, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Billy Bishop Goes to War, The Glass Menagerie.
Set, Costume and Video Designer: La Ronde. Set and Lighting Designer: Antigone.
Set Designer: The Royal Comedians, Death of a Salesman, The Time of Your Life, The Odd
Couple, Of the Fields, Lately, Three Sisters, The Caretaker.
OTHER THEATRE: Stratford Festival (six seasons), Canadian Opera Company, Tarragon
Theatre, Theatre Calgary, Canadian Stage, Neptune Theatre.
SOULPEPPER:
Thomas Ryder Payne
Sound Designer
Kim’s Convenience, Ghosts, La Ronde.
OTHER THEATRE: Designs for Stratford Festival, Canadian Stage,
National Arts Centre, Theatre Calgary, Great Canadian Theatre
Company, Tarragon Theatre, Volcano Theatre, Aluna Theatre, Modern
Times and many others.
OTHER: Starting as a songwriter with a 4-track recorder, Thomas has followed a varied
musical career including studying with composer James Tenney, recording and touring
for six years with the Juno Award-nominated band Joydrop and producing numerous
records. Winner of two Dora Mavor Moore Awards and six nominations.
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Kat Chin
Stage Manager
Stage Manager: Kim’s Convenience. Assistant Stage
Manager: Death of a Salesman (2012), The Sunshine Boys, Double Bill:
(re)Birth: E.E. Cummings in Song & Window on Toronto, Glengarry Glen
Ross. Apprentice Stage Manager: Black Comedy & The Real Inspector
Hound, Uncle Vanya (2008), The Odd Couple, As You Like It.
OTHER THEATRE: Stage Manager: Kim’s Convenience (Toronto Fringe Festival); The
Magic Flute, Der Freischütz, Don Giovanni, Iphigenie en Tauride (Opera Atelier); Ivona,
Princess of Burgundia (George Brown University); The Invisible Girl (Young People’s
Theatre); lady in the red dress (fu-GEN Theatre Company).
OTHER: Toronto International Film Festival since 2004, National Ballet of Canada,
Stratford Festival.
SOULPEPPER:
Neha Ross
Assistant Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager: Kim’s Convenience.
OTHER THEATRE: Stage Manager: Iceland (Factory Theatre);
Fare Game: A Life in Toronto’s Taxis (Theatre Passe Muraille);
Brown Balls (fu-GEN Theatre Company); People Power (Carlos Bulosan
Theatre). Apprentice Stage Manager: Brothel #9 (Factory Theatre);
who knew grannie: a dub aria (Obsidian Theatre Company); Hallaj (Modern Times
Stage); The Bird (Union8); The Taste of Empire, The Madness of the Square (Cahoots
Theatre Projects); lady in the red dress (fu- GEN Theatre Company).
OTHER: Graduated from Theatre Arts - Technical Production, Sheridan College.
Worked on various events and theatre productions in Mumbai, India (2011-2012).
SOULPEPPER:
Sean Baek
Fight Director
Fight Director: Kim’s Convenience.
OTHER THEATRE: Brown Balls (fu-GEN Theatre Company); Nisei Blue
(Alberta Theatre Projects); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare
In Action); three seasons at the Stratford Festival following the
Festival’s Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Training in 2005/06.
FILM & TELEVISION: Total Recall, Flashpoint, Alphas, Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin
Story, Hard Core Logo 2, Kissed By Lightning, ReGenesis.
SOULPEPPER:
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FET Theatre Trips 2014
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Another exciting year of theatre tours with
the Friends of English Theatre!
T O R O N T O : F E B R U A R Y 7 – 9 (Waiting List Only)
Tribes by Nina Raine (Canadian Stage)
Flesh and Other Fragments of Love by Evelyne de la Chenelière
translated by Linda Gaboriau (Tarragon Theatre)
London Road by Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork (Canadian Stage)
M O N T R E A L : S U N D AY, M A R C H 2 3
Motherhouse by David Fennario (Centaur Theatre)
Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet (Segal Centre for the Performing Arts)
S H A W F E S T I V A L : J U LY 4 – 6
S T R AT F O R D F E S T I V A L : S E P T E M B E R 5 – 7
Make your own selection of shows if you plan to attend either Festival.
Registration for Shaw and Stratford Festivals opens February 10.
Pre-registration available.
