Announcing our inaugural season!
Posted on June 07, 2010Andorlie Hillstrom and Robert Ursan, Co Artistic Directors of The Golden Apple Theatre, are pleased to announce the inaugural season:
November 17 to 28, 2010
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris
Production Conception, English Lyrics and Additional Material by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman; Based on Jacques Brel’s Lyrics and Commentary; Music by Jacques Brel
Directed by Geoffrey Whynot
Featuring Andorlie Hillstrom, Ingrid Nilson, Jeff Irving & Robert Ursan
The poignant, passionate and profound songs of Belgian songwriter Jacques Brel are brought to vivid theatrical life in this intense musical experience. Brimming with flair, attitude and European sophistication, these rich compositions create a universe all their own that consistently startles with its daring, candor and insight.
March 23 to April 3, 2011
The Little Prince
Adapted from the novel by Saint-Exupéry, Music and Libretto by Robert Ursan
From the brilliant children’s novel by Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince springs to magical life on the stage in this musical created by Co-Artistic Director Robert Ursan. A pilot crashes in the deserts of Africa and comes upon the Little Prince, a young traveler from a distant planet who recounts the adventures that led him to Earth. Through the Little Prince’s innocent eyes we come to see the world he loves and the love he lost. The Little Prince’s journey is a trip into imagination and wonder: a journey you will not want to miss!
June 1 to 12, 2011
Bologne, A Tale in 3 Symphonic Acts
Adapted from the Novel by Pascal Blanchet, Production Conception by Andorlie Hillstrom
The curvy, retro lines and atmospheric panels of Canadian Pascal Blanchet’s graphic novel are brought to life in this original dance theatre piece. Russian fatalism sets the tone as the cast shares the tale of a village butcher, his disabled daughter, and her tutor in their doomed uprising against the swaggering Duke Shostokov. Light struggles to emerge from the darkness and endurance makes way for heroism, but does anything really change? Bologne is a smoldering call to arms against heartlessness and greed.
Ticket prices
Ticket prices for these productions will be $25 for public performances and $10 for student matinées. Festival Seating will apply. Advance ticket outlets will be announced at a later date.
Venue
The Golden Apple Theatre is also excited to announce that it will be using the Artesian on 13th as its performance venue for the season. Built in 1950, the former church at 2627 – 13th Avenue has been restored into a new and intimate performance space that its owners have designed “to arouse a forgotten sense of belonging and purpose in both the performers and their audience, honoring and encouraging high-calibre talent with an appreciative, attentive audience.”
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.”
A photo album of Making Love in a Canoe
Posted on June 06, 2010The Golden Apple Theatre offered its first performance on February 12, 2010: a fundraising revue called Making Love in a Canoe, a celebration of the finest in Canadian musical theatre, created and performed by Regina-born Kyle Golemba, accompanied by Robert Ursan. The event was held in the atrium of the T.C. Douglas Building.
Auditions announced
Posted on April 26, 2010General Audition Notice – The Golden Apple Theatre
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Audition Date: Saturday, May 8, 2010
Deadline to submit: Friday, April 30, 2010
Regina, Saskatchewan
Audition Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Deadline to submit: Friday, May 7, 2010
Artists will be required to prepare a contemporary monologue and an up-tempo or ballad song of no longer than 10 minutes total. An accompanist will be provided.
Eligibility:
The auditions will be open to artists who are either: a member of Equity in good standing, preferably residing in or from the province of Saskatchewan; or a non-member, preferably residing in or from the province of Saskatchewan, who is in the process of becoming a professional theatre artist.
How to Register for an audition:
Eligible artists may register for an audition spot by contacting Jodi at 527-2732 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CST or by e-mail at goldenappletheatre@gmail.com.
Please indicate the following:
Name
Equity member number (if applicable)
Contact information (telephone and e-mail)
Registration by phone will be confirmed by phone or e-mail, and electronic submissions will be confirmed by e-mail. Audition spots are available on a first come, first served basis, subject to eligibility. Please note that Equity and Equity Apprentice performers will be seen first.
Photo and Resume:
If possible, please submit a photo and resume by e-mail at goldenappletheatre@gmail.com when registering for an audition, but also please bring a hardcopy with you to the audition.
Saskatoon Actors: Please bring two (2) hard copies of your photo and resume with you to the audition as the artistic staff at Persephone will be sitting in as well.
If cast in a production, artists will be engaged under an Equity form of contract. CAEA members: please bring your membership card to the audition.
If you’re eligible to audition but not able to make one of the above noted dates and times, or live out of province, please send your information regardless. We’ll put you in our database and have you on file for future auditions and consideration.
Please Note: the 2010-2011 Golden Apple Season has not yet been announced.