VANIER COLLEGE PRODUCTIONS
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    • VIC 25th Anniversary
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      • Communication Skills Workshop
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  • Past Productions
    • 1971-1980 >
      • 1971 >
        • Under the Milkwood
      • 1972 >
        • Marat/Sade
      • 1977 >
        • The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
      • 1978 >
        • J.B.
      • 1979 >
        • The Visit
    • 1980-1990 >
      • 1980 >
        • Abelard and Heloise
      • 1981 >
        • The Madwoman of Chaillot
      • 1982 >
        • As You Like It
        • Oh! Chaucer!
      • 1983 >
        • The Fantasticks (1983)
      • 1984 >
        • ...and On the Eighth Day
      • 1985 >
        • Medea
      • 1986 >
        • East Lynne
      • 1987 >
        • The Good Person of Szechwan
      • 1988 >
        • The Black Tulip
      • 1989 >
        • Arsenic and Old Lace (1989)
    • 1990-2000 >
      • 1990 >
        • Sweeney Todd
      • 1991 >
        • God Is Alive and Well and Living at the Mall
      • 1992 >
        • The Miser
      • 1993 >
        • Lysistrata
      • 1994 >
        • Romeo & Juliet
      • 1995 >
        • Festival I!
      • 1996 >
        • Life & Death and Other Comedies
      • 1996-1997 >
        • Festival II!
        • VIC 1996-1997
      • 1997-1998 >
        • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
        • Barefoot in the Park
        • Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
        • One Act Play Festival 1997-1998
        • VIC 1997-1998
      • 1998-1999 >
        • Hosanna
        • Festival III!
        • York Follies
        • One Act Play Festival 1998-1999
        • VIC 1998-1999
      • 1999-2000 >
        • The Miracle Worker
        • Godspell
        • One Act Play Festival 1999-2000
        • VIC 1999-2000
    • 2000-2010 >
      • 2000-2001 >
        • Equus
        • Dirty Work at the Crossroads
        • Man of La Mancha
        • One Act Play Festival (2001)
        • VIC 2000-2001
      • 2001-2002 >
        • The Fantasticks (2001)
        • Caught in the Villain's Web
        • Into the Woods
      • 2002-2003 >
        • Forever Yours, Marie-Lou
        • The Drunkard
        • Pirates of Penzance
      • 2003-2004 >
        • Arsenic and Old Lace (2003-2004)
        • West Side Story
        • VIC 2003-2004
      • 2004-2005 >
        • A Flea in Her Ear
        • Ruddigore
      • 2005-2006 >
        • The Brothers M.
        • Comedy/Errors
      • 2006-2007 >
        • Nose to Nose
        • One Potato Too
        • Vanier Cabaret Troupe (2006-2007)
        • VIC 2006-2007
      • 2007-2008 >
        • The Farm Show (2007)
        • Alphabet Soup
        • VIC 2007-2008
        • One Act Play Festival 2008
      • 2008-2009 >
        • The Visit (2008)
        • Urinetown: The Musical
        • Radio 10 Live! (2009)
        • VIC 2008-2009
      • 2009-2010 >
        • Secondary Wishes
        • Spotlight on MacIvor
        • Reefer Madness
        • VIC 2009-2010
        • Radio 10 Live! (2010)
    • 2010-2020 >
      • 2010-2011 >
        • Under the Gaslight
        • One Act Play Festival (2011)
        • Cabaret
        • VIC Funhouse (2011)
      • 2011-2012 >
        • One Act Play Festival (2011)
        • The Drowsy Chaperone
        • Festival IV!
        • VIC 2011-2012
        • Show Choir 2011-2012
      • 2012-2013 >
        • Lips Together, Teeth Apart
        • The Mystery of Edwin Drood
        • One Act Play Festival 2013
        • VIC 2012-2013
        • Show Choir 2012-2013
      • 2013-2014 >
        • Excuse You !
        • Legally Blonde: The Musical
        • The Castle Spectre
        • VIC 2013-2014
        • Show Choir 2013-2014
      • 2014-2015 >
        • The Last Five Years
        • 7 Stories
        • Jekyll & Hyde The Musical
        • VIC 2014-2015
        • Show Choir 2014-2015
      • 2015-2016 >
        • Rent
        • Buried Child
        • VIC 2015-2016
        • Show Choir 2015-2016
      • 2016-2017 >
        • Clybourne Park
        • The Laramie Project
        • Little Women
        • VIC 2016-2017
        • Show Choir 2016-2017
      • 2017-2018 >
        • Peter and the Starcatcher
        • The Penelopiad
        • 9 to 5: The Musical
        • VIC 2017-2018
        • Show Choir 2017-2018
      • 2018-2019 >
        • The Girl in the Photograph
        • The Exonerated
        • Ground Zero Fringe Festival
        • Shrek: The Musical
        • VIC 2018-2019
        • Show Choir 2018-2019
      • 2019-2020 >
        • Next to Normal
        • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
        • Six Characters in Search of an Author
        • My Favorite Year
        • VIC 2019-2020
        • Show Choir 2019-2020
    • 2020-PRESENT
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Vanier Improv Company 2020-2021

