Whitehorse, Yukon. August 22, 2023
The Guild Hall is proud to announce its 2023-24 season: a line-up of brilliant mainstage productions as well as engaging community events and collaborations.
The Guild’s mainstage shows this season include three plays by Canadian playwrights:
“The Guild Hall will be humming with artistry and activity this season,” Artistic Director Brian Fidler said. “We are thrilled to program a season that features three stellar mainstages as well as exciting events and opportunities designed to build community and foster local artists.”
This season the Guild Hall also continues its commitment to creating a welcoming community space with a diverse range of events and collaborations:
For more information on our 2023-24 season, please visit our website at guildhall.ca or the Guild’s Facebook page. Tickets for mainstage shows go on sale approx. three weeks before opening.
Media Contact: Brian Fidler, Artistic Director, ytguildhall@gmail.com
About The Guild Hall: The Guild Hall strives to be a vibrant hub of artistic expression and creativity, committed to fostering local artists and supporting community engagement through captivating performances and innovative initiatives.
Whitehorse, Yukon. May 26, 2022
We're thrilled to announce auditions for the Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, our first mainstage production of our 2022-23 season, will happen June 17th thru 19th at the Guild.
To book an audition, email: guildproducer@gmail.com.
Each audition will consist of reading sides from the play and singing a song you’ve prepared (a capella or bring your own backing track).
If you have summer plans, audition, audition, audition! We will do our best to work around summer plans!
Once the play is cast all the performers will get the music and the script and have the opportunity to learn the music and the lines before we get into the rehearsal hall. This will allow people to work at their own speed on their own time and enable us to have a flexible rehearsal schedule once regular rehearsals begin in September.
The Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan. Music and lyrics by Mel Brooks.
Original direction and choreography by Susan Stroman.
Directed by Brian Fidler.
Musical direction Scott Maynard.
Choreography Allyn Walton
Grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein inherits his family’s estate in Transylvania. With the help of Igor, a hunchbacked sidekick, and Inga, a leggy lab assistant, Frederick brings to life a creature to rival his grandfather’s. When his monstrous creation escapes, hilarity abounds!
Dr. Frederik Frankenstein
The Monster
Igor
Inga
Elizabeth Benning
Frau Blücher
Inspector Hans Kemp
The Hermit
Dr. Victor von Frankenstein
Ensemble: gravediggers, villagers, medical students, passengers, mad scientists
This Musical is a total blast! It’s ridiculous and delightfully funny and I’m excited to jump in with both feet to direct this cult classic. If you’ve seen the movie then you have a good idea of the degree of silliness that the Musical holds- come and play!
Scott Maynard will be our Musical Director and if you’ve worked with Scott then you know what a gem he is. And if you haven’t worked with Scott- then you have the opportunity of working with a talented vocal coach who really knows his stuff- and he’s lovely too! With the amazing Allyn Walton choreographing, rehearsals for Young Frankenstein are guaranteed to be as joyful and wacky as the play itself.
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The Guild is committed to inclusive casting. We encourage performers who self-identify as members of under-represented communities to audition. If there are any accessibility obstacles preventing you from auditioning please let us know and we will work with you to overcome them. We value a multiplicity of world views and aim to create a welcoming environment for all artists.
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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mti.shows.com
Whitehorse, Yukon. March 15, 2021
The Guild and Gwaandak Theatre are working together on an Indigenous-focused production this spring: Dreary and Izzy by Tara Beagan, directed by Katey Wattam.
We're looking to gauge interest from local Indigenous artists to fill design and production roles for this play. These would be lead roles, supported through mentorship.
Experience is great but isn't necessary. We're looking for enthusiastic people with a background in related arts who most importantly have a strong interest in exploring their art in theatre. There will be an honorarium for these positions.
We're looking for folx interested in the following areas:
Work on the production begins in early April and runs through mid-May.
Have questions? Would like to learn more? Please email Brian Fidler at ytguildhall@gmail.com.