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Cory Wojcik takes us through the best/worst day of his life.

Winnipeg theatre veteran Cory Wojcik, backed by a band of incredible musicians, shares a deeply personal story of the day he travelled back and forth between two hospitals, for two very different reasons. Be prepared for Cory to break every rule of theatre (in the best way). Pairing a soundtrack of songs you know and love with a story so unbelievable it could only be true, Mix Tapes From My Mom is a testament to the love of family, and the ways we are able to share it.
 

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Cast & Crew

Production
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Cory Wojcik

Playwright

Playwright Cory Wojcik
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Cory Wojcik

ROYAL MTC Actor/Playwright: Mix Tapes From My Mom (Regional Tour). Actor: The Comeback, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (with Segal), The Three Musketeers, All is Bright, The Cottage, A Doll’s House, Once (with Grand), Kill Me Now (with NAC), Black Coffee, Hand to God, Billy Elliot the Musical, Late Company, Harvey, Miracle on South Division Street, August: Osage County. Assistant Director: Morning After Grace.

OTHER THEATRE Actor: Much Ado About Nothing (SIR); The Wedding Party, Butcher (PTE); Strike! The Musical, Beauty and the Beast, The Producers (Rainbow); The Jungle Book, Jabber, The Big League (MTYP); Another Way Home(WJT); A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold). 

FILM/TV Actor: Acting Good, Champions, Dark Harvest, Breakthrough, A Dog’s Purpose.

TRAINING U of W Department of Theatre and Film; U of M Faculty of Education, B.Ed. 

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Trish Cooper

Director

Director Trish Cooper
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Trish Cooper

ROYAL MTC Playwright: The Comeback. Director: Mix Tapes From My Mom (Regional Tour). Actor: The Myth of the Ostrich, Miracle on South Division Street.

OTHER THEATRE Trish is an actor and playwright (Social Studies at PTE, The Centaur, Firehall) and many Fringe shows, including with the sketch comedy troupe the Royal Liechtenstein Theatre Company. 

TRAINING Honours Theatre Degree University of Winnipeg.

ET CETERA Thank you, Cory, for including me in this adventure. It has been wonderful to explore a celebration of Sherri Wojcik, a woman I never met but feel like I’ve learned a lot about through the music she left behind.

My mom left so many notes, books with passages underlined, newspaper clippings… These are the small things we treasure. I’m so proud to be her daughter. 

Big love to Gerri, Jill, Sam, Cooper and Isaac.

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Rusty Robot

Music Director

Music Director Rusty Robot
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Rusty Robot

ROYAL MTC Mix Tapes From My Mom (Regional Tour).

ET CETERA Rusty Robot is a Juno-nominated, five-time Western Canadian Music Award (WCMA) winning composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer from Winnipeg. He’s worked with and played in many groups including the Waking Eyes, the Weakerthans, Imaginary Cities, the Sheepdogs and many others. He’s also written and produced music for numerous projects in TV, film, commercial ads, radio and podcasts. He currently dedicates most of his time to climate activism and human rights issues, including work with the musical group Op-Ed.

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Daina Leitold

Set Designer

Set Designer Daina Leitold
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Daina Leitold

ROYAL MTC Costume Designer: The Recipe (with TPM), among men (with TPM). Set & Props Designer: Mix Tapes From My Mom (Regional Tour). Assistant Costume Designer: The Three Musketeers.

OTHER THEATRE Costume Designer: End of the Line (Walk & Talk/TPM); RENT (Rainbow); Twelfth Night (SIR); Narrow Bridge, Bar Mitzvah Boy (WJT); Awaken (SIR/zone41). Set, Props & Costume Designer: Fame (WST); Hamlet, Timon of Athens (SIR); Glad to Be Here, Edward II (TBTR); The Cherry Orchard (TBTR & Echo Theatre); Bike and Circuses (Green Kids); Red Earth* (One Trunk/TPM). Set & Props Designer: Year of Magical Thinking (PTE); The Dark Lady** (SIR/Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan); Plé (MTYP).

ET CETERA *Evie Award for Outstanding Production Design. **SATAward nomination for Production Excellence.

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Scott Henderson

Lighting Designer

Lighting Designer Scott Henderson
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Scott Henderson

ROYAL MTC 70 productions since 1995, including Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, The Three Musketeers, Tiny Plays, Big Ideas, The Cottage, John, Sense and Sensibility, A Christmas Carol (2017, 2005), Shakespeare in Love (with Citadel), Black Coffee, The Audience (with Mirvish), Billy Elliot the Musical, Next to Normal, Red (with Belfry), Top Girls.

OTHER THEATRE Scott has designed lighting for opera, dance and theatre companies in Winnipeg and across Canada. Most recently he designed Elixir of Love for Manitoba Opera, Tuesdays with Morrie for WJT, and Ma-Buhay! and Mary Poppins for Rainbow Stage. Scott is also the Lighting Director for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and teaches Lighting Design at The University of Winnipeg.

