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Mayor’s Message

Welcome to the Victoria Playhouse!

Petrolia is proud to welcome you back to the gem in our community
– the renowned Victoria Playhouse! Once you enjoy the world-class
theatre and National Heritage designated facility, I implore you to visit
our lively and vibrant downtown. You will see that we have grown since
you were last here, and have welcomed several new businesses, some
new restaurants and even a brewery to beautiful Petrolia!
It is with great pride that I welcome you to one of the finest theatres in
the province, featuring stellar talent, and unparalleled customer service.
Thank you for spending time with us today, and we can’t wait to welcome
you back again and again.
R. Brad Loosley, Mayor
Town of Petrolia

Message from the C.A.O.

We’re happy to see you!

Welcome back to Victoria Playhouse! Our volunteers and staff have been
working very hard to welcome you back safely and provide you with the
very best experience, value and to re-visit those relationships that we
have built with each of you over the years.
I am so glad that you are here to enjoy a performance, we have been
patiently awaiting the day when we could safely welcome you back to
our theatre. Enjoy the show!
Rick Charlebois, Chief Administrative Officer/Treasurer
Town of Petrolia

Director of Marketing, Arts and
Communications Message

Thank you!

The joy I feel writing this note to welcome you back to my favourite place
can only be described as the best I have felt in two years! I would like to
thank each one of you for your patience, support, and trust in us as we
navigated very uncertain times together. Having each of you by our side
raised our spirits and gave us faith and we thank you for your kindness.
We welcome back our patrons that feel like family to our home, and
happy place.
I am honoured, and so grateful, to welcome you to a season that is well
worth the wait! Bring on the laughs, the music, the drama and indeed,
the joy! As always, I look forward to hearing from you about your visit,
send me a note to [email protected] or reach me by phone at
(519)882-2350 Ext. 231.
Laurissa Ellsworth, Director of Marketing, Arts & Communications
Town of Petrolia

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Proud partner Victoria
to Petrolia Playhouse
since 1996
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Helping your community would like to thank
grow and thrive, for our Extended Cast and
generations to come. Crew, that is our Team of
many dedicated and
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Director of Marketing,
Arts and Communications – Laurissa Ellsworth
Artistic Directors – David Hogan and David Rogers
Assistant to the Artistic Directors – Maddison Bell
Music Director – Mark Payne
Program Coordinator – Callandra Dendias
Box Office Associates – McLayne Mitchell, Kristin Steinke

and Chelsea Vanoverbeke
Sponsorship Coordination Volunteer – Dennis Pellarin
Graphic Design & Layout – Julli Archibald
Front of House - Kiera Maw and Ava Sylvester

TOWN OF
PETROLIA STAFF

Mayor – R. Brad Loosley
Chief Administrative Officer & Treasurer – Rick Charlebois
Clerk/Operations Clerk – Mandi Pearson
Deputy Clerk – Jessica Smith
Director of Facilities and Community Services – Dave Menzies
Director of Marketing,
Arts and Communications – Laurissa Ellsworth
Director of Operations – Mike Thompson
Administration – Leah Belan, Thera Wagner,

Julie Bullock, Annette Strand,
Cody Foster, Amy Grant and Nicole Boelens

connect with us

The Town of Petrolia, Petrolia Farmers’ Market and
Victoria Playhouse Petrolia are all on Facebook and Twitter!

Like us or follow us and don’t miss any updates!

www.town.petrolia.on.ca

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WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING

Starring

Alex Baerg • Matt Ballagh • Brian Barber
Donna Garner • Jesse Grandmont • Leah Grandmont

Mark Payne • Dave Robilliard

Conceived & Created by David Rogers
Directed & Choreographed by David Hogan
Music Director/Musical Arrangements: Mark Payne

Stage Manager: Wendy Ewert
Assistant Stage Manager: Maddison Bell

Sound Design: Pat Morrison
Lighting Design: David Hogan
Set & Costume Design: David Rogers & Maddison Bell
Set Construction: Richard Poore
Head of Lighting/Assistant Lighting Design: Chelsea Vanoverbeke
Technical Crew: Dawson Strangway

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OPENING NIGHT SPONSORS

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ALEX BAERG

Alex Baerg is a singer, actor, musician, audio engineer, and multi-
instrumentalist. Alex is so excited to be spending another season
here at the VPP. Past productions include: Dynamic Duos, Songs
We Love, Godspell, Country Sunshine, Fiddler On The Loose, Heart
And Soul Of Broadway, Everything Elvis, Folks Like Us, Rockabilly
Swingtime, Good Ol’ Country Gospel, Rocky Mountain High, The
Power Of Song, East Coast Kitchen Party, You’ve Got a Friend, Murder
For Two, Summer of 69, Hogan’s Hoedown (Victoria Playhouse in
Petrolia), Dream a Little Dream (The Grand Theatre in London),
Twist and Shout, Million Dollar Quartet, Ring Of Fire (Chemainus
Theatre Festival), Stan Rogers: A Matter Of Heart (The Guild in
Charlottetown). Alex dedicates this year’s VPP season to his fam-
ily, his wife Alessia, his daughter Poppy, and his son Jack. 

