Welcome

These are important times.

The arts in Canada are a necessity towards the continued development of our cultural ecology. This is a reality that many of you already know. You are here at this Festival because you recognize this immense societal value. This recognition is a thing of great beauty, but my friends, it is not enough. More recently, the SummerWorks culture found itself threatened with a loss of funding. It was you, our patrons, who stepped up and chose not to accept this. You recognized our value, and we received the kind of support that has bolstered, moved and overwhelmed our spirit. This is a remarkable feat. And I say again: These are important times. We must continue to find the courage to speak loudly and with intelligence to the question of necessity, of value, of identity. Our cultural ecology is our identity. Our identity is everything. Our future and our children’s future rely on our commitment to a healthy cultural ecology. It gives us the freedom to form identity based on our desires, not our constraints. Art helps us recognize that we always have the freedom to choose. The freedom we, as Canadians have, makes this one of the greatest places in the world to live. We must continue to protect this freedom. It’s with this freedom that SummerWorks will continue to strive as Toronto’s most daring, provocative and inquisitive theatre and arts Festival. Thank-you for having the courage to use your voice, sending a clear message of support and pride to all Canadian citizens, and to the world. It is a beautiful affirmation that we stand together in solidarity during a time when our artistic voice is more crucial than ever before. It is in this spirit that I welcome you, with a full heart, to the 2011 SummerWorks Theatre Festival.

Michael Rubenfeld Artistic Producer

3 About SummerWorks

History Board of Directors In 1991, five friends – Benj Gallander, Greg Holmgren, Carol Pauker, Board Chair: David Taylor Rob Sherwood and Ben Stadelmann – came together to put on the first Board Members: Laura Clark Kugelmass, Vanessa Grant, SummerWorks Theatre Festival. The decision to mount a new fringe- Ruth Madoc-Jones, Paul Thompson style festival was a response to what was seen as a growing, under- represented small theatre community. From 2000 to 2004, under the Selection Jury direction of Franco Boni, the Festival made significant changes through Jean Yoon, Sheila Heti, Damien Atkins, Michael Rubenfeld a gradual transition from a lottery system to a fully juried Festival. In 2005, the Festival came under the leadership of Artistic Producers Keira Thank Yous (in no particular order) Loughran and Kimahli Powell, who together launched the Canadian Pavilion (National Series). In 2007, Keira took on full responsibility for Fadi Hakim, Amanda Fortuna, Emma Laird, Jessie Shearer, Kristin McCollum, Lina Marques, Joseph and Silvana Barrotta, Jenifer Kowal, Dan Daley, Lindy Zucker, Gillian the Festival as sole Artistic Producer. In January 2008, Michael Rubenfeld Street, Sandra Lefrançois, Franco Boni, Roxanne Duncan, Lee Milliken, Queen of became the Artistic Producer of the Festival, bringing with him a love for Puddings, Nathalie Bonjour, Ann Hodges, Camilla Holland, Jennifer Watson, Rob Lamb, theatre and music, and his desire to explore art as a tool for both commu- Gideon Arthurs, Kathryn Westoll, Adam Kirkham & Toronto Fringe Festival, Tim Chapman nity and cultural evolution. As the largest juried festival in Canada & Theatre Ontario Professional Theatre Training Program, Kevin Hutson, Kevin Parnell, Kat Garnett and the Canadian Opera Company, Alison Dengate, Charlotte Tang, Hannah featuring predominantly New Canadian plays, SummerWorks looks Rittner, Naomi Vondell, Brendan Healey, Richard Rose, Hannah Moscovitch, Maev Beaty, to uniquely reflect Toronto and Canada’s zeitgeist. Sam Sholdice and PROGRAM, Michael Healey, Mike Wheeler, Matthew Jocelyn, Sue Edworthy Susanna Hood and hum dansoundart, Laura Barrett, TOPS, Nicole Ratjen, Staff Richard Greenblatt, Nina Lee Aquino, Allen MacInnis, Jackie Maxwell, Kelly Thornton, Joel Greenberg, Rong Fu, Masooma Hussain, Meredith Free, Melina Giannelia, Elliot Artistic Producer: Michael Rubenfeld Loren, David Liss and Mary Moore, David Yee, Laurel Green, Nancy Hitzig, Kelly McCray General Manager: Joanna Barrotta and Mary Sue Rankin, Tracy Michailidis, Amy Rutherford, Agnes Wong, Emma Wright. Production Manager: Stefan Lenzi Donors and Sponsors Music Series Producer: Lauren Schreiber Musical Works Producer: Tracy Michailidis NOW Magazine, Dual Audio Services, Exclaim!, CBC Radio 3, TD Bank Group, RBC Musical Works Jury: Derrick Chua, George Masswohl, Andrew Penner Bank, Playwrights Canada Press, Tarragon Theatre, Shaw Festival, Fresh, Fuzzy Logic Recordings, Maple Leaf Sports Entertainment, Toronto International Film Festival, S.L.I.P. Coordinator: Jordi Mand Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Cahoots Theatre Company, Stratford Shakespeare S.L.I.P. Program Facilitators: Richard Lee, Tracy Michailidis Festival, Arts&Crafts, Factory Theatre, Rock Oasis, Dancap Productions Inc, Nightwood Artistic Associate: Laurel Green Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre, The Paper Place, The Mad Bean, Girl Friday, BYOB, Guest Services Coordinator: Fadi Hakim Harbourfront Centre, Toronto Fringe Festival, Outer Layer, Outside Records, Mill Street Brewery, Lakeview Restaurant, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Edward Day Festival Publicist (ClutchPR): Daniela Syrovy Gallery, Polar Ice Vodka, Jackson Triggs, Divine Furniture, Monnet Design. Public Relations Intern (ClutchPR): Jaime Eisen Theatre Operations Manager: Roula Alexopoulos Volunteer Coordinator: Andy Wang Box Office Manager (Arts Box Office): Taylor Birt Sponsorship Director & Industry Liaison: Mandy E. MacLean Graphic Design: Monnet Design Web Developer: Jenny Kapichen Interns: Hannah Rittner, Tessa Cernik Summer Student: Georgia Boreham

Awards

All awards are adjudicated by a jury of three theatre professionals, Canadian Stage Award for Direction except the NOW Magazine Audience Choice Award, which is determined Sponsored by The Canadian Stage Company, this $500 cash prize is by ballot. awarded for an outstanding piece of direction at the Festival.

SummerWorks Prize for Production The Spotlight Award The prize is a free trip back to the Festival next year. All companies Awarded to a featured performer in a SummerWorks show. The winner presenting new work are eligible. receives a VIP pass to the Festival next year.

Contra Guys Outstanding New Performance Text The Theatre Passe Muraille Emerging Artist Award Generously supported by to SummerWorks founders, Benj Gallander $500 cash prize awarded to an artist early in their career who made and Ben Stadelmann, the Contra Guys New Work Award is a $1000 an artistic impression during the Festival. cash award presented to a theatre-maker for an outstanding new work (script or performance text). RBC Arts Professional Award National Theatre School Award for Set or Costume Design This $1000 cash prize recognizes the work, craft and dedication of an emerging arts professional. This award is made possible with the This award, sponsored by the National Theatre School, offers a $750 support of RBC. cash prize to a designer for an outstanding set or costume design. The NOW Magazine Audience Choice Award Buddies in Bad Times Vanguard Award for Risk and Innovation Vote for your favourite SummerWorks production! Simply place your Sponsored by Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, this $500 cash prize is ticket stub in the NOW Audience Choice box as you leave the theatre. awarded to an individual or company in recognition of an artistic choice The winner will receive $1,500 in free advertising with NOW Magazine. or choices exemplifying innovation and/or artistic risk. All shows are eligible for this prize.

The winners of all nine awards will be announced at our closing night party between 11 and 11:30pm at the Art Bar Courtyard on Sunday, August 14