TRAINING Scott is a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University (Ryerson Theatre School) and is a member of ADC659. 

ET CETERA Special thanks to Karen, Sean and Alex for their love and support.

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Margaret Brook

Stage Manager

Stage Manager Margaret Brook
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Margaret Brook

ROYAL MTC The Piano Teacher, Burning Mom, Women of the Fur Trade, John, It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, The Humans, Outside Mullingar, Million Dollar Quartet, Unnecessary Farce, The Devil’s Music, The Glass Menagerie, The Penelopiad, The Fighting Days, The 39 Steps, The Syringa Tree and more.

OTHER THEATRE Escaped Alone (Full of Days Collective); Awaken (SIR/zone41). Other theatres include PTE, Manitoba Opera, MTYP and Royal MTC co-productions with the Citadel, Theatre Calgary, Vancouver Playhouse, Royal Alex, Saidye Bronfman.

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Samantha Sage

Apprentice Stage Manager

Apprentice Stage Manager Samantha Sage
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Samantha Sage

ROYAL MTC The Lehman Trilogy.

OTHER THEATRE Glad to Be Here (TBTR); Space Girl (PTE); Antigone (Sick + Twisted/AA Battery/The Mariachi Ghost); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Iago Speaks, Much Ado About Nothing (SIR); Ô Canada, té qui toi?, Cet été qui chantait, Inédit (Théâtre Cercle Molière).

TRAINING Graduate of the University of Winnipeg.

ET CETERA Enjoy the show! 

Cast
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Cory Wojcik

Actor

Actor Cory Wojcik
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Cory Wojcik

ROYAL MTC Actor/Playwright: Mix Tapes From My Mom (Regional Tour). Actor: The Comeback, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (with Segal), The Three Musketeers, All is Bright, The Cottage, A Doll’s House, Once (with Grand), Kill Me Now (with NAC), Black Coffee, Hand to God, Billy Elliot the Musical, Late Company, Harvey, Miracle on South Division Street, August: Osage County. Assistant Director: Morning After Grace.

OTHER THEATRE Actor: Much Ado About Nothing (SIR); The Wedding Party, Butcher (PTE); Strike! The Musical, Beauty and the Beast, The Producers (Rainbow); The Jungle Book, Jabber, The Big League (MTYP); Another Way Home (WJT); A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold). 

FILM/TV Actor: Acting Good, Champions, Dark Harvest, Breakthrough, A Dog’s Purpose.

TRAINING U of W Department of Theatre and Film; U of M Faculty of Education, B.Ed. 

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Rusty Robot

Guitar

Guitar Rusty Robot
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Rusty Robot

ROYAL MTC Mix Tapes From My Mom (Regional Tour).

ET CETERA Rusty Robot is a Juno-nominated, five-time Western Canadian Music Award (WCMA) winning composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer from Winnipeg. He’s worked with and played in many groups including the Waking Eyes, the Weakerthans, Imaginary Cities, the Sheepdogs and many others. He’s also written and produced music for numerous projects in TV, film, commercial ads, radio and podcasts. He currently dedicates most of his time to climate activism and human rights issues, including work with the musical group Op-Ed.

Keys Christy Taronno
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Christy Taronno

ROYAL MTC Mix Tapes From My Mom (Regional Tour).

OTHER THEATRE Seven Doors, The Killing Game, The Laramie Project (U of W); Bizarro Obscure, The Manic Pixie Dream Girl (Peachy Keen Productions); Uncomfortably Live (Karenina Productions).

FILM/TV Ruthless Souls; Exposed Nerves (CBC Short Docs).

TRAINING Bachelor of Arts Hons. (Theatre and Film).

ET CETERA Taronno has both composed music for and appeared in various theatre and film projects. She plays in multiple bands, including pop grunge act GLADLY, and her own power-pop band Paper Machetes. You can check out both on major music streaming services.

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Production ID: 33830
Start Date: 1/29/2025 3:18:42 PM
End Date: 2/15/2025 3:18:57 PM
Title: Mix Tapes From My Mom
Playwright: Written & Performed by Cory Wojcik
Featuring a live band
Billing: Directed by Trish Cooper
Warnings:
Synopsis: Cory Wojcik takes us through the best/worst day of his life.

Winnipeg theatre veteran Cory Wojcik, backed by a band of incredible musicians, shares a deeply personal story of the day he travelled back and forth between two hospitals, for two very different reasons. Be prepared for Cory to break every rule of theatre (in the best way). Pairing a soundtrack of songs you know and love with a story so unbelievable it could only be true, Mix Tapes From My Mom is a testament to the love of family, and the ways we are able to share it.
 

Click on the image to download the digital program:

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Facility: Tom Hendry Warehouse
Alternate URL: https://royalmtc.ca/Current-Plays/Mix-Tapes-From-My-Mom.aspx
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