Dinner Theatre fundraiser in support of Waypoints (2017)

THE AWESOME 80S PROM

Written by Ken Davenport and the Class of 1989

Show dates: February 10-11, 2017
Location: Suncor Energy Centre for the Performing Arts

About the show
”A blast-from-the-past party set at Wanaget High’s Senior Prom in 1989. Come “Back In Time” and join the  circle. Come on, you know you have a Members Only jacket somewhere… and if you’re lucky, you’ll even get to dance with the Captain of the Football Team!”

Artistic Team

Michelle Thorne | Director

Michelle is a multi-award winning Director, Producer, and Actor based in her home community of Wood Buffalo, AB. Recent directing credits include The Other Side of the Pole, and Steel Magnolias for Keyano Theatre Company, Fanny & Manny Tie the Knot, The Most Massive Woman Wins, and Louis and Dave for Theatre; Just Because.

Michelle holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Dramatic Arts from the University of Lethbridge. She is co-founder and Artistic Director for Theatre; Just Because. She has also participated in the Wood Buffalo arts community as the Program Manager for Arts Council Wood Buffalo, regional representative for Alberta Drama Festival Association, and sits on the Board of Directors for Theatre Alberta.

Natalie Farahani | Stage Manager

Natalie has been involved in theatre tech for the past four years. Working 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 Stage Manager for The Odd Couple (2015), and Steel Magnolias (2016).

Jayme Barter | Assistant Stage Manager

Jayme is a grade 12 student at Holy Trinity Catholic High School and has been involved with Trinity Festival Productions such as Mulan, Grease, and When in Rome as an actor and choreographer. She has been recently involved in theatre tech with Keyano Theatre Company’s Into the Woods, and assistant stage managed a play in Theatre; Just Because’s one-act festival, For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls. This is the biggest project she has yet to take on as an assistant stage manager, and wants to thank Michelle Thorne and the rest of the TJB creative team for the totally radical opportunity!