4 Ticket Information

Ticket Prices Theatre Policies And Procedures Single Theatre tickets: $15 1. No latecomers. Musical Works in Concert tickets: $15 2. No refunds.** 3. No re-entry. Music Series tickets: $10 4. Shows start on time. 3-Play Pass: $40 5. Performances are a maximum of 75 minutes, unless otherwise noted. 7-Play Pass (only 75 available): $80 6. No photographs or video recording. 7. The venue box offices accept cash only. 10-Play Pass (only 30 available): $110 8. Any unclaimed tickets will be released five minutes before the show. 3-Play, 7-Play, and 10-Play Passes on sale August 4th. Passes are available 9. Please turn off all cell phones, pagers, etc. in the theatres. at Art Bar from 4 PM to 9 PM, Thursday through Sunday. Passes are also avail- **For Offsite shows that are rained out, the following are our refund policies: able at Factory Courtyard starting one hour before the first show of the day. If you purchased a ticket “at the door,” please bring your ticket to the booth at which you purchased it on the same day as the rained out perfor- Passes mance and we will refund your ticket. Passes are redeemed for tickets on a first-come, first-served basis If you purchased an advance ticket for an Offsite show with a credit card, and are subject to availability. Passes are non-transferable. Pass holders the Arts Box Office will automatically refund your money. If you purchased will be required to sign for their tickets. a ticket with cash at the Arts Box Office, please bring your ticket to the Arts Box Office booth for refund. How To Purchase Tickets Regular Tickets (same-day sales) – $15 per performance Each venue Box Offices box office opens one hour before the first performance of the day, and One hour prior to each show, tickets for Factory shows are available in will sell tickets for each show one hour prior to its performance time. the Factory Theatre Courtyard. Tickets for Theatre Passe Muraille Advance Tickets – $15 per performance (+ $1 service fee + hst) shows are available outside Theatre Passe Muraille. Tickets for The Advance Tickets are available up to 10 am the day before a show and Theatre Centre shows are available in the front lobby at The Theatre can be purchased as follows: Centre. Tickets for The Lower Ossington Theatre are available in the Online at www.artsboxoffice.ca upstairs lobby on the 2nd floor. Tickets for offsite shows are available at the venue. The box office for Venue K (The Corner of Camden and In person at the Arts Box Office (located at Theatre Passe Muraille, Spadina) is located on Camden, between Richmond and Adelaide 16 Ryerson Ave., One block North East of Bathurst & Queen W.) Until August 2: Tuesday to Friday, noon to 5 pm August 3–14: Monday to Friday, noon to 7 pm Saturday & Sunday, 10 am to 8 pm By phone by calling the Arts Box Office at 416 504 7529 for tickets & info during the hours listed above. Up to 50% of the house can be sold in advance. Music Series tickets are also on sale in advance at Rotate This and Soundscapes.

Venues

Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 125 Bathurst St. Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 125 Bathurst St. Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 16 Ryerson Ave. Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 16 Ryerson Ave. Venue E: The Theatre Centre

SPA 1087 Queen St. W. Venue F: The Lower Ossington Theatre DIN 100A Ossington Ave. A AV. Venue G: Art Bar 952 Queen St. W. (MOCCA / Edward Day Gallery courtyard) Venue H: HUB 14 14 Markham St. (at Queen St. W.) Venue I: St. Mary Catholic School 20 Portugal Square (one block North of King and Bathurst). Kindergarten Room 219 Venue J: Fort York National Historic Site 250 Fort York Boulevard Venue K: The Corner of Camden and Spadina

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Theatre Theatre

Dancing to a White Boy Song

Combat The Safe Word

Brave New World – Offsite Combat

When a Shakespeare-quoting savage is thrust into a perfect We believe in a universal love. We will hunt down all our enemies. world where universal happiness has negated the utility of art, We search. We destroy. We believe in the Art of War. We believe in the delicate balance of the great civilization is dangerously peace on earth. We will punch you in the face. jeopardized. Staged in and around Toronto’s graffiti alley, Brave Company: Co-Production: tiny bird theatre/Sore for Punching You. New World is a chilling exploration of art, politics and our Playwright: Adam Underwood with the Company. Directors: Claire freedom to be unhappy. Calnan & Allison Cummings. Assistant Director: Copper Brown. Stage Company: The Red Light District. Creators: adapted by the ensemble Manager: Beth Wong. Cast: Lisa Codrington, Luke Garwood, Kristy from the novel by Aldous Huxley. Cast: Catherine Dunn, Lauren Gillis, Kennedy, Dylan Smith. Sound Designer: Robert Perrault. Costume/Set Marcel Dragonieri, Eve Wylden, Mina James, Diana Bentley, Kit Weyman, Designer: Shannon Doyle. Lighting Designer: Gabriel Cropley. Val Cina and Reid Linforth. Director: Ted Witzel. Location Designer: Collaborator/Producer: Jenny Young. Paul Aloisi. Costume Designer: Erin Telegdi and SJ Thiessen. Stage Manager: Christopher Ross, Una Ruud Saxvik, and Linn Øyen Farley. Venue E: The Theatre Centre 50 minutes

Venue K: North West Corner of Adelaide and Spadina 75 minutes Thursday, August 4, 7:30 pm; Saturday, August 6, 10:00 pm Tuesday, August 9, 10:00 pm; Thursday, August 11, 7:30 pm Thursday, August 4, 8:00 pm; Friday, August 5, 8:00 pm Friday, August 12, 5:00 pm; Sunday, August 14, 5:00pm Saturday, August 6, 8:00 pm; Wednesday, August 10, 8:00 pm Thursday, August 11, 8:00 pm; Friday, August 12, 8:00 pm Saturday, August 13, 8:00 pm dancing to a white boy song 3 actors, 3 stories, 3 arts forms… A multidisciplinary theatrical Brothers creation exploring the issues of youth, immigration, culture and the tensions of ‘otherness’, told through the eyes, voices, and “I want to get acquainted with you once and for all - and with that, bodies of 3 characters through poetry, movement, visual imagery to say goodbye.” Ivan tells stories. Stories about stories and how and spoken words. Inspired by personal stories and experiences stories become stories. Inspired by Dostoevsky’s The Brother’s of the African immigrant. Karamazov, James McKee explore our universal struggle to Company: ift theatre and Newface Entertainment. Co-created by listen, be heard and connect with others. Motion (Writer), Meryem Alaoui (Choreographer) and Mumbi Tindyebwa Company: James McKee. Co-Creators: Jeremy James and Philip McKee Otu (Director). Sound Designer: Thomas Ryder Payne. Lighting Designer: Jennifer Jimenez. Projection Designer: Mariuxi Zambrano. Assistant Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 75 minutes Director: Malube Uhindu Gingala.

Friday, August 5, 10:00 pm; Saturday, August 6, 2:30 pm Venue E: The Theatre Centre 60 minutes Monday, August 8, 5:00 pm; Tuesday, August 9, 7:30 pm Friday, August 12, 7:30 pm; Sunday, August 14, 10:00pm Friday, August 5, 5:00 pm; Sunday, August 7, 7:30 pm Tuesday, August 9, 7:30pm; Thursday, August 11, 5:00 pm Friday, August 12, 10:00 pm; Saturday, August 13, 12:00 pm

8 Express Yourself

Danforth Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl

The events of the play surround two characters. One is a 23-year A retelling of the Orpheus myth from his dead bride’s point of view. old Greek waiter named George who has a confidence issue Company: The Theatre. Playwright: Sarah Ruhl. Director: Kristina Nicoll. when it comes to a girl he likes. The other is a 15-year old Greek Cast: Caitlin Driscoll, Justin Rutledge, Hardee T Lineham, Jesse Aaron kid named Kostas D. Dwyre, Moira Dunphy, Elly Ray Hennessey, Elliott Loran. Sound Designer: Company: Black Tea Productions. Playwright/Creator: Adam Hunter Verne Good. Lighting: Kevin Hutson. Costume: Melanie Maude Mooney. Collier. Director/Producer: Rebecca Young Hart. Producer/Actor: Erin Producer: Kristina Nicoll. Associate Producer: Allie Lalonde. Godfather: Hamilton. Set Designer: Nate Archer. Costume Designer: Katie Munden. Derrick Chua. Props Master: Tarin Gill. Illustrator: Joe Piskor. Illustrator: David Collier. Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 75 minutes Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 60 minutes Thursday, August 4, 5:30 pm; Saturday, August 6, 8:00 pm Thursday, August 4, 5:30 pm; Saturday, August 6, 3:00 pm Monday, August 8, 5:30 pm; Wednesday, August 10, 8:00 pm Sunday, August 7, 8:00 pm; Friday, August 12, 5:30 pm Friday, August 12, 10:30 pm; Saturday, August 13, 12:30pm Saturday, August 13, 3:00 pm; Sunday, August 14, 8:00 pm

Exit, pursued by a bear Elora Gorge On the streets of Vancouver a young girl befriends a prophetic An Ontario town is perplexed when a man is found drowned in beggar who never tells the same story twice. Her dreams the woods – nowhere near water. As the mystery surrounding the are being haunted by a mysterious Grizzly. Could this curbside stranger deepens, the people of Elora become oddly spellbound. encounter reveal the troubling truth that connects these Meanwhile, something darker lurks in Elora Gorge. From the star-cross’d strangers? A multidisciplinary puppet play explo- director of Minotaur comes a haunting new story that will stay ring the relationship between humans and bears. with you long after the lights come up. Company: Quality Slippers Productions. Creator/Playwright: Bekky Company: The Room. Writer and Director: Christopher Stanton. O’Neil. Cast: Adriana Disman, David Schaap. Puppeteers: Anders Yates, Cast: Aviva Armour-Ostroff, Steward Arnott, Marjorie Chan, Carlos Diaz, Leah Fay Goldstein, Lili Holm, Aly Livingston, Andrew Young, Sarah Carlos González-Vio, Kyra Harper, Dov Mickelson, Janet Porter. Letovsky. Dramaturge/Co-designer: Keith Del Principe. Costume Scenographer: Trevor Schwellnus. Assistant Director: Leora Morris. Designer: Devon Dagworthy. Stage Manager: Emma Alter. Assistant Dramaturge: Geoffrey Pounsett. Sound Designer: Christopher Stanton. Stage Manager: Hollis Brunt. Music written and performed by: Ronley Teper & Her Lipliners. Venue E: The Theatre Centre 75 minutes Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 75 minutes Thursday, August 4, 10:00 pm; Saturday, August 6, 5:00 pm Monday, August 8, 10:00 pm; Wednesday, August 10, 5:00 pm Saturday, August 6, 10:30 pm; Sunday, August 7, 5:30 pm Saturday, August 13, 7:30 pm; Sunday, August 14, 12:00 pm Monday, August 8, 10:30 pm; Tuesday, August 9, 8:00 pm Friday, August 12, 3:00 pm; Saturday, August 13, 5:30 pm

