Jan 6 - Jan 28, 2024
An Italian teenager growing up in Jasper in the 1970s, caught between two worlds and determined to make his mark. This tour-de-force solo show is packed with disco, fantastic singing and a host of hilarious characters. Winner of both the Sterling Award (Edmonton) and Jessie Award (Vancouver) for Outstanding Comedic Performance, this is a fun, heartfelt coming of age story about a kid with the heart of Rocky Balboa and the moves (and hair!) of John Travolta.
Photos & Videos
Photo by Nanc Price for The Citadel Theatre’s production of Made in Italy (2024), featuring Farren Timoteo.
Cast & Creative Team
Farren Timoteo,
Actor & Playwright
Farren Timoteo,
Actor & Playwright
Farren’s acting credits include: Jersey Boys,The Fiancée,As You Like It, Shakespeare in Love, Peter and the Starcatcher and Monty Python’s Spamalot (Citadel Theatre); The Light in the Piazza (Theatre Calgary); Coriolanus (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); A Grand Time in the Rapids, Far Away and Long Ago-Go (Teatro Live!); Forever Plaid (Mayfield Dinner Theatre); and Made in Italy, which he has been touring across Canada since 2016 to places like Vancouver (Arts Club), Kamloops (Western Canada Theatre), Calgary (Theatre Calgary/Alberta Theatre Projects), Winnipeg (Royal Manitoba Theatre Company), Hamilton (Theatre Aquarius), and Gananoque (Thousand Islands Playhouse). Farren is also the Artistic Director of Alberta Musical Theatre Company, where he has written and directed many musicals for children that are seen by more than 60,000 Albertan students every year. Farren has received a Jessie Richardson Awardfor his performance in Made in Italyand four Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards, two of which were for his performances in Spamalot and Made in Italy, both of which were seen at The Citadel Theatre. In 2018, he was the recipient of a Broadwayworld.com Award for his performance in Forever Plaid. In 2015, he was included in Avenue Magazine’s prestigious list of Edmonton’s Top 40 Under 40, in recognition of his artistic contributions to the city. This season, Farren will return to Vancouver to perform Made in Italyand will next appear in The Citadel Theatre’s upcoming production of The Three Musketeers. After the show, feel free to connect with Farren on Facebook @madeinitalytheplay and on Instagram @madeinitalytheplay to follow the tour and share your experiences!
Daryl Cloran,
Director
Daryl Cloran,
Director
Daryl is the Artistic Director of the Citadel. He has directed internationally in countries such as South Africa and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and across Canada, including: Shaw Festival, National Arts Centre, Neptune (Halifax), Arts Club (Vancouver) and Canadian Stage (Toronto). For the Citadel, Daryl has recently directed: Almost a Full Moon, Network, Jane Eyre, The Fiancée, Shakespeare in Love, andMatilda. Daryl’s award-winning, Beatles-infused adaptation of As You Like Ithas played at the Citadel, Bard on the Beach (Vancouver), RMTC (Winnipeg), Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Milwaukee Rep and the Shakespeare Theater Company (Washington, DC). Up next Daryl directs As You Like Itat Theatre Calgary and TheThree Musketeersat the Citadel.
Laura Krewski,
Original Choreographer
Laura Krewski,
Original Choreographer
Choreography credits include Mamma Mia!, West Side Story, Spamalot, and Shakespeare in Love(Citadel Theatre); Next to Normal(Citadel/Theatre Calgary); Enron (National Arts Centre); Home is a Beautiful Word(Belfry/Persephone Theatre); Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago,and Footloose (The Mayfield); Candide(Edmonton Opera); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee(Belfry/Arts Club); and new musicals RICH and Rapa Nui(MTYP). Laura has choreographed original musicals Vigilante, Nevermore, Frankenstein,Hunchback,Fortune Falls, and The Invisible for Catalyst Theatre. Laura has received the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award, five Sterling Awards, a Betty Mitchell and a Lucille Lortel nomination for her work on the Off-Broadway run of Nevermore.
Cory Sincennes,
Set Designer
Cory Sincennes,
Set Designer
Cory is an award-winning designer, currently residing in Charlottetown, PEI. His designs have received both national and international recognition having worked throughout Canada, Europe and Russia. He holds a MFA in Theatre Design from the University of Alberta. Recent Work: Gypsy; Prince Caspian, Damn Yankees(Shaw Festival); Anne of Green Gables, Evangeline, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mamma Mia!(Charlottetown Festival); A Christmas Carol, Shakespeare in Love, Matilda, Romeo and Juliet, Spamalot(Citadel Theatre); The Secret Garden, The Louder We Get, Billy Elliot, Bad Jews, Liberation Days(Theatre Calgary); Next to Normal, Mary Poppins, Crazy For You(Theatre Calgary/Citadel Theatre). www.corysincennes.com
Cindy Wiebe,
Costume Designer
Cindy Wiebe,
Costume Designer
Favourite shows include:Glory, The Drowning Girls, A Christmas Carol (Western Canada Theatre); Elizabeth Rex, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest(Project X Theatre Productions); Don’t Dress for Dinner (Thousand Islands Playhouse). So grateful to be a part of Made in Italysince the very beginning!
