After the Rain - Audience Resource Guide - May 27 – June 22, 2025

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Audience resource guide for the musical After the Rain, covering key creative contributors, the production team, and the story overview. Includes a synopsis focused on the healing power of music rooted in a true-story premise, plus a creators’ note explaining the show’s emphasis on democratizing music and narrative momentum through diegetic songwriting. Offers supplementary sections such as song-writing and creative-process features, music content, conversation starters, and cancer support resources.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLifestyle

FormatPDF

Pages16

Reading Time25 min

AccessFree to download

About the Team

About the Play

Synopsis

Creators' Note

Songwriting & the Creative Process

Song Exploder

Song Exploder: How Music Gets Made

Fleetwood Mac's Rumours

Unmaking Unfollow The Rules

Witchpolice Radio

Family Bands

A Canadian Family Band Playlist

Bonus Music Content

Cancer Support Resources

Conversation Starters

Please Note

May 27 – June 22, 2025 Mainspace T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s 3 4 9 10 11 12 13 1 5 16 A b o u t t h e T e a m A b o u t t h e P l a y S o n g w r i t i n g & t h e C r e a t i v e P r o c e s s F a m i l y B a n d s G y m n o p é d i e & E r i k S a t i e P o w e r o f M u s i c B O N U S M u s i c C o n t e n t C a n c e r S u p p o r t R e s o u r c e s C o n v e r s a t i o n S t a r t e r s P l e a s e N o t e : i c o n s h i g h l i g h t e di n r e d m a y b e o f p a r t i c u l a r i n t e r e s t t o e d u c a t o r s . A b o u t t h e L e a d C r e a t o r s Rose Napoli is a Toronto-based writer and actor. Last season, she starred in her own play, Mad Madge, which was produced by Nightwood Theatre with Video Cabaret. Her musical adaptation of Mavis Gallant's, The Carette Sisters, with Suzy Wilde was nominated for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Musical ( as part of MSC's RETOLD series). Other plays include: Innocents (winner of PGC's Tom Hendry Comedy Award) and Lo ( or Dear Mr. Wells ) nominated for the Dora for Outstanding New Play. Onstage, she has recently played Kristina Verner in Michael Healey's The Master Plan and the title character in K at Sandler's Wildwoman. Onscreen, she has developed and written on various television shows for CBC, Bell/Crave, Cameron Pictures, Shaftesbury, Circle Blue. She is an alumna of the Canadian Film Centre where she now teaches writing for actors. Suzy Wilde is a Canadian songwriter, composer, producer, arranger, teacher, choir director, and live performer based in Toronto. Some of her favourite recent projects include The Carrette Sisters (part of Retold, a collective adaptation of Mavis Gallant, with book writer Rose Napoli/ Musical Stage Company) for which she received her first Dora nomination, The Great Pause- a verbatim choral suite (with book writer Zorana Sadiq/ Community Music Schools of Toronto), the Toronto Fringe hit Summerland (with Anika Johnson and Barbara Johnston/ Edge of the Sky Theatre) and Patron’s Pick Fringe hit The Crack of Doom or: How I Learned to Love the Meteor (with Matt Bernard, Bravo Academy). As a live musician and vocalist, Suzy has been performing and touring for most of her career. She also runs a music school, Palmerston Music Factory in S eaton Village/ The Annex where she has had the privilege of teaching private lessons and rock band to hundreds of students over the past decade. When she's not doing all that other stuff, Suzy travels the world as “ Posh Spice” with Wannabe: A Spice Girls Tribute. C r e a t i v e T e a m Rose Napoli - Book Suzy Wilde - Music & Lyrics Marie Farsi - Director Rachel O’ Brien - Music Director David Boechler - Set Design Ming Wong - Costume Design Logan Raj u Crack nell - Lighting Design Brian Kenny - Sound Design Kai-Yeuh Chen - Stage Manager Darcy Gerhart - Assistant Director Alexa Belgrave - Apprentice Music Director Adam Campbell - Associate Sound Design Jenna Borsato - Apprentice Stage Manager About the Play Sy n o p s i s Her parents are famous. Her boyfriend is stupid. And Suzie is a mess. When she accepts a mature piano student obsessed with mastering only one song, Erik Satie’s “Gymnopedie No. 1”, struggling songwriter S uzie’s life takes an unforeseen turn. Full of family turmoil, life’s complexities, and centred around a devastating discovery, After the Rain is a musical based on a true story about the healing power of music. C r e a t o r s ’ N o t e The show you’ re about to see began with a song that was written nearly fifteen years ago. A song that was never intended to incite a piece of theatre but was an expression of a life-changing experience. We should credit Don Henley of The Eagles here, who said of his Heart of the Matter: “it took me forty-two years to write this song and five minutes to sing it.” The power of music is that it conveys a life in a morsel. Good musical theatre contains songs th

FAQs

What is After the Rain about?

After the Rain is a musical based on a true story about the healing power of music. It follows a songwriter whose life takes an unforeseen turn when she accepts a mature piano student obsessed with mastering one song.

Why did the creators focus on democratizing music?

The creators aimed to make musical artistry feel accessible rather than elite. They pursued virtuosity through simplicity and built narrative momentum through characters creating music within the songs.

What additional audience resources are included in the guide?

The guide includes sections for songwriting and creative process content, family band playlists, bonus music content, conversation starters, and cancer support resources.

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