Dinner Theatre fundraiser in support of Waypoints (2018)
A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER
Written and Directed by Diana Moser
Show dates: February 1-3, 2018
Location: Suncor Energy Centre for the Performing Arts
About the show
”Adventure, magic, betrayal... it all happens here at the King’s feast! The King gathers his court and subjects together at a feast where he announces that he needs to find a champion to defeat a dragon terrorizing the kingdom. Try as hard as she might, our heroine Eleanor isn’t crowned the champion because she is a woman. The celebration of the winning champion is interrupted by the surprise arrival of the dragon at the feast, and everyone, including the new champion, runs away in fear.
Eleanor declares she will defeat the dragon and gathers a rag tag team of associates to help her - a powerful sorceress, a mischievous jester, a jolly friar, and a hapless knight. After summoning the dragon, the team discovers a shocking truth about a plot that goes deeper than anyone could have imagined.”
Artistic Team
Diana Moser | Director
In addition to being both the writer and director for this show, Diana is the Program Director for Theatre; Just Because. Diana’s credits with Theatre; Just Because include Kerrie Kowalski in The Awesome 80s Prom dinner theatre (2017), various characters in Check Please (2016), Taffy La Vizza in Fanny & Manny Tie the Knot dinner theatre (2016), and Rennie in The Most Massive Woman Wins (2015). Diana has also performed on the Keyano Main Stage as Mrs. Dilber/Fred’s Wife in A Christmas Carol (2017), in the ensemble of Spoon River Anthology (2017), as Barbara Smith in Run for Your Wife (2016), Joanne Galloway in A Few Good Men (2015), Sally Bowles in Cabaret (2015), and in the ensemble of Les Misérables (2014). Diana’s independent theatre projects include The Hope Slide and Light. By day she works as the Programs & Partnerships Manager for Arts Council Wood Buffalo, and she sends a big thank you to her colleagues, friends, and family for their continued support of her theatre journey!
Ekaterina Petukhova | Technical Designer
Ekaterina has a MFA degree in theatre arts from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. She is the mastermind and creator of this show’s costumes, props, puppets, lights... you name it! Her work begins at the start of the production planning process and ends on opening night; she loves to create the design ideas. She also loves to play accordion and enjoys studying foreign languages. A Knight to Remember is her first theatre project in Fort McMurray, and Ekaterina is profoundly grateful for director Diana Moser’s support. Look for Ekaterina’s other projects under her puppet company, Pink Whale Theatre.
Natalie Farahani | Stage Manager
Natalie has been involved in technical theatre for the past five years. She worked with Keyano Theatre Company as an Assistant Stage Manager for Deathtrap (2013), A Christmas Carol (2014), A Few Good Men (2015), Into The Woods (2016), and The Other Side Of The Pole (2016); as an Assistant Sound Technician for Cabaret (2015); and as a Stage Manager for The Odd Couple (2015) and Steel Magnolias (2016). She was also the Stage Manager for The Awesome 80s Prom (2017) for TJB, and one act shows Sure Thing (2016), and Brain Sucking (2017) for which she received an award for Outstanding Technical Design.
CAST
Aleaha Frigon - Lady In Waiting
Alexandra Durocher - Queen Anastasia
Chris Bowers - King Alistair
Dave Boutilier - Guard
Dylan Thomas-Bouchier - Q
Hilary Talbot - Eleanor
Jamie Manship - Sir Florian von Göofenstein
Jim Geary - Friar Elderberry
Jon Bowers - Lord In Waiting
Justin Shaw - Herald
Mike Jones - Lord in Waiting
Renee Manners - Lady In Waiting
Rosina Ilg - Sorceress Carmilla
Sheldon Dahl - Guard
Theodora (Teddi) Nelson - Dragon
William Clarke - Jester