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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 2T4|2023-2024]]
||Thomas Dell
||NΨ 2T1+3
||Cat Ye
||CIV 2T3+PEY
|-
||Rhythm Loomba (Assistant Director)
||NΨ 2T3+PEY
||Caley McNeill (Assistant Producer)
||INDY 2T5+PEY
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 2T3|2022-2023]]
||Anya Banning
||Mech 2T1+PEY
||Deniz Uzun
||ECE 2T3+PEY
|-
||Emily Macdonald-Roach
||Che 2T1+PEY
||Nathalie Cristofaro (Assistant Producer)
||Mech 2T2+PEY
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 2T2|2021-2022]]
||Stephanie McDonald
||Mech 2T0+PEY+1
||Michael Cortese
||Mech 2T2+PEY
|-
||Jacqueline Amoranto (Assistant Director)
||NΨ 2T1+1
||Mackenzie Seward (Assistant Producer)
||NΨ 2T1+1
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 2T1|2020-2021]]
| rowspan="2"|Sofia Tijanic
| rowspan="2"|ECE 1T9+PEY
||Nicholas Popowich
||ECE 2T0+PEY
|-
||Maya Dai (Assistant Producer)
||Mech 2T1+PEY
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 2T0|2019-2020]]
||Jenny Graydon
||Indy 1T8
||Seif Sarofim
||ECE 2T0+PEY
|-
||Julia Lobo (Assistant Director)
||Che 1T8+PEY
||Jonathan Norman (Assistant Producer)
||MSE 1T9+PEY
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T9|2018-2019]]
||Johnny McGroarty
||Che 1T7+PEY
||Angela Ma
||Che 1T8+PEY
|-
||Sean Pitre (Assistant Director)
||NΨ 1T8+PEY
||David Pech (Assistant Producer)
||Mech 1T8+PEY
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T8|2017-2018]]
||Emma Sexton
||Indy 1T6
||Linda Leung
||Indy 1T8+PEY
|-
||Nikola Andric (Assistant Director)
||Bio MEng 1T7
||Kevin Vincze (Assistant Producer)
||Che 1T7+PEY
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T7|2016-2017]]
| rowspan="2"|Justin Hugh
| rowspan="2"|Mech 1T3
||Alex Perelgut
||NΨ 1T6+PEY
|-
||Savannah Forest (Assistant Producer)
||Civ MASc 1T9
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T6|2015-2016]]
||Michael Manning
||NΨ 1T3+PEY
||Patrice Boisclair-Laberge
||ECE 1T5+PEY
|-
||Kevin Hugh (Assistant Director)
||CSC 1T6+PEY
||Massimo Gordillo
||Indy 1T5+PEY
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T5|2014-2015]]
||Sean Sit
||Indy 1T2+PEY
||Shashwat Sharma
||NΨ 1T3+PEY
|-
||Michael Manning (Assistant Director)
||NΨ 1T3+PEY
||Laura Burget (Assistant Producer)
||Che 1T6
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T4|2013-2014]]
||Navid Nourian
||NΨ 1T2+PEY
||Jad Knayzeh
||NΨ 1T3+PEY
|-
||Sandra Sousa (Assistant Director)
||ECE 1T3
||Patrice Boisclair-Laberge
||ECE 1T5
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[Skule Nite 1T3|2012-2013]]
||Christopher Sun
||NΨ 1T3+PEY
||Amanda Bell
||Indy MASc 1T4
|-
||Scott Whitty
||NΨ 1T3+PEY
||Ian Parker
||Min 1T2+1
|-
|| 
|| 
||Chunkei Tang
||Che 1T4
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T2|2011-2012]]
