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[[Image:Skule_Nite_0T9.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Skule Nite 0T9 Opening Act]]
[[Image:Skule_Nite_0T9.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Skule Nite 0T9 Opening Act]]
Skule Nite is a musical revue / comedy / sketch show run entirely by Engineering students at the University of Toronto. It is put on annually at Hart House, and is a professional-level production done entirely by volunteers.  
Skule Nite is a musical revue / comedy / sketch show run entirely by Engineering students at the University of Toronto. It is put on annually at Hart House, and is a professional-level production done entirely by volunteers.  
==History==
==History==
===Early History===
===Early History===
The origins of Skule™ Nite can be traced back to the early years of the 20th century. At that time, there was no show as such, but frequently students and professors would perform short skits and musical ensembles at social events during the year. In 1920, the Engineering Society appointed a Stunt Night Committee to bring together all these scattered dramatic efforts into one show. There was so much interest in this idea that it was decided Massey Hall should be rented for the performance. At 8:30pm, on Wednesday, March 2, 1921, a entitled “Ngynyrs in SPaSms” was performed there with overwhelming success. The show contained eleven skits, ranging from "the Toronto Dislocation Commission" to "the Adventures of Chloreen". The show was accompanied by a student band called the "[[Toike Oikestra]]". The show was such a success that it was repeated verbatim the following year, with attendance of over 2000.
The origins of Skule™ Nite can be traced back to the early years of the 20th century. At that time, there was no show as such, but frequently students and professors would perform short skits and musical ensembles at social events during the year. In 1920, the Engineering Society appointed a Stunt Night Committee to bring together all these scattered dramatic efforts into one show. There was so much interest in this idea that it was decided Massey Hall should be rented for the performance. At 8:30pm, on Wednesday, March 2, 1921, a entitled “Ngynyrs in SPaSms” was performed there with overwhelming success. The show contained eleven skits, ranging from "the Toronto Dislocation Commission" to "the Adventures of Chloreen". The show was accompanied by a student band called the "[[Toike Oikestra]]". The show was such a success that it was repeated verbatim the following year, with attendance of over 2000.
 
===Early Hart House Era===
===Early Hart House Era===
In 1923, the show was moved to Hart House. At the time, Hart House was only open to male students due to the stipulation of its founder, the Massey Foundation. However, Hart House could be opened to both genders for special events, so in order to “bring the lady friends into the House to enjoy all the facilities that it had to offer,” the Engineering Society organized "Faculty Night", a comprehensive showcase of displays and events put on by engineering students and departments of which the theatrical presentation was only a small part. At the same time, a new format of Skule Nite, combining a variety of theatrical reviews and displays, competitions and dancing, was established, and continued as such for over twenty years. In 1940′s, as the show evolved into the extravagant evening of theatre known today, so much time and effort was being put into production of the theatrical portion of Skule Nite that no time or support was left for the other events. The 'Revue', as it was referred at the time, became Skule Nite.  
In 1923, the show was moved to Hart House. At the time, Hart House was only open to male students due to the stipulation of its founder, the Massey Foundation. However, Hart House could be opened to both genders for special events, so in order to “bring the lady friends into the House to enjoy all the facilities that it had to offer,” the Engineering Society organized "Faculty Night", a comprehensive showcase of displays and events put on by engineering students and departments of which the theatrical presentation was only a small part. At the same time, a new format of Skule Nite, combining a variety of theatrical reviews and displays, competitions and dancing, was established, and continued as such for over twenty years. In 1940′s, as the show evolved into the extravagant evening of theatre known today, so much time and effort was being put into production of the theatrical portion of Skule Nite that no time or support was left for the other events. The 'Revue', as it was referred at the time, became Skule Nite.  


At the close of World War II, during which Skule Nite had been cancelled once (in 1942) and displaced to the Royal Ontario Museum (in 1944), the show was moved to the fall and for the first time began to have an entire year of production behind it. Every aspect of the show was ramped up and the professionalism of the acting, singing, dancing and effects escalated. This trend continued for twenty years, until attendance at Skule Nite began to drop off in the mid-1960's. As a result, in 1968 the Engineering Society decided to put on a Broadway musical, "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off", in place of Skule Nite. The show flopped and EngSoc was left stuck in debt from the production costs, leading to the cancellation of Skule Nite for the foreseeable future.