MATT BALLAGH

Theater credits include: Drayton Entertainment: Good Ol’ Country
Gospel, Fiddler On The Loose, Sorry I’m Canadian (2006, 2008,
2013) Studio 410: Shrek in Shrek the Musical Jr., Emmett Forrest
in Legally Blonde the Musical Jr. Film/TV: Family Feud Canada
(CBC). Matt owns his own recording studio ‘On Track Studios’
and has toured North America and Ireland with his family band
(The Ballaghs) and is a part of his sibling band ‘The Crew’. Matt
is a Singer/Songwriter, and his original music can be found on
all streaming platforms. Matt is a proud graduate of the Music
Industry Arts program at Fanshawe College, and is SO excited
to be making his VPP debut! Thanks to the Davids and the VPP
family for the warm welcome! www.mattballagh.com.

BRIAN BARBER

Brian Barber is a freelance musician based in Waterloo. With
over twenty years of experience performing, Brian has a highly
diverse and extensive musical background. From weddings and
corporate events to restaurant patios and backyard concerts,
Brian enjoys sharing his love of music with anyone who will listen.
He spent two years entertaining international crowds from the
piano bar on Australia-based cruise ships. Closer to home, he has
been involved with several musical productions at the Victoria
Playhouse Petrolia. After spending the last couple of years
mushroom hunting, birdwatching, and exploring the forest, he is
so happy to be back on stage at the VPP.

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DONNA GARNER

Donna is thrilled to return to VPP where she performed in
her first Actor-Musician show, leading her to a career as an
Actor-Musician and most recently to establish Garner Theatre
Productions - Canada’s first theatre dedicated to Actor-Musician
theatre works. Donna has performed in theatres across Canada,
the U.S., Austria and Japan as an actor, singer, pianist and multi-
instrumentalist. Select credits include lead roles in regional
theatres across Canada; The Sound of Music (U.S. First National
Tour); Once (U.S. First National Tour, Mirvish, Neptune); Two
Pianos, Four Hands (across Canada and the U.S.) to name a few.
Recent TV/Film credits include Dare Me (USA Network); Spinning
out (SVOD Series); Private Eyes (Global); Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu);
Anne (Netflix/CBC); Designated Surviver (ABC). When not on
stage, Donna works as a voice specialist for masterclasses and
lectures, an adjudicator, a private voice teacher, repertoire coach,
accompanist, and Music Director. She is on the voice faculty at
Sheridan College, on the board of the Canadian Music Festival
Adjudicators Association, and is a member of the College of
Examiners for the Royal Conservatory of Music. Most importantly,
she shares her life with her talented Actor-Muso husband Rick
Hughes and their stoic mini-schnauzer Gustav Mahler.

JESSE GRANDMONT

Jesse started playing the violin at the age of three, and has been
fiddling around ever since. He has been a recurring cast member
at the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia for the last 10 years as well
as performing for theatres across the country. Recently, Jesse
spent a year in Dubai where he performed for Expo 2020 Dubai
as a featured musical artist alongside musicians from all over
the world. Following Expo, Jesse returned to Ontario to star in
his show, Fiddler On The Loose, with Drayton Entertainment but
he is so excited to be back at the VPP for the best craic around!
Jesse thanks D2 Entertainment and Mark Payne for this amazing
opportunity as well as his Mom, Dad, Leah and Maddy for their
love and support. Keep fiddlin’ and Sláinte!

Don’t forget to purchase your 50/50
tickets from our friendly volunteers!
On sale in the theatre before the
show and during intermission!

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LEAH GRANDMONT

Leah has been playing fiddle since the ripe young age of three.
She is classically trained with a Bachelor of Music from Wilfrid
Laurier University. She is so excited to be back in Petrolia with all
of her VPP friends this season. Past theatre credits include: Mark
Payne’s East Coast Kitchen Party, Starbright Christmas, The VPP
Christmas Jamboree, Scotland Sings;  Fiddler on the Loose, Good
Ol’ Country Gospel (Drayton Entertainment); Vigilante (The Grand
Theatre). Thank you to everyone here - actors, musicians, crew,
volunteers, directors, and especially our patrons for keeping
theatre alive and thriving!

