AN INTIMATE GALA HONORING MEGAN FOLLOWS STAR OF ANNE OF GREEN GABLES AND REIGN 2018 Stratfrd Legacy Gala MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 FOUR SEASONS HOTEL, TORONTO 6:30 PM GALA CO-CHAIRS Barry Avrich Wendy Pitblad ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Antni Cimlin EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Anita Gaffney FOR TICKETS, PLEASE CALL: 1.800.561.1233 x2402
Recgnized and belved by audiences wrldwide fr her ACTRA/Gemini Award-winning starring rle in the Anne f Green Gables TV mvies, Megan Fllws has had a stunning and varied career in televisin, film and theater. Her mst recent icnic rle brught her back int the internatinal sptlight, prtraying Queen Catherine de Medici in the CW Netwrk/CBS Studis series Reign, which chrnicled the rise t pwer f Mary Queen f Scts. Fllws was nminated each year fr a CSA fr her layered prtrayal f this fan-favrite villain. Fllws began acting at the age f nine and landed her first leading rle, in the series Matt and Jenny, when she was eleven, fllwed by the series The Baxters. She went n t leading rles in bth Atlantis s first film ever made, titled The Olden Days Cat (based n the Margaret Laurence children s bk) and playing the lead in the Oscar-winning shrt film Bys and Girls. Since then, Fllws has never been ut f the public eye. Amng her best-knwn starring rles are Hckey Night, ppsite Rick Mranis; Inherit the Wind, ppsite Kirk Duglas and Jasn Rbards; Majr Crime; Under the Pian, in which she starred with the legendary spran Teresa Stratas; and in bth the highly acclaimed Stratfrd Festival prductin f Rme and Juliet, directed by Richard Mnette, and the televised versin f the stage play, directed by Nrman Campbell. She returned t Stratfrd t appear as Mzart s wife, Cnstanze Weber, in the 1995 prductin f Amadeus featuring Brian Bedfrd and Stephen Ouimette. She als starred in The Strk Derby, What Katy Did and Plainsng with Rachel Griffiths and Aidan Quinn. In additin, her stellar perfrmances have earned her a Genie nminatin fr Best Actress fr the film Termini Statin, five Gemini nminatins including tw fr her turn as the determined yet impverished mther in the Bky series, then fr her perfrmance as the mther t a yung Shania Twain in the mini-series Shania: A Life in Eight Albums, and again fr the Laurie Lynd-directed film Open Heart. Her gritty perfrmances n shws such as Huse M.D., Heartland, The Brder, CSI, ER and Law and Order have prven her versatility and talent as an actr. Alng with cmpleting a multiple-episde arc n the Nick@Nite series Hllywd Heights, Fllws was als featured n the critically acclaimed A&E series Lngmire, and starred ppsite Cnnie Sellecca and Jennifer Lpez in the CBS series Secnd Chances. Fllws als stars in the epic Ken Fllett mini-series Wrld Withut End, a Ridley and Tny Sctt prductin starring Cynthia Nixn, which is a fllw-up t the ppular Pillars f the Earth series. Fllws feature wrk includes leading rles in Allan King s acclaimed Termini Statin, Stephen King s Silver Bullet, Gregry Nava s A Time f Destiny with William Hurt and Timthy Huttn, Christmas Child with William Mses, Freign Affair with David Arquette, and Reluctant Angel amng thers. Ms Fllws was als seen in the 2014 release f the feature Hard Drive, directed by William D. MacGillivray and based n the best-selling nvel Ditch by Hal Niedzviecki. Fllws has appeared n stage in Uncle Vanya at the Geffen Playhuse, The Seagull at the Old Glbe Theater, alng with Sulpepper Theater perfrmances f night, Mther, Tp Girls, The Real Thing, Fl Fr Lve and Three Sisters, which earned her Dra Award nminatins. Other theater credits include Jane in This at the Vancuver Playhuse, Desdemna in Othell at the Natinal Arts Centre, her critically lauded perfrmance in the Mirvish prductin f Clud 9, and a lead rle in Nightwd Theater s The Penelpiad directed by Kelly Thrtn, which wn the 2012 Dra Award fr Outstanding Perfrmance in a Featured Rle/Ensemble. Nw, Fllws divides her time between directing and acting, and is currently shting a key recurring rle in Syfy s genre-breaking hit series Wynnna Earp.
ABOUT STRATFORD With William Shakespeare as its fundatin, the Stratfrd Festival aims t set the standard fr classical theater in Nrth America. Embracing ur heritage f traditin and innvatin, we seek t bring classical and cntemprary theater alive fr an increasingly diverse audience. By searching Canada and the wrld fr the finest talent, and by prviding the cnditins and training that enable thse artists t achieve their mst curageus wrk, we immerse ur audiences in a theater-ging experience that is nt nly innvative, entertaining and unsurpassed anywhere in the wrld, but als deeply relevant t, and reflective f, their lives and cmmunities. All prceeds frm this gala evening will supprt these key pririties. FESTIVAL THEATRE STAGE. PHOTOGRAPHY BY TERRY MANZO The Festival has embarked n an ambitius campaign t replace the Tm Pattersn Theatre. In additin t husing the new theatre itself, the new Tm Pattersn Theatre Centre will als becme the hme fr activities in ur Frum, Labratry and educatin department, and will supprt sme f the key pillars f Artistic Directr Antni Cimlin and Executive Directr Anita Gaffney s visin fr the Festival. This $100M campaign, The Spirit f the Tent, is led by Hnrary Campaign Chair Michael Meighen and Campaign C-Chairs Ophelia Lazaridis and Dr. M. Lee Myers. The new Centre will pen in the spring f 2020. THE EVENT The 2018 Stratfrd Festival Gala will be held in the Aria Ballrm at the Fur Seasns Htel, Trnt. The gala evening will include tributes, music and entertainment featuring Stratfrd Festival artists.
GOLD TABLE $50,000 Table f 10, premier lcatin Private receptin with Megan Fllws Tw tickets t Stratfrd s 2019 Opening Night perfrmance SILVER $20,000 USD Table f 10, central lcatin Private receptin with Megan Fllws BRONZE $12,500 USD Table f 10 VIP SINGLE TICKETS $2,500 USD Includes invitatin t a private receptin with Megan Fllws and central seating at dinner 2017 HONOUREE ERIC McCORMACK SINGLE TICKETS $1,000 USD Individual tickets n sale June 1, 2018 (subject t availability) 2016 HONOREE GORDON PINSENT 2015 HONOREE COLM FEORE 2014 HONOREE MARTHA HENRY 2013 HONOREE WILLIAM SHATNER 2012 HONOREE MAGGIE SMITH 2011 HONOREE CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PIMENTEL, ERIN SAMUELL AND TOM SANDLER
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