HOGTOWN: The Immersive Experience
January 2016 (workshop)
July - August 2016
Welcome to Campbell House, 1926. It’s the night before a critical mayoral election that will determine the future of the city. Although prohibition is still in full effect that’s not stopping tonight’s host, union boss Bob Delacourt, from opening the doors to the hottest gin joint in the city, featuring the White Hot Jazz Band (hint: it’s in the basement). Not exactly the place you’d expect to find the two frontrunners… but tonight both incumbent Thomas Foster and his chief rival, Councilman Sam McBride, will make an appearance. Foster is planning to broker a secret deal with Delacourt, since the union boss is the one with real power in this town. Problem is, Foster knows Delacourt and his membership are currently backing McBride in the race. So tonight? It’s time to play ‘let’s make a deal’ to become the next mayor of Toronto.
Speaking of deals… rumour has it that kingpin Chicago rumrunner Franco Vitale is headed to Hogtown this very night to secure a bootlegging foothold on the city. Add to the mix a house filled with politicians and police, showgirls and gun molls, speakeasies and secret societies, reckless teen-agers and hapless moonshiners… and you have the world of our play. Everyone’s got something at stake, a heart to break, or a deal to make. Let the party begin! |
Cast
Ben Bain, Tara Baxendale, Lea Beauvais, Conrad Bergschneider, Anthony Botelho, Jerome Bourgault, Matthew Bradley, Mélanie Bray, Susie Burnett, Drew Carnwath, Robert Clarke, Rosemary Doyle, Gabi Epstein, Ariel Fiess, Dana Fradkin, Sam Gaetz, Shane Gramlich, Nigel Hamer, Sappho Hansen-Smythe, Laura Harding, Arinea Hermans, Kirstin Hinton, Kelly Holiff, Bobby Hsu, Harry Judge, Lori Nancy Kalamanski, Michael Lamport, Jeremy Lapalme, Laura Larson, Mike Lummis. David Keeley, Nicole McCafferty, Scott McCulloch, Eric McDace, Jorge Molina, Claire Frances Muir, Dov Mickelson, Trish O'Reilly-Brennan, Scott Pietrangelo, Allan Price, Nora Sheehan, Karen Slater, Jane Spence, Michelle Suzanne, Matt Richardson, Siobhan Richardson,David Rosser, Esther Thibault, Jessica Watters, Emma Wiechers & Tim Ziegler
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Creative Team
Director/ Producer/ Writer: Sam Rosenthal
Writer/Story Editor: Drew Carnwath
Choreographer/Assistant Director: Nicola Pantin
Music Director: Michelle Suzanne
Composer: Paul Humphrey
Costume Designer: Jan Venus
Set Designer: David Wootton
Technical Director/Production Manager: Ilan Waldman
Dramaturge: Jessica Watters
Stage Manager: Michael Panich
Assistant Stage Managers: Virginia Cardinal & Laura Lakatosh
Marketing Manager: Nik Murillo
On-Site Marketing Coordinator: Susan Waycik
Dance Captains: Lea Beauvais & Laura Harding
Sound Designer: Paul Humphrey
Rehearsal Accompanist: Scott Pietrangelo
Grant Development: Michael Longstaff
Writer/Story Editor: Drew Carnwath
Choreographer/Assistant Director: Nicola Pantin
Music Director: Michelle Suzanne
Composer: Paul Humphrey
Costume Designer: Jan Venus
Set Designer: David Wootton
Technical Director/Production Manager: Ilan Waldman
Dramaturge: Jessica Watters
Stage Manager: Michael Panich
Assistant Stage Managers: Virginia Cardinal & Laura Lakatosh
Marketing Manager: Nik Murillo
On-Site Marketing Coordinator: Susan Waycik
Dance Captains: Lea Beauvais & Laura Harding
Sound Designer: Paul Humphrey
Rehearsal Accompanist: Scott Pietrangelo
Grant Development: Michael Longstaff