At the close of World War II, during which Skule Nite had been cancelled once (in 1942) and displaced to the Royal Ontario Museum (in 1944), the show was moved to the fall and for the first time began to have an entire year of production behind it. Every aspect of the show was ramped up and the professionalism of the acting, singing, dancing and effects escalated. This trend continued for twenty years, until attendance at Skule Nite began to drop off in the mid-1960's. As a result, in 1968 the Engineering Society decided to put on a Broadway musical, "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off", in place of Skule Nite. The show flopped and EngSoc was left stuck in debt from the production costs, leading to the cancellation of Skule Nite for the foreseeable future.
===Modern Era===
===Modern Era===
Four years later in 1973, as a tribute to the hundredth anniversary of the faculty and the fiftieth anniversary of the show, Skule™ Nite was resurrected, originally intended to be one time only. The success of that show, however, supported by an enthusiastic coterie of enthusiasts of the theatre, has resulted in a unbroken run of theatrical delights since that time. In 2000, the production moved to current format of 5 shows in 4 days.
Four years later in 1973, as a tribute to the hundredth anniversary of the faculty and the fiftieth anniversary of the show, Michael Stanek resurrected Skule™ Nite, originally intended to be one time only. The success of that show, however, supported by an enthusiastic coterie of enthusiasts of the theatre, has resulted in a unbroken run of theatrical delights since that time. In 2000, the production moved to current format of 5 shows in 4 days.
==Skule Nite Directors and Producers==


==Skule Nite Directors and Producers==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!Year
!|Year
!colspan="2"|Director
! colspan="2"|Director
!colspan="2"|Producer
! colspan="2"|Producer
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T7|2016-2017]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 2T1|2020-2021]]
|rowspan="2"|Justin Hugh
| rowspan="2"|Sofia Tijanic
|rowspan="2"|Mech 1T3
| rowspan="2"|ECE 1T9+PEY
|Alex Perelgut
||Nicholas Popowich
|NΨ 1T6+PEY
||ECE 2T0+PEY
|-
|-
|Savannah Forest
||Maya Dai (Assistant Producer)
|Civ MASc 1T8
||Mech 2T1
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T6|2015-2016]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 2T0|2019-2020]]
|Michael Manning
||Jenny Graydon
|NΨ 1T3+PEY
||Indy 1T8
|Patrice Boisclair-Laberge
||Seif Sarofim
|ECE 1T5+PEY
||ECE 2T0+PEY
|-
|-
|Kevin Hugh (Assistant Director)
||Julia Lobo (Assistant Director)
|CSC 1T6+PEY
||Che 1T8+PEY
|Massimo Gordillo
||Jonathan Norman (Assistant Producer)
|Indy 1T5+PEY
||MSE 1T9+PEY
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T5|2014-2015]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T9|2018-2019]]
|Sean Sit
||Johnny McGroarty
|Indy 1T2+PEY
||Che 1T7+PEY
|Shashwat Sharma
