Podcasts about nightwood theatre

Have you ever wondered how a novel can transform into a theatrical masterpiece? Queer writer, performer, and director, Megan Greeley, joins us to share her fascinating journey of adapting her novel, Jawbone, into a play. We uncover the layers of a young girl navigating platonic and romantic feelings in the absence of queer representation, and challenge the societal taboos around male bonding and physical affection. We then move on to examine the exhaustion and solitude that comes with writing a solo show and the celebration of rediscovering the supportive theatre community. Megan draws upon her theatre background to breathe life into her narratives, reminding us of the power of storytelling and performance. We also delve into her experiences with the TNL Youth theatre program and how it revealed a creative dimension within her that she hadn't previously explored. In the final segment, we explore the realities of pursuing a career in the performing arts, looking at the highs, the lows, and everything in between. From economic constraints to the priceless support of her parents, Megan reflects on how these factors have influenced her journey. We highlight the significant role of Ruth Lawrence in the Newfoundland theatre scene and Megan's career, discussing mentorship, career progression, and the art of infusing humour into darker subject matter. Join us for a refreshing conversation that bridges theatre, storytelling, and queer identity. Bio Meghan Greeley is a queer writer, editor, performer, and director originally from Corner Brook, NL. Her poetry, prose, and scripts have been published in The Stockholm Review of Literature, Ephemera, Metatron's ÖMËGÄ project, Riddle Fence, Humber Mouths 2, The Breakwater Book of Contemporary Newfoundland Drama (Vol. 1), and the Playwrights Canada Press anthology Long Story Short. As a playwright, she was a 2016 nominee for the RBC Tarragon Emerging Playwrights Prize and was later a resident of both the Tarragon Playwrights Unit and Nightwood Theatre's Write from the Hip program. Her stage plays have been produced across Canada. Her play Hunger, published by Breakwater Books, was shortlisted for the BMO Winterset Award. Her short novel Jawbone is forthcoming from Radiant Press in Fall 2023. She is currently the Artistic Director of White Rooster Theatre. Twitter: @meghangreeley Instagram: @meghan_greeley Jawbone: https://radiantpress.ca/shop/p/jawbone Support Stageworthy Donate: tips.pinecast.com/jar/stageworthy

Shohana SharminDeath isn't scary to Shohana. She faced her mum's passing by starting a podcast about grief (Finders Grievers) and an on-stage comedy revue "Dead Parents Society". She is resilient, she is brave and she is a brilliantly witty queer Muslim woman of colour who talks openly and with words of wisdom about her mum's passing six years ago. More about ShohanaShohana Sharmin is a Bangladeshi-Canadian emerging comedian, writer and theatre artist. Born and raised in Bangladesh, Shohana is a proud Muslim queer woman of colour. She is a recipient of the 2020 Queer Emerging Artist Award at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Shohana is the creator and a cast member of the critically acclaimed award-winning dark sketch comedy revue "Dead Parents Society." She is an alumna of Buddies in Bad Times theatre's 2019 Emerging Creators Unit (under the mentorship of Catherine Hernandez of b current), Nightwood Theatre's 2019 Young Innovators program, and b current Theatre's 2019 bcHub Emerging Artists cohort. Shohana presented her first solo show "Come Here Often?" (directed by Akosua Amo-Adem) as part of 2019 Queer Pride at Buddies in Bad Times theatre. Her written works have been published in several publications. She is a former Featured Player at the Bad Dog Comedy Theatre, and an alumna of the Second City's Improv and Longform Conservatories. She has performed in comedy and theatre festivals across North America. In non-pandemic times, she can regularly be seen performing across Toronto with her award-winning troupe Not Oasis (2017 The Toronto Fringe Patrons Pick, NOW Critic's Pick). She wishes she could be more like her mother. Visit Dead Parents' Society on Social Media https://twitter.com/dpssketchshow https://www.instagram.com/dpssketchshow

Amanda Lin 林美智 (she/her) is a friend, playwright, daughter, arts administrator, crochet enthusiast, performer, and director. She is a graduate of Queen's University, where she studied social psychology, theatre, and business, with her area of research centring on attitudes and social influence. She is interested in using art and storytelling to cultivate compassionate and dynamic communities. Amanda currently works at Nightwood Theatre, where she spends her time fundraising and co-leading emerging artist programs such as the Nightwood Innovators and Rising Moon. Her first full-length play, Between a Wok and a Hot Pot (Asian Canadian Dinner Theatre), is premiering in Toronto with Cahoots Theatre in January 2023. amandamlin.wordpress.com Twitter: @mandamlin Instagram: @amandaalin Tickets to Between a Wok and a Hot Pot: https://www.cahoots.ca/production/between-a-wok-and-a-hot-pot Support Stageworthy Donate: tips.pinecast.com/jar/stageworthy

