Tickets now available for Making Love in a Canoe, Canadian musical theatre revue Jan. 31 – Feb. 5
Posted on November 22, 2011
NEW: The Golden Apple Theatre interviews Kyle Golemba…read it here!
Tickets are now available for The Golden Apple Theatre’s next production: Making Love In A Canoe.
Making Love in a Canoe is an all-Canadian musical theatre revue starring and created by Regina’s own Kyle Golemba and his musical director, Adam White.
The show will run at the Artesian on 13th (2627 13th Avenue) for one week only: Tuesday, January 31, through Sunday, February 5 (all performances are at 8 p.m.).
Tickets are $30 for adults, $20 for students, and $15 for the preview on Tuesday, January 31. All prices include GST. They’re available at Bach & Beyond in the Golden Mile Centre, Mysteria Gellery, Cobb Swanson Music, at the door, and right here on our website.
More About the Show
Created and performed by Regina-born Kyle Golemba, Making Love in a Canoe is a celebration of the finest in Canadian musical theatre.
Kyle has spent the last six years performing in a wide range of productions in theatres coast-to-coast, including four seasons at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. After Canoe, he will be returning for his fifth season to play Andy Lee in 42nd Street. Past Stratford credits include Kiss Me, Kate (Gremio), West Side Story (A-rab), Evita, Fuente Ovejuna, The Music Man, The Grapes of Wrath, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Cyrano de Bergerac, as well as several understudy performances of Che in Evita, Bill in Kiss Me, Kate, Peter in Jesus Christ Superstar, and Connie Rivers in The Grapes of Wrath. Kyle also appeared in the Toronto transfer of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. His other credits include Gilbert in Anne of Green Gables for Stage West, Rolf in The Sound of Music for Neptune Theatre, Roy in Anne and Gilbert for the Harbourfront Jubilee Theatre, and Prince Christopher in Cinderella for the Grand Theatre. Making Love in a Canoe has been performed across the country, most recently at the prestigious Stratford Summer Music in August 2011.
Equal parts tour guide, aficionado, and showman, in this unique production Kyle will take you on a journey through our home and native land’s musical triumphs from Anne of Green Gables to Larry’s Party, and everything in between.
Here’s a promotional video Kyle and Adam have put together:
The Performers
Kyle Golemba is thrilled to be making his hometown debut with The Golden Apple! Since graduating from college, he’s appeared in such shows as: Anne of Green Gables (Gilbert, Stage West); The Sound of Music (Rolf, Neptune Theatre); Anne and Gilbert (Roy, Harbourfront Jubilee Theatre); and Cinderella (Prince Christopher, Grand Theatre). His film/TV credits include: Queer As Folk (Showtime) and Hairspray (New Line Cinema). After Canoe, he will be returning to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival for his fifth season, appearing in The Pirates of Penzance and as Andy Lee in 42nd Street. In previous seasons, he has played Gremio in Kiss Me, Kate, A-rab in West Side Story, and appeared as an understudy as Bill (Kate), Connie (The Grapes of Wrath), Peter (Jesus Christ Superstar), and Che (Evita). He would like to extend his thanks to Andorlie and Rob for inviting him home, as well as to his family for taking such good care of him. Enjoy the show! http://www.kylegolemba.com
Read The Golden Apple Theatre’s interview with Kyle.
Adam White is happy to visit Regina with Making Love in a Canoe, and Golden Apple Theatre. In addition to an on-going cabaret series with Kyle Golemba, Adam has been musical director for Smile Theatre’s three-actor adaptation of Anne of Green Gables, ‘Tis the Season (Smile Theatre), Hair (TYT), A New Brain (Theatre Sheridan), and workshops of several new Canadian musicals. As an actor, Adam has played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (Empire Theatre), Cosme McMoon in Glorious! (Stage West Calgary and Globus Theatre), and performed in productions of The Full Monty (Empire Theatre) and One Step Forward (TIFT). Thank you for supporting Canadian musical theatre, and to family, friends and Robert for their continuing support. www.adamwhitemusic.com
Billy Bishop Goes to War ends successful run
Posted on August 09, 2011
Billy Bishop Goes to War has closed, after a fantastic two-week run at the Artesian on 13th (2627 13th Ave.) November 9-13 and 15-20.
The Golden Apple Theatre’s production of the Canadian classic, written and composed by John Gray in collaboration with Eric Peterson, was directed by Robert Ursan and starred Ryland Alexander and Wayne Gwillim.
