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Continue reading →: She’s Listening – Artists Helping Ovarian Cancer Research
Women sing for a great cause at The Central. Thanks to Heather Hill for the heads-up. Break legs, ladies!
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe – the final five
With limited time on my hands and five vouchers left of my 10-play pass, I needed to hop to it and see shows during the closing weekend of Toronto Fringe. Here are the last five shows I saw, in order of attendance: Sour Grapes: I’d seen playwright/actor Allan Turner perform…
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Continue reading →: New Ideas Festival 2014 – Call for Script Submissions
Originally posted on The Alumnae Theatre Company's Blog: Hey, writers! Time to dust off that short script that’s never been produced, or get cracking on finishing the one you’ve got in the works. The deadline to submit to Alumnae Theatre’s annual New Ideas Festival is September 5, 2013 (yes, a…
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Continue reading →: Toronto Fringe Festival – I’d also highly recommend…
Here are a few other Fringe shows I’ve seen and would recommend: Radio:30 – I missed the original run of this show (1999) and was so glad to catch it this time around, thanks to the suggestion from Alumnae Theatre pal Brenda Somers as we met up over brunch last…
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Continue reading →: Choosing to collide in love – Stop Kiss
Saw Gun Shy Theatre’s Toronto Fringe production of Diana Son’s Stop Kiss at the Tarragon Main Space last night. Directed by Shaun Bensen, and featuring a stand-out cast, it’s a play I was familiar with, but only on the page. And I was very glad to have gone out to…
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Continue reading →: Gripping family drama in American dream turned nightmare – Killcreek
Brandon Pitts’ new play Killcreek, recently published by IOWI and directed by Katherine E. Bignell, opened its Toronto Fringe run at the Randolph Theatre last night. In Killcreek, a fictitious 1950s Montana mining town, miners have been laid off and are scrambling to earn what living they can with alternate…
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Continue reading →: A brave & vulnerable hero’s journey – Just Lift Your Feet
Actor/playwright Heather Allin’s one-woman fable Just Lift Your Feet had its Toronto Fringe Festival opening at the Robert Gill Theatre last night, playing in a late-night time slot to a small but engaged audience. Directed by Dennis Hayes, Just Lift Your Feet has its origins in a SoulOTheatre solo show…
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Continue reading →: Surprise!! All hail Margaret Spence
Originally posted on The Alumnae Theatre Company's Blog: Margaret at a Shaw Festival costume workshop (2012?) The much-beloved Margaret Spence was the longtime Wardrobe Mistress of Alumnae Theatre Company, and is a frequent costume designer. When she announced her retirement at the end of the 2011/12 season, some kind of…
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Continue reading →: Just Lift Your Feet – interview with actor/playwright Heather Allin
Just one week away from the opening of the Toronto Fringe Festival, my friends, and I had the pleasure of interviewing actor/playwright Heather Allin, who took some time amidst a super busy pre-Fringe schedule to answer some questions over email about her upcoming one-woman Fringe play Just Lift Your Feet.…
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