||Angela Ma
|NΨ 1T3+PEY
||Che 1T8+PEY
|-
|-
|Michael Manning (Assistant Director)
||Sean Pitre (Assistant Director)
|NΨ 1T3+PEY
||NΨ 1T8+PEY
|Laura Burget (Assistant Producer)
||David Pech (Assistant Producer)
|Chem 1T6
||Mech 1T8+PEY
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T4|2013-2014]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T8|2017-2018]]
|Navid Nourian
||Emma Sexton
|NΨ 1T2+PEY
||Indy 1T6
|Jad Knayzeh
||Linda Leung
|NΨ 1T3+PEY
||Indy 1T8+PEY
|-
|-
|Sandra Sousa (Assistant Director)
||Nikola Andric (Assistant Director)
|ECE 1T3
||Bio MEng 1T7
|Patrice Boisclair-Laberge
||Kevin Vincze (Assistant Producer)
|ECE 1T5
||Che 1T7+PEY
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Skule Nite 1T3|2012-2013]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T7|2016-2017]]
|Christopher Sun
| rowspan="2"|Justin Hugh
|NΨ 1T3+PEY
| rowspan="2"|Mech 1T3
|Amanda Bell
||Alex Perelgut
|Indy MASc 1T4
||NΨ 1T6+PEY
|-
|-
|Scott Whitty
||Savannah Forest (Assistant Producer)
|NΨ 1T3+PEY
||Civ MASc 1T9
|Ian Parker
|Min 1T2+1
|-
|-
|
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T6|2015-2016]]
|
||Michael Manning
|Chunkei Tang
||NΨ 1T3+PEY
|Chem 1T4
||Patrice Boisclair-Laberge
||ECE 1T5+PEY
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T2|2011-2012]]
||Kevin Hugh (Assistant Director)
|rowspan="2"|Jonny Sun
||CSC 1T6+PEY
|rowspan="2"|NΨ 1T1+PEY
||Massimo Gordillo
|Wayne Lin
||Indy 1T5+PEY
|Indy 1T1+PEY
|-
|-
|Ian Parker (Assistant Producer)
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T5|2014-2015]]
|Min 1T2+1
||Sean Sit
||Indy 1T2+PEY
||Shashwat Sharma
||NΨ 1T3+PEY
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T1|2010-2011]]
||Michael Manning (Assistant Director)
|Mason Lau
||NΨ 1T3+PEY
|Chem 0T8
||Laura Burget (Assistant Producer)
|rowspan ="2"|Katerina Daginis
||Che 1T6
|rowspan="2"|Chem 1T1
|-
|-
|Chris Tuff (Assistant Director)
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T4|2013-2014]]
|Chem 1T0
||Navid Nourian
||NΨ 1T2+PEY
||Jad Knayzeh
||NΨ 1T3+PEY
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T0|2009-2010]]
||Sandra Sousa (Assistant Director)
|Daniel Marquez
||ECE 1T3
|Indy 0T8+1
||Patrice Boisclair-Laberge
|Katerina Daginis
||ECE 1T5
|Chem 1T1
|-
|-
|Mason Lau (Assistant Director)
| rowspan="3"|[[Skule Nite 1T3|2012-2013]]
|Chem 0T8
||Christopher Sun
|Alvin Ho
||NΨ 1T3+PEY
|Elec 0T9+PEY
||Amanda Bell
||Indy MASc 1T4
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 0T9|2008-2009]]
||Scott Whitty
|rowspan="2"|Kian Marandi
||NΨ 1T3+PEY
|rowspan="2"|Mech 0T7+2
||Ian Parker
|Rossana Rodriguez
||Min 1T2+1
|Indy 1T0+1
|-
|-
|Steven Szeto
|| 
|Indy 0T9
|| 
||Chunkei Tang
||Che 1T4
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 0T8|2007-2008]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T2|2011-2012]]
|Jordan Silverman
| rowspan="2"|Jonny Sun
|Mech 0T7
| rowspan="2"|NΨ 1T1+PEY
|Steven Szeto
||Wayne Lin
|Indy 0T9
||Indy 1T1+PEY
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 0T7|2006-2007]]