Ryland Alexander is a recently returned Regina-based artist who has had the good fortune of working across the country and overseas. He recently finished filming 13 Eerie with Mind’s Eye Entertainment and enjoyed being a WWI hero by day and a zombie at night during this rehearsal process. Selected credits include: Theatre—As You Like It, A Christmas Carol, Julius Caesar (Citadel Theatre), Keeping Peace (Surreal SoReal Theatre), Are We There…Yet? (Concrete Theatre), Creation of the World and Other Business, Progress and Procrastination, Never Swim Alone (The System Theatre), Love’s Labour’s Lost, Henry IV Part I, The Taming of the Shrew, and Julius Caesar (Shakespeare In The Park). Film—Blood in the Water (Discovery Channel), InSecurity, The Englishman’s Boy, Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story (CBC), Hemmorage (Independent). Education—MA in Theatre Practices (Directing) Rose Bruford College, BFA in Drama (Acting) University of Alberta.
Wayne Gwillim is a Toronto-based musician. He grew up on a farm between Strasbourg and Duval—85 km north of Regina—and is a graduate of Luther College High School. Wayne was involved with musical and theatrical organizations while living in Saskatchewan, including Regina Lions Jr. Band, Do It With Class, and Regina Lyric Musical Theatre. After graduation, he pursued studies at University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music. Wayne now makes his living as a freelance music director, arranger, and vocal coach. Recent credits: assistant music director for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of The Sound of Music (Mirvish Productions), alternate keyboardist/vocalist for Jersey Boys (Dancap Productions), and several seasons at the Shaw Festival. Billy Bishop marks Wayne’s first professional gig in his home province.
January fundraising concert was amazing!
Posted on February 16, 2011
The New York Times raved about their performances in Stratford’s West Side Story. The Globe and Mail called Paul’s work, “A miracle.” The Toronto Star said of Chilina, “Sheer charisma, energy and passion.” And on January 21 they came to Regina to share their talents and love of musical theatre. Paul Nolan, originally from Rouleau, and his brilliant partner, Chilina Kennedy, presented a concert of musical theatre gems on Friday, January 21, 2011, at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, to an enthusiastic, standing-ovation-giving audience.
It truly was an evening filled with glorious melodies old and new, and the ecstasies and tragedies of love, life and laughter. The remarkable careers of these two unparallelled young performers have taken them from strength to stregnth, success to success, acclaim to…well, you get the point. Those who saw them perform at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum that night now know how proud every Canadian should be of their accomplishments.
If you missed it, you missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: but at least you can read the program! Click below to download the PDF.
Stratford Stars Fundraiser Program
Chilina Kennedy featured by the Toronto Star
Posted on December 18, 2010
Chilina Kennedy, who with Paul Nolan will be performing in The Golden Apple Theatre’s fundraising concert at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum January 21, was featured by the Toronto Star on December 17.
The story, headlined “Chilina Kennedy: The Army brat who became a star,” written by theatre critic Richard Ouzounian, begins:
To understand Chilina Kennedy, you only need to know two things: She’s an army brat and she’s an only child.
Bang! There you have it, the complex mixture of beguiling vulnerability and brassy assurance that’s made her the new reigning star of Stratford’s musicals, with a red-hot Maria in 2009′s West Side Story and an ice-cold Evita this past season.
Along the way, she also found time to charm everyone as the bewildered virgin courtesan, Philia, the conquest of whom lies at the heart of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, being revived until Jan. 16 in a Mirvish/Stratford co-production at the Canon Theatre.
(Photo by Vince Talotta, Toronto Star)
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris “delightful,” “a treat”
Posted on October 12, 2010
The Golden Apple Theatre’s inaugural production, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris, wrapped up Sunday, November 28, with a final matinee performance at 1 p.m. at The Artesian on 13th.
In a review in the November 20 Leader-Post, Joe Couture calls it “a delightful production,” “highly entertaining” and “thought-provoking,” and “a treat to experience.”
Directed by Geoffrey Whynot, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris featured Andorlie Hillstrom, Ingrid Nilson, Jeff Irving and Robert Ursan.
In his review, Couture wrote:
Hillstrom and Ursan, who have trained and put young performers onstage through Do It With Class, get a chance to show off their own talents. Both are excellent singers and gave strong performances on opening night on Thursday. Irving and Nilson, both of whom left Regina to pursue artistic careers in other parts of the country, are also very talented. It was enjoyable to see two bright young products of Regina share their gifts with a hometown crowd.
Here’s the Leader-Post‘s earlier preview of the show.