9 Theatre

Express Yourself – OFFSITE Hero & Leander

A play about connection and the impulse to perform, Express Two would-be lovers must overcome the dangerous sea that Yourself finds performer Liz Peterson in a studio, searching for a divides them, and hide their affair from a disillusioned Venus. truthful moment. Combining personal stories both real and made Common Descent turns ancient tragedy into romantic comedy up with live projections, improvisation, text, music, and dance, in this musical about love, sex, and commitment. she tries to break down the distance between herself and her Company: Common Descent. Lyrics: Wade Bogert-O’Brien. audience. Music: Scott Christian. Book: Kevin Michael Shea. Director: Kevin Company: Events in Real Time. Creator: Sean O’Neill and Liz Peterson Michael Shea. Cast: Fraser Elsdon, Rick Jon Egan, Rob Kempson, in collaboration with Ame Henderson. Director: Sean O’Neill. Performer: Kimberly Persona, Kaitlin Torrance. Set/Costume Designer: Anna Liz Peterson. Additional choreography by: Aurora Stewart de Peña. Treusch. Lighting Designer: C.J. Astronomo. Sound Designer: Tim Lindsay. Producer: Jessica Beaulieu. Production Manager: Gillian Lewis. Venue H: HUB 14 50 minutes Composer/Musical Director/Piano: Scott Christian. Co-Musical Director/Guitar: Mike Moss, Drums: Aaron Spink. Thursday, August 4, 9:00pm; Friday, August 5, 7:00 pm Saturday, August 6, 7:00 pm; Sunday, August 7, 3:00 pm Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 75 minutes Tuesday, August 9, 7:00 pm; Wednesday, August 10, 9:00 pm Thursday, August 11, 7:00 pm; Friday, August 12, 9:00 pm Thursday August 4, 5:00 pm; Saturday August 6, 7:30 pm Saturday, August 13, 5:00 pm; Sunday, August 14, 5:00 pm Sunday August 7, 10:00 pm; Wednesday August 10, 7:30 pm Friday August 12, 2:30 pm; Saturday August 13, 5:00 pm

Freda and Jem’s Best of the Week Hooked Freda and Jem are two women who meet, fall in love and have kids. The play shines a light on dyke moms, queer spawn and Elizabeth Smart. Unity Mitford. Jane Bowles. Carson McCullers. butch/fem interplay. Culture matters and the particularity of how A visitation with four women hooked on alcohol, drugs, or love. queer culture approaches family making and breaking adds a Often all three. real flavour to this universal dilemma. Company: Hookedinhouse Productions. Playwright: Carolyn Smart. Company: Thompson and Fine. Playwright: Lois Fine. Director: Judith Director: Layne Coleman. Cast: Nicky Guadagni. Thompson. Cast: Diane Flacks, Kathryn Haggis, Nick Eddie, Sadie Epstein-Fine. Set Designer: Beth Kates. Lighting Designer: Jennifer Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 50 minutes Jimenez, Stage Management: Sharon DiGenova. Dramaturge: Judith Thompson. Producer: Lois Fine, Musician: Lorraine Segato. Friday August 5, 9:30 pm; Saturday August 6, 4:30 pm Sunday August 7, 2:00 pm; Monday August 8, 7:00 pm Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 75 minutes Wednesday August 10, 9:30 pm; Friday August 12, 4:30 pm Sunday August 14, 11:30 am Friday August 5, 8:00 pm; Sunday August 7, 12:30 pm Monday August 8, 10:30 pm; Wednesday, August 10, 10:30 pm Thursday August 11, 5:30 pm; Friday, August 12, 8:00 pm I’ One woman. Forty men. Let the battle begin. Quintessential Hannah’s Turn absurdity; a young writer goes to Paris to write the “World’s Greatest Play.” She meets her idol, I’, who she persuades to be “Why? I don’t know why; I can only say how.” Hannah’s Turn looks her mentor. I’ grows agitated, her constant questions disrupting at the love relationship between the German Jewish thinker his lesson and he multiplies until she is surrounded by an army Hannah Arendt and her professor Martin Heidegger, philosopher of I’s. and Nazi. Company: Pulse Theatre Collective. Creator/Playwright: David Hersh. Company: Snap Productions. Creator/Playwright: Richard Sanger. Cast: Michelle Polak, Emmanuelle Zeesman, David Macniven. Composer/ Director: Mary Francis Moore. Cast: Severn Thompson, Richard Clarkin, Musical Director: Nick Carpenter. Assistant Director: Megan Watson. Leora Morris. Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 75 minutes Venue F: The Lower Ossington Theatre 60 minutes Thursday August 4, 10:30 pm; Saturday August 6, 12:30 pm Thursday August 4, 7:00pm; Friday August 5, 4:30 pm Sunday August 7, 8:00 pm; Thursday August 11, 5:30 pm Sunday August 7, 4:30 pm; Tuesday August 9, 7:00 pm Saturday August 13, 3:00 pm; Sunday August 14, 10:00 pm Friday August 12, 7:00 pm; Saturday August 13, 4:30 pm

Hooked Little One

10 The Intruder Little Crickets

Catalina’s parents have recently divorced. Her world is turned Eastern European Communism, inappropriate sexual relationships, upside down with the abrupt entry of her mother’s new boyfriend, and Paris: set in the city of lights, two Romanian girls with no plans the man she calls “The Intruder.” Catalina launches an investiga- but big dreams meet a wealthy gentleman who offers them every- tion to find out what dark secrets are hidden behind this man’s thing they could desire… for a price. Are they willing to play along? charming presence. What she finds is a journey into the puzzles Company: Foundry Theatre Company. Playwright: Douglas Campbell. of identity and the true meaning of family. A play with puppets! Director: Byron Laviolette. Cast: Peter Nelson, Nicole St. Martin, Shaina Company: Alameda Theatre Company. Playwright: Amaranta Leyva. Silver-Baird, John Kelly. Set Designer: David DeGrow. Lighting Director: Marilo Nuñez. Cast: Michelle Arvizu, Paloma Nuñez, Juan Designer: Kevin Hutson. Stage Manager: Julie Florio. Production Carlos Velis. Production Manager: David DeGrow. Set/Costume Assistant: Nicole Grainger. Producer: Elisabeth Feltaous. Designer: Andjelija Djuric. Lighting Designer: Trevor Schwellnus. Sound Designer: Edgardo Moreno. Stage Manager: Fiona Jones. Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 75 minutes Associate Production Intern: Sigrid Velis (The services of Sigrid Velis were made possible through Theatre Ontario’s Professional Theatre Thursday August 4, 10:30 pm; Saturday August 6, 8:00 pm Training Program funded by the Ontario Arts Council.) Monday August 8, 5:30 pm; Wednesday August 10, 8:00 pm Friday August 12, 10:30 pm; Sunday August 14, 3:00 pm Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 75 minutes

Friday August 5, 5:30 pm; Saturday August 6, 10:30 pm Little One Monday August 8, 8:00 pm; Tuesday August 9, 10:30 pm Two adopted siblings grow up together in the affluent Ottawa Saturday August 13, 5:30 pm; Sunday August 14, 12:30 pm of the late 90s. Claire and Aaron love each other with all their hearts. But for some people loving and destroying are the same Kaspar and the Sea of Houses thing. A stylish little lullaby-nightmare from the artists who brought you The Russian Play. Three overwhelmed Children’s Aid workers fight a hopeless Company: Theatre Crisis. Playwright: Hannah Moscovitch. Director: battle against an ever-growing stack of cases. To catch up, they Natasha Mytnowych. Cast: Michelle Monteith, Joe Cobden. Lighting speak in truncated language, piling new thoughts upon unfinished Designer: Kimberly Purtell. Set and Costume Designer: Michael ones, only to get stuck even deeper in the pitfalls of paragraphs, Gianfrancesco. Sound Designer: Eric Meadows. Music Director: Lily moral obligation, failed judgment and hidden self-interests. Ling. Stage Manager: Ashley Westlake. Borders between clients and caretakers begin to blur. A linguistic game and a capitulation in words. Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 70 minutes Company: twinwerks//zwillingswerk. Playwright: Felicia Zeller. Translator: Birgit Schreyer Duarte. Directors: Birgit Schreyer Duarte, Friday August 5, 8:00 pm; Sunday August 7, 3:00 pm David Jansen. Cast: Ese Atawo, Miranda Calderon, Jacklyn Francis. Tuesday August 9, 5:30 pm; Thursday August 11, 10:30 pm Set/Costume Designer: Ashley Corley. Sound Designer: Lyon Smith. Saturday August 13, 8:00 pm; Sunday August 14, 3:00 pm Lighting Designer: Roberto Pires. Lizardboy – A One Man Show Venue F: The Lower Ossington Theatre 75 minutes From his secret hiding place, Lizardboy (Hector Fernando), the Thursday August 4, 4:30 pm; Saturday August 6, 7:00 pm ‘trouble-making’ rascal from the barrio, unravels the story of his Monday August 8, 7:00 pm; Wednesday August 10, 4:30 pm “up-side-down” family from the emerging Colombian middle class Saturday August 13, 2:00 pm; Sunday August 14, 4:30 pm of the early 1980’s. His tale, at times humorous, and at times heart breaking, explores the origins of violence with innocence. Company: Winged Centarous and Whimsical Productions. Playwright: Víctor E. Gómez. Directors: Sheena D. Robertson and Víctor E. Gómez. Designer: Anne Marie Polistuk. Cast: Víctor E. Gómez.

Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 60 minutes

Friday August 5, 7:00 pm; Saturday August 6, 2:00 pm Sunday August 7, 4:30 pm; Tuesday August 9, 9:30 pm Thursday August 11, 7:00 pm; Saturday August 13, 7:00 pm Sunday August 14, 9:30 pm

Little Crickets Lizard Boy

11 Theatre

One

Long Dark Night Morning Glory

A film noir musical comedy set in the red light district of an Meds and laundry and making art with broken crayons. Who anonymous city, Long Dark Night follows one night in the life of can you rely on to get you through the day in the loneliest place philandering alcoholic private detective Skip Tracer as he becomes on earth? 5 sizzling vignettes expose the brutal world of entangled with the beautiful but dangerous Femme Fatale. women with special needs in Ontario’s prisons, and the unlikely friendships that bloom under constant surveillance. Producer: Sarah Olmstead. Playwright/Director: Mark Shyzer. Producer: Sarah Olmstead. Writer/Director/Composer: Mark Shyzer. Composer/ Company: Kate Lushington & Soo Garay. Playwright: Karin Bolette Musical Director: Jeff MacLean. Producer: Sarah Olmstead. Sonne. Director: Kate Lushington. Cast: Soo Garay, Jonelle Gunderson, Tanisha Taitt, Jajube Mandiela. Production/Video Designer: Red Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 75 minutes Pepper Spectacle Arts: Andy Moro and Gabriella Caruso. Lighting Designer: David Sweeney. Friday August 5, 10:30 pm; Sunday August 7, 12:30 pm Monday August 8, 8:00 pm; Wednesday August 10, 10:30 pm Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 50 – 60 minutes Friday August 12, 5:30 pm; Sunday August 14, 5:30 pm Thursday August 4, 4:30 pm; Saturday August 6, 11:30 pm Sunday August 7, 9:30 pm; Monday August 8, 4:30 pm Malaria Lullabye Wednesday August 10, 7:00 pm; Friday August 12, 9:30 pm A girl in a foreign country wakes with a fever – and everything Saturday August 13, 2:00 pm is not as it would seem. From creator Monica Dottor with colla- borator Steven McCarthy and based on a story by Charlotte Mr. Marmalade – OFFSITE Corbeil-Coleman, comes an aerial dance play featuring robotic stewardesses, assertive angels of mercy, and an unstoppable Comparable to an episode of Rugrats on LSD, Mr. Marmalade chorus of infected mosquitoes. centres around Lucy, age four, and her abusive relationship with her imaginary friend, a violent, sex-obsessed drug addict. Company: Company Blonde Dance Projects. Creater/Choregrapher: The play examines children pressured into adult situations. Monica Dottor with Steven McCarthy. Based on the short story by Our site-specific production takes audiences on the opposite Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman. Director: Monica Dottor & Steven McCarthy. journey, inside the walls of a kindergarten classroom. Choreographer: Monica Dottor. Dancers/Aerialists: Holly Treddenick, Lara Ebata, Natalie Fullerton, Michelle DeBrouwer, Julye Huggins, Company: Outside the March. Playwright: Noah Haidle. Director: Allison Bradbury. Designer: Beth Kates. Sound Designer: Ben Chaisson. Mitchell Cushman. Featuring: David Storch and Amy Keating. Cast: David Storch, Amy Keating, Katherine Cullen, Sebastien Heins, Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 50 minutes Ishai Buchbinder, Jason Chinn. Producer: Simon Bloom. Designer: Jon Grosz. Audience Guide/Stage Manager: Ava Jane Markus. Thursday August 4, 8:00 pm; Saturday August 6, 5:30 pm Sunday August 7, 10:30 pm; Thursday August 11, 8:00 pm Venue I: St. Mary Catholic School 75 minutes Saturday August 13, 10:30 pm; Sunday August 14, 8:00 pm Thursday August 4, 7:00 pm; Saturday August 6, 3:00 pm Sunday August 7, 3:00 pm; Monday August 8, 8:00 pm Tuesday August 9, 7:00 pm; Wednesday August 10, 7:00 pm Thursday August 11, 7:00 pm; Saturday August 13, 3:00 pm

12 Nkkami – SEARS DRAMA FESTIVAL PARTNERSHIP Out at Sea

Based on The Bite of the Mango (2008), written by Mariatu A story of the selfish, sharp-witted, and eager. Stranded at sea, Kamara and Susan McClelland, and published by Annick Press. three men with no hope of rescue take a surreal journey. With Also inspired by A Long Way Gone, (2007) written by Ishmael no source of sustenance left, they must decide how to survive. Beah and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York. One man must be eaten. But who? Campaigning, elections, and scandal all give way to sacrifices for the greater good. Theatre Company: soothemysisters productions. Playwright/Creator: Colleen of the Absurd at it’s best. Guyo, Becky Lim Daunt, Alysiagh Thompson, Alexandra Vella, Jessica Carpino, Caitlin Gove and Meagan Gove. Cast: Kristen Watson, Carlivia Company: Actors Repertory Company. Playwright: Sławomir Mrozek. Braithwaite, Winne Nwakobi, Shaquilla Fraser, Casey Tanaka, Colleen Director: Aleksandar Lukac. Cast: Gordon Bolan, John Fitzgerald Jay, Dativo, Raquelle Castillo, Julia Csath, Rachelle Valmores, Alyssa Sam Malkin and Andre Sills. Set/Costume Designer: Anna Treusch. Mancini, Curtricia Hector, Meshawna Mercer-Tremblay, Alison-Mae Assistant Director: Emma Mackenzie Hillier, Producer: Janet Porter. Garcia, Michelle Rambharose, Siony Salvoro, Betty Seifu, Becky Lim Daunt, Ronniely Anicoche, Alethea Marciano, Yeabu Kabia (Under- Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 60 minutes study). Directors: Marguerite Jack-Vermey and Helena Costa. Friday August 5, 5:00 pm; Sunday August 7, 2:30 pm Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 60 minutes Monday August 8, 10:00 pm; Wednesday August 10, 10:00 pm Friday August 12, 5:00 pm; Sunday August 14, 7:30 pm Saturday August 6, 10:00 pm; Sunday August 7, 5:00 pm Tuesday, August 9, 10:00 pm The Particulars and In General

Oh, Ryan A darkly comedic look at some of the biggest and smallest crises of our time, from the plight of the Pygmies and the hunting of A ritual. Having just been left by the love of his life Ryan, a magician, Albinos in dark Africa, to one man’s struggle to remain in control

builds an illusion with the audience – a levitation – and together when scratching begins to be heard in his walls in sunny Alberta. they come to understand what love is and the value of belief. Company: Pyretic Productions. Playwright: Matthew MacKenzie. Director: Company: Lost at Sea Theatre. Playwright: Shawn DeSouza-Coelho. Alex McCooeye. Cast: Liz Saunders, Simon Bracken. Designer: Chiharu Directors: Emma Dines & Chai Lavie. Cast: Shawn DeSouza-Coelho, Ono. Stage Manager: Kai-Yueh Chen. Photographer: Brian Telzerow. The Audience. Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 75 minutes Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 60 minutes Saturday August 6, 12:30 pm; Sunday August 7, 5:30 pm Thursday August 4, 9:30 pm; Sunday August 7, 7:00 pm Tuesday August 9, 8:00 pm; Thursday August 11, 10:30 pm Tuesday August 9, 4:30 pm; Thursday August 11, 9:30 pm Friday August 12, 3:00 pm; Saturday August 13, 8:00 pm Friday August 12, 7:00 pm; Saturday August 13, 11:30 pm Sunday August 14, 4:30 pm Perhaps in a Hundred Years – OFFSITE