An introverted actors roundtable discussion featuring actor and playwright, Stephen Near; actor & Singer-Songwriter Carolyn Fe; writer, composer & and performer, Kristen Zaza; playwright & performer, Genevieve Adam; writer & actor Michael Ripley, and writer & theatre maker, Jess McAuley. Stephen Near is an actor & writer working in Hamilton. His plays have been performed across Canada at various theatres and festivals including the Ottawa Fringe, the Toronto Fringe, the Hamilton Fringe, New Ideas, and Summerworks. He is a graduate of York University (BFA), the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (B. Ed) and the MFA Creative Writing program at the University of Guelph. He is a member of the Playwright's Guild of Canada, the Theatre Aquarius Creator's Junction and Playwright's Unit and an alumnus of the Sage Hill Writing Experience and the Banff Centre. Stephen is co-founder and playwright-in-residence of Same Boat Theatre in Hamilton. Stephen was named one of the inaugural Writers-in-Residence at Hamilton's Cotton Factory and is a staff writer for the Hamilton arts and culture blog Beyond James.   stephennear.com Twitter: @SNear23 Instagram: @stephenisnear   Carolyn Fe is a late-blooming Filipino-Canadian, tri-lingual Actress (English/French/Tagalog), Singer-Songwriter and former contemporary Dancer-Choreographer. Some Theatre credits include: Calpurnia (Nightwood/Sulong), Hilot Means Healer (Cahoots), Through the Bamboo (Uwi Collective) and Three Women of Swatow (Tarragon). At an age when her peers have long established themselves, Carolyn's continuous pursuit of artistic evolution adds a new instrument to her art as an Emerging Playwright and Writer supported by Montreal's Teesri Duniya Theatre's Fireworks Playwrights' Programme, The Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, and, Toronto's Nightwood Theatre, Factory Theatre's Foundry Programme for Playwrights, Cahoots Theatre. Some TV/streaming credits include Lola (Grandma) in the Nickelodeon children's show “Blue's Clues & You!” and Madame Z in the award winning French webseries “Meilleur Avant” and the upcoming sketch comedy series "Abroad" on Omni Channel in Spring 2022. Carolyn-fe.com Twitter: @TheCarolynFe Instagram: @thecarolynfe Kristen Zaza is a writer, composer, and performer based in Toronto, Canada. She is currently producing the second season of her award-winning audio drama podcast, On a Dark, Cold Night. www.kristenzaza.com Twitter: @kristen_zaza Instagram: @kristen_zaza Genevieve Adam is a graduate of the George Brown Theatre School in Toronto and the East15 Acting School in the UK. Her first play Deceitful Above All Things premiered at SummerWorks in 2015 and won several accolades including Outstanding New Play, Outstanding Production, and Best Emerging Artist. It was remounted at the Factory in association with The Storefront Theatre in February 2017. Subsequent plays include Bedsport (Newmarket National Play Festival), New World (Future Theatre Festival), Anatomy of A Dancer (Next Stage 2019), The Boat Show (Lost Souls' Collective), and If The Shoe Fits, which won second place in the Toronto Fringe 2019 New Play Writing Contest.Her most recent play Dark Heart was named one of the top theatrical productions of 2018 by the Toronto Star. Genevieve is also the poet behind the whimsical #haikusoflockdown series on Twitter. Twitter: @FavourZeeBrave Michael Ripley, 54, was born in Alberta but has spent most of his adult life in Ontario. He currently lives in Whitby with his wife and two sons. When Michael isn't writing, performing or designing he spends inordinate amounts of time typing and immediately deleting long responses (which he never posts) to mean people on social media. He also eats far too many wine gums and watches not nearly enough basketball. www.talentedmr.ca Twitter: @TalentedMr Instagram: @talentedmr Jess McAuley is a Brock University graduate (theatre studies, honours) with a passion for devised theatre, writing, and pushing the bounds of adventure on stage. She is also one of the co-hosts of The Introvert's Guide To… Twitter: @mcauleyjes Instagram: @itsjessmcauley Support Stageworthy Patreon: patreon.com/stageworthypod Tip Jar: tips.pinecast.com/jar/stageworthy

Three members of the Toronto-based company Generator discuss their approach to inclusive hiring practices as recently demonstrated during their call for new organizational leadership. While the search has concluded with https://generatorto.com/updates/leadership-sep-21 (their recent appointment), you can still check out the archived position posting https://generatorto.com/apply/leadership?fbclid=IwAR2u0e3akI9kx9YdjSp360gCau_DKv5NEQKPJohWTfTn8d-LtKlAc7Nz0Ik (here). SEDINA FIATI is a Toronto based performer, producer, director, creator and activist for stage and screen. Proudly Black and queer, Sedina is deeply invested in artistic work that explores the intersection between art and activism, either in form or structure or ideally both. Sedina is currently Artist-Activist in Residence at Nightwood Theatre and proud founding member of the Black Pledge Collective. Sedina was the co-chair of ACTRA Toronto's Diversity Committee and 2nd VP of council for Canadian Actors' Equity Association. Sedina has worked with Generator since 2018, focusing on providing mentorship, program development and coordination for the Artist Producer Training Program. Upcoming projects: Switching Queen(s) (devised street performance), Last Dance (a web series). KRISTINA LEMIEUX (she/her) is an accomplished arts manager with more than 20 years of professional experience. She is also a contemporary dancer. Raised in Treaty 6 territory (rural Alberta), Kristina lived in Edmonton, attending the University of Alberta, for 10 years before heading to Vancouver where her passion for the arts has driven collaboration, creation, and innovation in the Vancouver arts scene for over a decade. After working with Generator in a freelance capacity for several years, Kristina made the move to Toronto in January 2017 to take on the role of Lead Producer of Generator. Kristina has worked with many of Vancouver's leading art organizations: Brief Encounters, Arts Umbrella, New Works, Out On Screen (Queer Film Festival), Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration, PTC Playwrights Theatre Centre, Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists/West Chapter (CADA/West), Tara Cheyenne Performance, Made in BC - Dance on Tour, Theatre Replacement, Progress Lab 1422, The Post at 750 (110 Arts Cooperative), Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF), Up in the Air Theatre (rEvolver Festival), Music on Main, and Vancouver Art Gallery. She co-founded Polymer Dance, a group dedicated to bringing dance experiences to non-professional dancers. Kristina remains tied to Vancouver through her project Scaffold, a coaching and skill development service designed to support performing artists and groups. She is the co-founder and Creative Producer of F-O-R-M (Festival of Recorded Movement) and works frequently with the Dancers of Damelahamid and Coastal Dance Festival. Kristina is passionate about generating dialogue in the arts and, to this end, earned a certificate in Dialogue and Civic Engagement from Simon Fraser University. In all that she does she works to support independent artists across performing disciplines in finding ways to make art outside of the currently prescribed modes. TED WITZEL (he/him) is a queer theatre-maker and arts leader based in toronto / tkaròn:to. primarily a director, ted is also variously a dramaturg, curator, teacher, writer, translator, designer, and performer. he has worked in theatres in vancouver, montreal, stratford, ottawa, london, berlin, milan, palermo, stuttgart, ingolstadt, baden-baden and bad hersfeld. ted is currently the artistic associate for the stratford festival lab, overseeing the company's research and development programs. these include a broad portfolio of new works in development, systems-change initiatives, creative residencies, and a collection of artistic explorations and programs that aim to help imagine the future orientation of the company. in 2018, he was selected as an artistic leadership resident at the national theatre school, and...

Our guest on the show this week is producer, performer, creator, activist, SEDINA FIATI! Sedina is proudly Black, queer, and deeply invested in artistic work that explores the intersection between art and activism. They're currently the Artist-Activist in Residence at Nightwood Theatre, one of founding collective members of the Black Pledge, and former co chair of ACTRA Toronto's Diversity Committee! Sedina is the creator of the web series Last Dance and producer/star of Super Zee, which they also starred in! Super Zee, which was directed by fellow firecracker and founder of BIPOC TV & Film, Nathalie Younglai AND produced by Firecracker core member and Script department head, Farah Merani! They're also a part of our Social Justice department and have been instrumental in our core team as a workshop leader and social justice advocate.   Follow Sedina Twitter: @bwheelsheels Instagram:  @bwheelsheels   Head Producer: Winnie Wong @wonder_wong Head of Post Production: Sydney Neilson @sydney_neilson Writer: Sydney Neilson Editor: Jordyn Giddens  Subscribe to our newsletter at https://www.firecrackerdepartment.com and follow us @firecrackerdept!