| rowspan="2"|Jonny Sun
| rowspan="2"|NΨ 1T1+PEY
||Wayne Lin
||Indy 1T1+PEY
|-
||Ian Parker (Assistant Producer)
||Min 1T2+1
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T1|2010-2011]]
||Mason Lau
||Che 0T8
| rowspan="2"|Katerina Daginis
| rowspan="2"|Che 1T1
|-
||Chris Tuff (Assistant Director)
||Che 1T0
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T0|2009-2010]]
||Daniel Marquez
||Indy 0T8+1
||Katerina Daginis
||Che 1T1
|-
||Mason Lau (Assistant Director)
||Che 0T8
||Alvin Ho
||Elec 0T9+PEY
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 0T9|2008-2009]]
| rowspan="2"|Kian Marandi
| rowspan="2"|Mech 0T7+2
||Rossana Rodriguez
||Indy 1T0+1
|-
||Steven Szeto
||Indy 0T9
|-
||[[Skule Nite 0T8|2007-2008]]
||Jordan Silverman
||Mech 0T7
||Steven Szeto
||Indy 0T9
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 0T7|2006-2007]]
| rowspan="2"|Chris Peressotti
| rowspan="2"|NΨ 0T1
||Don McAuslan
||NΨ 0T4
|-
||Carolyn Hicks
||Civ 0T7+PEY
|-
||[[Skule Nite 0T6|2005-2006]]
||Leona Smith
||MSE 0T6
||Alice Xu
||Arts 0T5
|-
||[[Skule Nite 0T5|2004-2005]]
||Jon Hoss
||NΨ 0T4+PEY
||Matthew Szeto
||Comp 0T3+1
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 0T4|2003-2004]]
||Jane Lam
||Chem 0T2
||Carrie Smith
||NΨ 0T3+PEY
|-
||Chris Langley (Assistant Director)
||NΨ 0T2
||Matthew Szeto
||Comp 0T3+1
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T7|2016-2017]]
||[[Skule Nite 0T3|2002-2003]]
|rowspan="2"|Justin Hugh
||Agnes Jedrzejewski
|rowspan="2"|Mech 1T3
||Comp 0T2
|Alex Perelgut
||Donovan Pollitt
|NΨ 1T6+PEY
||Min 0T3
|-
|-
|Savannah Forest
||[[Skule Nite 0T2|2001-2002]]
|Civ MASc 1T8
||Mike Wood
||Min 0T2
||Tiffany Conroy
||NΨ 0T1+1
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T6|2015-2016]]
||[[Skule Nite 0T1|2000-2001]]
|Michael Manning
||Chris Langley
|NΨ 1T3+PEY
||NΨ 9T8
|Patrice Boisclair-Laberge
||Glenn Hauck
|ECE 1T5+PEY
||?
|-
|-
|Kevin Hugh (Assistant Director)
||[[Skule Nite 0T0|1999-2000]]
|CSC 1T6+PEY
||Aryn Pyke
|Massimo Gordillo
||COMP 9T5
|Indy 1T5+PEY
||Wilfred Lam
||NΨ 0T0
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T5|2014-2015]]
||[[Skule Nite 9T9|1998-1999]]
|Sean Sit
||Kern Lewin
|Indy 1T2+PEY
||NΨ 9T7
|Shashwat Sharma
||Xavier Galvez
|NΨ 1T3+PEY
||Comp 9T9+PEY
|-
|-
|Michael Manning (Assistant Director)
||[[Skule Nite 9T8|1997-1998]]
|NΨ 1T3+PEY
||Trevor Mills
|Laura Burget (Assistant Producer)
||NΨ 9T8+PEY
|Chem 1T6
||Kristin Hofstee
||NΨ 9T8
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T4|2013-2014]]
||[[Skule Nite 9T7|1996-1997]]
|Navid Nourian
||Alex Hatzivassilis
|NΨ 1T2+PEY
||Elec 9T4
|Jad Knayzeh
||Trevor Mills
|NΨ 1T3+PEY
||NΨ 9T8+PEY
|-
|-
|Sandra Sousa (Assistant Director)
||[[Skule Nite 9T3|1992-1993]]
|ECE 1T3
||Lydia Van Der Veen
|Patrice Boisclair-Laberge
||Che 8T8
|ECE 1T5