LO N D O N , E N G L A N D : M I D - O C TO B E R
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David Green, Daphne Wagner, Lita
& Mikey Green
David & Rochelle Greenberg
Robert Guindon & Diane
Desrochers
Ms. Wendy Hanna
Peter Harder
Dr. John Hilborn
& Ms. Elisabeth Van Wagner
Catherine Hollands
Dorene Hurtig
IQ Bridge Inc./Claudio Rodrigues,
CEO
Jackman Foundation
Marilyn Jenkins & David Speck
Ben Jones
& Margaret McCullough
Dr. David Jones
& Mrs. Glenda Lechner
Ms. Lynda Joyce
Jillian Keiley & Don Ellis
Denis Labrie
Denis & Suzanne Lamadeleine
Marie Louise Lapointe
& Bernard Leduc
William Larsen
Gaston & Carol Lauzon
Dr. & Mrs. Jack Lehrer
Jean B. Liberty
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Mr. Tamas Mihalik
Heather Moore
Sylvie Morel
Thomas Morris
Jacqueline M. Newton
Steven Oliver
Eileen & Ralph Overend
Sunny & Nini Pal
Mary Papadakis
& Robert McCulloch
Russell Pastuch & Lynn Solvason
Dre Renée Prince
Jean-Pierre Proulx
Greg Reed and Heather Howe
Chris & Lisa Richards
In memory of Gloria Roseman
Kevin Sampson
Daniel Senyk & Rosemary Menke
Maestro’s Circle
Helen Anderson
Wladimir & Scheila Araujo
Pierre Aubry & Jane Dudley
Barbara A. Baines
Colin and Jane Beaumont
Michael Bell & Anne Burnett
Paul & Rosemary Bender
Marion & Robert Bennett
Margaret Bloodworth
Barry M. Bloom
Frits Bosman
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Peter & Livia Brandon
Dr. Nick Busing
& Madam Justice Catherine Aitken
Julie Byczynski & Angus Gray
Christina Cameron & Hugh Winsor
Craig & Elizabeth Campbell
Leo Cardella
Cheryl & Douglas Casey
Rev. Gail & Robert Christy
Christopher & Saye Clement
Karen Colby
Michel Collette
Patricia Cordingley
Yves R. Cousineau
Karen Crozier & Grant Crozier
Carlos & Maria DaSilva
Dr. B. H. Davidson
Fernand Déry
Nadia Diakun-Thibault
& Ron Thibault
The Ann Diamond Fund
Maestro’s Circle
Dr. Farid Shodjaee
& Mrs. Laurie Zrudlo
Eric & Carol Ann Stewart
K. Elizabeth Stewart
Dr. Matthew Suh
& Dr. Susan Smith
Hala Tabl
Anthony & Sharleen Tattersfield
Elizabeth Taylor
Gordon & Annette Thiessen
Janet Thorsteinson
Mary Turnbull
Dr. Derek Turner
& Mrs. Elaine Turner
Phil Waserman
& Valerie Bishop-DeYoung
William & Phyllis Waters
Hans & Marianne Weidemann
Linda Wood
Paul Zendrowski & Cynthia King
Anonymous (5)
Michael Harkins
John Alan Harvey
& Sandra Harvey,
Murphy Business Ottawa
David Holdsworth
& Nicole Senécal
Jacquelin Holzman & John
Rutherford
Margie & Jeff Hooper
Dr. Brian & Alison Ivey
Anikó G. Jean
Anatol & Czeslawa Kark
Beatrice Keleher-Raffoul
Dr. John Kershman
& Ms. Sabina Wasserlauf
John Kingma & Hope Freeborn
Christine Langlois & Carl Martin
François Lapointe
Nicole Leboeuf
Daryl Leitch
Louis & Sonia Lemkow
Shannon & Giles Leo
Helen & Ken Lister
Jack Logan
Tess Maclean
Donald MacLeod
Jack & Hélène Major
Marianne’s Lingerie
Roberto & Lucia Martella
Doug & Claudia McKeen
Dorothy Milburn-Smith
Bruce R. Miller
J. David & Pamela Miller
David Milliken
William G. Mills
David Nahwegahbow
& Lois Jacobs
In memory of Trong Nguyen
and Naomi Sun
Cedric & Jill Nowell
Franz Ohler
In Memory of
Jetje (Taty) Oltmans-Olberg
John Osborne
Giovanni & Siqin Pari
Dre Odette Perron
Justice Michael Phelan
& Susan Phelan
Mrs. Dorothy Phillips
Dr. Wendy Quinlan-Gagnon
Maura Ricketts & Laurence Head
David & Anne Robison
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Elizabeth Roscoe
Dr. & Mrs. Fred Ross
Hope Ross-Papezik
George & Carmelanna Ruggiero
Esther P. and J David Runnalls
Pierre Sabourin
Urs & Maité Schenk
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Scott
Fred Semerjian and Peggy Sun
Carolyn & Scott Shepherd
J. Sinclair
Brydon Smith & Ann Thomas
Judith Spanglett
& Michael R. Harris
Paul Sparkes
Victoria Steele
Liba & Paul Straznicky
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Taylor
Kenneth & Margaret Torrance
Eric Vandenberg
The Honourable George W. Vari,
P.C., O.C. & Dr. Helen Vari, C.L.H.
