CRITIC'S PICK
of the 2023
Toronto Fringe Festival

The horse no one believed in.

The show you'll never forget.

RECENT NEWS

In preparation for Dancer's next great adventure
we recently had a reading of yet another new version of the script!
Stay tuned for details on where that new script is most likely going to be performed.

Sold Out Run

2023 Toronto Fringe

Critics Pick

2023 Toronto Fringe

THE STORY

Book and Lyrics by Jim Betts
Music by Marek Norman

Dancer (A Musical In Ten Furlongs) is the story of Northern Dancer, the “horse nobody wanted” – the too-small, too-ungainly, too-willful thoroughbred who overcame doubt, injury and history to become the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby, in 1964. And he won it in record time! The Dancer then went on to become the most successful sire in thoroughbred racing history.

WINNER of the 2023 Adams Prize for Musical Theatre

Check Out The Article on Dancer
in the 2023 Fall Edition of the
Official Churchill Downs Magazine

CLICK on the IMAGE


4 Different Versions Of
Northern Dancer's
1964 Kentucky Derby Race

MEET THE 2023
TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL TEAM

THE CREATIVE TEAM

Jim Betts

Book & Lyrics

Stacey Tookey

Director/ Choreographer

Mark Camilleri

Musical Director

JB Nelles

Set & Costume Design

Alia Stephen

Lighting Design

Wayne Deering

Sound Design

THE COMPANY

Sterling Jarvis

Bill Brevard

Daniel Kash

E.P. Taylor

Barbara Barsky

Winnie Taylor

Sam Rosenthal

Daryl

He Calls The Races

Gene Gabriel

Horatio Luro

The Grand Señor

Kiairah Hammond

Dance Company

Anna Marchisello

Dance Captain/ Dance Company

Amanda Cleghorn

Dance Company

Artem Tikhonenko

Dance Company

Moses Rankine

Brockton Boy

Keiran Bohay

Dance Company

Mia DiLena

Dance Company

Shelby Patterson

Dance Company

Madison Foley

Dance Company

Jude Richardson

Dance Company

Jackson Lee

Dance Company

Louise Camilleri

The Hoofbeats

Emily Masurkevitch

The Hoofbeats

Laura Larson

The Hoofbeats

Mark Cassius

The Hoofbeats

Jonathan Cullen

The Hoofbeats

Lucas Popowich

Hoofbeat/ Swing

THE BAND

THE PRODUCTION TEAM

Jim Betts

Executive Producer

Kate Barris

Executive Producer

Paul Shaw

Production Manager

Briane Nasimok

Co-Producer

Larry Copeland

Stage Manager

Sam Rosenthal

Co-Producer

Tom Diamond

Director Mentor

Anna Marchisello

Associate Director/Choreographer

Sam & Joe Rosenthal

VIPs

Faye Rauw

Rehearsal Host

Muriel Lennox

Consultant/ Northern Dancer Biographer

Josh Alcantara

Videographer

Northern Dancer

The Horse Himself

This Production Would Not Have Been Possible Without

The Generous Support Of Nona Macdonald Heaslip

and her fellow Stakeholders

Jefferson & Sally Mappin

Adrian Merchant Macdonald

Ted Barris & Jayne MacAulay

Alan Gotlib & Michael Piper

Jan Armstrong

Briane Nasimok

Katherine Siminovitch

Dean Turner

Special Thanks To

This show is dedicated to Joe Rosenthal. He was one of Dancer's biggest fans, partly because his talented son Sam plays a pivotal role in the show, but also because he loved the horses, and he believed this show had tremendous potential. Just like Northern Dancer. Sadly Joe didn't make it long enough to see Dancer break through the starting gate. But Joe will always be along for the ride.

Donald & Gretchen Ross

Marlene Smith

Pat & Tony Adams

The Luminato Festival

Sheila Croft

Matt Brooks

&
John Stefaniuk

John McKellar

Susan Harbin

Paula Arciniega

And to all our GoFundMe Donors

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Jane Gardner
Robert Gontier &
Ned Loach
Lezlie Harper
Lynn Harvey
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Shelley Hoffman

Steven Jones
William Kane
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Terri Klein
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Daniel Lyon
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Marina Munro
Nicky Phillips
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Diane & Jerry
Puigdomenech
Kim Racioppa

Cathy & Jim Reid
Norman Reynolds
Karen Rieger
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Avery Saltzman
Rick Spence
Talin Vartanian
Laura Walton &
Clive VanderBurgh
Jennifer Ward
Cassandra Wiesner
Scott White
Gregory Wilson

The HIT of the 2023 Toronto Fringe Festival