Celeste English,
Lighting Designer
Celeste English,
Lighting Designer
Celeste English is a lighting designer from Vancouver, BC. Design credits include: Made In Italy(Theatre Calgary, Arts Club Theatre, Theatre Aquarius);A Tiny Christmas Carol(Chemainus Theatre Festival); Miracle on 34th Street(Theatre Northwest); The Virtual Full Light of Day(Electric Theatre Company); OW, Bloom(Mascall Dance). Assistant Design credits include: The Burnt City(Punchdrunk); Kleptocracy(Arena Stage);Shakespeare in Love, Taming of the Shrew(Bard on the Beach). She holds a BFA from SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts and an MA from University of the Arts London.
Conor Moore,
Original Lighting Designer
Conor Moore,
Original Lighting Designer
Conor Moore (he/him) is a Vancouver-based labour organizer living on unceded Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)land. He currently works as the Organizing Coordinator for IATSE 891, Recording Secretary for IATSE 118, and President of the Arts and Cultural Workers Union IATSE B-778. He is a proud member of IATSE ADC659. Art is Labour and Labour is Entitled to All It Creates.
Whittyn Jason,
Associate Lighting Designer
Whittyn Jason,
Associate Lighting Designer
Whittyn Jason (they/them/theirs) is a queer, non-binary, mixed-race artist of South African and Ukrainian descent. They are based in amiskwacîwâskahikan (colonially known as Edmonton), where they work as a scenographer and Festival Director for Found Festival (Common Ground Arts Society. Select credits include: The Hooves Belonged to the Deer(In Arms Theatre Collective, Tarragon Theatre);Heaven(NAC); Little Women (Theatre Calgary); The Royale, The Fiancée, Heaven, A Brimful of Asha(Citadel Theatre); The Wolves(Maggie Tree/Citadel Theatre); and Smoke(Tiny Bear Jaws).
Mishelle Cuttler,
Sound Designer
Mishelle Cuttler,
Sound Designer
Mishelle is a composer, sound designer, and musician based in Vancouver. Past projects at the Citadel: A Christmas Carol, The Herd, The Candidate, The Party, andSweat. Other favourites include: Someone Like You(Arts Club); The Mixolydian(Green Thumb); Clean(Neworld); Made in Canada(rice & beans); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare in Love, Lysistrata, Done/Undone(Bard on the Beach); The Matchmaker(Arts Club); and Titus Bouffonius(Rumble). Next up: East Van Panto: Beauty and the Beast(Theatre Replacement). Mishelle is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and of UBC Theatre. She is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada. www.mishellecuttler.com
Amanda Goldberg,
Assistant Director
Amanda Goldberg,
Assistant Director
Amanda Goldberg is a director, dramaturg and producer from Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. She is now based in Amiskwacîwâskahikan/Edmonton working as the Artistic Producer of SkirtsAfire Festival. Amanda is an honors graduate from Dawson College’s Professional Theatreprogram, Concordia University’s Theatre and Development program, and University of Alberta’s MFA Directing program. Recent directing credits: Twelfth Night(Freewill Shakespeare); Brontë, Phaedra’s Loveand Belleville(UofA); Yerma(Concordia); City Boy(Mainline Theatre); and three-time META nominated production, Smackhead(We Are One). Recent assistant directing credits: Citadel Theatre’sNetworkand The Fiancée.
Christine Leroux,
Stage Manager
Christine Leroux,
Stage Manager
For Citadel: Debut. Elsewhere: Serving Elizabeth, Meet My Sister, A ChristmasCarol, The Best Brothers, Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth (Western Canada Theatre); Made in Italy (Western Canada Theatre, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Arts Club Theatre & Theatre Calgary); The New Canadian Kid(Green Thumb Theatre); Meet My Sister, The Best Brothers(Theatre Northwest); Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Raven Meets the Monkey King(Axis Theatre). Other: Christine is currently the Producer for Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops and is so excited to be back with Farren on this adventure. All my love to Leon and Charlie! Enjoy the show!
Davis Shewchuk,
Apprentice SM
Davis Shewchuk,
Apprentice SM
Davis Shewchuk (He/They) is an emerging Albertan stage manager. He is excitedly participating in the Citadel’s RBC Horizon Emerging Artist program. They are passionate about creating anti-oppressive workspaces. He strives to create works accessible to both audiences and artists. You can see them backstage next in The Mountaintopat the Citadel this season. Select credits include: Grease (WCT); Almost a Full Moon (Citadel); Off the Beaten Path, Stories of Arlyrus (OBPMusical); and Tune to A(Expanse/Azimuth).