Nancy & Wallace Vrooman
Ms. Frances A. Walsh
In memory of
Thomas Howard Westran
Shannon & Anna Whidden
Alexandra Wilson
& Paul André Baril
Maxwell & Janice Yalden
Anonymous (6)
Playwright’s Circle
Daphne Abraham
Cavaliere / Chevalier Pasqualina
Pat Adamo
Michael Allen
Michael-John Almon
Sheila Andrews
Kelvin K. Au
Daryl Banke & Mark Hussey
Sheila Bayne
Dr. Ruth M. Bell, C.M.
Madame Lélia D. Bousquet
Brenda Bowman
Hayden Brown & Tracy Brooks
Tom & Beth Charlton
Spencer & Jocelyn Cheng
Dr. Gretchen Conrad
& Mr. Mark G. Shulist
Michael & Beryl Corber
Marie Couturier
Duart & Donna Crabtree
Robert J. Craig
Travis Croken & Kasia Roczniak
Kari Cullen and William Bonnell
Paul Dang
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Robert S. & Clarisse Doyle
Colonel Michel
& Madame Nicole Drapeau
William Fairweather
Mark Fedosiewich and Family
Denzil Feinberg
Sheila Forsyth
Sylvia Gazsi-Gill & John Gill
Louis Giroux
Harry Goldsmith
Adam Gooderham
Lynn & Robert Gould
John Graham
Beric & Elizabeth Graham-Smith
Pauline E. Gravel
Toby Greenbaum & Joel Rotstein
Genadi & Catherine Gunther
John & Greta Hansen
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Amazon.ca
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Calian Technologies Ltd.
Encana Corporation
EY
Giant Tiger Stores Limited
Globalive / Wind Mobile
Great-West Life, London Life and
Canada Life
Hotel Indigo Ottawa
Magna International Inc.
McGarry Family Chapels
MTS Allstream Inc.
Quebecor Media Inc.
Sasktel
Shangri-La Hotels
St-Laurent Volvo
Suncor Energy Inc.
TELUS Communications Company
Wellington Financial LP
Anonymous (1)
CorporaTe Club
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Rob Marland, Royal Lepage Performance Realty
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Corporate Producer
DNTW Ottawa LLP (Swindells & Wheatley)
Corporate Directors
Bulger Young
Canada Classic Car Storage
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Concentric Associates International
Incorporated
Farrow Dreessen Architects Inc.
Finlayson & Singlehurst
Homestead Land Holdings Ltd.
Hoskins Restoration Services Inc.
Johnny Farina Casual Italian Eatery
Bar and Lounge
L.W.I. Consulting Partners Inc.
MHPM Project Managers Inc.
Duncan Stewart & Rosemary Dunne
Tartan Homes Corporation
Wall Space Gallery
Flooring Canada Ottawa
Fox Translations Ltd.
Governance Network Inc.
Green Thumb Garden Centre
Halpenny Insurance Brokers Ltd.
Lois & Don Harper
Hickling Arthurs Low Corporation
Bruce and Diane Hillary
IBI Group Architects
Infusion Design Communications
InGenuity Group
Integra Networks
ITB Corp.
Janet Wright & Associates
Kaszas Communications Inc.
Katari Imaging
Keller Engineering Associates Inc.
Kessels Upholstering Ltd.
Krista Construction Ltd.
Marina Kun/Kun Shoulder Rest
David Lacharity
Ken & Gail Larose
Law Mediations
Len Ward Architecture/Arts
& Architecture
Liberty Tax Services Montreal Road
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Mediaplus Advertising
Merovitz Potechin LLP
Michael D. Segal Professional
Corporation
Mills, Rosebrugh, Cappuccino/
Royal LePage Performance Realty
Moneyvest Financial Services Inc
Moore Wrinn Financial
Multishred Inc.
Natural Food Pantry
Nortak Software Ltd.
Ottawa Bagel Shop
Ottawa Dispute Resolution
Group Inc.
Oxford Learning Centre
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Corporation/ Criminal Law Defense
Powell Griffiths
Prime 360 - The Ultimate Steakhouse
Project Services International
Mr. Waleed G Qirbi
& Mrs. Fatoom Qirbi
REMISZ Consulting Engineers Ltd.