ONE – national series A tender science fiction about three friends, stuck in outer space, waiting for the future to arrive. They tell stories, sing songs, pass A critically-acclaimed theatre sensation. One is a visually stunning notes, and try to answer some questions. Dancing, lip syncs and re-imagining of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth that follows the quiet beauty fill the space as our heroes pass some time in the desperate journey of Philistine; a librarian whose devoted search company of an audience. for a lover ‘lost at sea’ takes her beyond the living world and into Company: Small Wooden Shoe. Conceived by Jacob Zimmer. the strange and all-consuming world of the dead. Nominated for Creators: Jacob Zimmer, Ame Henderson, Chad Dembski and Kilby 4 Betty Mitchell Awards (Calgary). Smith-McGregor. Cast: Jacob Zimmer, Ame Henderson, Chad Dembski. Company: REDtoBLUE Performance. Playwright: Jason Carnew. Dramaturge: Kilby Smith-McGregor. Director: Eric Rose. Cast: Amber Borotsik, Cole Humeny, Kristi Hansen, Keith Wyatt. Associate Lighting Designer/Stage Manager: Lester Lee. Venue H: HUB 14 75 minutes Sound Designer: Matt Waddell. Production Designer: Snezana Pesic. Thursday August 4, 7:00 pm; Friday August 5, 9:00 pm Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 65 minutes Saturday August 6, 5:00 pm; Sunday August 7, 5:00 pm Monday August 8, 7:00 pm; Wednesday August 10, 7:00 pm Friday August 5, 7:30 pm; Sunday August 7, 12:00 pm Thursday August 11, 9:00 pm; Friday August 12, 7:00 pm Tuesday August 9, 5:00 pm; Thursday August 11, 10:00 pm Saturday August 13, 7:00 pm; Sunday August 14, 3:00 pm Saturday August 13, 7:30 pm; Sunday August 14, 5:00 pm

The Physical Ramifications of Origami Airplane Attempted Global Domination

Origami Airplane is code for a family incident. On a flight between Hitler foamed at the mouth, Naploeon suffered from extreme the Earth’s atmosphere and space, the family goes anti-gravity excema and every so often, Pol Pot would go blind. In exploring and buried secrets resurface. Multiracial and multilingual, Origami the mysterious and bountiful medical ailments suffered by many Airplane explores diversity and dysfunction around the world and of history’s most aggressive global dominators, we will get under around the dinner table. the skin to probe the pitfalls of supposed strength. Company: Opus Syndrome. Collective: Yurika Sase, Flora Quintus, Leah Company: Birdtown and Swanville. Playwrights: Nika Mistruzzi & Aurora Doz, Nico Racicot, Sébastien Heins, Colin Mercer. Consulting Directors: Stewart de Peña. Director: Aurora Stewart de Peña. Cast: Nika Mistruzzi, Ker Wells, Karin Randoja. Cast: Colin Mercer, Leah Doz, Sebastien Cara Gee, Donna Maloney, Meghan Swaby, Lauren Bride, Jessica Heins, Yurika Sase, Nico Racicot, Flora Quintus. Stage Manager/ Salgueiro, Sheelagh Darling Pletsch. Set Designer/Baloonist: Allie Lighting/Sound Design: Jacky Lalonde. Marshall and Hanna Puley. Costumes: Erin Freedman. Score/Music: Matt King. Lighting: Remington North, Stage Manager: Mark Aikman. Venue E: The Theatre Centre 60 – 75 minutes Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 60 minutes Friday August 5, 7:30 pm; Sunday August 7, 12:00 pm Monday August 8, 5:00 pm; Wednesday August 10, 10:00 pm Friday August 5, 5:30 pm; Saturday August 6, 3:00 pm Friday August 12, 7:30 pm; Sunday August 14, 2:30 pm Tuesday August 9, 10:30 pm; Wednesday August 10, 5:30 pm Friday August 12, 8:00 pm; Sunday August 14, 12:30 pm

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Pretty Little Instincts – National Series Stitch

Renegade outdoor dance theatre. High society tea crumbles into Kylie Grandview is a porn star – like, hundo-p. You’ve probably a display of primal instincts as nine women, painted an eerie chalk even heard of her even if you don’t admit it. This is the totally sad, white, unravel their raw intuition. “Fresh …daring …evocative… completely true, and absolutely beautiful story of how some- SNAFU is one to watch out for. ★ ★ ★ ★½” – Monday Magazine. times in order to keep what you have, you have to sell it away. Warning: Nudity. Company: Dependent Theatre Projects. Creator/Playwright: Cliff Cast: Elliott Loran, Sarah Jane Pelzer, Emily Smith, Lindsay Woods, Cardinal. Director: Jovanni Sy. Cast: Cara Gee, Catherine Rainville, Seth Drabinsky, Emily Piggford, Anne Cirillo, Ingrid Hansen, Heather Sarah McVie, Emma MacKenzie Hillier. Movement Director: Trevor Lindsay. Artistic Associate: Victor Dolhai. Lighting Designer: Michael Copp. Producers: Lisa Baylin, Donna Marie Barratta. Music: Marko Franzmann. Sound Designer: Sarah Jane Pelzer. Pandza. Stage Manager: Victoria Wang.

Venue J: Fort York 75 minutes Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 70 minutes

Friday, August 5, 8:30 pm; Saturday, August 6, 10:00 pm Friday August 5, 10:30 pm; Sunday August 7, 3:00 pm Sunday, August 7, 8:30 pm; Monday, August 8, 8:30 pm Tuesday August 9, 5:30 pm; Thursday August 11, 8:00 pm Tuesday, August 9, 8:30 pm; Wednesday, August 10, 10:00 pm Saturday August 13, 10:30 pm; Sunday August 14, 5:30 pm Saturday, August 13, 9:30 pm

Strange Mary Strange The Safe Word An itch. A scratch. A moment on a plane triggers an avalanche A dark comedy about a young man’s foray into the world of of memories, forcing Mary Strange to confront and exorcise her love, which includes his cynical, sharp-witted roommate and the former selves. A study of ritual, memory, forgiveness and hope. gorgeous, enigmatic woman he meets online. This piece blends physical theatre and narrative to create a visceral experience inside the mind of a woman in the elusive Company: The Forthcoming Collective. Playwright: Nicolas Billon. search for “normal”. Director: Lee Wilson. Cast: Samantha Espie, Ieva Lucs. Stage Manager: Kat Chin. Designer: Joanna Yu Company: Theatre on the Verge. Playwright: Evan Tsitsias. Directors: Esther Jun & Evan Tsitsias. Venue E: The Theatre Centre 60 – 70 minutes Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 60 minutes Saturday August 6, 12:00 pm; Sunday August 7, 5:00 pm Monday August 8, 7:30 pm; Thursday August 11, 10:00 pm Thursday August 4, 7:00 pm; Saturday August 6, 9:30 pm Saturday August 13, 2:30 pm; Sunday August 14, 10:00 pm Sunday August 7, 11:30 am; Wednesday August 10, 4:30 pm Friday August 12, 2:00 pm; Saturday August 13, 4:30 pm Sunday August 14, 7:00 pm Shudder – Presenter series

Award-winning choreographer Susanna Hood dreams the THIRD FLOOR canvases of Francis Bacon to life. Shudder channels the sublime intensity of Bacon’s paintings through the fractured narrative of In a brand new condo, two neighbours become friends. But when a family, portrayed by Hood, Danny Wild and Alanna Kraaijeveld, a prank goes wrong, friends become accomplices. A Hitchcock- that is fraught with violence and shimmering sexual energy. ian twist on contemporary living that asks: how well do you know The trio captivates the audience as they teeter heart-wrenchingly your neighbours? Ashlie Corcoran (Short Story Long; Tijuana between love and desperation. Cure) directs the latest by UK-based, Toronto-born writer Jason Company: hum dansoundart. Creator/Choreographer: Susanna Hood. Hall. World premiere. Director: Ruth Madoc-Jones. Cast: Susanna Hood, Dan Wild and Company: DeCo. Playwright: Jason Hall. Director: Ashlie Corcoran. Alanna Kraaijeveld. Lighting Designer: Rebecca Picherack. Fight Cast: Kristian Bruun, Sarah Wilson. Lighting Designer: Jason Hand. Director: Simon Fon. SummerWorks Lighting/Tech: Gabriel Cropley. Stage Manager: Isabelle Ly. Set/Costume Designer: Jung Hye Kim. Music/Sound Designer: Nilan Perera. Sound Designer: Adam Harendorf.

Venue F: The Lower Ossington Theatre 55 minutes Venue F: The Lower Ossington Theatre 75 minutes

Saturday, August 6, 2:00 pm; Sunday, August 7, 7:00 pm Friday August 5, 7:00 pm; Saturday August 6, 4:30 pm Monday, August 8, 4:30 pm; Wednesday, August 10, 7:00 pm Tuesday August 9, 4:30 pm; Thursday August 11, 7:00 pm Thursday, August 11, 4:30 pm; Friday, August 12, 4:30 pm Saturday August 13, 7:00 pm; Sunday August 14th 2:00 pm Sunday, August 14 7:00 pm

