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Antarctica Black Ballerina burn, burned CHILD-ISH CLOSER Crossing Into Lullaby A Dark Horse in Low Light Deafy Footnote Number 12 Gender Reveal Party I AM A GENIUS DOES ANYONE HERE KNOW ME? The Nine Brains of the Human Mind Public Good Safe and Sorry St. Peon of Parkdale those, on the surface White Heat Worry Warts
SummerWorks Exchange and Parties Reservations to Revelations & Community Meal Devising Immersive & Site-Specific Performance Industry Welcome Pitch Sessions Directing & Facilitation: A Community Conversation Moving Publics – An In-Transit Conversation Info Fair Small Time Space Creating Sign Language Magic Making Space for Conflict & Dialogue Open Studios Long Table on Making Space SummerWorks Exchange Closing Reception SummerWorks Exchange Open Hours Fundraiser For Our Future SummerWorks Late Nights Opening Night Party Closing Night Party
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Create Change with SummerWorks SummerWorks artists respond to the urgent issues that we face locally and globally – they loudly proclaim what’s wrong, ask the difficult questions and suggest alternative futures. The Festival is a crucial space for artists to start conversations and inspire action with the potential to create change far beyond an individual performance. Over the past 29 years, we’ve worked with thousands of emerging and established artists to take these creative risks and imagine the possibilities of performance in our evolving world. As an audience, you play a critical role too. Not only do you help continue these conversations, but your donations ensure this work happens in the first place. Only 10% of our budget is made up from ticket sales, which means we rely heavily on the generosity of people like you. Join us today to continue creating a space where this urgent, progressive new work can flourish.
Donate to SummerWorks Find a volunteer with a yellow bucket throughout the Festival Visit summerworks.ca/donate Get a ticket for Fundraiser For Our Future (page 41)
Welcome Welcome to the 29th SummerWorks Performance Festival. Imagining this year’s Festival has involved many questions for me. Increasingly polarized views on equality, the climate crisis, land rights, immigration, gentrification, and freedom of speech circulate the news and social media. I find myself asking: Is this for real? SummerWorks artists respond to our current world, in many ways reflecting on how we got here, but also imagining alternative futures. I am excited by a feeling of urgency in this year’s work. The sense of disquiet that pervades society today permeates the program and is attacked from all sides – drama, humour, technology, physical expression, satire and social experiment and intergenerational collaboration are just some of the ways SummerWorks 2019 artists are exploring and questioning the world. Many SummerWorks artists delve deeply and play with the concept of ‘public’: What is public space? How is it made and negotiated? What is the impact of making something public? What is the power of the public to make change? These works invite you to consider new possibilities for the public sphere, to rediscover, engage with, and celebrate the Festival neighbourhood in new ways.
And, as we approach the 30th anniversary of SummerWorks in 2020, our organization is also considering our impact. We are invested in reimagining not only the possibilities for performance, but for the future of our world. How can we reduce our ecological impact? What will the next generation inherit? What can the future be? SummerWorks continues to be a space for openness to question, for bold new ideas, for reimagining what’s possible together, and for making change. Right now, this room for inquiry, this openness, this space for public discourse feels more important than ever. We look forward to you joining us. With love,
Laura Nanni Artistic and Managing Director
What is our responsibility as creators and citizens? This year the SummerWorks offers you conversations, workshops, pitch sessions, and more, all focused around the concept of ‘making space’ as it relates to accessibility and sustainability practices, reconnecting with the land through an Indigenous lens, and site-specific creation.
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About SummerWorks SummerWorks Performance Festival is a curated festival of theatre, dance, music, live art and interdisciplinary forms, widely recognized as one of the most important platforms for launching new work in Canada. We encourage risk, questions, and creative exploration while insisting on accessibility, integrity, and professionalism. SummerWorks is the place where dedicated, professional artists are free to explore new territory and take artistic risks. As an organization, SummerWorks presents two Festivals annually, Progress International Festival of performance and ideas, and SummerWorks Performance Festival. We are interested in continuously re-imagining and innovating the possibilities of performance – how it is created, presented and experienced. Through SummerWorks, artists and audiences converge to celebrate the creative possibilities in our city, our country, and beyond. It is an incredible community of people without whom we could not exist. In addition to the artistic programming, there is a variety of free events, post-show conversations, and parties. From private networking opportunities, to public community events, to the closing night awards ceremony where we celebrate the best of the Fest, there are so many ways for you to be involved. The most important thing to know is that no matter who you are, SummerWorks is for you. Thank you for being here with us.