MARK PAYNE

Mark Payne is a diverse London musician, equally at home on the
stage, in the studio, singing, playing, writing and arranging.  He is
currently the resident Musical Director at the Victoria Playhouse
Petrolia, where he arranges the music for the entire season,
rehearses the casts, and performs in most of the shows, including
“Starbright Christmas” for the past 13 years.  He also co-conducts
Primus Amabile Men’s Choir in London.     Mark will perform his
one-man show, “I Love A Piano”, with the Windsor Symphony
next season.

DAVE ROBILLIARD

Dave is thrilled to be back at the VPP after spending the summer
performing in Fiddler on the Loose and Good Ol’ Country Gospel
with Drayton Entertainment. Dave has performed in many
shows at the VPP, and he performs regularly with the Windsor
Symphony Orchestra, the Jeans ‘n’ Classics Rock Symphony, and
London Symphonia. Throughout his career, Dave has performed
with several orchestras on both sides of the border, and he is co-
founder of the chamber group Duo Percussion. As an educator,
Dave has taught at a number of music camps, he directs the LCCVI
Drumline, and he maintains a private teaching studio. Dave holds
a Bachelor of Music Performance Degree from the University of
Western Ontario and a Master of Music in Percussion Performance
from Oklahoma City University. He is proud to be endorsed by
Pearl/Adams Drums and Concert Percussion and DREAM Cymbals
and Gongs and is very excited to get to play his bodhran from
Bridget Drums!

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D A V I D R O G E R S Co-Artistic Director

David is currently the co-artistic director here at the Victoria
Playhouse Petrolia. As well as being a director, writer, and
designer, David has performed many leading roles in theatres
across North America. “Thank you all for joining us here today
and for your continued support. We appreciate it now more ever.
This is truly “The Season Worth Waiting For.”

D A V I D H O G A N Co-Artistic Director

The season worth waiting for is exactly how I feel. Being
Co-artistic director here at the VPP, now in our ninth season,
(11th year), there’s no other place I’d rather be. I’m grateful for
this theatre, our incredible audiences and the ability to share my
talent in the theatre. Often I say I don’t go to work because I’m
living my passion and embraced in my vocation. So thank you
audiences for continuing to support the Victoria Playhouse and
the Davids as we continue to try to make you laugh, sing, dance
and keep you inspired while having a roaring good time! Happy
2022 season.

M A R K P A Y N E Music Director/Musical Arrangements

Mark Payne is a diverse London musician, equally at home on the
stage, in the studio, singing, playing, writing and arranging.  He is
currently the resident Musical Director at the Victoria Playhouse
Petrolia, where he arranges the music for the entire season,
rehearses the casts, and performs in most of the shows, including
“Starbright Christmas” for the past 13 years.  He also co-conducts
Primus Amabile Men’s Choir in London.     Mark will perform his
one-man show, “I Love A Piano”, with the Windsor Symphony
next season.

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W E N D Y E W E R T Stage Manager

Back for The Roaring Twenties, Dynamic Duos, Divine Women
and When Irish Eyes are Smiling. Past stage management experi-
ence includes numerous shows for summer seasons at Victoria
Playhouse Petrolia; I Love a Piano, Hollywood Sings (Drayton
Entertainment); Dracula: A Chamber Musical (INNERchamber);
Starbright Christmas (Stratford Festival, Imperial Theatre, VPP) and
various for Here For Now Theatre, D2 Entertainment and Musical
Theatre Productions. Musical Director experience includes many
shows for Original Kids (London) and Acting Out (Stratford).
When not at the theatre, Wendy teaches singing in her studio
near Kirkton. Much appreciation to the Davids and the wonderful
team at the VPP!

M A D D I S O N B E L L Assistant Stage Manager

Maddison is returning for her fifth season with the VPP. After
months of preparing costumes, props, and sets, Maddison cannot
wait to share this spectacular season with all of you! Maddison
rings in the season worth waiting for with the release of her first
children’s book, Victoria’s Playhouse. Join Victoria as she explores
the theatre with the help of your VPP favourites in cartoon form!
Purchase your copy in the VPP lobby today!

P A T M O R R I S O N Sound Design

In the middle of his sixth decade, struggling to embrace his
mortality, Pat finds comfort in feeding his addictions which
include playing squash, chasing Doritos with Jägermeister,
serving as the minister at Grace United Church in Sarnia, playing
pranks on Mark Payne, operating a production company, and
designing sound for shows at the Victoria Playhouse. If he lives to
retirement, Pat wants to build guitars with his hands.