The Trolley Car – NAtional series Still Life In German-occupied Paris, impulsive Florence is drawn into After an attack, four twenty-something’s are confronted with a tempestuous love triangle with her husband’s cousin Inez. their truth. The experience of that night reveals the joys and Originally commissioned and premiered by Solo Collective from struggles of being queer in Toronto today. Vancouver, this sleek three-hander presents a boldly theatrical Company: lemonTree theatre creations. Created by the Collective: Jonathan look at the choices we make during frightening times—and our Seinen, Indrit Kasapi, Cole J Alvis, Alisha Stranges, Andrew Aquino. complicity in the events that follow. Director: Jonathan Seinen. Performers: Cole J Alvis, Andrew Aquino, Company: Solo Collective. Creator/Playwright: Amiel Gladstone. Indrit Kasapi and Alisha Stranges. Lighting Designer: Michelle Ramsay. Cast: Monica Dottor, Rosa Laborde, Matthew Tapscott. Director: Ruth Madoc-Jones. Lighting Designer: Kimberly Purtell. Costume/Set Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 60 minutes Designer: Dana Osborne. Sound Designer: Thomas Ryder Payne. Props/Design Assistant: Alex Vass. Stage Manager: Michelle Barker. Friday August 5, 4:30 pm; Saturday August 6, 7:00 pm; Production Manager: Charissa Wilcox. Monday August 8, 9:30 pm; Tuesday August 9, 7:00 pm; Thursday August 11, 4:30 pm; Saturday August 13, 9:30 pm; Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 50 minutes Sunday August 14, 2:00 pm Thursday August 4, 8:00 pm; Saturday August 6, 5:30 pm Sunday August 7, 10:30 pm; Wednesday August 10, 5:30 pm Saturday, August 13, 12:30 pm; Sunday August 14, 10:00 pm

14 Pretty Little Instincts Still Life

Waterfront: The Blessing Zugzwang

One fall evening, I stole my brother’s inheritance. Zugzwang is a quick-witted comedy about chess and the characters This is what happens after. who dedicate their lives and intellect to the pursuit of this some- times vicious game. Igor, Susan, and Karl discover the difficulties Company: Les Nouvelles Theatre. Playwright: Leah Jane Esau. involved in creating functional relationships when one’s only way Director: Amanda Lockitch. Cast: Robert Fulton, William MacDonald. of interacting is through duels of wit. Set and Costume Designer: Nancy Perrin. Stage Manager: Liz Kantor. Lighting Designer: Linsey Callaghan. Company: Pedant Productions. Playwright: Michael Atlin. Director: Frankie Hall. Cast: Nora Smith, Andy Trithardt, Ephraim Ellis, Dylan Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 50 minutes George, Josh Reaume, Matt Goreman. Costume/Prop Designer: Erin Gerofksy. Set/Sound Designer: George Quan. Lighting/Projection Thursday August 4, 7:30 pm; Saturday August 6, 5:00 pm Designer: Remington North. Stage Manager: Mary Keenan. Composer: Monday August 8, 7:30 pm; Thursday August 11, 5:00 pm Scott Hanenberg. Friday August 12, 10:00 pm; Saturday August 13, 2:30 pm Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 60 minutes

White Rabbit, Red Rabbit Thursday August 4, 10:00 pm; Saturday August 6, 12:00 pm 29 year old Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour dissects Sunday August 7, 7:30 pm; Wednesday August 10, 5:00 pm the experience of a whole generation in a wild, utterly original Saturday August 13, 10:00 pm; Sunday August 14, 12:00 pm play from Iran. Performed cold by a different actor every show. Company: Volcano and Necessary Angel. Playwright: Nassim Soleimanpour. Presenter Series Venue E: The Theatre Centre 50 minutes The Presenters Series offers additional life to exceptional local work. Friday August 5, 10:00 pm; Saturday August 6, 7:30 pm Our intent is to expose this work to larger audiences so as to feature Sunday August 7, 2:30 pm; Tuesday August 9, 5:00 pm artists we believe are amongst the best in the country and the world. Saturday August 13, 5:00 pm; Sunday August 14, 7:30 pm After premiering at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in April, 2010, SummerWorks is proud to present Shudder with an encore production for seven performances at the Lower Ossington Theatre. You Should Have Stayed Home National Series A theatrical adaptation of Tommy Taylor’s note posted to his The National Series is a rare opportunity to see work from some of the Facebook after his arrest and detention at the infamous Toronto top indie-theatre artists from around the country. This year, Summer- G20 Summit – a detailed, frightening and often funny account Works has selected three productions from outside of Ontario: One, by of the largest mass arrest in Canada. His story of 24 hour Jason Carnew (Alberta), Pretty Little Instincts, by Ingrid Hansen (B.C.) detainment in a cage and arrest without charge has been covered and The Trolley Car, by Amiel Gladstone (B.C.). by national and international media. This is the true story of a heartbroken Canadian. Sears Drama Festival Partnership Company: Praxis Theatre/The Original Norwegian. Playwright: Tommy SummerWorks presents a play from the Sears Ontario Drama Festival Taylor. Director: Michael Wheeler. Cast: Tommy Taylor. regional level finals. One student-written play is also chosen to receive professional development and a workshop reading. Venue E: The Theatre Centre 60 minutes Thursday August 4, 5:00 pm; Saturday August 6, 2:30 pm S.L.I.P. (SummerWorks Leadership Intensive Program) Sunday August 7, 10:00 pm; Wednesday August 10, 7:30 pm Sponsored by the RBC Foundation. Now in its third year, S.L.I.P is a Friday August 12, 12:00 midnight, Saturday August 13, 10:00 pm 12 day intensive that focuses on the business of the arts for emerging artists. Participants have the chance to be mentored by an artist participating in SummerWorks, attend productions in the Festival and learn from some of the most sought after professionals in the industry.

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Music Series Music Series

Friday, August 5 Ten nights of incredible local bands and musical theatre concerts in our intimate Music Series home, Steven McKay The Lower Ossington Theatre. Up until now, he’s best known as the drummer for Bruce Peninsula and collaborator with Timber Timbre. This fall, Toronto’s beloved Hamilto- Doors at 10:00 pm. All shows $10, except Musical nian, Steven McKay is stepping into the foreground with his debut solo Works in Concert shows which are $15. album. Drawing influence from The Zombies, Free Design, early Cat Stevens and AM Gold classics McKay’s self-titled release is doused in All shows at The Lower Ossington Theatre, a warm 60/70’s air filled with Ouuu’s, Ahhhh’s and even FaLaLa’s. Mainstage Theatre on the second floor. Produced and engineered by Leon Taheny (Final Fantasy, Ohbijou) the Venue F songs range from stripped down rootsy folk to bright sunshine pop to dark proggy, dance rhythms. Touching on ideas of urban decay, home sickness, Canadian landscape, and old friends, the songs utilize rich percussion, smart lyrics, accompanied by gorgeous vocal harmonies and embellished by cheeky chimes and fun vintage synthesizer flairs. The Music Series is presented by: Steven’s live show is celebrated for its instrumental precision, charming and amusing stage banter and beautiful vocal performances.

Hooded Fang

Hailing from Toronto, Hooded Fang play upbeat music that is laced with melancholy, lust and memories. Since forming in 2008, the band has The Music Series is generously sponsored by: shared the stage with luminaries such as The Rural Alberta Advantage, Born Ruffians and Bishop Allen. Now hot off the heels of their critically acclaimed Polaris prize nominated 2010 debut, Album, Hooded Fang are preparing to reach new levels of griminess with their forthcoming LP, Tosta Mista (July 2011).

Bonjay

18 Saturday, August 6 Monday, August 8 Lioness ORACLE – Musical works in concert

Lioness came together, almost in secret, in Toronto in the winter of Leigh is a 40-something living in present-day Delphi, Indiana, stuck in 2007, when Jeff Scheven and Ronnie Morris, the rhythm section behind a mid-life crisis and a dead-end job. She’s dating Jim, a 20-something the dark, stomping disco pulses of controller.controller, hooked up with baker, newly arrived in town. Jim encourages Leigh to branch out and Vanessa Fischer of soul-punk quartet No Dynamics. Honing their craft explore her creative side but Leigh has doubts about both her relationship by playing low-key after-hours sets in sweaty, off-the-radar locales with Jim and her creative abilities. Enter Phoebe, the Oracle of Delphi: throughout the city, the band nonetheless generated a remarkable she is magically transported from ancient Greece to Leigh’s apartment undercurrent of buzz in the following months, leading to support slots in present-day Delphi, Indiana. Phoebe is pregnant and has been with the likes of !!!, Hercules and the Love Affair, You Say Party!, K-OS, banished by Apollo for her transgression. The arrival of the Oracle brings Killing Joke and The Cult. Lioness is set to head into the studio this all three characters to the edge of discovery and has consequences summer to record their much anticipated full length record to be both comic and tragic for all. released later in the year. Cast: Patty Jamieson as Leigh Cooper, Julie Martell as Phoebe the Oracle, Jeff Irving as Jim the Baker, Wade Bogert-O’Brien will be Bonjay narrating, Paul Sportelli on keyboards, James Smith on guitar, Jamie Drake on percussion. Drawing their name from spice island slang for “Good God!”, Bonjay were born in a basement at Ottawa’s legendary Disorganised parties. What began as a simple crowd pleasing party lark has developed into Tuesday, August 9 a serious commitment to songwriting and production, including remixes PROGRAM – Musical works in concert for labels like Mad Decent, Ninjatune and Ghetto Arc (XL Recordings). With Alanna on the mic and Pho on beats & effects, their live performance PROGRAM is a music performance about a sudden collapse and a is a high-energy sound system of bass and soul. Dancehall innovation, buzzing sound that follows. It is about a loss of youthful aspirations indie sentiments, and R&B hooks – these are the sounds booming out while left to struggle and subsist. It is about creating sound in a very from the jeeps, towers and headphones of young Toronto, and Bonjay noisy city. Featuring a large musical ensemble, the piece embraces makes them their own. the co-operative culture of independent musicians living in the city and uses it to express the story of a disheartened artist, an autistic Streetperson, a Girl, a Ghost, a Princess and anyone else who can be Musical Works in Concert heard over a crowd. Musical Works in Concert was created to provide an opportunity for creators, composers and lyricists to showcase musical work in develop- Cast: Victoria Anderson, Tom Mifflin, Miriam Fernandes, Stuart ment. Taking its cue from the SummerWorks mandate, each of the Constable, Alison MacDonald, Katelyn McCulloch, Shaina Silver-Baird, pieces selected as part of this year’s series explore specific theatrical Justin Bott, Eden Richmond. Words and Music: Samuel Sholdice and musical aesthetics. The three works being presented this year are full-length musicals that will be done in concert-style format.

