2003 SEASON    

RBC Royal Bank presents ...

2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Newmarket Theatre
505 Pickering Crescent, Newmarket, Ontario

Also sponsored by: The Era Banner - York Region Newspaper Group and Roadhouse & Rose Funeral Home

Featuring

Tony Award winner Brent Carver
Actor Dmitry Chepovetsky
Mamma Mia cast member Tiffany Deriveau
Classical vocalist Jennifer Fina
Resurgence Theatre's Artistic Producer Anthony Leo
Shaw Festival's Trish Lindstrom
Actor Julain Molnar
Mamma Mia cast member Jason Murray
Star of Stratford's The King and I Annie Ramos
Shaw Festival's Glynis Ranney
Toronto jazz sensation Melissa Stylianou [ website ]

With musicans: Nicole Bellamy and Michael Ross


Masters of Ceremonies: Lee Wilson and Anthony Leo

A special holiday concert for the entire family, featured a treasure trove of traditional, classical and contemporary Christmas favourites sung by some of Canada's finest musical talent.

Headlining the festivities, Resurgence is proud to welcome Tony Award winner Brent Carver, who will be donating his time in support of the Festival. For more than 25 years, Mr. Carver's dramatic triumphs have enthralled audiences and sent critics scurrying in search of superlatives. A major Canadian talent whose stage, television and film work has been much admired and celebrated, Carver is best known internationally for his performance as Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman (Toronto, New York and London), a role which earned him a Tony Award, a New York Drama Desk Award, a Dora Mavor Moore Award and an Olivier Award nomination. His 1998 performance in Parade was lauded by the New York critics and won him a second Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and a Tony Award nomination.

His extensive stage credits also include the title role in Don Carlos (Soulpepper Theatre Company), the title roles in Richard III and Cyrano de Bergerac (Citadel Theatre) and several credits with the Stratford Festival, including Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Emcee in Cabaret and the title role in Hamlet. America first came to know Mr. Carver when he played Ariel to Anthony Hopkins' Prospero in The Tempest in Los Angeles in 1979. Highlights of his film work include: Lilies, The Wars, Atom Egoyan's Ararat and most recently, Thom Fitzgerald's The Event with Olympia Dukakis.

All proceeds from The Sound of Christmas concert will benefit Resurgence Theatre Company and the York Shakespeare Festival.

In addition to the above talented performers and musicians, and event volunteers, Resurgence Theatre would like to extend a SPECIAL THANKS to .... the following persons and businesses for making this concert a success

• Al Gonquin's Restaurant - (905) 715-7999
• Claire Bolton-Boyer
• Marie Coulter, Canadian Actors' Equity Association [ website ]
• Dominion's [ website ]
• The Eggplant Cafe [ website ]
• Flowers with Prestige
• Robert Gontier
• Michaels: The Arts & Craft Store [ website ]
• Ontario's Trillium Foundation [ website ]
• The Royal Bank of Canada [ website ]
• Roadhouse & Rose Funeral Home [ website ]
• Simon & Sons Aluminum Limited
• The Taylor Family
• The Town of Newmarket [ website ]
• Ian Proudfoot & York Region Newspaper Group [ website ]

2003 SEASON