Cooking for Grief After a sudden death in his family, Rob is forced to come to terms with his own identity and the actions that inform his role as a son, partner and friend. He returns to group therapy— after a sudden hiatus— on the heels of a fractured realization of self.  As the members of Group work together in their healing process, they find common ground in their experiences with loss, pain and addictions. Cooking for Grief explores familial relationships, toxic masculinity, and what it means to accept healing into one’s life Breanna Maloney (she/her) is an actor, writer and indie theatre producer based in and around Toronto. Coming from a background in movement and devised theatre, her current practice focuses on the research and exploration of shame, grief and the healing process through use of dialogue and movement. Recently, Breanna has contributed writing to Tall Tale Theatre's Night Terrors podcast,  the Windsor-Essex Nature Poetry and Environmentalism zine and The Tank NYC's_ Rule of 7x7_.  Breanna is a co-founder of Skipping Stones Theatre, a Toronto-based, independent collective whose mandate is to explore stories through the lens of mental health and neurodiversity. Breanna is a graduate of  East 15 Acting School (MFA) and the University of Windsor (BFA). Recent credits include:  Imposter's Sin Room (Hamilton Fringe, 2021), A Christmas Carol (White Mills Theatre), Hamlet(s) (Skipping Stones Theatre) and Crave (Pure Carbon Theatre).**** www.breanna-maloney.com  Twitter: @bree_maloney Instagram: @bree_maloney Sarah Marchand is an award-winning performer, producer, and founder of Alma Matters Productions. She has worked in television (The Handmaid’s Tale, The Umbrella Academy), and theatre extensively. Select awards include: The Hnatyshyn Foundation's Emerging Artist Grant (Best Actress in English Theatre), The Second City’s Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award (nominated), and the Carolyn and Richard Renaud Grant for Acting. She received her BFA in Acting at Concordia University and her MA in Performance Studies at the University of Toronto. Sarah recently completed Nightwood Theatre's 19-20 Young Innovators Program and is currently a participant in the Women in Film and Television (WIFTV) Actor Career Mentorship program under the guidance of Carly Pope.   Select Recent Credits: Winter of ‘88 (NNNNN) Nowadays Theatre, 2020 Next Stage Festival (Performer/Co-Producer), Swim Team (NNNN) Nowadays Theatre, SummerWorks Performance Festival (Producer/Assistant Director), Drink of Choice (Toronto Fringe Patron’s Pick) Produced by Alma Matters Productions. In keeping with her creative mandate, Sarah’s work continues to produce and create works that explore mental health, intersectional feminism, queerness, and body image. www.sarahmarchand.com Twitter: @sarahamarchand Instagram: @sarahamarchand www.almamattersproductions.com Twitter: @almattersprod Instagram: @almattersprod

Show notes below:   Talking Shit with Tara Cheyenne is a Tara Cheyenne Performance Production www.taracheyenne.com Instagram: @TaraCheyenneTCP  /  FB: https://www.facebook.com/taracheyenneperformance Podcast produced, edited and music by Marc Stewart Music www.marcstewartmusic.com    © 2021 Tara Cheyenne Performance   Subscribe/follow share through Podbean and Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts and Spotify.   Donate! To keep this podcast ad-free please go to:  https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/13386   Links:  Balancing Act: http://balancingactcanada.com/ Intersections of Care: https://www.cda-acd.ca/docs/Regional%20Activities%202020%20-%2021/Artist%20Caregiver%202021/Intersections-ENG.pdf Dance Makers: http://dancemakers.org/ Susie Burpee:   http://susieburpee.com/   About Susie: Active in the performing arts in Canada for over 25 years, dance artist Susie Burpee is a performer, creator, teacher, and mother to two young children. She danced for many years with Dancemakers, Le Groupe Dance Lab, and Tedd Robinson (10 Gates Dancing) and recently with Hanna Kiel (Human Body Expression) and Alyssa Martin (Rock Bottom Movement). Augmenting her dance training with studies in Bouffon and character work, Susie has collaborated on projects with Crow’s Theatre, Dusk Dances, Nightwood Theatre, and with longtime colleague Linnea Swan. Her work has received Dora Mavor Moore Awards for both Outstanding Choreography and Performance and she is a recipient of the K.M. Hunter Artist Award for Dance. Susie is on guest faculty at many post-secondary dance programs across the country, and in 2020, she completed a Master of Arts in Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies at The University of Toronto.  She is originally from rural Manitoba, a second-generation settler on the original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. Since 2001, Toronto/Tkaronto has been her home; she now works there with Theatre Direct as producer of Balancing Act, a national platform to support caregivers in the performing arts.  About Tara: Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg is an award winning creator, performer, choreographer, director and writer. Artistic Director of Tara Cheyenne Performance, she is renowned as a trailblazer in interdisciplinary performance and as a mighty performer "who defies categorization on any level"(The Georgia Straight). Tara is celebrated nationally and internationally for her unique and dynamic hybrid of dance, comedy and theatre. The string of celebrated full-length solo shows to her credit includes bANGER, Goggles, Porno Death Cult, and I can’t remember the word for I can’t remember, and she partners regularly on multidisciplinary collaborations, commissions and boundary-bending ensemble creations. When she isn’t creating innovative movement for theatre, Tara performs around the world- highlights include DanceBase/Edinburgh, South Bank Centre/London, On the Boards/Seattle USA, and High Performance Rodeo/Calgary. Recent works include The Body Project (premiering 2020/21 season) The River with dance artist Miriam Colvin and artist and activist Molly Wickham (premiering 2021 in Wet'suwet'en Territory), empty.swimming.pool with Italian dance/performance artist Silvia Gribaudi, (Castiglioncello, Bassano, Victoria, B.C. and Vancouver, B.C.), how to be (Vancouver, B.C.) , and I can’t remember the word for I can’t remember (currently touring). Tara lives on the unceded and traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səlil̓wətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation)/East Vancouver with her partner composer Marc Stewart.