Lioness Hooded Fang

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Ruby Coast

Miracle Fortress Bruce Peninsula

Wednesday, August 10 Thursday, August 11 House League Jennifer Castle

House League is a Toronto supergroup featuring members of beloved After lending her unmistakable voice to a diverse list of recordings – Toronto bands Evening Hymns, Forest City Lovers, Matters (ex. Durbervilles) including The Constantines’ Kensington Heights, Fucked Up’s Year of and The Magic... House League is Toronto’s Traveling Wilburys. Curated the Pig and David Comes to Life, as well as albums by Ryan Driver, Eric specifically for SummerWorks 2011, House League is One Night Only. Chenaux, Doug Paisley and Wooly Leaves – Jennifer Castle now brings her timeless take on folk music to the world under her own name for the first time with Castlemusic. One of Canada’s best kept secrets, Castle Great Bloomers has managed to stay low-key and grounded in Toronto, Ontario, quietly Great Bloomers mix indie, roots and classic pop with the guts to do it crafting songs that capture the wonder of those impossible visions. honestly. They are one of Toronto’s most inspiring young bands, a group that plays with the spirit and humour of seasoned veterans. They are Bruce Peninsula a band built on strong friendships that play out in tightly crafted, genre crossing rock. Revealing the melodic instincts of The Elephant 6 Since forming in 2006, Bruce Peninsula’s rolling soul revue has left collective and Brian Wilson, twists of peppy honky-tonk build upon an countless clubs shaken and all critics convinced. Colliding a large effervescent indie-rock palette, dabbling in blissed-out UK pop and female choir into an imaginative four-piece rock band, the music is a the psych-country leanings of the Brian Jonestown Massacre. They strange mix of American gospel, African folk and modern progressive jump seamlessly from genre to genre, incorporating into their folk-rock rock, resulting in a style often praised for it’s “genre-less” qualities. core the playful stride of honky-tonk piano, the warm rootsy colour of Bruce Peninsula are uninterested in walking well-trodden paths and lap steel or harmonium, the laid back sensibilities of 90’s slacker rock simply believe in singing from the gut and letting the rhythm lead. The and a serious dose of Phil Spector pop sheen. Great Bloomers employ band is gearing up to release their sophomore LP, entitled Open Flames, both the epic arrangements of a Queen-esque masterpiece and the in the Fall of 2011. simplicity of a Neil Young ballad, songs equally laden with infectious melodies, surprising depth and songs that shine out with nostalgia and idealism. The Sparrow Songs: A Country Song String – Musical Works in concert (PWYC)

A musical tradition of the old west comes back to life: The Song String. Lyrics formerly housed in a university archive are performed here for the first time – these lyrics being the only remnants of an all but forgotten musical form. *Performed at Art Bar (952 Queen St. W.) Composer/Musical director/Musician: Tom Bellman, Author/Lyricist/ Presenter: Barbara Nichol, Vocal arrangements/performer: Aviva Rajsky, Performers: Andy Maize (The Sky Diggers), David Rodenburg, Scarlett Flynn (Running Red Lights).

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Friday, August 12 Saturday, August 13 Ruby Coast Powers

Ruby Coast consists of four small town friends, Justice McLellan, Keith Sometime last spring, members of local Toronto stalwarts The Ghost Bradford, Corey Marshall and Bryan Chaulk, whose brand of high-energy, is Dancing decided to rip it up and start again. Laying to rest their sparkling indie-pop has taken them far beyond the confines of their orchestral-indie leanings, the group re-emerged (sans one member) in suburban Aurora, ON in a relatively short span of time. Ruby Coast first September as a stripped-down electro-shoegaze outfit called Powers. picked up their instruments together in late 2006, and has wowed Their new sound relies on a loud, in your-face mix of delay-heavy vocals, crowds across the continent ever since with their unique formula of guitar, lots of samples and synths, and both programmed and live beats. contagious pop perfection and boisterous blend of mod-rock and spastic The layered and immediately catchy result sometimes sounds like a yelps. Since releasing their (now sold out) debut EP, Projectable dancier version of The Jesus and Mary Chain. After only a handful of Collections in 2008, produced by Dave Monks of Tokyo Police Club, well-attended shows, Powers look poised to leapfrog over the impressive they’ve taken their van across plenty of previously unmarked territory (at achievements of their old band. least unmarked to them). The band toured across Canada and the U.S. with the likes of Passion Pit, Tokyo Police Club, and Ra Ra Riot, as well as shared stages with Canada’s finest talent: Stars, Born Ruffians, Green Go Plants and Animals, and Islands amongst others. After hiding away as From the basement house parties of arts-drenched town Guelph, Ontario songwriting machines for much of 2009, Ruby Coast emerged from the comes a unique 10-handed mash-up of synths, drums, bass and guitar. studio with their highly anticipated debut album, Whatever This Is, in tow, Green Go is a girl/boy-fronted machine that runs on the fuel that is hot, produced by dream duo Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade) sweaty dancing. The band is presently in studio, recording the follow-up and Brian Paulson (Dinosaur Jr, Slint, Wilco). to their smash debut ‘Borders’. Expect new tunes sooner than you can say “Don’t Hold Your Breath/Dance To Your Death/Forget All the Rest.” Miracle Fortress

Miracle Fortress is the cognomen for Montreal-based musician and producer Graham Van Pelt. Also a member of Think About Life, as Miracle Fortress, Graham records and performs a wide array of musical sound- scapes, hooks and beats. His 2007 debut, Five Roses, received widespread critical praise and his sophmore release Was I The Wave? has just been nominated for a Polaris Prize for Best Album in Canada 2011.

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Thursday, August 4, 6PM–1AM With the help of our friend at The Lakeview and Wrongbar, SummerWorks is throwing a block party Opening Day & Night Party: Live bands & food by The Lakeview with some of the hottest DJs in the Queen West Scene and the cheapest booze you’ll find. Come to SummerWorks is throwing an all day party with catering by The Lakeview Restaurant and these incredible live bands all night long: Raoul and The chill out and dance into the night at this stunning Big Time, The Elwins, Patty Cake, Modern Superstitions and Light Fires. outdoor courtyard. Friday, August 5, 8PM–1AM Open 4pm–1pm, Wednesdays–Sundays, Paul Johnston & Adam Beck (Members Only DJs) August 4–14th only. No cover. Located in the Museum of Contemporary Paul Johnston and Adam Beck first played together at a one off event in 2005, and since then, they have not been able to quit each other, for Canadian Art / Edward Day Gallery courtyard better nor worse. They’ve mastered a varied style, which while rooted in at 952 Queen West (at Shaw). disco, spans its derivatives and has lead to them playing along side artists running the gambit from DJ Spun to Simian Mobile Disco. Together they arrange and play a monthly party in Toronto called ‘Evening Standard’ which focuses on the less obvious in disco, house and techno.

Saturday, August 6, 8PM–1AM DJ Jamal & Mikey Apples (None of Your Business DJs)

Mikey Apples has long established himself as one of Toronto’s key taste- makers by hosting some of the city’s most well attended underground dance parties. In addition to having amazing taste in music, his partner in crime for the evening, DJ Jamal is also best know as co-owner of Dundas West underground bar, Unloveable.

Sunday, August 7, 7PM–11PM National Theatre of the World Presents...

The National Theatre of the World presents an evening full of live performance and improv, hosted by the irrepressible Ron Pederson.

Thursday, August 11, 7PM–1AM The Sparrow Songs (Musical Works) DJ Dylan Barlow & Shit La Merde (Sweaty Betty’s DJs)

David Binette aka DJ Shit La Merde, is easily one of the city’s most eclectic DJ’s. His popular open format monthly dance nights regularly pack the house at venues like Sneaky Dees, The Garrison and Wrongbar. He also teams up with master craftsman and selector, Dylan Barlow for their Wednesday night residency at Ossington Avenue’s glorious hole in the wall, Sweaty Betty’s.

Friday, August 12, 8PM–1AM Aaron Knight (Shake a Tail’s DJ)

Shake a Tail’s Aaron Knight and the Balazo brother’s have been rocking dance floors with their infectious mix of 60’s pop, soul, r&b and rock n’ roll for almost 5 years. After a long successful run at Clinton’s Tavern, they now call Sneaky Dees home each and every Saturday night.