||Ian Parker (Assistant Producer)
|rowspan="2"|Chris Peressotti
||Min 1T2+1
|rowspan="2"|NΨ 0T1
|Don McAuslan
|NΨ 0T4
|-
|-
|Carolyn Hicks
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T1|2010-2011]]
|Civ 0T7+PEY
||Mason Lau
||Che 0T8
| rowspan="2"|Katerina Daginis
| rowspan="2"|Che 1T1
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 0T6|2005-2006]]
||Chris Tuff (Assistant Director)
|Leona Smith
||Che 1T0
|MSE 0T6
|Alice Xu
|Arts 0T5
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 0T5|2004-2005]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T0|2009-2010]]
|Jon Hoss
||Daniel Marquez
|NΨ 0T4+PEY
||Indy 0T8+1
|Matthew Szeto
||Katerina Daginis
|Comp 0T3+1
||Che 1T1
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 0T4|2003-2004]]
||Mason Lau (Assistant Director)
|Jane Lam
||Che 0T8
|Chem 0T2
||Alvin Ho
|Carrie Smith
||Elec 0T9+PEY
|NΨ 0T3+PEY
|-
|-
|Chris Langley (Assistant Director)
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 0T9|2008-2009]]
|NΨ 0T2
| rowspan="2"|Kian Marandi
|Matthew Szeto
| rowspan="2"|Mech 0T7+2
|Comp 0T3+1
||Rossana Rodriguez
||Indy 1T0+1
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 0T3|2002-2003]]
||Steven Szeto
|Agnes Jedrzejewski
||Indy 0T9
|Comp 0T2
|Donovan Pollitt
|Min 0T3
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 0T2|2001-2002]]
||[[Skule Nite 0T8|2007-2008]]
|Mike Wood
||Jordan Silverman
|Min 0T2
||Mech 0T7
|Tiffany Conroy
||Steven Szeto
|NΨ 0T1+1
||Indy 0T9
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 0T1|2000-2001]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 0T7|2006-2007]]
|Chris Langley
| rowspan="2"|Chris Peressotti
|NΨ 9T8
| rowspan="2"|NΨ 0T1
|Glenn Hauck
||Don McAuslan
|?
||NΨ 0T4
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 0T0|1999-2000]]
||Carolyn Hicks
|Aryn Pyke
||Civ 0T7+PEY
|COMP 9T5
|Wilfred Lam
|NΨ 0T0
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 9T9|1998-1999]]
||[[Skule Nite 0T6|2005-2006]]
|Kern Lewin
||Leona Smith
|NΨ 9T7
||MSE 0T6
|Xavier Galvez
||Alice Xu
|Comp 9T9+PEY
||Arts 0T5
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 9T8|1997-1998]]
||[[Skule Nite 0T5|2004-2005]]
|Trevor Mills
||Jon Hoss
|NΨ 9T8+PEY
||NΨ 0T4+PEY
|Kristin Hofstee
||Matthew Szeto
|NΨ 9T8
||Comp 0T3+1
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 9T7|1996-1997]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 0T4|2003-2004]]
|Alex Hatzivassilis
||Jane Lam
|Elec 9T4
||Chem 0T2
|Trevor Mills
||Carrie Smith
|NΨ 9T8+PEY
||NΨ 0T3+PEY
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 7T7|1976-1977]]
||Chris Langley (Assistant Director)
|Paul Baker
||NΨ 0T2
|??? 7T5
||Matthew Szeto
|Bruce Dodds
||Comp 0T3+1
|Mech 7T7
|-
||[[Skule Nite 0T3|2002-2003]]
||Agnes Jedrzejewski
||Comp 0T2
||Donovan Pollitt
||Min 0T3
|-
||[[Skule Nite 0T2|2001-2002]]
||Mike Wood
||Min 0T2
||Tiffany Conroy
||NΨ 0T1+1
|-
||[[Skule Nite 0T1|2000-2001]]
||Chris Langley
||NΨ 9T8
||Glenn Hauck
||?
