EMP Proudly Presents
Brigadoon

[Brigadoon]
Artistic Director: Jennifer Cohen
Assistant Artistic Director: Clive Lacey
Music Director: Alina Slawek
Choreographer: Allison Beula

Executive Producer: Bob Cotton
Show Producer: Beth Cole
Assistant Show Producer: Jane MacFarlane
Stage Manager: Alanna Carr

Book & Lyrics by: Alan Jay Lerner
Music by: Frederick Loewe


    Show Dates and Times:
    Fri.
    Nov. 17/06
    8:00 pm
    Sat.
    Nov. 18/06
    8:00 pm
    Sun.
    Nov. 19/06
    2:00 pm
    Fri.
    Nov. 24/06
    8:00 pm
    Sat.
    Nov. 25/06
    8:00 pm
    Sun.
    Nov. 26/06
    2:00 pm
    Fri.
    Dec, 1/06
    8:00 pm
    Sat.
    Dec. 2/06
    2:00 pm

    Tickets:
    $23.00 Adults, $17.00 Youths -- Reserved seating only
    Subscription and Group Discounts Available
    Visit our Tickets Page, or call 416-248-0410

    Location:
    Burnhamthorpe Auditorium
    500 The East Mall
    (just north of Burnhamthorpe Rd.)
    Etobicoke, Ontario

Brief Synopsis

"Once in the Highlands, the Highlands of Scotland, two weary hunters lost their way." It is this desolate situation which Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas, two young New Yorkers, are contemplating when the curtain rises on a misty glen in Scotland. As the two exhausted men reflect on what they have forsaken in the States for their present predicament, a lift in the Highland veil reveals to them the awakening village of Brigadoon; a village which comes into being for only one day in each century.

The strained and strange greetings of the villagers bedecked in 18th century costumes, who have gathered in the market square to sell their wares and to discuss the final wedding preparations of Jeannie MacLaren and the boyish Charlie Dalrymple, are softened for Tommy by his encounter with Jeannie's lovely sister, Fiona, and enlivened for Jeff by his reluctant entanglement with the maid, Meg Brockie.

The blissful occasion is momentarily tinged with gloom when the fate of Brigadoon is threatened by Harry Beaton, Jeannie's rejected suitor. And Tommy, now burdened with the knowledge of Brigadoon's secret and enraptured by the gentle charms of the beautiful Fiona, is confronted with the choice of remaining forever at the side of the Scottish lass or returning to the unsatisfying world familiar to him. At the close of the day he is still unable to commit himself without doubt or regret to Fiona and to Brigadoon, and leaves with Jeff for America.

Restless and unhappy in New York, Tommy finally yields to the haunting memory of Fiona and, guided by the faith and strength of his love, finds his way back to Brigadoon.

Cast List

Kevin Dunne - Angus/Bartender
Jim Wright - Archie Beaton
Brian Hargan - Charlie
Laurie Russell - Fiona
Sean Jackson - Harry
Patty Chippa - Jane/Chorus
Ola Siatkowski - Jeannie
Pat McManus - Jeff
Jackie Cotton - Maggie
Joanna McDermott - Meg Brockie
Jack Berke - Mr. Lundie
Tim Southwell - Mr. Mc Laren
Parris Greaves - Tommy
Lucie Hager - Sandy
Gord Moffatt - Mr. McGregor
Jennifer Ambrose - Young Chorus
Sarah D'Cunha - Young Chorus
Bob Harris - Chorus
Cheryl Paradowski - Chorus
Dallas Chorley - Chorus
Laurie Graham-Keller - Chorus
Joan Cotton - Chorus
Paula Oake - Chorus
Serge Korobkov - Chorus
Susan Ambrose - Chorus
Alanna Goodman - Chorus
Ron Jewell - Stuart
Mary Fleming - Chorus
Glenn Mac Neill - Bagpiper
Nancy Willson - Rehearsal Stand in