Joella Crichton Joella Crichton is an actor for stage and screen. She holds a BFA in Acting from York University. Joella is passionate about her Caribbean heritage and is the nine time Queen of Carnival here in Toronto. She has been nominated for her work on stage and loves the theatre! Alongside her many years experience in theatre, film and television, Joella also works to develop equality, diversity and inclusivity in these fields. She has created and worked on initiatives such as the Bechdel Bill and Share The Screen. Twitter: @joellacrichton Instagram: @joellacrichton Sedina Fiati Sedina Fiati is a Toronto based performer, producer, director, creator and activist for stage and screen. Proudly Black and queer, Sedina is deeply invested in artistic work that explores the intersection between art and activism, either in form or structure or ideally both. Upcoming projects: Switching Queen(s) (devised street performance), Last Dance (a web series). Sedina is also a Principal with BIPOC Executive Search, working on equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives and the current Artist-Activist at Nightwood Theatre. Sedina was the co-chair of ACTRA Toronto’s Diversity Committee and 2nd VP of council for Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. Twitter: @bwheelsheels Instagram: @bwheelsheels The Black Pledge The Black Pledge is an open call for positive, lasting change in live arts spaces across Canada, so that they truly reflect the beautiful mosaic tapestry of our nation. Our mission is to foster greater inclusion and awareness surrounding the needs of underserved communities in the Arts, especially the Black community. We stand in solidarity with Indigenous peoples and other communities of colour seeking equity, while retaining our Black-centric advocacy. www.theblackpledge.ca Twitter: @BlackPledgeCa Instagram: @BlackPledgeCanada Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBlackPledge/ Support Stageworthy: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/stageworthy

“El placer es un regalo que yo les di, y es un regalo que no solo se le da a los demás, sino que también puedes dártelo a ti misma.”   Bienvenidos al Studio Serie: experimentaciones de narrativas de audio creadas por algunos de los artistas de teatro más interesantes de nuestra comunidad TransAmericana en Canadá. En este episodio podrás escuchar un trabajo en proceso, seguido por una breve charla del artista sobre su proceso creativo. Esta presentación también está disponible en Inglés.   Un viaje de un hogar a otro. The Cunning Linguist cuenta la historia de Mónica, una joven mexicana que a los 12 años se da cuenta que Dios la hizo “queer”. Lo que Monica ve como un honor, las personas cercanas a ella lo ven como algo incorrecto. Gracias a un programa de televisión, Mónica decide mudarse a Toronto con Diosito a su lado, donde comienza a aprender más sobre sí misma, sobre la libertad y el sexo.    Mónica Garrido es una artista, cineasta, escritora, productora, directora, comediante y performer mexicana basada en Toronto, que usa la comedia como una herramienta y un escudo para expresarse. Sus cortometrajes "Diferente" y la comedia de terror "Love You to Death" han sido parte del LGBT Festival Inside Out. Mónica forma parte del elenco de “Sketch Comedy Extravaganza Eleganza” , show ganador de un Canadian Comedy Award. En el 2018 Mónica recibió el “Queer Emerging Artist Award” de Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Ella es un tercio del grupo Latinx Drag King Boyband y actualmente es copresentadora y coproductora de “Merendiando, parte de Radio Aluna Theatre. Mónica es Tauro y te desea lo mejor.   Beatriz Pizano (Directora) es una destacada directora y escritora teatral, con más de veinte años de experiencia trabajando como actriz en teatro, cine y televisión. En el 2009 el Consejo para las Artes de Canadá otorgó a Beatriz el prestigioso premio John Hirsch en Dirección Teatral. Beatriz ha sido galardonada con varias becas y premios, entre ellos: el premio de dirección Ken McDougall, la beca Chalmers, el premio Urjo Kareda (en Tarragon Theatre) y la beca para las artes escénicas de la Fundación Metcalf. Ha sido Directora Artística Asociada en Theatre Revolve y Nightwood Theatre. Su trilogía de obras sobre la mujer y la guerra: For Sale, Madre, y La Comunión, recibió tres nominaciones para el premio Dora Mavor Moore a la Mejor Obra Original. Beatriz también ha creado y dirigido múltiples programas para jóvenes en Colombia y Canadá. El más reciente de estos proyectos fue un taller de fotografía y teatro que facilitó en Medellín, Colombia, con jóvenes excombatientes y víctimas del conflicto armado.   The Cunning Linguist fue creado con el apoyo de la Unidad de Creadores Emergentes de Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, y ganó el Premio del Público “Queer Acts 2016”.  El desarrollo de esta pieza ha sido apoyado por el Ontario Arts Council y Aluna Theatre.   Esta grabación ha sido producida por Aluna Theatre en nuestro estudio en Toronto.   Escrita y actuada por Mónica Garrido Dirigida por Beatriz Pizano Ingeniero de Sonido, Steph Raposo Edición y diseño de sonido, Miquelon Rodriguez con asistente, Lucia Linares Canción adicional, Monroü Jefa de producción, Mónica Garrido  Coordinación de guión, Camila Diaz-Varela    Todos los episodios de Radio Aluna Teatro son en Inglés, Español y Spanglish. Nuevos episodios de Radio Aluna Teatro cada Miércoles. Síguenos y suscríbete a este podcast en iTunes, Google Play, y donde sea que escuches tus podcasts. Radio Aluna Teatro es una producción de Aluna Theatre con el apoyo de  Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, Department of Canadian Heritage, Metcalf Foundation y TD Bank. Aluna Theatre es Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, con Sue Balint.  Para más información sobre Aluna Theatre, visita nuestra página alunatheatre.ca, síguenos en twitter @alunatheatre o en instagram, o haz click en “me gusta” en facebook.