|-
||[[Skule Nite 0T0|1999-2000]]
||Aryn Pyke
||COMP 9T5
||Wilfred Lam
||NΨ 0T0
|-
||[[Skule Nite 9T9|1998-1999]]
||Kern Lewin
||NΨ 9T7
||Xavier Galvez
||Comp 9T9+PEY
|-
||[[Skule Nite 9T8|1997-1998]]
||Trevor Mills
||NΨ 9T8+PEY
||Kristin Hofstee
||NΨ 9T8
|-
||[[Skule Nite 9T7|1996-1997]]
||Alex Hatzivassilis
||Elec 9T4
||Trevor Mills
||NΨ 9T8+PEY
|-
||[[Skule Nite 9T3|1992-1993]]
||Lydia Van Der Veen
||Che 8T8
||Karri Paradi
||Ind 9T4
|-
||[[Skule Nite 9T2|1991-1992]]
||Ed Bonner
||BSc (Math) 9T3
||Michelle (Radford) Barnes & Jason Pilon
||??? & MMS 0T1
|-
||[[Skule Nite 9T1|1990-1991]]
||Donna Cieszynska
||Indy 9T0
||Andre Angelantoni
||Civ 3rd year
|-
||[[Skule Nite 9T0|1989-1990]]
||Franco Minatel
||Mech 8T6
||Hayley Ohlig
||Ind 9T0
|-
||[[Skule Nite 8T9|1988-1989]]
||Jovanni Sy
||Ind 8T8?<br />
||Kenneth Kiang
||Ele 9T0
|-
||[[Skule Nite 8T8|1987-1988]]
||Alec McTavish
||NΨ 8T7
||Tom Meadowcroft
||NΨ 8T8
|-
||[[Skule Nite 8T7|1986-1987]]
||Jerome Madden
||Physical Geography 8T7
||Larry Breakwell
||NΨ 8T9
|-
||[[Skule Nite 8T6|1985-1986]]
||Ron Williams & Lynette Fairweather
||NΨ 8T4 & Mech 8T5<br />
||Ron Dizy
||Ind 8T7
|-
||[[Skule Nite 8T5|1984-1985]]
||Steve Roberts
||BSc(Psy) 1T7
||Lee Verhoeff
||Civ 8T6
|-
||[[Skule Nite 8T4|1983-1984]]
||Wayne Levin
||Ind 8T4
||Lee Verhoeff
||Civ 8T6
|-
||[[Skule Nite 8T3|1982-1983]]
||Rob West
||Che 8T1
||Ira Rotenberg
||Ind 8T6
|-
||1981-1982
||Parvez Patel
||NΨ 8T1
||Judith Vosko
||NΨ 8T4
|-
||1980-1981
||Jan Piekoszewski
||Civ 8T0
||Nancy Brown
||NΨ 8T1
|-
||1979-1980
||Peter Nelson
||NΨ 7T9
||Graham Skells & Pierre Gagnon
||NΨ 8T1 & 7T9
|-
||1978-1979
||Mark Ewen
||Mech 7T8
||Graham Skells
||NΨ 8T1
|-
||1977-1978
||Paul Baker
||NΨ 7T5
||Graham Skells
||NΨ 8T1
|-
||[[Skule Nite 7T7|1976-1977]]
||Jim Podolak
||Civ 7T5
||Bruce Dodds
||Mech 7T7
|-
||1975-1976
||Deborah (Waddell) Morris
||Che 7T7
||Mike Henry
||Mech 7T6
|-
||1974-1975
||Stephen Cress
||ELE 7T5
||Michael Cox
||ELE 7T5
|-
||1973-1974
||Sylvia (Gibb) Young
||Ind 7T5
||Rick Fletcher
||Mech 7T3
|-
|| 
||Sheryl Prowse
||A&S
|| 
|| 
|-
||[[Skule Nite 7T3|1972-1973]]
||Michael Stanek
||Ind 7T3
||Rick Fletcher
||Mech 7T3
|-
||1965-1966
||Fred Benzaquen
||ELE 6T8
||Andris Skuja
||NΨ 6T6
|-
||1963-1964
||Andris Skuja
||NΨ 6T6
||Joseph Gilling
||Mech 6T5
|-
||1961-1962
||Brock West
|| 
||Grant Coffey
||Civ 6T2
|-
||1948-1949
||Garth McDowell
|| 
||Bill Walker
|| 
|-
||1920-1921
||C.T. Carson
|| 
|| 
|| 
|-
|| 
||J. McKnight
|| 
|| 
|| 
|}
|}


==List of Skule Nite Shows==
==List of Skule Nite Shows==
*[[Skule Nite 1T6]]
 
*[[Skule Nite 1T5]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T9]]
*[[Skule Nite 1T4]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T8]]
*[[Skule Nite 1T3]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T7]]
*[[Skule Nite 1T2]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T6]]
*[[Skule Nite 1T1]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T5]]
*[[Skule Nite 1T0]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T4]]
*[[Skule Nite 0T9]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T3]]
*[[Skule Nite 0T8]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T2]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T1]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T0]]
* [[Skule Nite 0T9]]
* [[Skule Nite 0T8]]
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