On Stage
Urinetown
What Audiences are Saying
Meet the SM Team
Preshow Chats, Q&As, and Tickets
Matching Campaign
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The second cast of 23 students opens their run of Urinetown tonight! Want a taste of what they're offering? Watch the trailer by clicking the link below! |
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Audiences are loving Urinetown! Here's a couple messages we've received:
"Thank you! What a great production. You mastered a covid stage. đź‘Źđź‘Źđź‘Źđź‘Źđź‘Ź"
"I'd forgotten about Snuff the girl...such a great piece! It was all great... just great..."
"We loved it! Congrats to everyone involved."
"I enjoyed "Urinetown" very much, an excellent production. It is so gratifying to me that after all these years the standard and quality of the work has never diminished. Well done."
"..[Well] done working in moments where they could remove their masks."
"It was superb wow!"
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Meet the Stage Management Team |
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This year, the stage management had a fulsome job ahead of them in supporting two concurrent productions. The team was supported by the beloved Jackie Adamthwaite as stage management mentor. She had this to say: |
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"If, as Shakespeare says, “all the world’s a stage”, then stage management should be seen as one of the noblest professions; unfortunately, outside our industry, it’s generally just misunderstood. The stage itself takes very little management, it’s the people. I often tell anyone who asks what a stage manager does to think of us as train conductors, counsellors, custodians, time-keepers, life coaches, teachers, crossing guards, paper-pushers, magic makers, hand holders, first responders, drill sergeants, and cheerleaders.
When the College decided to do two full-scale productions of Urinetown, we knew it was going to be no small task, and we knew it was going to require a larger-than-usual team of stage managers to support that process.
Since 2011, CCPA has been bringing back alumni to work as assistant stage managers on the year-end musical. Who better to understand the College’s process, the intense rehearsal schedule, and the professional standards we hold the students to, than people who have walked in those shoes? I have had the great fortune to work alongside those alumni for the last 10 years.
A unique production, under a unique set of circumstances, called for a unique team set up. The plan we came up with included a Production Stage Manager at the helm to guide the early stages of rehearsals. The PSM was later joined by two alumni Deputy Stage Managers, one assigned to each company. This trio navigated the early staging rehearsals and implemented additional COVID safety protocols into the rehearsal process. Two weeks later the final two members of the team, alumni Assistant Stage Managers, completed the quintet. In my current role as Stage Management Mentor, I have had the privilege of assembling and guiding this team through this challenging process.
Trying to find a way to stage manage two companies, working on the same show, with one creative team, under the same roof, on the same days, in the midst of a global pandemic, took a little out of the box thinking. I could not be more proud of the work they have done, the care they have given, the talent they bring, and the lightheartedness that they do it all with. They inspire me, and I am grateful that they chose to be a part of this production. Eleanor, Kathryn, Victoria, Hannah and Marissa, thanks for answering the call - we could not have done this without you."
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Eleanor Kschischang, production stage manager / production associate
Eleanor is honored to be able to work on Urinetown this season at CCPA. The accomplished directors, staff and faculty, along with the dedicated students, made each day full of laughs! Eleanor is lucky to be able to apply her BFA in Theatre Management, Lighting Design and Dramaturgy to all aspects of her position at the college. Eleanor has spent the previous eight years working independently throughout Ontario, as well as four seasons with Drayton Entertainment.
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Kathryn Boyd, deputy stage manager
Kathryn is so grateful to be on the stage management team as an alumni of CCPA. After graduation, she was the Stage Management Mentor at St Margaret’s School, producing and expanding their performing arts curriculum. She earned the Graduate of the Year Award from the National Association of Career Colleges, in recognition of her leadership, inspiration, and passion in her career goals. Kathryn is so excited to be back and show you Urinetown! The musical - not the place.
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Victoria Stolting, deputy stage manager
Victoria is delighted to be back on the CCPA stage management team for the 4th time now! Time has flown by since she graduated Company C in 2017. Since then, she has been working non-stop in theatre and film as a performer, costumer, voice actor, etc.! Recently she signed with a local talent agency, DEI Talent. Victoria has loved getting to know this amazing cast and crew; what a special gift this show is to the world!
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Marissa McClymont, assistant stage manager
Marissa McClymont is a recent graduate from the Canadian College of Performing Arts, and is thankful to be a part of the creative team for Urinetown during this crazy time. As both Props Master and Assistant Stage Manager for the show, she is excited to help bring the joy of theatre back to the people who are missing it dearly. Marissa is a local to Victoria, BC, and spends most of her time with her puppy basset hound, Gerald. Gerald hopes you enjoy the show!
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Hannah Ockenden, assistant stage manager
Hannah is filled with joy to be back working at CCPA! Since graduating from Company C in 2017, Hannah has worked on stage and behind both in Canada and abroad. Highlights include South Pacific (Calgary Opera) as Assistant Director and Dinah, A Winter’s Tale (GVSF) as Costume Designer and Mopsa, and White Horse Theatre Tour as many characters and an adventurous traveller! Hannah has loved getting to know a new generation of CCPA students. Enjoy their beautiful work!
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Preshow Chats, Q+As, and Tickets |
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Green Cast Livestream Schedule
Thursday, June 3 – 7:30pm
Friday, June 4 – 6:00pm
Saturday, June 5 – 12:30pm
Saturday, June 5 – 6:00pm
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Live Preshow Chats and Q&As
These chats will be available to those who have purchased tickets for that evening. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to the Box Office.
Thursday, June 3 | 7:10 – 7:20 SHOWTIME 7:30
Green Cast opening night pre-show chat with the three directors
Friday, June 4 | end of show: 15 minutes
Green Cast talkback with cast members
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Livestream Tickets
The college has invested in a 5-camera set up to broadcast our performances live, plus over 30 microphones and a professional sound engineer to guarantee the best livestream sound experience.. You will have access and angles like you’ve never experienced in theatre before, plus the best seat in the house for every show – your own!
In addition to our online ticket platform, tickets for our productions can be purchased over the phone. Due to the current provincial guidelines we have we have only essential staff onsite at the College, but you can schedule a call with our box office by emailing boxoffice@ccpacanda.com to arrange a time and they will call you via their personal phone line.
Tickets will be available up until to 30 minutes before the performance. Patrons are encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance. All tickets are non-refundable and have no cash value.
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A gentle reminder: our matching donor campaign is on now until June 5th. These funds go directly back to support our students' well-being through offering counselling services to our students through the year.
The matching donor is ready to match dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000! If we reach our target, that’s $20,000 that goes straight back to our students' well-being.
Please help this us hit this target by June 5th by clicking the link below.
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The Canadian College of Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the Lekwungen-speaking peoples (also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations), on whose traditional territory the college stands, and on whose home we learn, create, and perform. |
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urinetown production and rehearsal photography by Peter Pokorny
photo from the light in the piazza (2020) by Peter Pokorny
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