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R I C H A R D P O O R E Set Construction

Richard is thrilled to be working at the VPP. It’s so wonderful to
be part of the creative process. Some of his past VPP set work
includes Dracula, Hogan’s Hoedown, Murder For 2, East Coast
Kitchen Party, Adam’s Unplugged Puppet Party and most recently
The Roaring Twenties, Dynamic Duos and On Golden Pond. Apart
from creating sets, Richard spends time volunteering at the
Petrolia Discovery site.

CHELSEA VANOVERBEKE
Head of Lighting/Assistant Lighting Design

Chelsea Vanoverbeke is excited to be back at the Victoria
Playhouse. She is a graduate of the University of Waterloo’s
Theatre and  Performance and History programs. She is
also an alumnus of the Banff Centre for Arts and  Creativity
Lighting Technician Practicum Program. Productions Credits
Include: Fiddler on the Loose (Drayton Festival Theatre), Welcome
to the Tree Museum  (University of Waterloo),  Turn of the
Screw  (Western University),  Le nozze di  Figaro  (Western
University), Entangled (Impact Festival 2017), Eurydice (University
of Waterloo). 

D A W S O N S T R A N G E W A Y Technical Crew

Dawson is incredibly grateful for this newfound opportunity
this season at VPP. Dawson performed in numerous productions
during his time at St. Patrick’s High School in Sarnia such as Shrek
the Musical (2015). Dawson currently attends Brock University for
Dramatic Arts and General Humanities with future aspirations
of Teachers College abroad. Before the pandemic, Dawson
performed frequently with St. Catharines’ educational group
Mirror Theatre. On one such occasion, Dawson performed
geographically “on Broadway” with MT at the 2018 American
Educational Research Association conference in New York City.
Outside of the theatre, Dawson is an avid self-published poet and
recreational outdoorsman.

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Thank you to our

The VPP is so grateful to the many corporate sponsors, government funders, com
financially to assist us in presenting high quality programming and entertai
make our SEASON WORTH WAITING FOR a huge success after a t

SEASON SPONSOR

SHOW SPONSORS

The Roaring Twenties Dynamic Duos

On Golden Pond Divine Women

Wingfield Lost and Found When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPONSOR SET CONSTRUCTION SPONSOR PRINT & RADIO
ADVERTISING SPONSORS

Sponsorships are available at a variety of levels and each level comes with
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2022 SPONSORS

mpany donors, foundations, in-kind donors and individuals who have contributed
inment. We are particularly grateful to our sponsors whose support helped
two year wait. We give you a standing ovation for your generosity!

OPENING NIGHT SPONSORS

The Roaring Twenties Dynamic Duos

On Golden Pond Divine Women

Wingfield Lost and Found When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENT DONOR SPECIAL PROJECT DONOR
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MAJOR DONORS
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CORPORATE DONORS

GOVERNMENT FUNDERS & PARTNERS

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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY BASEMENT
Please notify an usher for assistance. An LEVEL
automated external defibrillator is available in
the Main Lobby. Town of Petrolia
LATECOMERS Municipal Offices
If you are late for a performance, you will be Mens’ Washroom
seated at a time in the show which causes Ladies’ Washroom
least distraction to both the actors and the Unisex Accessible
audience. Washroom
RECORDINGS & PHOTOGRAPHY Water Fountain
The use of cameras, including cell phones, and
other recording devices in the auditorium is LEVEL ONE
strictly prohibited.
DISTRACTIONS Main Lobby
Candy wrappers and electronic devices Box Office
are very distracting for the actors and the Will Call
audience. Please turn off all electronic devices Bar
and unwrap your candies before we begin. Theatre Lobby
CHILDREN Public Telephone
Tickets must be purchased for all children. Terrace with
Babes-in-arms will not be admitted. Smoking Area
WHEELCHAIRS Council Chambers
Please notify our Box Office in advance if “Gallery in the Hall”
you require a wheelchair location or special
assistance upon arrival. The Victoria Playhouse LEVEL TWO
is equipped with an elevator, and ramp for
easy access. Auditorium
SPECIAL EFFECTS Orchestra Seating
Please be advised that strobes, fog, or other
special effects may be used during this LEVEL THREE
performance. Please ask Box Office or Front of
House staff for details if required. Auditorium
REFRESHMENTS Balcony Seating
Only bottled water is permitted in the
auditorium. Enjoy other refreshments at the not accessible by elevator
lobby bar. The lobby bar is cash only.
HATS aYpouprlause
So that all patrons can enjoy the show, please oavndation
remove hats before the performance begins.
TICKETS ultriemarwe thaaetred
A ticket is required for entry. If you have
forgotten or misplaced your ticket please see for the performers
an Usher or the Box Office, and one can be on stage.
re-printed for you. There is a $2 fee for this
service. Please express
your appreciation

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