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Tuesdays​ @ 9:00 PM

Oct.  27, Nov. 10, Dec. 1, Jan. 19,  Feb. 9, Mar. 9, Mar. 30
VIC 25th Anniversary - Feb. 27 @ 7:30 PM

Directed by Jonathan Shaboo
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Stage Managed by Shania Mendes
​Technical Directed by Shabithah Varatharajan

Cast: 

Alexandra Gouvis
Barbara Morrone-Sanchez
Hannah Rocca
Hitesh Arulnesan
Kaitlyn Stollery
Mary Witlib
Mason Choffe
Montserrat Cadena
Vicky Tan

Meet the Crew & Cast of VIC 2020-2021

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Jonathan Shaboo
Jonathan is excited to be returning as director of the Vanier Improv Company. A four-year veteran of The Second City Toronto and recent graduate of Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, Jonathan cannot wait to share his pretentious theatre education with you all. Selected Credits: The Ministry of Mundane Mysteries (Outside the March Theatre) Winter of 88 (Nowadays Theatre) We Will Rock You (Starvox Ent.) Greater Expectations (The Second City Toronto) Evil Dead: The Musical (Starvox Ent.) See what he’s eating on Instagram @jonathanshaboo

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Shania Mendes
Shania is a third year Cinema and Media Studies student at York and is in her first season with Vanier College Productions. She is currently taking on the role of Stage Manager of Vanier Improv Company. In previous years, Shania was the lighting designer at her highschool’s audio-visual club and performed in her school’s biannual variety performance shows. She is very excited to be working with the VIC this year and is looking forward to a wonderful season!

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Shabithah Varatharajan
​Shabithah, or known as Shabi to most, is a first year student at York in the Schulich School of Business and it’s her first year with Vanier College Productions. She was part of the drama club during high school and is looking forward to getting more involved with VCP in the years to come. She is excited to spend her first year learning as much as she can from the rest of the VCP cast and crew!

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Alexandra Gouvis
Alexandra is a third year theatre student specializing in dramaturgy at York University. This is her second year with VCP and first year with the VIC. She is so excited to be a part of this special anniversary season!

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Hannah Rocca 
Hannah Rocca is a second year devised theatre and English student at York University. Despite being born and raised in Moncton, New Brunswick, (which also happens to be where she is quarantined) Hannah is NOT a fan of seafood. She performed with the Canadian Improv Games through high school, and enjoyed it enough to join the VIC when she began university. This is her second consecutive year with the company! Hannah enjoys everything bagels (with lactose free cream cheese), arbitrary personality tests (wow such a Slytherin), and (most of all) entertaining others

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Hitesh Arulnesan
Hitesh is a third year finance student who greatly enjoys film and theatre. As a first time cast member, he hopes to grow his passion and evolve as an actor through the guidance of the VIC staff and members. He looks forward to an amazing season and would like to thank the whole VIC team for this opportunity.