||Karri Paradi
||Ind 9T4
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Skule Nite 1T3|2012-2013]]
||[[Skule Nite 9T2|1991-1992]]
|Christopher Sun
||Ed Bonner
|NΨ 1T3+PEY
||BSc (Math) 9T3
|Amanda Bell
||Michelle (Radford) Barnes & Jason Pilon
|Indy MASc 1T4
||??? & MMS 0T1
|-
|-
|Scott Whitty
||[[Skule Nite 9T1|1990-1991]]
|NΨ 1T3+PEY
||Donna Cieszynska
|Ian Parker
||Indy 9T0
|Min 1T2+1
||Andre Angelantoni
||Civ 3rd year
|-
|-
|
||[[Skule Nite 9T0|1989-1990]]
|
||Franco Minatel
|Chunkei Tang
||Mech 8T6
|Chem 1T4
||Hayley Ohlig
||Ind 9T0
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T2|2011-2012]]
||[[Skule Nite 8T9|1988-1989]]
|rowspan="2"|Jonny Sun
||Jovanni Sy
|rowspan="2"|NΨ 1T1+PEY
||Ind 8T8?<br />
|Wayne Lin
||Kenneth Kiang
|Indy 1T1+PEY
||Ele 9T0
|-
|-
|Ian Parker (Assistant Producer)
||[[Skule Nite 8T8|1987-1988]]
|Min 1T2+1
||Alec McTavish
||NΨ 8T7
||Tom Meadowcroft
||NΨ 8T8
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T1|2010-2011]]
||[[Skule Nite 8T7|1986-1987]]
|Mason Lau
||Jerome Madden
|Chem 0T8
||Physical Geography 8T7
|rowspan ="2"|Katerina Daginis
||Larry Breakwell
|rowspan="2"|Chem 1T1
||NΨ 8T9
|-
|-
|Chris Tuff (Assistant Director)
||[[Skule Nite 8T6|1985-1986]]
|Chem 1T0
||Ron Williams & Lynette Fairweather
||NΨ 8T4 & Mech 8T5<br />
||Ron Dizy
||Ind 8T7
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 1T0|2009-2010]]
||[[Skule Nite 8T5|1984-1985]]
|Daniel Marquez
||Steve Roberts
|Indy 0T8+1
||BSc(Psy) 1T7
|Katerina Daginis
||Lee Verhoeff
|Chem 1T1
||Civ 8T6
|-
|-
|Mason Lau (Assistant Director)
||[[Skule Nite 8T4|1983-1984]]
|Chem 0T8
||Wayne Levin
|Alvin Ho
||Ind 8T4
|Elec 0T9+PEY
||Lee Verhoeff
||Civ 8T6
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 0T9|2008-2009]]
||[[Skule Nite 8T3|1982-1983]]
|rowspan="2"|Kian Marandi
||Rob West
|rowspan="2"|Mech 0T7+2
||Che 8T1
|Rossana Rodriguez
||Ira Rotenberg
|Indy 1T0+1
||Ind 8T6
|-
|-
|Steven Szeto
||1981-1982
|Indy 0T9
||Parvez Patel
||NΨ 8T1
||Judith Vosko
||NΨ 8T4
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 0T8|2007-2008]]
||1980-1981
|Jordan Silverman
||Jan Piekoszewski
|Mech 0T7
||Civ 8T0
|Steven Szeto
||Nancy Brown
|Indy 0T9
||NΨ 8T1
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 0T7|2006-2007]]
||1979-1980
|rowspan="2"|Chris Peressotti
||Peter Nelson
|rowspan="2"|NΨ 0T1
||NΨ 7T9
|Don McAuslan
||Graham Skells & Pierre Gagnon
|NΨ 0T4
||NΨ 8T1 & 7T9
|-
|-
|Carolyn Hicks
||1978-1979
|Civ 0T7+PEY
||Mark Ewen
||Mech 7T8
||Graham Skells
||NΨ 8T1
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 0T6|2005-2006]]
||1977-1978
|Leona Smith
||Paul Baker
|MSE 0T6
||NΨ 7T5
|Alice Xu
||Graham Skells
|Arts 0T5
||NΨ 8T1
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 0T5|2004-2005]]
||[[Skule Nite 7T7|1976-1977]]
|Jon Hoss
||Jim Podolak
|NΨ 0T4+PEY
||Civ 7T5
