RCA Theatre Company Presents
Mom’s Girls Gone Wild
Written by:
Allison Moira Kelly, Stef Curran, Andie Bulman, Elizabeth Hicks, Veronica Dymond, Amelia Manuel, Marquita Walsh
Performed by:
Allison Moira Kelly, Stef Curran, Andie Bulman, Elizabeth Hicks
Directed by:
Mallory Fisher
Stage Manager/ Props Master:
Amanda Klein
Lighting Design by:
Diana Daly
Set Design by:
Alison Helmer
Costume Design by:
Meghan Greeley
Sound Design by:
Michelle LaCour
Assistant Stage Manager:
Tiff Roberts
Mentees:
Sammi Basha and Jessica Brown
Special Thanks:
Andrew Waterman, Marie and Connie at the Arts and Culture, Dillon Collins, and of course, as always, our moms (without whom we’d have no name). Thank you to the Mom’s Girls Gone Wild mentees, Sammi Basha and Jessica Brown.
Notes from Mom’s Girls
Mom’s Girls would like to thank you for supporting our comedy troupe and the whole Mom’s Girls Gone Wild team. When we first applied to Resource Centre for the Arts’ Presentation Series in the fall of 2019, we knew that we wanted to create a show that had silliness and friendship at its heart. We’re proud to have an entirely female/non-binary team behind this show. Thank you so much to everyone who has attended our shows, everyone who bought a shirt, everyone who follows us on social media, and everyone who tells friends about us.
The past year has been a whirlwind. We did sketches on Zoom and performed outside at Government House. We were fortunate enough to go ahead with our annual Christmas show at Bannerman Brewing this year, and we filmed our children’s television show Tales from the Floordrobe.
Mom’s Girls Gone Wild began in the writers’ room back in January with the four of us, Amelia, Marquita, and Veronica. Getting in a room together with these individuals talk about comedy was a special experience. Several of us literally peed our pants from laughing on our first brainstorm day. To all three of you—thank you for contributing your hilarious and thoughtful ideas and sketches and for being a part of this experience with us.
As the date for the show got closer and the pandemic showed no signs of slowing, we crossed our fingers that we would be able to do this show. NL’s second wave caused our original dates to be postponed, but we didn’t lose momentum. Our writers’ room concluded on Zoom, and as soon as we were able to do so, we put the rest of our team together and got this DONE! We are thrilled to have worked with Mallory, Amanda, Alison, Meghan, Michelle, and Diana on the creation and design of the show. Spending time together these past few weeks has been invigorating and so, so fun. Thank you for being your smart, talented, and thoughtful selves. Mallory—you are our #1 best-friend-cousin.
Thank you RCAT and RCA for your support throughout this entire process. Thank you to every team member. Thank you to every member of our audience. We hope you love this show as much as we loved making it.
– Allison, Andie, Elizabeth, and Stef
Notes from the Director
Mom’s Girls is a unique, versatile, and side-splittingly funny group of players. Their sketches are equal parts intelligent and ridiculous. Their humour is exacting, work ethic unmatched, and voices vital. When they asked me to join their ranks for Mom’s Girls Gone Wild, I knew I was in for a mountain of learning—and a whole range of giggles!
This show is particularly precious to me as it was built entirely by women and nonbinary artists. I hope you have as much fun watching it as we had creating it!
– Mallory Fisher, Director
ALLISON KELLY
Writer/Actor
Allison Kelly is an actor from Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador. Allison holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts (Acting) from Memorial University, Grenfell Campus, and a Master of Fine Arts (Acting) from York University. Select theatre credits include: Our Eliza, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III, The Seagull, A Servant of Two Masters (Perchance Theatre), Seal Slippers, Drowning Girls, Dedication (RCAT), What Is She Wearing, Isle of Demons (perSIStence Theatre), Almost Baymous 3 (Halfhandsome), Tibb’s Eve (Mindless Theatrics), Salt Water Moon (Rising Tide). Recent tv and film credits include Surrealestate, and Grindmind’s short film Mummering Legends. Allison teaches acting, both as an individual and for Grenfell Campus. Allison began writing for and performing in sketch comedy in 2016, and is so happy to be one fourth of Mom’s Girls. Most recently, Mom’s Girls shot their television show Tales from the Floordrobe.