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Kaitlyn Stollery
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Kaitlyn is a fourth year Theatre student here at York University, and a third-time cast member in the Vanier Improv Company. In addition to the VIC, she has been in four VCP productions, lighting designed for Show Choir (2018), and is currently in two of the productions with VCP this year (check them out)! She also assistant-directed, lighting designed and performed in On Its Way Musical Production's Next to Normal (2019) at the Fred Thury Theatre. Kaitlyn co-hosted VCP's 2020 Breaking Curtain where she won the Dave Crawford Award. She would love to thank all of the wonderful staff from VCP past and present for providing her with a home from home, Jonathan Shaboo for being the fantastic director of the VIC, and all of her friends and family for their continual support in the audience.

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Mary Witlib
Mary Witlib is a first year student currently enrolled in the Theatre program. Past experiences/roles include being in Talk Is Free Theatre’s  “Young Company” in their production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into The Woods (2019), and “Mrs. Beauregarde” in East View Secondary School’s production of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2018). She also helped design and build the set for Willy Wonka. Along with many workshops and training within the field, she hopes to pursue a career in theatre. This is also her first year working with VCP and she hopes to continue working with them in the future. 

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​Mason Choffe
In the beginning, there was nothing. Then, eventually, after a long, long, time, there was Mason Choffe. Mason is a fourth-year Student at York University, and this is his fourth year at VCP! He has been acting since he was 5 years old, and has had many different roles including Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web. Upon being accepted at York University, he joined VCP and played the role of Captain Slank in Peter and the Starcatcher. Since then, he has been a regular member of the VIC for 3 years running, and can be seen as Harlan Bean in VCP’s upcoming production of The Radio Play Disaster. Mason’s major is English and Professional Writing, and hopes to become an actor or a novelist after graduating.

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Montserrat Cadena
Montserrat is a film student who’s in love with theater. There was always something holding them back from trying out acting but this year she thought “screw it”. Monteserrat loves watching people and listening to them and understanding their complexity. It helps her understand different views and fuels her own creativity. She loves getting lost in the character and forgetting everything else, just making an opinion. Her opinion is choosing to be brave and taking every chance she can at happiness.

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Vicky Tan
Vicky is a fourth year film production student at York. This is her fourth season with VCP and her third year as a LEAP. When she isn’t questioning her existence or dramatically acting out songs, Vicky is worrying too much about her grades and drinking a scalding cup of tea. She is excited to be a part of the VIC this year! She feels extremely lucky to work and joke around with her fellow VIC members and crew. She would also like to thank her sister, and her dog, Mochi, for their constant love and support.