Saturday, August 13, 8PM–1AM

DJ Pammm & Jaime Sin (Switched On DJs)

DJ Pammm is the popular host of the crazy, sweaty dance party Lipstick Cherry, where she keeps the dance floor going with electro, disco not disco, punk funk and new wave tracks. She also teams up with Jaime Sin on their regular indie rock DJ night, Switched On, where they play out their obsession with the golden era of indie rock, the 90’s. Jaime Sin is also known for her passion for underground disco and her excellent taste in obscure music from across the globe.

Sunday, August 14, 6PM–1AM Closing Night Party: Awards, Bands & Fun!

Featuring Betty Burke, Graham Wright (Tokyo Police Club), Donlands & Mortimer, Louise Burns and Whale Tooth.

24 25 Theatre & Music Schedule

Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 125 Bathurst St.

12:00 PM 2:30 PM 5:00 PM 7:30 PM 10:00 PM Thursday, Aug. 4 Hero & Leander Waterfront Zugwang Friday, Aug. 5 Out at Sea One Brothers Saturday, Aug. 6 Zugzwang Brothers Waterfront Hero & Leander Nkkami Sunday, Aug. 7 One Out at Sea Nkkami Zugwang Hero & Leander Monday, Aug. 8 Brothers Waterfront Out at Sea Tuesday, Aug. 9 One Brothers Nkkami Wednesday, Aug. 10 Zugzwang Hero & Leander Out at Sea Thursday, Aug. 11 Waterfront TBD One Friday, Aug. 12 Hero & Leander Out at Sea Brothers Waterfront Saturday, Aug. 13 TBD Waterfront Hero & Leander One Zugzwang Sunday, Aug. 14 Zugzwang TBD One Out at Sea Brothers

Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 125 Bathurst St.

12:30 PM 3:00 PM 5:30 PM 8:00 PM 10:30 PM Thursday, Aug. 4 Danforth The Trolley Car Little Crickets Friday, Aug. 5 Intruder Freda & Jem Stitch Saturday, Aug. 6 Particulars Danforth The Trolley Car Little Crickets Intruder Sunday, Aug. 7 Freda & Jem Stitch Particulars Danforth The Trolley Car Monday, Aug. 8 Little Crickets Intruder Freda & Jem Tuesday, Aug. 9 Stitch Particulars Intruder Wednesday, Aug. 10 The Trolley Car Little Crickets Freda & Jem Thursday, Aug. 11 Freda & Jem Stitch Particulars Friday, Aug. 12 Particulars Danforth Freda & Jem Little Crickets Saturday, Aug. 13 The Trolley Car Danforth Intruder Particulars Stitch Sunday, Aug. 14 Intruder Little Crickets Stitch Danforth The Trolley Car (10 PM)

Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 16 Ryerson Ave.

12:30 PM 3:00 PM 5:30 PM 8:00 PM 10:30 PM Thursday, Aug. 4 Euridyce Malaria Lullabye I’ Friday, Aug. 5 Physical Little One Long Dark Night Saturday, Aug. 6 I’ Physical Malaria Lullabye Euridyce Exit Sunday, Aug. 7 Long Dark Night Little One Exit I’ Malaria Lullabye Monday, Aug. 8 Euridyce Long Dark Night Exit Tuesday, Aug. 9 Little One Exit Physical Wednesday, Aug. 10 Physical Euridyce Long Dark Night Thursday, Aug. 11 I’ Malaria Lullabye Little One Friday, Aug. 12 Exit Long Dark Night Physical Euridyce Saturday, Aug. 13 Euridyce I’ Exit Little One Malaria Lullabye Sunday, Aug. 14 Physical Little One Long Dark Night Malaria Lullabye I’ (10:00 PM)

Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 16 Ryerson Ave.

11:30 PM 2:00 PM 4:30 PM 7:00 PM 9:30 PM Thursday, Aug. 4 Morning Glory Strange Mary Strange Oh, Ryan Friday, Aug. 5 Still Life Lizardboy Hooked Saturday, Aug. 6 Morning Glory Lizardboy Hooked Still Life Strange Mary Strange Sunday, Aug. 7 Strange Mary Strange Hooked Lizardboy Oh, Ryan Morning Glory Monday, Aug. 8 Morning Glory Hooked Still Life Tuesday, Aug. 9 Oh, Ryan Still Life Lizard Boy Wednesday, Aug. 10 Strange Mary Strange Morning Glory Hooked Thursday, Aug. 11 Still Life Lizardboy Oh, Ryan Friday, Aug. 12 Strange Mary Strange Hooked Oh, Ryan Morning Glory Saturday, Aug. 13 Oh, Ryan Morning Glory Strange Mary Strange Lizardboy Still Life Sunday, Aug. 14 Hooked Still Life Oh, Ryan Strange Mary Strange Lizardboy

26 Venue E: The Theatre Centre 1087 Queen St. W.

12:00 PM 2:30 PM 5:00 PM 7:30 PM 10:00 PM 12:00 AM Thursday, Aug. 4 You Should Have... Combat Elora Gorge Friday, Aug. 5 dancing to a white... Origami Airplane White Rabbit Saturday, Aug. 6 The Safe Word You Should Have... Elora Gorge White Rabbit Combat Sunday, Aug. 7 Origami Airplane White Rabbit The Safe Word dancing to a white... You Should Have... Monday, Aug. 8 Origami Airplane The Safe Word Elora Gorge Tuesday, Aug. 9 White Rabbit dancing to a white... Combat Wednesday, Aug. 10 Elora Gorge You Should Have... Origami Airplane Thursday, Aug. 11 dancing to a white... Combat The Safe Word Friday, Aug. 12 Combat Origami Airplane dancing to a white... You Should Have... Saturday, Aug. 13 dancing to a white... The Safe Word White Rabbit Elora Gorge You Should Have... Sunday, Aug. 14 Elora Gorge Origami Airplane Combat White Rabbit The Safe Word

Venue F: Lower Ossington Theatre 100 Ossington Ave.

2:00 PM 4:30 PM 7:00 PM 10:30 PM 11:45 PM Thursday, Aug. 4 Kaspar Hannah’s Turn Friday, Aug. 5 Hannah’s Turn Third Floor Steven McKay Hooded Fang Saturday, Aug. 6 Shudder Third Floor Kaspar Lioness Bonjay Sunday, Aug. 7 Hannah’s Turn Shudder Monday, Aug. 8 Shudder Kaspar Musical Works: Oracle* Tuesday, Aug. 9 Third Floor Hannah’s Turn Musical Works: Program* Wednesday, Aug. 10 Kaspar Shudder House League Great Bloomers Thursday, Aug. 11 Shudder Third Floor Jennifer Castle Bruce Peninsula Friday, Aug. 12 Shudder Hannah’s Turn Ruby Coast Miracle Fortress Saturday, Aug. 13 Kaspar Hannah’s Turn Third Floor Powers Green Go Sunday, Aug. 14 Third Floor Kaspar Shudder

National Series Music Series Sears Drama Shows *Musical Works performances begin at 10 PM

Offsite Theatre Schedule

Venue H: HUB 14 Venue I: Venue J: Fort York National 14 Markham St. (at Queen Street W.) St. Mary Catholic School Historic Site, 250 Fort York Boulevard 20 Portugal Square, Kindergarten Express Yourself Room 219 (one block North of King Pretty Little Instincts (National Series) Thursday, August 4, 9:00 pm and Bathurst) Friday, August 5, 8:30 pm Friday, August 5, 7:00 pm Saturday, August 6, 10:00 pm Saturday, August 6, 7:00 pm Mr. Marmalade Sunday, August 7, 8:30 pm Sunday, August 7, 3:00 pm Monday, August 8, 8:30 pm Tuesday, August 9, 7:00 pm Thursday, August 4, 7:00 pm Tuesday, August 9, 8:30 pm Wednesday, August 10, 9:00 pm Saturday, August 6, 3:00 pm Wednesday, August 10, 10:00 pm Thursday, August 11, 7:00 pm Sunday, August 7, 3:00 pm Saturday, August 13, 9:30 pm Friday, August 12, 9:00 pm Monday, August 8, 8:00 pm Saturday, August 13, 5:00 pm Tuesday, August 9, 7:00 pm Sunday, August 14, 5:00 pm Wednesday, August 10, 7:00 pm Venue K: The Corner of Thursday, August 11, 7:00 pm Camden and Spadina (Box office Saturday, August 13, 3:00 pm Perhaps in a Hundred Years located on Camden, between Thursday, August 4, 7:00 pm Richmond and Adelaide) Friday, August 5, 9:00 pm Saturday, August 6, 5:00 pm Sunday, August 7, 5:00 pm Brave New World Monday, August 8, 7:00 pm Thursday, August 4, 8:00 pm Wednesday, August 10, 7:00 pm Friday, August 5, 8:00 pm Thursday, August 11, 9:00 pm Saturday, August 6, 8:00 pm Friday, August 12, 7:00 pm Wednesday, August 10, 8:00 pm Saturday, August 13, 7:00 pm Thursday, August 11, 8:00 pm Sunday, August 14, 3:00 pm Friday, August 12, 8:00 pm Saturday, August 13, 8:00 pm

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