“Pleasure is a gift I gave you and it’s a gift you don’t only need to give to others, but you can give it to yourself too, you know?”   Welcome to the Studio Series: experiments in audio storytelling from some of the most exciting theatre artists from our TransAmerican community in Canada. First you’ll hear a work in process, then a short talk by the artist on their creative process. This presentation is also available in Spanish.    A journey from one home to another. The Cunning Linguist tells the story of Monica, a young Mexican girl that realizes that God made her queer. What Monica sees as an honour, people close to her see as wrong. Thanks to a TV show Monica decides to move to Toronto, with God (Diosito) as her unlikely sidekick, where she begins to learn more about herself, freedom and sex.    Monica Garrido is a Toronto based Mexican Artist, Filmmaker, Writer, Producer, Comedian, Performer and Storyteller that uses comedy as a tool and a shield to express herself. Her short films "Diferente" and the horror-comedy "Love You to Death" have been part of the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival.  She’s part of the ensemble of the Canadian Comedy Award winner show Sketch Comedy Extravaganza Eleganza. Monica is the 2018 recipient of the Queer Emerging Artist Award at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. She is one third of a Latinx Drag King Boyband and currently Co-host and Co- Produces “Merendiando” part of Radio Aluna Theatre. She is also a Taurus and wishes you the best.     Beatriz Pizano (Director) is an accomplished director and playwright. She is also an actor with more than twenty years of experience on stage, film and television. She is the 2009 winner of the prestigious John Hirsch Prize for Direction from the Canada Council for the Arts and the recipient of numerous awards and internships including The Ken McDougall Award for Direction, The Chalmers Fellowship, The Urjo Kareda Award (Tarragon Theatre), and The Metcalf Performing Arts Internship. She has been an Associate Artistic Director for Theatre Revolve and Nightwood Theatre. As a writer/director Beatriz has been nominated three times for Best New Play for her multi-award winning trilogy about women and war comprised of For Sale, Madre, and La Comunión. She has also created and led a number of youth programs both in Canada and Colombia. Most recently, she facilitated a theatre/photography workshop with ex-combatant children and youth victims from the armed conflict in her native Colombia.   The Cunning Linguist was Created with support from the Emerging Creators Unit at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, and winner of the 2016 Queer Acts Audience Award. This piece development has been supported by The Ontario Arts Council and Aluna Theatre.    This recording was produced by Aluna Theatre at our studio in Toronto.     Written, performed by Monica Garrido Directed by Beatriz Pizano Sound Engineer, Steph Raposo  Editing and sound design by Miquelon Rodriguez, assisted by Lucia Linares  Additional Songs by Monroü Head of Production, Monica Garrido  Script co-ordination, Camila Diaz-Varela    All Radio Aluna Theatre episodes are in Spanglish, English, or Spanish. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released on Wednesdays. Follow and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and wherever else you get your podcasts.   Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Toronto Arts Council, The Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Metcalf Foundation, and TD Bank.     Aluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint.   For more about Aluna Theatre, visit us at alunatheatre.ca, follow @alunatheatre on twitter or instagram, or ‘like’ us on facebook.

Co-creators of the forthcoming "Denison Ave" graphic novella (and the current Instagram posts to promote this work), Christina Wong & Daniel Innes, talk about their process of capturing loss, place, and history by artistically translating experience into image and words. See Denison Avenue on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisonavenue/See my Digital Humanities assignment guides here: https://pressbooks.library.yorku.ca/dhssinstructorsguide/Digital Humanities assignment guide videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAGOGstG_cg&list=PLz_s1hq38parPcwWhDV-LZhHfX9wUTRzl Follow Samantha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrSCutraraSee all the Source Saturday videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLpPhMEW_jxqClGskVJgNeA More about Christina and Daniel: Christina Wong is a playwright, writer, and audio artist. Her plays have been performed at Factory Studio, Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace, Palmerston Library Theatre, Ernest Balmer Studio, and The Courtyard at Bonnie Stuart. Her work has appeared in TOK Magazine, Spacing, The Toronto Star, at the Toronto Public Library, the Gladstone Hotel's Art Hut, and on CJRU 1280AM. Christina was also part of Diaspora Dialogues Mentorship Program (playwriting and short-form), Nightwood Theatre's Write From the Hip, and fu-GEN's Kitchen playwriting unit. Daniel Innes is a painter, illustrator, textile designer, tattooer, and musician. His work has also appeared in galleries in Toronto and East Marion and Brooklyn, New York. His swimsuit textile designs have been featured in four consecutive seasons for Minnow Bathers. Learn more about me at https://www.SamanthaCutrara.com/Order Transforming the Canadian History Classroom: Imagining a New 'We' today: https://www.amazon.ca/Transforming-Canadian-History-Classroom-Imagining/dp/0774862831 https://www.ubcpress.ca/transforming-the-canadian-history-classroom #MeaningfulLearning #ComicBooks #ChallengeCdnHist

Instagrams @Mishmaroon: https://www.instagram.com/mishmaroon/ @Airaza21: https:/ /www.instagram.com/airaza21/ @_mannyknows: https://www.instagram.com/_mannyknows/ Bio Anyika Mark studied Political Science & Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto-St. George campus and has been involved in a variety of student associations and community grassroots organizations throughout her years as an undergraduate. She has worked with the Black Students’ Association, the Caribbean Studies Student Union, UofT’s Black Graduation ceremony, the Caribbean Solidarity Network and, most recently, Black UrbanismTO. Anyika has also been involved with the NDP in the York South-Weston community and currently works as a constituency assistant for Member of Provincial Parliament for Toronto-St. Paul’s, Jill Andrew. Her activism for the NDP extends to the Ontario New Democratic Party Youth Council where she was elected as the Outreach Director. In her personal life, Anyika loves theatre and was the Stage Manager for DreamGirls, the first black musical to be held at the University of Toronto, was a part of writing a show on Black Canadian history and has acted in a number of student led productions. Anyika recently had the honour of hosting a live read of her own play, Making Moves, with Nightwood Theatre through their playwrighting program, Write From The Hip in September of this year. Making Moves was also performed at Weston Artscape in February 2020 by Piece of Mine Arts for their Black Women In Theatre event. Jill Andrews: https://www.jillandrewmpp.ca Brock Turner Case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_v._Turner Cocktales & Lunell Episode:  https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kiki-said-so/cocktales/e/71461166 Indigenous Reconciliation: http://www.trc.ca/reconciliation.html Trudeau taking a Knee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHb7YQV1cxs Sasha L Henry: https://www.instagram.com/sashalhenry/