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  • About
    • VCP Code of Conduct
    • Awards and Recognition
    • Sponsors
  • Current Season
    • VIC 25th Anniversary
    • Show Choir 10th Anniversary
    • VIC 2020-2021
    • Show Choir 2020-2021
    • Radio Play Festival >
      • Bitch Sessions
      • Hideous Hideous
      • The Radio Play Disaster
    • Cabaret Shows
    • Skill Building Workshops >
      • Communication Skills Workshop
      • Interview/Auditioning Skills Workshop
      • Presenting Skills Workshop
      • Project Management Skills Workshop
  • Past Productions
    • 1971-1980 >
      • 1971 >
        • Under the Milkwood
      • 1972 >
        • Marat/Sade
      • 1977 >
        • The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
      • 1978 >
        • J.B.
      • 1979 >
        • The Visit
    • 1980-1990 >
      • 1980 >
        • Abelard and Heloise
      • 1981 >
        • The Madwoman of Chaillot
      • 1982 >
        • As You Like It
        • Oh! Chaucer!
      • 1983 >
        • The Fantasticks (1983)
      • 1984 >
        • ...and On the Eighth Day
      • 1985 >
        • Medea
      • 1986 >
        • East Lynne
      • 1987 >
        • The Good Person of Szechwan
      • 1988 >
        • The Black Tulip
      • 1989 >
        • Arsenic and Old Lace (1989)
    • 1990-2000 >
      • 1990 >
        • Sweeney Todd
      • 1991 >
        • God Is Alive and Well and Living at the Mall
      • 1992 >
        • The Miser
      • 1993 >
        • Lysistrata
      • 1994 >
        • Romeo & Juliet
      • 1995 >
        • Festival I!
      • 1996 >
        • Life & Death and Other Comedies
      • 1996-1997 >
        • Festival II!
        • VIC 1996-1997
      • 1997-1998 >
        • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
        • Barefoot in the Park
        • Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
        • One Act Play Festival 1997-1998
        • VIC 1997-1998
      • 1998-1999 >
        • Hosanna
        • Festival III!
        • York Follies
        • One Act Play Festival 1998-1999
        • VIC 1998-1999
      • 1999-2000 >
        • The Miracle Worker
        • Godspell
        • One Act Play Festival 1999-2000
        • VIC 1999-2000
    • 2000-2010 >
      • 2000-2001 >
        • Equus
        • Dirty Work at the Crossroads
        • Man of La Mancha
        • One Act Play Festival (2001)
        • VIC 2000-2001
      • 2001-2002 >
        • The Fantasticks (2001)
        • Caught in the Villain's Web
        • Into the Woods
      • 2002-2003 >
        • Forever Yours, Marie-Lou
        • The Drunkard
        • Pirates of Penzance
      • 2003-2004 >
        • Arsenic and Old Lace (2003-2004)
        • West Side Story
        • VIC 2003-2004
      • 2004-2005 >
        • A Flea in Her Ear
        • Ruddigore
      • 2005-2006 >
        • The Brothers M.
        • Comedy/Errors
      • 2006-2007 >
        • Nose to Nose
        • One Potato Too
        • Vanier Cabaret Troupe (2006-2007)
        • VIC 2006-2007
      • 2007-2008 >
        • The Farm Show (2007)
        • Alphabet Soup
        • VIC 2007-2008
        • One Act Play Festival 2008
      • 2008-2009 >
        • The Visit (2008)
        • Urinetown: The Musical
        • Radio 10 Live! (2009)
        • VIC 2008-2009
      • 2009-2010 >
        • Secondary Wishes
        • Spotlight on MacIvor
        • Reefer Madness
        • VIC 2009-2010
        • Radio 10 Live! (2010)
    • 2010-2020 >
      • 2010-2011 >
        • Under the Gaslight
        • One Act Play Festival (2011)
        • Cabaret
        • VIC Funhouse (2011)
      • 2011-2012 >
        • One Act Play Festival (2011)
        • The Drowsy Chaperone
        • Festival IV!
        • VIC 2011-2012
        • Show Choir 2011-2012
      • 2012-2013 >
        • Lips Together, Teeth Apart
        • The Mystery of Edwin Drood
        • One Act Play Festival 2013
        • VIC 2012-2013
        • Show Choir 2012-2013
      • 2013-2014 >
        • Excuse You !
        • Legally Blonde: The Musical
        • The Castle Spectre
        • VIC 2013-2014
        • Show Choir 2013-2014
      • 2014-2015 >
        • The Last Five Years
        • 7 Stories
        • Jekyll & Hyde The Musical
        • VIC 2014-2015
        • Show Choir 2014-2015
      • 2015-2016 >
        • Rent
        • Buried Child
        • VIC 2015-2016
        • Show Choir 2015-2016
      • 2016-2017 >
        • Clybourne Park
        • The Laramie Project
        • Little Women
        • VIC 2016-2017
        • Show Choir 2016-2017
      • 2017-2018 >
        • Peter and the Starcatcher
        • The Penelopiad
        • 9 to 5: The Musical
        • VIC 2017-2018
        • Show Choir 2017-2018
      • 2018-2019 >
        • The Girl in the Photograph
        • The Exonerated
        • Ground Zero Fringe Festival
        • Shrek: The Musical
        • VIC 2018-2019
        • Show Choir 2018-2019
      • 2019-2020 >
        • Next to Normal
        • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
        • Six Characters in Search of an Author
        • My Favorite Year
        • VIC 2019-2020
        • Show Choir 2019-2020
    • 2020-PRESENT
  • Support Us
    • VCP@50 Campaign
    • Access the Archived Shows!
  • Contact Us
    • Staff