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SUMMER 2023

CYMBELINE

Township 7 Winery - July 6 - 16

Douglas Park  - July 17 - 23

Bakerview Farms - July 27- 29


Doors at 6pm, Performances 7pm 


Single tickets available May 1st

Evening buyout & Group Tickets

TOWNSHIP 7 WINERY TICKETS

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THURSDAY JULY 6TH

7PM

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FRIDAY JULY 7TH

7PM

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SATURDAY JULY 8TH

7PM

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Sunday JULY 9TH

7PM

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Thursday JULY 13TH

SOLD OUT - EVENING BUYOUT

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Friday July 14th

7PM

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Saturday JULY 15TH

7PM

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Sunday JULY 16TH

7PM

DOUGLAS PARK TICKETS

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DOUGLAS PARK - Tent Seating

$25 Beverage Included

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Thursday jULY 20TH

BY DONATION

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FRIDAY JULY 21TH

BY DONATION

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SATURDAY JULY 22nd

BY DONATION

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SUNDAY JULY 23rd

BY DONATION

BAKERVIEW (ECO DAIRY) TICKETS

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Thursday jULY 27TH

7PM

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FRIDAY JULY 28TH

7PM

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SATURDAY JULY 29th

7PM

Directors Message

Dayna Coulter

I’ll let you in on a secret. 

Lean in closer. Closer. Closer. Too close. Here it is: I never thought I’d want to direct.

I fell in love with Cymbeline after seeing it at Bard in the Beach. It was such a fantastic show! Why wasn’t it one of the top five produced Shakespearian shows?! When I realized the original version is almost four hours long that answered my question and I thought I should cut down a version so someone could direct it for Bard in the Valley. As I dove into the text and immensely enjoyed the story all over again, I realized I didn’t just want to cut it. I wanted to direct it!


I grew up loving fairy tales, and Cymbeline just fits the bill. It has all the fairytale and Shakespearian tropes including an evil step-mother (#spoileralert), missing princes, a princess in love with a commoner, a jealous husband, a death poison (or is it a death fake-out poison?), a woman dressed as a man in the woods, and an arrogant suiter. The only thing it really needed in my humble opinion was more pirates and a little less Jupiter ex machina. And so the BIV version was born.


I have so many people to thank! Thank you so much to our audiences for supporting us and sharing these stories. We would look very silly performing by ourselves. Thank you to the amazing BIV team of volunteers—everyone from cast and crew, designers and front of house: working with you all is the dream. I have been so inspired by your talents, creativity and problem-solving. Thank you to the team who read my first cut and gave me feedback. Thank you to my Dad for sharing a love of music with me and helping me create these songs. Thank you to the babysitters who have supported my family and allowed us to be a part of this project. Thank you to Dylan for being my best friend.

I am so thankful to have been given this opportunity.

Enjoy the show!

Cast & Crew

Crew


Director - Dayna Coulter

Producer - Brad Hendy

Vocal Coach - Madison McArthur

Intimacy Coach - Phay Moores 

Props Master - Shawn McGrory

 Costume Design - Natasha Purnell

Media & Communications  - Amy Dhanjal

Lighting Design - Ron Williams

Painter - David Sandquist

Sound Tech - Mariska Klunder

Puppets - Julianne Waldron

Costume 2 & ASM - Emily MacKinnon

Front of House Supervisor - Brad Hendy

 Media & Communications 2 - Shane Rochon 

Volunteer Coordinator - Dayna Coulter

Maxwell Cowan - Stage Manager

Set Dec - Pam Rochon


CAST

Belle Hernberg-Johnson

Imogen

Belle is overjoyed to be working with Bard in the Valley for her third time in the last year. She has recently received her Bachelor of Education at Simon Fraser University and has taken to the stage as an educator teaching in Langley. Belle would like to thank her supportive family, friends, and boyfriend as well as the cast and crew involved in making this experience and this play absolutely magical.

Lucas Morehouse

Cymbeline/Philario

 Lucas is a theatre Graduate from Trinity Western University. Born and raised in Kelowna, Lucas has been acting since he was nine when he fell in love with Shaekspeare. Previous roles include Jimmy/Randy/Dave from Almost, Maine and Duke Vincentio from Measure for Measure, both with Bard in the Valley. He has also done Martin Marcus from Ruby Sunrise, Multiple Characters from The Comedy of Errors at the School of Arts, Media, and Culture at TWU.