Chris Tolley is a writer, director and producer, and the Co-Artistic Director of Expect Theatre. After graduating from York University he teamed up with Laura Mullin, and together they have created award-winning multi-disciplinary productions that have toured across Canada and the US.Chris’ work has been nominated for five Dora Awards in the General Theatre category, and has been shortlisted twice for the Toronto Arts Foundation Awards. In 2006 both Chis and Laura won Harbourfront Centre’s inaugural FreshGround commissioning award.His most notable works include Romeo/Juliet REMIXED (Toronto and Philadelphia), STATIC (World Stage Festival) and AWAKE (Next Stage Festival). Other work with Mullin include the CBC Radio drama, The Tunnel Runners, and the short film, AWAKE.He sits on the Board of the Playwrights Guild of Canada and serves as the Contracts Chair. He is also on a number of other theatre boards.Outside of theatre, Chris is also very active in national politics. In 2015, Chris ran in the federal election as the Green Party’s candidate in Toronto-Danforth, advocating for the cultural issues he is passionate about. His campaign resulted in the best showing for the Green Party in the GTA and surrounding area, and was recognized as one of the strongest campaigns run nationally.Twitter: @christolleyLaura Mullin is a playwright, director and producer, and the Co-Artistic Director of Expect Theatre and The Spark Collective. She graduated from York University with a bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre before forming Expect and Spark with Chris Tolley. She has created and produced several highly acclaimed productions with Tolley that have toured nationally and internationally.Selected writing and directing credits: Romeo/Juliet Remixed (5 Dora award nominations, winner of Outstanding Choreography), EXPECT/ Spark; Tunnel Runners, CBC Radio; STATIC, Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage Festival; AWAKE, Next Stage Festival; AWAKE The Short Film; Rapid Eye Movement & To The Kid That I was, Nuit Blanche; One Sleepless Night, International Festival of Authors; Allowance (in development); Burusera, Watermark Theatre (national 21 city tour & to be published in the Playwright’s Guild Short Play Anthology); History of Visual Sources (short story).Awards & Commissions: Toronto Arts Foundation Award (short listed 2009 & 2013); Harbourfront Centre’s inaugural Fresh Ground Commissioning Award; Dora Award nomination for Outstanding Production for Romeo / Juliet Remixed (General Theatre category), Ontario Arts Council’s Creator’s Reserve from Nightwood Theatre (2013) and Crow’s Theatre (2015) for Allowance, Watermark Theatre Commission of Burusera for Canada 300’s national tour (2015).Twitter: @expectlauraPlayMEExpect Theatre has created an exciting new initiative that celebrates the best of Canadian Indie Theatre on a national and international scale. The project helps raise the profile of Canadian playwrights by highlighting new works through a series of podcasts, making it accessible to audiences worldwide.PlayME is transforming the way we experience Canadian theatre, by taking a bold and innovative approach to disseminating plays. The podcast features distinguished actors, and focuses on current and relevant scripts geared to the growing “on-demand” audience.Expect’s Artistic Directors, Laura Mullin and Chris Tolley are spearheading this project, in partnership with organizations such as The Toronto Fringe Festival and the Playwrights Guild of Canada.http://www.playmepodcast.com/ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/arts-culture/playme/ http://expect.org/ Twitter: @expecttheatre

A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Natasha Greenblatt is an actor, director and writer.Natasha has played Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank (Segal Centre, Theatre Aquarius), Brigid in A Boy Called Newfoundland (Theatre Smash), and Roberta in The Railway Children (Mirvish/Marquis). She was nominated for a Dora Award for her portrayal of Bastian in The Neverending Story (Roseneath Theatre) and won a Dora Award for Get Yourself Home Skyler James (Roseneath Theatre), a solo show that toured high schools in the Greater Toronto Area. Natasha had a recurring role on the Canadian television show Bomb Girls. Most recently, Natasha was part of the 2014-2015 National Arts Centre’s English Theatre Ensemble, where she played Alice, in Alice Through the Looking Glass and Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest.As a director, Natasha facilitated and directed This Is Your Script, a collective creation for Paprika Festival for youth between the ages of 17 and 21. She directed Cowboy Mouth, by Sam Shepard and Patti Smith, as part of The Playwright Project in May 2013. She was the assistant director for Micheline Chevrier on the Montreal debut production of the Governor General Award winning play, If We Were Birds and for Sarah Stanley on the debut of Beatrice and Virgil at the Factory Theatre. In 2014, Natasha directed The Secret Garden of Lido Pimienta, a theatrical concert commissioned by SummerWorks.Natasha has been part of Nightwood Theatre’s Write From the Hip program for Emerging Playwrights and Theatre Passe Muraille’s Upstarts Unit for Emerging Theatre Creators. She performed her solo show, We Lived in a Palace at the 2008 SummerWorks Festival. She produced her first full-length play, The Peace Maker, directed by Jennifer Brewin, as part of the 2013 Next Stage Festival.Twitter: @natashasama Instagram: natashagreengraceThe ElectionDuring the 2015 Federal Election, a group of theatre artists and makers volunteered for local campaigns. They knocked on doors, phoned voters, and tried to make sense of national stories on a local level while documenting their experience. These personal accounts provided fodder for the new Canadian play The Election, by Natasha Greenblatt and Yolanda Bonnell, in collaboration with the company.In 2019 The Election sparks urgent dialogue just as Canadians take another swing at the ballot box. Exploring the realities of Indigenous, Settler and Newcomer experience with the political process, this play asks: Do we have a voice and does that voice count?Following the wildly successful run of The Public Servant, Common Boots Theatre delivers a provocative and hilarious investigation of how Canadians engage in democracy.The team of six actors (Augusto Bitter, Rachel Cairns, Joelle Peters, Anand Rajaram, Rose Stella, and Courtenay Stevens) take on over 35 characters. Woven throughout the chaos of the federal election are the personal stories of people struggling to make a difference within their own communities and families.www.commonbootstheatre.ca Tickets: https://www.passemuraille.ca/tickets/

It’s Episode Four – “Rosellen” This is the second of four interviews I was able to conduct during rehearsals – and I was really lucky to be able to chat with Kelli Fox! Kelli is an actor/director with more than 30 years experience on stages across Canada, and in the U.S., including 13 seasons with the Shaw Festival, and 3 seasons with the Stratford Festival. From fall of 2017 to the spring of 2018 she served as Artistic Associate at Globe Theatre in Regina. Kelli has been recognized with a Jessie award (Keely & Du, Arts Club/Canstage), a Dora nomination (Top Girls, Soulpepper), a Capitol Critics Circle award (A Room of One's Own, Shaw tour), a Toronto Critic's Circle award (Penelopiad, Nightwood Theatre), as well as sharing a Dora with the Penelopiad ensemble. Kelli is currently directing Cakewalk at the Blyth Festival Theatre – which opens this Thursday, June 26th! So Happy Opening Week! Our chat was a really cool exploration of what it’s like to work with Judith Thompson, her career as a director and her first fringe show in Vancouver – there may be some singing involved…. It was also her birthday! Have a listen!   What I learned about Producing this week: There's a really cool website called Generator - "Generator is a mentoring, teaching, and innovation incubator that expands the skills, tools, and competencies of independent artists, producers and leaders. From intensive programs to workshops, Generator is transforming the role of the artist producer one artist at a time. Also by Generator: ArtistProducerResource.com" From checklists to grants, this is a great first stop on a producing journey! 

