≈ 2 hours · With intermission
Last updated: December 21, 2018
Program
A Schirmer Theatrical & Greenberg Artists co-production
Arrangements by Jeff Tyzik
PIECE OF MY HEART
As recorded by Janis Joplin, by Jerry Ragovoy & Bert Russell
DANCING IN THE STREET
As recorded by Martha Reeves, by Marvin Gaye, Ivy George Hunter & William Stevenson
SO FAR AWAY
Written and recorded by Carole King
FLASHDANCE… WHAT A FEELING
As recorded by Irene Cara, by Irene Cara & Giorgio Moroder
BOTH SIDES NOW
Written and recorded by Joni Mitchell
FREEWAY OF LOVE
As recorded by Aretha Franklin, by Jeffrey Cohen & Narada Michael Walden
UP ON THE ROOF
As recorded by Carole King, by Carole King & Gerald Goffin
LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD
As recorded by Pat Benatar, by Holly Knight & Michael Chapman
YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A NATURAL WOMAN
As recorded by Carole King, by Carole King, Gerald Goffin & Gerald Wexler
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PICK UP THE PIECES
Written and recorded by The Average White Band
I LOVE ROCK N’ ROLL
As recorded by Joan Jett, by Jake Hooker Richards & Allan Sachs
THESE DREAMS
As recorded by Heart, by Martin Page & Bernard Taupin
BEST (SIMPLY THE BEST)
As recorded by Tina Turner, by Holly Knight & Michael Chapman
I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE
Written and recorded by Carole King
YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND
Written and recorded by Carole King
HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT
As recorded by Pat Benatar, by Edward Schwartz
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT
As recorded by Tina Turner, by Terence Ernest Britten & Graham Hamilton Lyle
PROUD MARY
As recorded by Tina Turner, by John Cameron Fogerty
All arrangements licensed by Schirmer Theatrical, llc
Creative team
Robert Thompson, Producer
Jeff Tyzik, Producer & Arranger
Jami Greenberg, Producer & Booking Agent
Alyssa Foster, Producer
Laura Stanczyk, CSA, Casting
A portion of the proceeds from productions of Women Rock will be donated to the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls (WMRC), a non-profit music and mentoring organization that empowers girls and women through music education, volunteerism, and activities that foster safer spaces, self-respect, leadership skills, creativity and collaboration.
WMRC offers year-round and summer programs serving girls and gender non-binary youth ages 5–18. The Girls Rock! camp summer sessions (for ages 8–18), and Jumpstart summer rock camp (for ages 5-7), bring together intentionally diverse groups to explore identity and self-expression, ask questions of the world, build community, and act as leaders in their own process of musical creation. The non-profit also offers a three-day Ladies Rock Camp intensive (for adults ages 19 and up), based upon their youth model. Year-round programming includes after-school Rhythm & Voice workshops and Rock Out Today mini-camps in NYC public schools, as well as an Arts & Activism Fellowship which provides opportunities for teen women from low- and moderate-income households to create their own podcasts, and explore the powerful combination of art and social justice.
Artists
Manon has led a bilingual career since graduating from the Acting Program of the National Theatre School. Whether in classical or contemporary pieces, she’s collaborated with companies across the country, specifically in Toronto (Canadian Stage, Festival of Classics, Theatre Direct, Pleiades), Montreal (Denise-Pelletier, Centaur, Segal Centre, Usine C) and Sudbury (Sudbury Theatre Centre, Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario). In Ottawa, she’s performed for French and English Theatre at the NAC, Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC), Arts Court, Théâtre Catapulte, Rouge Écarlate, and Créations InVivo. She’s hosted concerts with the NAC Orchestra, the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Gala, and several corporate events across the country. Her work on-camera includes dramatic and comedic parts in film, television, commercials, and various multimedia projects. Recent credits include Pour toi Flora (Radio-Canada), Eaux Turbulentes (ARTV and Radio-Canada), the feature Noël en boîte, and three seasons of the youth TV series Amélie et Compagnie.
Along with regular voice work, Manon has done extensive work in translating and adapting various artistic and educational projects. She’s translated plays and librettos and been on the script writing team of three youth TV series, most recently the third season of Gang de hockey (TFO). With her teaching experience at the University of Ottawa’s Theatre Department and coaching both student and professional actors alike, Manon is now transitioning into directing. She’s directed a couple of readings, a production of Aéroportée at the TNO, and assistant directed Benevolence with Eric Coates at the GCTC. She’s currently working alongside French actor Caroline Raynaud to develop a one-woman show. Its first incarnation was presented at the TNO in February 2024.
Tobi Hunt McCoy is enjoying another year as season Stage Manager with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. In past seasons, she stage-managed Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Christopher Plummer in 2001 and Colm Feore in 2014. She co-produced the 1940s Pops show On the Air with Jack Everly for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, a show they co-produced in 2007 for the NAC Orchestra.
In 2018, McCoy made her Southam Hall acting debut in the role of Stage Manager in the Magic Circle Mime Co.’s production of Orchestra from Planet X. Additional professional duties have included aiding Susanna and the Countess in schooling the Count and Figaro on the finer points of marital love during The Marriage of Figaro, keeping her eyes open (for the first time ever) during the flying monkey scene in The Wizard of Oz, mistakenly asking Patrick Watson for proof of identity backstage, holding her breath while marvelling at the athletic ability of the cast during Cirque Goes Broadway, continuing to implement feedback on her British-Columbian French with the choruses of Ottawa, and cheering on Luke and Princess Leia with Charlie Ross, Émilie Fournier, and Eric Osner during the Star Wars Pops concert.
In her spare time, McCoy is the Head of Arts, Drama, English, and Library at Lisgar Collegiate Institute.
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