Evil dead the musical (2019)
Written by George Reinblatt
Directed by Hanna Fridhed
Show dates: December 12-14, 2019
Location: Suncor Energy Centre for the Performing Arts
About the show
“Evil Dead The Musical takes all the elements of the cult classic films The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness and combines them for one of the craziest, funniest, and bloodiest theatrical experiences of all time!
Five college students go to an abandoned cabin in the woods, and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s all up to Ash (a housewares employee, turned demon-killing hero), and his trusty chainsaw to save the day! Blood flies. Limbs are dismembered. Demons tell bad jokes… and all to music! You don’t need to be a fan of Evil Dead to love this show. You don’t need to be a fan of horror to love this show. You don’t even need to be a fan of musicals to love this show. As long as you like having fun… this show is for you! This is a pure comedy start to finish. It has fun with the horror genre, and in doing so appeals to a wider audience than you could ever imagine. With this combination of blood, jokes, cheesy effects, and really awesome musical numbers, Evil Dead The Musical is unlike any live show you’ve ever seen!
While the Evil Dead films are the definition of cult movies, as a stage show, Evil Dead The Musical has become a cult sensation of its own. The show has had over 500 productions mounted across the globe, with critics raving about it; everyone from The New York Times to Maxim Magazine giving it top marks.
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Artistic Team
Hanna Fridhed | Director
Hanna couldn’t imagine a better team to make her large-scale directorial debut with! She has previously directed short plays for the ADFA North Zone One-Act Theatre Festival, receiving Outstanding Director (2017, 2018 & 2019) and Production (2017), but nothing quite this gory and outrageously funny! No stranger to the stage, Hanna has appeared in Keyano Theatre productions, including Run For Your Wife (2016), A Christmas Carol (2014 and 2017), The Drowsy Chaperone (2018), and Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii (2018), and Lend Me A Tenor (2019). She has also performed in dinner theatres, Fanny & Manny Tie the Knot (2015), Awesome 80’s Prom (2017), and AHOY! A Pirate’s Life For Me (2018) with Theatre; Just Because. She is currently the Communications and Resource Manager with Theatre; Just Because, the ADFA North representative, and sits on the Theatre Alberta Board of Directors. Thank you to all who make the arts possible!
Dianne Perry | Music Director
Dianne Perry is Canadian Recording Artist "Didi Perry" with releases worldwide, (iTunes, Spotify, other streaming platforms) and along history as a musician with the Canadian Forces. Her most recent performances on stage include Into the Woods, Footloose The Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, Sexy Laundry, Lend Me A Tenor and Mamma Mia!. Dianne is proud to say she has been the Music Director of the Youth Musical Theatre Intensive Drama Force (Keyano Theatre) for the past six years, and Co-Directed Les Miserables and Cabaret. Dianne recently founded The Peanut Gallery of YMM, a local group of A Cappella singers that perform around Fort McMurray (sometimes in 18th century caroling costumes). Dianne is not performing or producing, she teaches (RCM Elementary Specialist Piano) and is a certified Piano Tuner. She would like to thank all of the talented cast who filled her experience with laughter and antics that are hard to beat! It has been a privilege to be a part of this fantastic production.
Alexandra Durocher | Choreographer
Alexandra is a born and raised Fort McMurrayite, and is no stranger to the stage. She started dancing at 11 years old at Taylor Dance Studio, and then moved to Keyano Conservatory dance program to study Modern. The dance program quickly grew and she was able to train in many styles of dance under the instruction of: Nola Antony, Leah Moen, Julie Funk, Kim Hurley, and Linda Hovagimian. She started teaching dance in 2008 at the Keyano Conservatory, and in 2012 helped open UpTown! at the Suncor Energy Centre for the Performing Arts where she teaches Modern, Hip Hop, KinderCombo, Jr. Jazz/Tap, and Musical Theatre. She was also the Choreographer for Thickwood Heights Theatriks’ performance of Willy Wonka Jr., Westwood’s Cheepiyak Theatre’s performance of Urinetown, and the Waypoints Dinner Theatre productions in collaboration with Theatre; Just Because. Alexandra would like to thank her husband Mark for always supporting her in following her passion of Theatre and Dance.
Alan Roberts | Lighting Design
This is Alan’s first time working with Theatre; Just Because on an artistic side and is thrilled to be working this incredibly energetic, talented and fun team! Alan has bene found playing with lights with many Keyano Theatre Company’s production such as The Other Side of the Pole, Run For Your Wife. Les Miserables, Hometown… The Musical! and Chicago. Alan’s other credits go way back to the first production of Amadeus in 1990, with other favorites such as Curse of the Werewolf, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Grapes of Wrath, A Wonderful Life, The Rocky Horror Show, and many more.
Raili Boe | Set, Costume & Props Design
Raili Boe is a graduate of University of Lethbridge with a BFA in Technical/Design for Theatre. Raili also completed a staging practicum at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity before embarking on a grownup job as a Theatre Technician/Head of Props at Keyano Theatre. Select recent credits include Haven Theatre Society’s Barefoot in Nightgown by Candlelight (Production Designer), Catalyst Theatre’s The Invisibles (Lighting Operator) Keyano Theatre’s Mama Mia! (Head of Props/Head Dresser) Banff Centre’s Orphee+ (Head of Flys), Opera Workshop’s Riders to the Sea and Ten Belles with No Ring (Costume Designer), Haven Theatre Society’s The Shape of a Girl (Production Designer), Opera NUOVA’s Patience (Costume Designer), Stage West’s Rock of Ages (Assistant Costume Designer), and TheatreXtra’s Where’s My Sky? (Production Designer). Shoutout to mom, dad and Lara for never asking about the blood spatter samples and picking up packages from internet strangers.
Jayme Barter | Stage Manager
Jayme Barter is a local theatre artist and musician, born and raised in Fort McMurray. She attended Holy Trinity High School and was involved with productions such as Grease, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and more as an actor and assistant director. After working on Into the Woods with Keyano Theatre Company in 2016, her love of technical theatre came to flourish. Before graduating in 2017, she assistant stage managed The Awesome 80’s Prom, the second Theatre; Just Because dinner theatre. She also stage managed Hanna Fridhed’s Two Eggs, which won Best Production at ADFA’s North Zone festival and competed in Provincials.
CAST
Jahrus Weir - Ash
Courtney Munn - Linda
Brittany Sutherland - Cheryl
Zachary Barrett - Scott
Akshaya Lakshmi - Shelly
Jenny Price - Annie
Chris Bowers - Ed
Sheldon Dahl - Jake
Zenon Campbell - The Moose / Evil Tree
Brandon Folmer - Evil Forces