JD Dueckman

 Posthumus Leonatus

Hard to believe it's already been four years since J.D. was last onstage with Bard in the Valley, but we all collectively lost a couple years there, didn't we?  And the return comes with a twist: puppets!  This is a new one for J.D., both Cymbeline itself and being a puppeteer, but a welcome challenge after all this time away.  You may have seen him before at BIV in A Midsummer Night's Dream (2019) or The Comedy of Errors (2013), or a number of productions at UFV Theatre before that.  So sit back and watch as this play you're not familiar with becomes a show you won't easily forget!

JONATHAN (SHARKY FRIESEN

Cloten, Pirate

Jonathan Friesen, also known as “Sharky”, will be playing as the conniving Cloten. He is excited that after a 10 year hiatus he is back on stage and working with puppets! An avid Muppet fan, he has been working as an Early Childhood Educator in recent years with some film experience prior. As a former student of University of the Fraser Valley, he has performed in a few Shakespeare shows and Director Festivals. Just before his hiatus, he enjoyed playing Rosencrantz in a Society for Creative Anachronism dinner theatre performance of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; and his most recent role was Ebenezer Scrooge in Theatre Junkies’ production of A Christmas Carol. He wants to give special thanks to his Dungeons & Dragons friends, who got him through the lockdown as well as his Wifey and two amazingly creative children.

Dylan Coulter

Iachimo, Minstrel, Chorus 

Dylan Coulter is the Vice President of Bard in the Valley and has been since 2019. Dylan has performed in 7, BIV productions from Julia Caesar 2014 to Measure for Measure in 2022. Dylan directed Much a do about nothing in 2017 and will direct our 2024 Summer Production of  Shakespeare's 'A Winters Tale'.  Dylan studied theatre at UFV and is widely versed in Shakespeare. Dylan brings a critical eye and thoughtfulness to our organization. 

Sheri Eyre

Queen, Helen, Pirate

Jonathan Friesen, also known as “Sharky”, will be playing as the conniving Cloten. He is excited that after a 10 year hiatus he is back on stage and working with puppets! An avid Muppet fan, he has been working as an Early Childhood Educator in recent years with some film experience prior. As a former student of University of the Fraser Valley, he has performed in a few Shakespeare shows and Director Festivals. Just before his hiatus, he enjoyed playing Rosencrantz in a Society for Creative Anachronism dinner theatre performance of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; and his most recent role was Ebenezer Scrooge in Theatre Junkies’ production of A Christmas Carol. He wants to give special thanks to his Dungeons & Dragons friends, who got him through the lockdown as well as his Wifey and two amazingly creative children.

Brayden Meehan

 Pisanio, Arviragus, Chorus

Dylan Coulter is the Vice President of Bard in the Valley and has been since 2019. Dylan has performed in 7, BIV productions from Julia Caesar 2014 to Measure for Measure in 2022. Dylan directed Much a do about nothing in 2017 and will direct our 2024 Summer Production of  Shakespeare's 'A Winters Tale'.  Dylan studied theatre at UFV and is widely versed in Shakespeare. Dylan brings a critical eye and thoughtfulness to our organization. 

Patrick McMath

Cornelius, Pirate

Jonathan Friesen, also known as “Sharky”, will be playing as the conniving Cloten. He is excited that after a 10 year hiatus he is back on stage and working with puppets! An avid Muppet fan, he has been working as an Early Childhood Educator in recent years with some film experience prior. As a former student of University of the Fraser Valley, he has performed in a few Shakespeare shows and Director Festivals. Just before his hiatus, he enjoyed playing Rosencrantz in a Society for Creative Anachronism dinner theatre performance of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; and his most recent role was Ebenezer Scrooge in Theatre Junkies’ production of A Christmas Carol. He wants to give special thanks to his Dungeons & Dragons friends, who got him through the lockdown as well as his Wifey and two amazingly creative children.

John McCallum

Guiderius, Lord 1, Minstrel, Chorus 

Dylan Coulter is the Vice President of Bard in the Valley and has been since 2019. Dylan has performed in 7, BIV productions from Julia Caesar 2014 to Measure for Measure in 2022. Dylan directed Much a do about nothing in 2017 and will direct our 2024 Summer Production of  Shakespeare's 'A Winters Tale'.  Dylan studied theatre at UFV and is widely versed in Shakespeare. Dylan brings a critical eye and thoughtfulness to our organization. 

Gordon Law

 Belarius, Minstrel, Chorus

Dylan Coulter is the Vice President of Bard in the Valley and has been since 2019. Dylan has performed in 7, BIV productions from Julia Caesar 2014 to Measure for Measure in 2022. Dylan directed Much a do about nothing in 2017 and will direct our 2024 Summer Production of  Shakespeare's 'A Winters Tale'.  Dylan studied theatre at UFV and is widely versed in Shakespeare. Dylan brings a critical eye and thoughtfulness to our organization. 

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