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· 2019-2020 Season

Ben Caplan © Stoo Metz Photography / Costume Designer: Carly Beamish

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A 2b theatre company (Halifax, NS) Production

Part high-energy musical and part darkly funny folktale, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story stars genre-bending sensation Ben Caplan, one of Canada’s most riveting and compelling performers. Written by Ottawa’s own Hannah Moscovitch, this klezmer music-theatre hybrid is inspired by the true story of two Jewish Romanian refugees who immigrated to Canada in 1908. Shifting seamlessly between heartbreak and joy, Old Stock is about...

October 16 - 27, 2019

Babs Asper Theatre 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada

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Oct 16 - 27, 2019

Babs Asper Theatre

Ben Caplan © Stoo Metz Photography / Costume Designer: Carly Beamish

web-1 — Ben Caplan © Stoo Metz Photography

web-2 — Ben Caplan, Mary Fay © Stoo Metz Photography

web-3 — Ben Caplan © Stoo Metz Photography

Theatre Drama Comedy Musicals Canadian Storytelling

“★★★★★ A thing of raw and unmissable beauty.” Herald Scotland

English
≈ 85 minutes · No intermission

Mature themes
Strong language

NAC English Theatre Presentation

A 2b theatre company (Halifax, NS) Production

Part high-energy musical and part darkly funny folktale, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story stars genre-bending sensation Ben Caplan, one of Canada’s most riveting and compelling performers. Written by Ottawa’s own Hannah Moscovitch, this klezmer music-theatre hybrid is inspired by the true story of two Jewish Romanian refugees who immigrated to Canada in 1908.

Shifting seamlessly between heartbreak and joy, Old Stock is about losing everything and finding the courage to make a new start.

Learn more in the program notes ›

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Artists

Playwright Hannah Moscovitch

Playwright Hannah Moscovitch

Hannah Moscovitch is an acclaimed Canadian playwright and TV writer whose work for the stage has been widely produced across Canada and internationally. She has won numerous accolades for her playwriting, including the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize and the Governor General’s Award. Past writing for the stage includes: East of Berlin, This is War, Bunny, Sexual Misconduct of the Middles Classes, and Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story (co-created with Ben Caplan and Christian Barry). In television, Hannah is the Co-Creator, Executive Producer and Head Writer of Little Bird for Bell Media and Rezolution alongside Jennifer Podemski. Most recently, Hannah was Co-Executive Producer on Interview With The Vampire for AMC with Gran Via and Dwight Street Book Club producing.

Hannah Moscovitch est une célèbre dramaturge et autrice de télévision canadienne, dont les œuvres scéniques ont été largement produites au Canada et à l’international. Elle a remporté de nombreuses distinctions pour ses pièces de théâtre, notamment le prestigieux prix littéraire Windham-Campbell et un Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général. Parmi ses œuvres dramatiques récentes, mentionnons : East of Berlin, This is War, Bunny, Sexual Misconduct of the Middles Classes et Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story (cocréation avec Ben Caplan et Christian Barry). À la télévision, Hannah est cocréatrice, productrice générale et autrice principale de Little Bird pour Bell Media et de Rezolution en collaboration avec Jennifer Podemski. Plus récemment, Hannah a été coproductrice générale de Interview With The Vampire pour la chaîne AMC, avec les compagnies de production Gran Via et Dwight Street Book Club.

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Director, Co-Lighting and Set Designer Christian Barry
Director, Co-Lighting and Set Designer Christian Barry
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The Wanderer Ben Caplan

The Wanderer Ben Caplan

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Chaya, Violin Mary Fay Coady

Chaya, Violin Mary Fay Coady

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Chaim, Clarinet and Various Eric Da Costa

Chaim, Clarinet and Various Eric Da Costa

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Drumset Jeff Kingsbury

Drumset Jeff Kingsbury

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Keyboard and Accordion Kelsey McNulty

Keyboard and Accordion Kelsey McNulty

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Stage and Production Manager, Co-Lighting and Set Designer Louisa Adamson

Stage and Production Manager, Co-Lighting and Set Designer Louisa Adamson

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Costume Designer Carly Beamish

Costume Designer Carly Beamish

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Assistant Director Laura Vingoe-Cram

Assistant Director Laura Vingoe-Cram

Laura is a Co-Artistic Director of Keep Good Theatre Company. Her recent directing credits include, Love and Information (The Fountain School of Performing Arts), The Children ( Keep Good Theatre Company), Miss N Me (Eastern Front Theatre), Interactions with Art (Halifax Theatre for Young People), Time of Trouble (Opera Nova Scotia), and Constellations (Keep Good Theatre Company). She recently completed a year at the Stratford Festival working as an Assistant Director under Nigel Shawn Williams and as a member of the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction. In 2015 she graduated from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow with a masters in direction.

Laura est codirectrice artistique de Keep Good Theatre Company. Elle a récemment mis en scène Love and Information (The Fountain School of Performing Arts), The Children (Keep Good Theatre Company), Miss N Me (Eastern Front Theatre), Interactions with Art (Halifax Theatre for Young People), Time of Trouble (Opera Nova Scotia) et Constellations (Keep Good Theatre Company). Elle a également passé un an au Festival de Stratford où elle a travaillé comme assistante à la mise en scène sous la direction de Nigel Shawn Williams et comme membre de l’atelier de mise en scène classique de Michael Langham. En 2015, elle a obtenu une maîtrise en mise en scène du Conservatoire royal d’Écosse à Glasgow.

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Tech Manager, Sound Engineer and Operator Rory Howson

Tech Manager, Sound Engineer and Operator Rory Howson

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Created by Hannah Moscovitch, Christian Barry and Ben Caplan.
Songs by Ben Caplan & Christian Barry* *Except for Traveler’s Curse by Geoff Berner and The Happy People by Danny Rubenstein **Additional Music Composed by Graham Scott
Set Designers Louisa Adamson and Christian Barry
Lighting Designers Louisa Adamson and Christian Barry
Sound Designers Jordan Palmer, Graham Scott, Christian Barry et Ben Caplan
Costume Designer Carly Beamish
Assistant Director Laura Vingoe-Cram
Voice and Speech Coach Susan Stackhouse
Production Manager and Stage Manager Louisa Adamson
Tech Manager, Sound Engineer & Operator Rory Howson
Rehearsal Stage Manager Christine Oakey
Rehearsal Production Assistant Patricia Vinluan