STEF CURRAN
Writer/Actor
Stef Curran (she/her), an introverted comedian with a big mouth, is a graduate from Memorial University with a B.A in Communications, and a diploma in Performance and Communications Media. Curran has been performing for 10 years, but when she was bit by the skit bug, she was hooked on comedy. She is a member of Mom’s Girls and Halfhandsome, with past credits including Revue 2020 (Rising Tide), Almost Baymous 2, 3 (Halfhandsome) and The Ho Ho Ho Christmas Show 1, 2, 3 (Mom’s Girls). She has also travelled with Halfhandsome to perform in Chicago Sketch Fest at Stage 773. Curran is also on Tik Tok (rawstefc) where she produces short comedic Newfoundland sketches for over 23,000 followers. She would like to thank everyone involved in this show for being badass, and Nick Kroll for just being Nick Kroll.
ELIZABETH HICKS
Writer/Actor
Elizabeth Hicks is an actor, writer, sketch comedian, and filmmaker from Carbonear, Newfoundland. She holds a MA in English from Memorial. Elizabeth writes and performs regularly with Mom’s Girls (The Ho Ho Ho Christmas Show, I’m Just a Girl, Tales from the Floordrobe) and Halfhandsome (Almost Baymous, sketch fests, and more). As a playwright or actor, she has worked for many theatre companies in the province including Resource Centre for the Arts, Rising Tide Theatre, Perchance Theatre, Persistence Theatre, Artistic Fraud, Power Productions, and Mindless Theatrics/30for60. Elizabeth and her work have been featured at SJIWFF, Nickel Independent Film Festival, Women’s Work Festival, St. John’s Shorts, and sketch comedy festivals in New York City, Chicago, and Toronto. You may find Elizabeth at the TC Square, asleep on your couch, or behind the wheel of a large automobile.
ANDIE BULMAN
Writer/Actor
Amanda (Andie) Bulman is a chef, writer, filmmaker, stand-up comic and sketch comedian. She holds a BA from UPEI and an MA from Dalhousie. Her first cookbook will be released in 2021. Amanda has written and directed three films: her feature length documentary, I’m Not the Killing Type about women in amateur stand-up comedy debuted at the Charlottetown Film Festival in 2017, and her two short comedic films Drag Rescue and Witchy Prostitute #3 have debuted at the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival and the Charlottetown Film Festival in 2018 and 2019 respectively. She has performed stand up at Yuks Yuks, Just for Laughs showcase, and the Halifax Comedy Festival. She lives in colorful St. John’s, Newfoundland with her husband and a rascally basset hound named Gabby.
VERONICA DYMOND
Writer
Veronica Dymond is a writer, comedian, and cartoonist from St. John’s. A mainstay of the Newfoundland standup comedy scene, she is known for her wit, charm, and puns. She has performed alongside Canadian comedy greats like Adam Christie, Matt Wright, and Mary Walsh. Her essays and comics have been published on Cracked and CBC, including her debut essay, I Never Lie, Except That One Time About Being Straight for 28 Years. In 2019, she headlined at the Braxton Comedy Festival and was a featured speaker at TEDxStJohns. With her friend Andie Bulman, Veronica co-wrote/co-directed the short film Witchy Prostitute #3, which premiered at the Charlottetown Film Festival. Her play “Cross-Stitch” was part of the St. John’s Shorts Festival in 2020. It can take her hours to make a cup of tea because she forgets she boiled the kettle. She is easily distracted and doesn’t always finish her
AMELIA MANUEL
Writer
Amelia Manuel is an actor/singer/writer from Clarenville, NL. She has starred in the films, Hunting Pignut and Black Conflux, and has appeared on CBC’s Republic of Doyle. Past theatre roles include Dorine in Tartuffe (National Arts Centre), Millie in Birthday Balloon (Rising Tide Theatre), Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Velma Kelly in Chicago (Stephenville Theatre Festival), Anna in Closer (c2c Theatre), Juliet/Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet (New Curtain Theatre Company), and Myra Bennett in Tempting Providence (Theatre Newfoundland Labrador). Amelia has written and performed and toured in the musical Brand New Beat, as well as the political sketch comedy show Revue ‘10,’11,’12,’16,’17,’19 (RTT).