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THANK YOU
Mark Aikman, Brendon Allen, Lynne Auger, Sean Baker, Sue Balint, Ballyhoo Push Pin Media, Rogue Benjamin, Corinne Berman, Nicolas Billon, Franco Boni, Leah-Simone Bowen, Pat Bradley, Allen Braude, Keith Brooks, Erin Brubacher, Sarah Buchanan, Buddies In Bad Times, Sam Chaiton, Annie Clarke, Alyse Dan, Vincent de Repentigny, Alan Dilworth, Josh Dyer, Henry Faber, Jennie Robinson Faber, Dani Fecko, Nadine Villasin Feldman, Miriam Fernandes, Megan Flynn, Mark Foster, Jenn Goodwin, Lindy Green, Cathy Gordon, Judy Harquail, Farrah Hasan, Erika Hennebury, Maxine Heppner, Nathan Heuvingh, Amanda Hyde, Devon Jackson, JTP Show Services, Nidhi Khanna, Chris Kozak, Kristina Lemieux, Jeanne Lesage, Laura Levin, Sage Lovell, Taliesin McEnaney, Jerry McGrath, Jayna Mees, Reza Moghaddas, Gloria Mok, Stéphane Monnet and the Monnet Design team, Necessary Angel, Liza Paul, Tom Potter, Kelly Read, Luke Reece, Eric Reid, Chris Reynolds, Aislinn Rose, Marlis Schweitzer, Nikki Shaffeeullah, Paula Shewchuk, Joanna Sinukoff, Solotech, Theatre Passe Muraille, Pat Tobin, Igloo Vision, Cindy Wagman, Sharon Weeden, ted witzel, Nancy Wolfe, Emma Woodbeck, Gillian Zulauf, and our Board, funders, donors, community partners, supporters, artists, volunteers, staff and audience members.
Accessibility SummerWorks Performance Festival is committed to continuing to improve accessibility for our audiences. If you have access needs or a question about accessibility at the Festival, contact Accessibility Coordinators Cara and Cléo at outreach@summerworks.ca or call our Festival Box Office at 416.732.4116. You can also find more information at summerworks.ca/access PHYSICAL ACCESS
All of our venues – including outdoor locations – have accessible entrances and washrooms. PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKERS
A person with a disability who is accompanied by a personal support person will be allowed to have that person accompany them to our venues. Admission fees will not be charged for personal support persons at SummerWorks venues. SERVICE ANIMALS
We welcome people with disabilities and their service animals. Service animals are allowed in the parts of our venues that are open to the public. WASHROOMS
All three main performance venues (The Theatre Centre, Toronto Media Arts Centre, and the Longboat Hall) have All-Gender washrooms available to the public. ASL INTERPRETATION
SummerWorks will be providing ASL interpretation for the performances and speeches at our opening and closing parties and some Exchange events. Companies within the Festival have been encouraged to offer interpretation at one of their performances. – Look for this symbol to see which shows offer ASL Interpretation and visit summerworks.ca/access for show times. RELAXED PERFORMANCES
Relaxed Performances are designed to welcome audience members who will benefit from a more relaxed sensory experience and casual environment.
There is a more relaxed approach to noise and movement within the performance space; house lights will remain on at a low level and some minor production changes may be made to reduce the intensity of light, sound and other startling effects. These shows are for anyone. People may choose to attend a relaxed performance because they like the more inclusive environment. More information on what to expect can be found on the SummerWorks website. Visual stories will be available beforehand. RP – Look for this symbol to see which
shows offer a Relaxed Performance option and visit summerworks.ca/access for show times. CAPTIONING
SummerWorks will be providing captioning for speeches at our opening and closing parties and some Exchange events. Artists have also been encouraged to offer captions at one of their performances. CC – Look for this symbol to see which events and shows offer captioning and visit summerworks.ca/access for show times.
MOBILE PERFORMANCES & LINE-UPS
Some of the performances this year require the audience to move short distances within a group. All performances will be accompanied by a Front of House assistant or volunteer who will be able to assist you if required. Chairs are available for moving performance and for line-up situations, so please make yourself known to a team member or volunteer if this would be helpful to you. FINANCIAL ACCESS
citySPECIAL at SummerWorks
In addition to our Pay it Forward campaign, SummerWorks has partnered with TAPA’s citySPECIAL program. Companies within the Festival have been encouraged to give back by assigning a certain number of tickets for this initiative, which will then be distributed, at no cost, to newcomers, at-risk youth, and marginalized communities.
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Tickets and passes HOW THIS WORKS
PAY WHAT YOU DECIDE
With our low ticket prices and money-saving passes, there is no better place in Canada to gain such easy access to a high volume of curated projects than SummerWorks. If you’re new to the Festival, here’s a handy guide to enjoying the SummerWorks experience.
SummerWorks has always been committed to affordable ticket prices as a way of ensuring access and allowing our audiences to experience multiple shows during the Festival. However, an affordable price doesn’t always recognize the investment of time, talent, and resources that artists make in their work. That’s why we use a Pay What You Decide ticket option for every ticketed performance in the Festival.
1 Figure out what you want to see. SummerWorks houses a vast array of work. You can explore our programming in this Program Guide, and at summerworks.ca.
