Company: Brampton Musical Society (currently Brampton Music Theatre)
Production: Evita, Fall 1991
This was my very first musical at the impressionable age of eleven - and what subject matter! This community theatre production ran a full two weeks, if I remember correctly, at the Lester B. Pearson Theatre in Brampton - this was pre-Rose Theatre days, before the idea was even conceived at the time. My father - in the General's Chorus, to the left of the nun - managed to get us auditions for the orphaned children's chorus that sing to Evita in thanks for her charity and goodness and all that good stuff orphans appreciate. My brother, D'Arcy - he's inspecting his toes, front row left - was the smallest of the group, earning him the opportunity to present 'Santa Evita' with a bouquet of flowers. I remember one performance him turning to the audience and waving, 'hello!'. He was only six or so at the time, so it's forgivable, I guess. Adds to the cute factor, no?