Richmond Nursery
Rockland Textiles
Rockwell Collins
Ronald G Guertin Barrister at Law
SaniGLAZE of Ottawa/Merry Maids
Spectra FX Inc.
Suzanne Robinson, Century 21 Action
Power Team
Systematix IT Solutions Inc.
Tivoli Florist
TPG Technology Consulting Ltd
Traiteur Épicure
The Valley Consultants
Vintage Designing Co.
Westboro Flooring & Décor
Woodman Architect & Associate Ltd.
Anonymous (1)
Bayer CropScience Inc.
BPL Évaluations Inc.
Bradley, Hiscock, McCracken
Entrepot du couvre-plancher
G. Brunette
Gabriel Mackinnon Lighting Design
Imperial Electric
Pari’s Motel
Corporate Maestro
Acron Capability Engineering
AFS Consulting (Avoid False Steps)
Alavida Lifestyles
Ambico Ltd.
Anne Perrault & Associates
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Allan & Annette Bateman
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Bouthillette Parizeau Inc.
Cintec Canada Ltd.
Conroy Optometric Centre
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Construction Lovail Inc.
Coventry Connection/Capital Taxi
and Airport Limousines
Deerpark Management Limited
Del Rosario Financial ServicesSun Life Financial
Déménagement Outaouais
Diffusart International
Dufferin Research Inc.
Corporate Playwright
Abacus Chartered Accountant
Advantage Audio Visual Rentals
The emeriTus CirCle
The Emeritus Cirlce pays tribute to those who have left a legacy through a bequest in their Will or gift of life insurance.
Jackie Adamo
Cavaliere / Chevalier Pasqualina
Pat Adamo
The Estate of Dr. and Mrs. A.W.
Adey
Edward and Jane Anderson
The Bluma Appel National Arts
Centre Trust
John Arnold
In memory of Morris D. Baker
Daryl M. Banke & P. Mark Hussey
David Beattie
Mary B. Bell
Dr. Ruth M. Bell, C.M.
In memory of Bill Boss
M. G. Campbell
Brenda Cardillo
Renate Chartrand
The Estate of Kate R. Clifford
Michael & Beryl Corber
Patricia Cordingley
Robert & Marian Cumming
Vicki Cummings
Daugherty and Verma Endowment
for Young Musicians
Frances & John Dawson
Rita G. de Guire
The Ann Diamond Fund
Erdelyi Karpati Memorial Fund
Randall G. Fillion
Claire Watson Fisher
E.A. Fleming
Audrey and Dennis Forster
Endowment for the Development
of Young Musicians from Ottawa
Paul Fydenchuk &
Elizabeth Macfie
Sylvia Gazsi-Gill & John Gill
David A. George
The James Wilson Gill Estate
The Estate of Marjorie Goodrich
Rebecca & Gerry Grace
Darrell Howard Gregersen
Choir Fund
Ms. Wendy R. Hanna
Bill & Margaret Hilborn
Dorothy M. Horwood
Sarah Jennings & Ian Johns
Huguette Jubinville
Marcelle Jubinville
Colette Kletke
Rosalind & Stanley Labow
Frances Lazar
Sonia & Louis Lemkow
Paul & Margaret Manson
Suzanne Marineau Endowment
for the Arts
Claire Marson - Performing Arts
for All Endowment
Dr. Kanta Marwah Endowment
for the NAC English Theatre
Company
Dr. Kanta Marwah Endowment
for Music
Kenneth I. McKinlay
Jean E. McPhee and Sylvia M.
McPhee Endowment for the
Performing Arts
Samantha Michael
Robert & Sherissa Microys
Heather Moore
Johan Frans Olberg
A. Palmer
The Elizabeth L. Pitney Estate
Samantha Plavins
Michael Potter
Aileen S. Rennie
The Betty Riddell Estate
Maryse F. Robillard
Patricia M. Roy
Gunter & Inge E. Scherrer
Daniel Senyk & Rosemary Menke
The Late Mitchell Sharp, P.C., C.C.
& Mme Jeanne d’Arc Sharp
Sandra Lee Simpson
Marion & Hamilton Southam
Victoria Steele
Natalie & Raymond Stern
Hala Tabl
Elizabeth (Cardoza) Taylor
Linda J. Thomson
Bruce Topping and Marva Black
Kenneth & Margaret Torrance
Elaine K. Tostevin
Vernon & Beryl Turner
Tyler Family Charitable Foundation
Jayne Watson
In memory of
Thomas Howard Westran
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