THAT WAS THEN
A NEW CANADIAN MUSICAL (2023)

“That Was Then”, was filmed in performance on January 20, 2024 at The NEST on Granville Island, Vancouver BC; the full length performance and individual scenes can be viewed below. Filmed and edited by Collide Entertainment.

Licensing enquiries: thatwasthenmusical [@] gmail.com

What the audience said…

“Absolutely amazing work! I teared up more than once, and saw myself and the women in my life in so many of the scenes.“

“The story resonated with all of us on many levels and beautifully captured some universal and modern themes. Wonderful composition, musicality and lyrics sung with sweet melodious voices along with your compelling piano score and accompaniment.“

“I really really liked that you included healthy lesbian interest / relationships, and female sexual energy / attraction.“

“That was sooo beautiful, emotion-packed, touching and the songs are ear worms!“

“I so loved [That Was Then]. Genuine and heartfelt, funny, beautifully structured. Music was so moving – the guy beside me was weeping as were the ladies behind me.“

“All the hairs on my arms raised up in the first song…“

“That Was Then”, an original musical written by Kate MacColl © 2023, was filmed in performance on January 20, 2024 at The NEST on Granville Island, Vancouver BC.

Cast in order of appearance:
Sabrielle McCurdy (SARAH), Rose McNeil (EMILY),
Lorna McLellan (MARY), Katrina Teitz (ANNE)

Director: Shel Wyminga
Stage Manager: Anna Brew
Assistant Stage Manager: Elsa Orme
Lighting Design: Brianna Bernard
Piano: Kate MacColl

Filmed and edited by CollideEntertainment.com

thatwasthenmusical [@] gmail.com for licensing enquiries

ACT I, Scene 1a: Fifteen Years Later, Thursday Mid-Afternoon
• That Was Then (Sarah, Emily, Anne, Mary)

ACT I, Scene 1b: Meanwhile…
• What Kind Of A Mother? (Mary)

ACT I, Scene 2a: Fifteen Minutes Later, Thursday Afternoon Continued
• At The Coffeeshop (Emily)
• Just Let Me Be Me (Anne)

ACT I, Scene 2b: Meanwhile…
ACT I, Scene 3: Fifteen Groups of Ten Minutes Later (150 Minutes), Thursday Early Evening
• I’m In Love With Someone I Like (Anne)
• I’ll Come Back (Emily, Sarah)
ACT I, Scene 4: Passive-Aggressive Scrabble With Subtext, Friday Morning
• Sarah’s Thesis (Sarah)
ACT I, Scene 5: Fifteen Miles Into Town, Friday Night
• I’m Still Me (Anne)
ACT I, Scene 6: Back At the Cabin Late Friday (Or is it Saturday?)
ACT I, Scene 7: Emily and Sarah Go to Mary’s Saturday Morning
• Packing Up the Emotional Baggage (Sarah, Emily)
ACT II, Scene 1: Back Home at Sarah’s, Monday Afternoon
• So Many Words (Sarah, Anne)
ACT II, Scene 2: At Emily’s, Monday Afternoon
ACT II, Scene 3: The Following Monday – Things Blow Up
ACT II, Scene 4: Emily and Mary’s “Road Trip”
• I Want To Die At Home (Mary)
ACT II, Scene 5: What You Said
• What You Said (Sarah, Emily)
ACT II, Scene 6: Different Mom, Different Perspective
ACT II, Scene 7: Anne’s Homecoming and Leaving
• I’ll Always Come Home REPRISE (Sarah, Anne)
ACT II, Scene 8: Mary and Emily Come To Terms With the Past and Present
• What Kind of a Mother? REPRISE (Emily, Mary)
ACT II, Scene 9: Sarah and David Are Done
• Life So Far (Sarah)
ACT II, Scene 10: Reflecting on Mary’s Life and Death
• How Did You Live?* (Anne, Sarah, Emily)

*Used with permission, Grin Like A Dog Publishing, © 1990; words by Steve Mitchell with lyrics added by Kate MacColl specifically for “That Was Then”; music by Steve Mitchell – this arrangement by Kate MacColl.
ACT II, Scene 11: Where Life Begins + Bows
• Where Life Begins (Anne, Sarah, Emily)
• Three Friends (Sarah, Emily, Anne, Mary)

Cast in order of appearance:
Sabrielle McCurdy (SARAH), Rose McNeil (EMILY),
Lorna McLellan (MARY), Katrina Teitz (ANNE)

Director: Shel Wyminga
Stage Manager: Anna Brew
Assistant Stage Manager: Elsa Orme
Lighting Design: Brianna Bernard
Piano: Kate MacColl

Filmed and edited by CollideEntertainment.com