|Matthew Szeto
||Bruce Dodds
|Comp 0T3+1
||Mech 7T7
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Skule Nite 0T4|2003-2004]]
||1975-1976
|Jane Lam
||Deborah (Waddell) Morris
|Chem 0T2
||Che 7T7
|Carrie Smith
||Mike Henry
|NΨ 0T3+PEY
||Mech 7T6
|-
|-
|Chris Langley (Assistant Director)
||1974-1975
|NΨ 0T2
||Stephen Cress
|Matthew Szeto
||ELE 7T5
|Comp 0T3+1
||Michael Cox
||ELE 7T5
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 0T3|2002-2003]]
||1973-1974
|Agnes Jedrzejewski
||Sylvia (Gibb) Young
|Comp 0T2
||Ind 7T5
|Donovan Pollitt
||Rick Fletcher
|Min 0T3
||Mech 7T3
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 0T2|2001-2002]]
|| 
|Mike Wood
||Sheryl Prowse
|Min 0T2
||A&S
|Tiffany Conroy
|| 
|NΨ 0T1+1
|| 
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 0T1|2000-2001]]
||[[Skule Nite 7T3|1972-1973]]
|Chris Langley
||Michael Stanek
|NΨ 9T8
||Ind 7T3
|Glenn Hauck
||Rick Fletcher
|?
||Mech 7T3
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 0T0|1999-2000]]
||1965-1966
|Aryn Pyke
||Fred Benzaquen
|COMP 9T5
||ELE 6T8
|Wilfred Lam
||Andris Skuja
|NΨ 0T0
||NΨ 6T6
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 9T9|1998-1999]]
||1963-1964
|Kern Lewin
||Andris Skuja
|NΨ 9T7
||NΨ 6T6
|Xavier Galvez
||Joseph Gilling
|Comp 9T9+PEY
||Mech 6T5
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 9T8|1997-1998]]
||1961-1962
|Trevor Mills
||Brock West
|NΨ 9T8+PEY
|| 
|Kristin Hofstee
||Grant Coffey
|NΨ 9T8
||Civ 6T2
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 9T7|1996-1997]]
||1948-1949
|Alex Hatzivassilis
||Garth McDowell
|Elec 9T4
|| 
|Trevor Mills
||Bill Walker
|NΨ 9T8+PEY
|| 
|-
|-
|[[Skule Nite 7T7|1976-1977]]
||1920-1921
|Paul Baker
||C.T. Carson
|??? 7T5
|| 
|Bruce Dodds
|| 
|Mech 7T7
|| 
|-
|-
}
|| 
||J. McKnight
|| 
|| 
|| 
|}


==List of Skule Nite Shows==
==List of Skule Nite Shows==
*[[Skule Nite 1T6]]
* [[Skule Nite 2T4]]
*[[Skule Nite 1T5]]
* [[Skule Nite 2T3]]
*[[Skule Nite 1T4]]
* [[Skule Nite 2T1]]
*[[Skule Nite 1T3]]
* [[Skule Nite 2T0]]
*[[Skule Nite 1T2]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T9]]
*[[Skule Nite 1T1]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T8]]
*[[Skule Nite 1T0]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T7]]
*[[Skule Nite 0T9]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T6]]
*[[Skule Nite 0T8]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T5]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T4]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T3]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T2]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T1]]
* [[Skule Nite 1T0]]
* [[Skule Nite 0T9]]
* [[Skule Nite 0T8]]
* [[Skule Nite 0T7]]
* [[Skule Nite 0T6]]
* [[Skule Nite 0T5]]
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