MARQUITA WALSH
Writer
Marquita Walsh is a multi-disciplinary artist from Fleur de Lys, NL. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts acting from Memorial University Grenfell Campus she is a dynamic actor for Theatre and television. Marquita has worked for several theatre companies across the island including Resource Center for the Arts and TNL. For her television debut, she starred as Reynolds for two seasons on CBC’s Little Dog. Marquita is also a singer-songwriter. Her debut album Into The Night was nominated for Music NL’s Pop album of the year and she was chosen to perform at Toronto’s NXNE Fest in 2018. In 2019 Marquita was cast in Terre Bruce Productions premiere production No Change In the Weather – A Newfoundland Musical. The show went on to tour extensively across the province and Canada. Recently, Marquita completed the first draft of her brand-new original play She Is Here. This project marks her first credit as playwright and the developmental stages of the work begin this summer.
Favorite credits include: Tempting Providence-Gros Morne Theatre Festival, Revue 2018- Rising Tide Theatre, Brazil Square-RCAT.
MALLORY FISHER
Director
Mallory Fisher is a theatre artist, gin nurturer, and wallpaper revivalist from Mount Pearl. Mallory holds a BFA, an MFA, and long-term grudges. Mallory is the Artistic Director of Shakespeare by the Sea, and sits on the board for the Women’s Work Festival and the St. John’s Short Play Festival. Mallory posts pictures of books on Instagram and screams on Twitter about queer and trans rights @malfisher.
AMANDA KLEIN
Stage Manager
Amanda originally hails from Oshawa, Ontario – but moved to St. John’s in 2019 to make NL home. She has worked with several companies both on and off the island, including the Gros Morne Theatre Festival, Opera on the Avalon, PerSIStence Theatre, and Theatre on the Ridge. Highlights include Phantom of the Opera (OOTA), What Hangs in the Balance (PerSIStence), and Tempting Providence (GMTF). When not dressed in black and hiding in a booth she can be found reading in a corner, or cooking up some kind of comfort food. Thanks to the Mom’s Girls Gone Wild team for bringing her into the fun!
DIANA DALY
Lighting Design
Diana Daly is a multi-instrumentalist, performer, storyteller, songwriter, designer and production manager who has been steadily working in the performing arts since 1997. Originally from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, she is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada’s Technical Production Program and a life-long learner. A lover of story through song, image, dance and spectacle, Diana has a keen interest in Printmaking and Ethnomusicology. Favourite projects that she has created include: The Fogo Island Song Share, the Lhasa de Sela Youth Stage (now in its 7th year!!) for the Montreal Folk Festival, being the “Femme d’Orchestre” for the puppet show Kate Crackerberry, all of the musical experiences with her students in Puvirnituq and Kangirsuk, the stage show about her extraordinary family If A Place Could Be Made and the St. John’s International CircusFest (now in it’s 4th year!). She serves on the APTNL Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and on the board of directors for Saint Michael’s Printshop.
ALISON HELMER
Set Design
Alison Helmer is a multidisciplinary artist who has been deeply and continuously influenced by her studies and experience working on the east coast. Though born and raised on the prairies, she began her theatre education with the Stagecraft program at Grenfell college before completing the Scenography program at the National Theatre School of Canada. She approaches the world of both set and costume design through a lens of fantasy, history, and the tradition of storytelling. She is excited by Theatre that pushes the boundaries between conventional and experimental, and that seeks to fulfill our human search for truth, escape, and shared connection.
MEGHAN GREELEY
Costume Design
Meghan Greeley is an amateur thrift shopper and collector of shiny things. Like a scavenging crow, her favourite possessions all came from someone else’s garbage. She is thrilled and starstruck to be working with Mom’s Girls.
MICHELLE LACOUR
Sound Design
Michelle LaCour is a freelance audio engineer based in St. John’s. After completing a Bachelor of Music in piano and musicology at Memorial University, she went on to earn a Masters of Music in sound recording from McGill University in Montreal, where she worked extensively as a live sound engineer, recording engineer, director, and research assistant. Since returning home in 2017, she has found herself working in a variety of positions, including as a festival manager and administrator; as a location recordist and post-production mixer for film and television; as a live sound engineer at various venues in the province; as a recording, mixing, and mastering engineer for local bands; and as a sound designer for theatre.
TIFF ROBERTS
Assistant Stage Manager
Tiff Roberts is a multidisciplinary artist from Twillingate, Newfoundland. Having studied both Acting and Technical theatre at Memorial University’s Grenfell Campus, Tiff enjoys being both on stage and behind it. Working with sound, light, box office and acting with Beyond the Overpass in the summer of 2016 is what set Tiff on the path to working with theatre in many shapes and forms. While enjoying many aspects of theatre, Tiff’s favourite part has always been working with and creating props and sets and is excited to be working with the Mom’s Girls Gone Wild team to keep their props in check during the shows!
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