CAPTAIN AURORA: A SUPERHERO MUSICAL Remount to Play Centaur Theatre, 1/8-17

Kaleidoscope Theatre Montreal (winner of the 2015 Frankie for Most Promising English Company) is proud to present the remount of last year's highest grossing 25th St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival show: Captain Aurora: A Superhero Musical. Created and directed by Trevor Barrette, Captain Aurora is a show about the nightmares that come true when dreams do and the search for meaning, a search that will take our audience from the streets of Megacity to intergalactic spacecrafts and alternate dimensions!

IN THE WAKE OF AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL INVASION,
HUMANITY HAS ENTERED AN AGE OF PEACE AND HARMONY LEAVING OUR SUPERHEROINE, CAPTAIN AURORA, BORED AND LONGING FOR ADVENTURE.
HOWEVER, WHEN AN A'ARU SHIP RESURFACES, THREATENING EARTH'S NEWFOUND UNITY, IT WILL BE UP TO HER TO SAVE THE DAY... WILL SHE BE READY?

With a book and lyrics influenced by comic book mythology and the summer blockbuster, music inspired by the scores of John Williams and Bernard Herrmann, a broad and vibrant costume and set design, Captain Aurora: A Superhero Musical will bring the epic world of superheroes to the stage!

Founded by Trevor Barrette in 2011, Kaleidoscope Theatre Montreal seeks to work with emerging artists and young professionals to produce classical pieces and new works with a focus on dynamic storytelling and design. Their current production seeks to engage with the tropes and narratives of superhero fiction and to explore the representation of women in that media. Barrette says, "People are so willing to suspend their disbelief for post-apocalyptic futures, extraterrestrial warfare and superheroes, but often double-take when they discover that Captain Aurora is a woman. We're presenting this now to have that conversation."

Featuring a 12-person cast, 8 original songs and a 4-piece band!

Director: Trevor Barrette | Musical Director: David Terriault | Fight Director: Michelle Lewis | Choreographer: Justine Lewis | Technical Director / Stage Manager: Kevin Conforti | Set / Property Designer: Skyler Diotte | Costume Designer: Rachel Quintero Faia | Lighting Designer: Isabel Quintero Faia |

Starring: Vlad Alexis, Lee Clapp, Sean Colby, Zachary Creatchman, Nikki Haggart, Saraah Hicks, Michelle Lewis, Jonathan Patterson, Eva Petris, Kendall Savage, Nadia Verrucci and Kenny Wong

Kaleidoscope Theatre Montreal presents Captain Aurora: A Superhero Musical January 8 at 21:00 / January 9 at 16:00 / January 13 at 21:00 / January 14 at 19:00 / January 17 at 21:00 Centaur Theatre, 453 St. Francois-Xavier, Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 2T1

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Trevor Barrette (Book, Music and Lyrics / Director) is a Montreal-based actor, director and playwright. A graduate of John Abbott College's professional theatre program (2011 Pamela Montgomery Award, 2008 Carla Napier Scholarship), he most recently spent a year studying Classics and Drama at the University of Toronto (2015 Robert Gill Award). In 2011 he founded Kaleidoscope Theatre Montreal and has directed their productions of Antigone, The Tempest, the Canadian premiere of None of the Above as well as his own creations Mixtape (in association with CETM) and To Be: In Concert (originally produced by Persephone Productions). Other credits include: Director: The 70s Rock On (upcoming, Segal Centre for the Performing Arts), Ond (Winner 2015 Best Ensemble) and The Age of Arousal (Winner 2010 Best Production). Actor: The Rocky Horror Show (MainLine Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Repercussion Theatre), Innocence Lost: A play about Steven Truscott (Centaur Theatre / NAC), To Be (Persephone Productions) and The Tin Can People (Diana Productions / Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Choreographer: Hairspray!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Gypsy (WISTA), St-Carmen of the Main, Marathon '33, Into the Woods (upcoming) (JAC Professional Theatre), Oklahoma! and Little Shop of Horrors (JAC Workshop).

Chris Barillaro (Orchestrations) is a musical director, pianist, orchestrator, actor, singer, and proud graduate of Dawson College's Professional Theatre Program and of McGill University (B.A. in music and theatre). Selected musical direction credits include: The Last 5 Years, Forever Plaid, Belles Soeurs: The Musical (MD/Orchestrations); To Be: In Concert (MD/Orchestrations), Ain't Misbehavin'; Schwartz's: The Musical (Asst.MD); Cabaret; Chicago; and the Canadian premieres of both Rooms: A Rock Romance and Altar Boyz. Selected acting credits include: Funny Girl (Segal), Forever Plaid (Segal/Copa), Songs for a New World (Players' Theatre); The Play's the Thing (Segal Theatre); Schwartz's: The Musical (Centaur); Souvenir (CETM & IYFE); Altar Boyz (CETM); The Jazz Singer (DWYT) and SyFy's Being Human. Upcoming: Bowser and Blue's The Last Night at the Gayety at Centaur and Belles Soeurs: The Musical at the NAC and at the Charlottetown Festival.

Montreal native David Terriault (Additional Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements / Musical Director) currently holds a Bachelor in classical piano at McGill University after graduating with honours from Marie Victorin's classical and pop piano program. He has participated in several classical music competitions across Quebec such as the Canadian Music Competition (Provincial finals), Concours de Musique Classique de Sorel-Tracy (1st prize), Festival de Musique Classique de Montre?al (1st prize) and the Concours de Musique Classique de Sillery (2nd prize). Over the past years, David has been working as an accompanist for multiple singers of different genres, has been studying with the renowned pianist Olivier Godin. 2014 META Nominee for Outstanding Emerging Artist, David is also very prominent in the theatre community working as a musical director. Recent credits as a musical director include Le Prince et le Pauvre (Montreal and New York), The Wild Party, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (IYFE), Songs for a New World (Players' Theatre), Godspell (BCT), Spring Awakening (Persephone & Centaur Theatre) Fiddler on the Roof, Catch Me If You Can, Hairspray (CSLDS), On Second Avenue and Forever Plaid (Segal Centre). David is very excited to be back with the wonderful Kaleidoscope team to present for a second time Captain Aurora.

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