Missed the show? At least you can read the program:
And enjoy this slide show:
Kyle Golemba featured in Toronto Star…again!
Posted on July 30, 2010
Golden Apple Theatre board member (and Making Love in a Canoe creator/performer) was among those featured in the Toronto Star‘s story “Stratford cabaret: Saturday night’s all right for singing – Talking to five cabaret stars of Stratford Summer Music, celebrating 10 years,” which ran July 22 under the byline of theatre critic Richard Ouzounian.
Writes Ouzounian:
Golemba has a double function this year. The beaming, boyish blond is both the Master of Ceremonies for all five evenings, but he’ll also be one of the four featured new artists in the July 31 program, “The New Generation of Talent,” joined by Jordan Bell, Lindsay Croxall and Jennifer Rider-Shaw.
“There are definitely many paths as to what cabaret is,” says the enthusiastic Golemba. “For me, it will always mean Sharron Matthews, because seeing her in Sharron’s Party at its height gave me the inspiration and courage to go and do it myself.
“The four of us are all doing different things that we’ve wanted to do. I can only speak for myself, but I’m doing some stuff from my solo show, Making Love in a Canoe, as well as some songs by Nancy White, who has also been a huge influence on my career.”
(Photo: From left, Sean Cullen, Michael Therriault, Jonathan Monro, Kyle Golemba and Bruce Dow will perform in the Stratford Summer Music Cabaret Series at The Church Restaurant in Stratford, Ontario this summer. - GEOFF ROBINS, Toronto Star.)
Golden Apple actor Jeff Irving profiled in The Toronto Star
Posted on July 06, 2010
Jeff Irving, the Regina native who will be part of the cast of The Golden Apple Theatre’s first production, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, was recently profiled in the Toronto Star.
The story, by theatre critic Richard Ouzounian, begins:
From Rolf to Robin Hood to Romeo.
That’s the crazy career trajectory that Jeff Irving has been on for the past two years, which has dazzled and delighted him in equal measure.
“Hey, I believe things happen for a reason. Yeah, call it fate. There’s a path and I’m taking it, even if I don’t know how I got on it or where it’s going.”
Not many 29-year-olds have accumulated the varied recent resumé that Irving brings to the table.
A shattering performance as a delayed victim of the Montreal Massacre in The December Man, a charming song-and-dance turn as the “17-going-on-18” telegraph boy in The Sound of Music, the wacky star of Ross Petty’s last Christmas panto, Robin Hood and now, the most tragic lover in literature for http://www.canadianstage.com/dreamCanadian Stage’s 2010 Dream in High ParkEND, Romeo and Juliet.
Photo by Andrew Wallace, The Toronto Star.
Casting announced for Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Posted on July 06, 2010
The Golden Apple Theatre is pleased to announce the director and cast for its first production, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, which runs November 17 to 28, 2010, at The Artesian on 13th.
The director will be Geoffrey Whynot, well-known to Saskatchewan theatre audiences for his work as an actor and director at Globe Theatre over the past several years.
The cast will feature Golden Apple Theatre’s own artistic directors, Robert Ursan and Andorlie Hillstrom, along with Regina natives (now gone on to professional careers elsewhere) Ingrid Nilson and Jeff Irving.
Full biographies and photos of the cast will be forthcoming as the production nears.
Golden Apple Theatre’s inaugural season profiled in Leader-Post
Posted on July 05, 2010
The Golden Apple Theatre’s inaugural season was profiled in today’s Regina Leader-Post. It begins:
This fall, there will be a new professional theatre company in Regina. Andorlie Hillstrom and Robert Ursan — who long have been driving forces behind amateur and instructional theatre in the city — are teaming up once again, this time as co-artistic directors of The Golden Apple Theatre.
“We wanted to start a company that would be to some extent an extension of things that we’ve done up to this point, but we wanted to be able to take it into the professional realm,” said Ursan.
Kyle Golemba in Kiss Me, Kate at Stratford
Posted on June 09, 2010
Golden Apple Theatre board member Kyle Golemba, who performed his revue Making Love in a Canoe as a fundraiser for the theatre in January, is part of the cast of Tony Award-winning director John Doyle’s new production of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate, which opened Tuesday at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
The photo, by David Hou, shows (left to right) Jaz Sealy, Kyle Golemba, Chilina Kennedy and Mike Jackson.
Kiss Me, Kate is a musical comedy about backstage romance during a musical production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. The libretto is by Sam and Bella Spewack. The Porter score includes “So In Love,” “Too Darn Hot” and “Brush Up Your Shakespeare.”