May 25 to June 2, 2023 + June 12 to 22, 2025 | The Women’s Company & Be Kind Rewind Productions
“ANNETTE IS A BIMBO!”
by CARSON WALLISER
cast CARSON WALLISER as Annette ANGELINE LYPKA as Nancy RACHEL WALLISER as Hayley JULIANNE BIEGLER as Julia MEGAN HOLT as Annie KEVIN NGUYEN as Bobby with JANE NEUMIER as Aunt Barbie
creative LANDON WALLISER Director & Producer CARSON WALLISER Producer, Playwright, and Costume & Set Designer KAHLAN OOSTERVELD Stage Manager & Sound Designer WILLIAM HALES Lighting Designer JULIANNE BIEGLER Lead Choreographer (2025) & Dance Captain RACHEL WALLISER Intimacy Director LEANNE GROENEVELD Dramaturge DES’REE GRAY Annette's costumes by LAUREN GRIFFIN (2025) & MIKKEL O'SHAUGHNESSY (2023) Revolve Operator PAUL TWA Art
film team MORGAN ORTMAN Cinematographer IAN CAMPBELL Camera & Sound Supervisor CALIC TOLENTINO & JILLIAN BADER Additional Camera Operators KENNETH YOUNG & WILLIAM HALES Lighting Technicians KELLAN MATTHEWS Sound Technician AMIT CHATTERJEE & CALIC TOLENTINO Editors
RISER Staff (2023) LANDON WALLISER Producer SHELBY LYN LOWE Production Manager for Theatre MORGAN ORTMAN Production Manager for Film MIKKEL O'SHAUGHNESSY& BRENDAN LORCH Technicians KENNETH YOUNG Venue Technician DANIEL KEMP Publicist YIWEN ZHANG & JACEY JACOBS Surtitles
“…some things don't need to be thought about.”
Nancy Parker and her friends are all experiencing a bit of a crisis. Whether it be crushes, or not fitting in, or worries about the future, they are all desperately trying to find themselves and, in their opinion, failing miserably at it.
On the night of Nancy’s 16th birthday, she receives an (unbeknownst to her) magical record, and accidentally summons Annette, a magical drag queen. Annette has made it her job to help teens in distress, and she can’t leave until she has put all their troubles right. Throughout the night, Annette and her friends learn to push back against the patriarchy and break free from the labels and expectations that society has placed upon them.
Part pyjama party, part drag show, and part record hop, “Annette is a Bimbo!” is a campy musical guide to youth and romance for everyone who got picked up early, who lied about their crush, or who never got invited. Welcome to the best slumber party ever!
“Annette is a Bimbo!” was originally presented as part of RISER Regina, a collaborative producing model presented by On Cue Performance Hub & Why Not Theatre, with support from the Government of Canada, RBC Foundation, and a community of Senior Partners.
The RISER Project was created by Why Not Theatre with the generous support of RBC Foundation, the Government of Canada, and a community of Senior Partners.