John Wamsley is a gay, Indigenous actor, dancer, and choreographer born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario. Since graduating from the Theatre and Drama Studies program at Sheridan College and the University of Toronto, he has been fortunate enough to work both on and off stage developing a passion-project entitled off my chest., which was presented at this year's Dark Crop Performance Festival. John's recent credits include the sold out run of the Fringe 2018 Patron's Pick, Everyone Wants a T-Shirt!, Private Harris in The Grand Theatre's production of Timothy Findley's The Wars, and participation within the 31st annual Weesageechak Festival. John is currently the Communications Manager for the Paprika Festival, and continues to do graphic and video design for several theatre companies in the GTA. He also works in a restaurant… typical.Bryn Kennedy has been an actor ever since she can remember, but found her passion for directing in high school when she lead a production of ‘night Mother at the Sears Drama Festival, winning an Award of Excellence in Directing and Producing. Since then, Bryn has continued this journey, taking Directing with Richard Rose at Tarragon Theatre and as a member of Nightwood Theatre’s Young Innovators Unit. She is also an arts educator and is growing her experience as an arts administrator with companies such as SOULO Theatre, Rabbit in a Hat Productions, Binocular Theatre and Nightwood Theatre. Her directing credits include, Jean Anouilh’s Antigone(co-director Rachel VanDuzer, UTMDC), Overtones, Beneath the Bed (Erindale Fringe Festival), Happy Family (Toronto Fringe Festival), Selections from Vitals (Paprika Festival Directors’ Lab), Reasons to be Pretty (RTBP Collective), Vitals (Theatre Born Between) and A Bear Awake in Winter (Assistant Director, Canadian Stage Workshop and Next Stage Theatre Festival with Binocular Theatre). She is a graduate of the joint Theatre and Drama Studies Program at Sheridan College and University of Toronto earning an Acting Diploma and an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree. Her special skills include baking, knitting and finding a way to mention her recent haircut in almost any situation.BENEATH THE BED Written by Gabe Golin Directed by Bryn Kennedy In the aftermath of a trauma, a young child meets a monster living under their bed and together they discover through searching the stars that this too will pass. An exploration of childhood and imagination, grief and loss, Beneath the Bed is a twisted tale exploding with music, wit, heart, and joy.​SHOW DATES: Thursday, July 4 – 7:00 p.m. – Performance 1 Friday, July 5 – 8:00 p.m. – Performance 2 Saturday, July 6 – 2:00 p.m. – Performance 3 Sunday, July 7 – 2:00 p.m. – Performance 4 Monday, July 8 – 7:00 p.m. – Performance 5 Tuesday, July 9 – 8:00 p.m. – Performance 6 Thursday, July 11 – 8:00 p.m. – Performance 7 Friday, July 12 – 2:00 p.m. – Performance 8 Friday, July 12 – 8:00 p.m. – Performance 9 Saturday, July 13 – 3:30 p.m. – Performance 10 Sunday, July 14 – 2:00 p.m. – Performance 11www.theatrebornbetween.comTwitter: @tbornbetweenInstagram: theatrebornbetweenFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theatrebornbetweenTickets:https://fringetoronto.com/fringe/show/beneath-bed (on sale June 6)

Justine Christensen is a Toronto-born actor-writer-producer. She is a co-founder of LET ME IN, a platform through which she seeks to produce audience-engaging, socially-conscious theatre. Her past favourite acting credits include Hamlet (Hamlet & Ophelia, LMI), Rosalind (As You Like It, GBTS Theatre), and Kayleen (Gruesome Playground Injuries, Theatre at Eastminster). She has worked with Convergence Theatre, Pat The Dog Theatre Creation, and Nightwood Theatre to her hone and develop her skills as a producer. She is currently working as a writer on a number of new works, one of which is the final installation of her Chekhov adaptations trilogy, produced through LMI.Cannibal When you survive the unsurvivable, who do you become? Bridget Walker has written a play about the abduction of her son and it's a smash hit. Critics are raving, but those closest to her are sent reeling. ‘Cannibal’ explores grief, the cost of sharing your story, and what it means to be indebted to someone you love.Twitter: @scrappaperto Instagram: scrappapertheatre Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scrappapertheatre Tickets: https://fringetoronto.com/next-stage/show/cannibal

Chris Tolley is a writer, director and producer, and the Co-Artistic Director of Expect Theatre. After graduating from York University he teamed up with Laura Mullin, and together they have created award-winning multi-disciplinary productions that have toured across Canada and the US.Chris’ work has been nominated for five Dora Awards in the General Theatre category, and has been shortlisted twice for the Toronto Arts Foundation Awards. In 2006 both Chis and Laura won Harbourfront Centre’s inaugural FreshGround commissioning award.His most notable works include Romeo/Juliet REMIXED (Toronto and Philadelphia), STATIC (World Stage Festival) and AWAKE (Next Stage Festival). Other work with Mullin include the CBC Radio drama, The Tunnel Runners, and the short film, AWAKE.Most recently, Chris and Laura launched PlayME, a national digital theatre dedicated to producing Canada’s most innovative theatre works distributed globally via podcasts.He sits on the Board of the Playwrights Guild of Canada and serves as the Contracts Chair. He is also on a number of other theatre boards.Outside of theatre, Chris is also very active in national politics. In 2015, Chris ran in the federal election as the Green Party’s candidate in Toronto-Danforth, advocating for the cultural issues he is passionate about. His campaign resulted in the best showing for the Green Party in the GTA and surrounding area, and was recognized as one of the strongest campaigns run nationally.Twitter: @christolleyLaura Mullin is a playwright, director and producer, and the Co-Artistic Director of Expect Theatre and The Spark Collective. She graduated from York University with a bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre before forming Expect and Spark with Chris Tolley. She has created and produced several highly acclaimed productions with Tolley that have toured nationally and internationally.Selected writing and directing credits: Romeo/Juliet Remixed (5 Dora award nominations, winner of Outstanding Choreography), EXPECT/ Spark; Tunnel Runners, CBC Radio; STATIC, Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage Festival; AWAKE, Next Stage Festival; AWAKE The Short Film; Rapid Eye Movement & To The Kid That I was, Nuit Blanche; One Sleepless Night, International Festival of Authors; Allowance (in development); Burusera, Watermark Theatre (national 21 city tour & to be published in the Playwright’s Guild Short Play Anthology); History of Visual Sources (short story).Awards & Commissions: Toronto Arts Foundation Award (short listed 2009 & 2013); Harbourfront Centre’s inaugural Fresh Ground Commissioning Award; Dora Award nomination for Outstanding Production for Romeo / Juliet Remixed (General Theatre category), Ontario Arts Council’s Creator’s Reserve from Nightwood Theatre (2013) and Crow’s Theatre (2015) for Allowance, Watermark Theatre Commission of Burusera for Canada 300’s national tour (2015).Twitter: @expectlauraPlayMEExpect Theatre has created an exciting new initiative that celebrates the best of Canadian Indie Theatre on a national and international scale. The project helps raise the profile of Canadian playwrights by highlighting new works through a series of podcasts, making it accessible to audiences worldwide.PlayME is transforming the way we experience Canadian theatre, by taking a bold and innovative approach to disseminating plays. The podcast features distinguished actors, and focuses on current and relevant scripts geared to the growing “on-demand” audience.Expect’s Artistic Directors, Laura Mullin and Chris Tolley are spearheading this project, in partnership with organizations such as The Toronto Fringe Festival and the Playwrights Guild of Canada.http://www.playmepodcast.com/http://expect.org/ Twitter: @expecttheatreStageworthy:http://www.stageworthypodcast.com Twitter @stageworthyPod Facebook: http://facebook.com/stageworthyPod

Audrey Dwyer has been a theatre artist, teacher and mentor for over fifteen years. She was a mentor for the Summerworks Leadership Program and led the program in 2012 and 2013. She was the Assistant Coordinator and Educator for Nightwood Theatre’s Write from the Hip program from 2008 to 2010. She has taught improvisation with TIFF and leads screenplay courses for young women. Her theatre credits include: Blue Planet (YPT), One Thing Leads to Another (YPT – Dora Awards for Outstanding Ensemble and Outstanding New Play), Patty’s Cake (Carousel Players – Dora Award Outstanding Play), Danny, King of the Basement (Roseneath Theatre). She won The Cayle Chernin Award for Theatre (Playwriting) in 2015. Audrey was the Associate Artistic Director of Nightwood Theatre and was the Artistic Director of Cow Over Moon Children’s Theatre. Audrey graduated from The National Theatre School.Calpurnia A hilarious and provocative look at class, race, and appropriation, Calpurnia invites us into an outrageous and unexpected evening at the home of a wealthy Jamaican-Canadian family. As Justice Lawrence Gordon (Andrew Moodie) prepares for an important dinner to introduce his son Mark (Matthew G. Brown) to a Senior Partner at a prominent law firm (Don Allison), his daughter Julie (Meghan Swaby) grapples with her new screenplay. Seeking to redress To Kill a Mockingbird through the perspective of Calpurnia – the Finch family maid – Julie, privileged and disconnected from domestic work, turns to her long-term Filipina caregiver Precy (Carolyn Fe) for research on servitude. But as Julie examines mammy culture from the inside out, her tactics are met with explosive results.A Nightwood Theatre and Sulong Theatre Co-production Written and directed by Audrey Dwyer January 14 – February 4, 2018 Tickets: buddiesinbadtimes.com/show/calpurnia/Stageworthy:http://www.stageworthypodcast.com Twitter @stageworthyPod Facebook: http://facebook.com/stageworthyPod

Cathy Huang is an Asian-Canadian multidisciplinary theatre and film artist, and a classically trained singer and pianist. She aims to redefine what it means to be Canadian, and eventually start her own company to create art for and support young people that feel caught between their Asian and Canadian identities. Cathy is one of Nightwood Theatre’s 2017/18 Young Innovators, and is the recipient of Theatre Ontario’s first Summer Intensive Youth Scholarship, having recently returned from Donna-Michelle St. Bernard’s playwriting course in Stratford. Past credits include The Headless Hipster (Adrian - Sixteen F ilms Limited), Go Home (playwright / director / actor / deviser), lady in the red dress (Sylvia), IRIS (Madison), The Three Ladies of London (Lucre / Love), and BUST (Alex). Cathy is playing Agnes in Filament Incubator / Epigraph Collective’s Imp from November 15-26, and co-writing / acting in HERstory Counts Theatre Company’s production from December 14-17.http://www.twitter.com/kaffreeehttp://www.instagram.com/kaffreehttp://www.youtube.com/kaffreee

Pearle Harbour's Chautauqua is a darkly comic, wildly immersive extravaganza - part cabaret, part tragicomedy, and part tent revival. Pass through the milky folds of Pearle's beautiful Tent, and be sheltered from the inharmony of our troubled times. The world may be falling apart, but Pearle will show you there's more that unites us than divides us.website: pearleharbour.comfacebook.com/thepearleharbourinsta: @pearleharbourShow link: www.summerworks.ca/artists/pearle-harbours-chautauquawww.facebook.com/events/237748573390455Pearle Harbour is an all-American gal who's sweet-as-pie and sharp-as-nails, Pearle Harbour was born on [information withheld], when America was still Great. During the War, she served as a stewardess aboard top-secret bomber missions, including [information withheld], and even [information withheld]! An accomplished soloist - on the boards and in the sheets - Pearle has played to audiences at The RISER Project (Why Not Theatre), Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, Theatre Passe Muraille, Opera5, The Comedy Bar, The Wrecking Ball, Videofag, Nightwood Theatre, Pressgang Storytelling, Clay & Paper Theatre, The Gladstone Hotel, and countless cabarets, concerts, and clubs across Ontario.Justin Miller is a Dora-nominated writer, actor, and solo performer. He has studied with internationally renowned performers, including Philippe Gaulier, John Turner (Mump & Smoot), Karen Hines (The Pochsy Plays, Crawlspace), Carlos Garcia Estevez, Katrien Van Beurden, and Denise Fujiwara. He is the co-founder of Pearle Harbour Presents, and is currently an artist-in-residence at Theatre Passe Muraille.

Victoria Laberge is an arts administrator with her fingers in many pies. Originally from Montreal, she worked with the St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival and Centaur Theatre for several years in addition to running the arts and culture blog Bloody Underrated. Since moving to Toronto in 2015, she has taken on the roles of Director of Development for Nightwood Theatre, Canada’s flagship feminist theatre; Co-Producer for the monthly storytelling series Confabulation; and Publicist for the award-winning comedy troupe Sex T-Rex.Twitter: @victorialabergeStageworthy:http://www.stageworthypodcast.com Twitter @stageworthyPod Facebook: http://facebook.com/stageworthyPod

This week's guest is writer and performer Diane Flacks! Diane has written for TV . Diane's written for tv, including Working the Engels, Baroness Von Sketch Show, Young Drunk Punk, PR, THe Broad Side, a MOW version of her play SIBS, and Kids in the Hall. Diane can be heard on your radio as CBC's national parenting columnist and a contributor to DNTO and Tapestry. She's written for The Star, the Globe and Today's Parent magazines. She most recently played the lead in the independent film, Portrait of A Serial Monogamist, which is making the rounds of film fests, and the play Freda and Jem's Best of the Week at Buddies. Upcoming, she appears in Body Politic at Buddies, and THIS JUST IN, her new play Unholy will be produced by Nightwood Theatre at Buddies next season. She is a proud mom of two awesome boys.