Get your tickets. You can buy single tickets or, if you’re seeing more than one show, we have 4-Ticket or 8-Ticket Passes. Single tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door, passes must be purchased in advance online or at our Festival Box Office until August 11. If you’ve booked your tickets in advance, you’ll receive an email confirmation. This is just your proof of purchase – you will need to exchange this for a ticket at the Venue Box Office to receive your ticket before the show. 2
Be on time! Be sure to arrive in time to exchange your booking confirmation for a ticket. In a tightly scheduled Festival, all shows must start on time, and many do not permit latecomers. 3
4 Get involved. Stick around for one of the many post-show chats or Long Table conversations, attend a party, or connect on social media with the hashtag #summerworksTO.
What does this mean? $15, $25 and $35 are available, so you can pick whichever suits your budget. All tickets are general admission, and there are no limits on any price level. Why would you do this? Because even at $35 you are getting more than your money’s worth and 70% of the ticket price goes directly to the artists. This is a way for people to increase their support for Festival artists while ensuring financial accessibility for those who need it. PAY IT FORWARD
SummerWorks believes that anyone who wants to attend the Festival can and should be able to. We’ve kept our ticket prices low for this very reason. Join us in our commitment to financial accessibility and help us pay it forward: when you buy a ticket for yourself, top up your purchase by buying a ticket for someone else to attend the Festival for free, and we’ll distribute these through our network. There’s no limit to how much we, as a community, can give. FREE EVENTS
There are also a number of shows and events that are either free or by donation. Look out for the FREE sticker throughout the program, and check out summerworks.ca for more details.
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SINGLE TICKETS
FESTIVAL BOX OFFICE
Single Performance: $15, $25, or $35
Located in the Theatre Centre at 1115 Queen Street West, our Festival Box Office is staffed by Festival experts and enthusiasts willing to answer any and all questions.
Single Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance. AT THE DOOR TICKETS
Venue Box Offices start selling tickets for each show one hour prior to its performance time. Venue Box Offices accept cash only. IN ADVANCE
Advance tickets are available up until three hours before show time and can be purchased as follows: Online at summerworks.ca In person at the SummerWorks Festival Box Office By phone at 416.732.4116 during Festival Box Office hours. 100% of the tickets for every SummerWorks event will be available for purchase in advance. Tickets purchased in advance are subject to a convenience fee of $2.50 per order PASSES
Passes are the best way to experience the Festival, as they give you flexible options for seeing multiple shows for the lowest price. Passes are valid for any SummerWorks performance and can be redeemed for up to two tickets per show, meaning you can bring a friend. Passes are a limited capacity and once they’re gone they’re gone. They will only be available to purchase online until August 7, and at the Festival Box Office until August 11. Your purchase will include our regular service fee ($2.50/order), which means you won’t have to pay any additional fees when you book your individual tickets. Please note that Passes can only be used to book performances online or from the Festival Box Office, you cannot use them for in-person bookings at the Venue Box Office. 4-Ticket Pass: $56 (Savings of $14) 8-Ticket Pass: $108 (Savings of $32)
At the Festival Box Office you can purchase tickets to all Festival performances up to three hours before showtime, buy 4-Ticket or 8-Ticket Passes, book tickets with your pass, and pick up your Artist Pass, Media Pass, or Industry Pass. Open August 8 – 18, 12 pm – 8 pm 1115 Queen Street West 416.732.4116 THEATRE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
1. Latecomers will be admitted at the discretion of the company, and the Front of House Manager. Latecomer policies for each show are posted on our website – please take a moment to check the policy for your show. 2. All seating is general admission. First come, first seated. 3. All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. 4. Passes can be used for advance booking only and cannot be used at-the-door at the Venue Box Offices. 5. No re-entry. 6. No photography or video recording is permitted. 7. The Venue Box Offices accept cash only. 8. Please turn off all cell phones and other electronic devices during performances unless otherwise indicated. SUMMERWORKS EXCHANGE
Day-Passes are available for each of the four days of the SummerWorks Exchange that give you access to all the Exchange events happening in the Festival that day. Like tickets to performances, Day Passes are Pay What You Decide. Please note, for some Exchange activities, you will be invited to choose between simultaneous events or workshops. 9
SummerWorks Awards Every year as part of our closing night celebrations, we acknowledge the achievements of Festival artists with a series of awards sponsored by local arts organizations. All awards are adjudicated by a jury of three performance professionals, with the exception of the NOW Magazine Audience Choice Award, which is determined by an audience ballot. BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES VANGUARD AWARD FOR RISK AND INNOVATION
Sponsored by Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, this $500 cash prize is awarded to an individual or company in recognition of an artistic choice or choices exemplifying innovation and/or artistic risk. CANADIAN STAGE AWARD FOR DIRECTION
$500 cash prize awarded for outstanding direction of a work at the Festival. THE CONTRA GUYS AWARD FOR NEW PERFORMANCE TEXT
Generously supported by two SummerWorks founders, Benj Gallander and Ben Stadelmann, the Contra Guys Award for best new performance text is a $1,500 cash prize presented to a performance-maker for an outstanding new work (script or performance text).
THE JON KAPLAN SPOTLIGHT AWARD
Awarded to a featured performer in a SummerWorks show. The winner receives an Unlimited Pass to see performances at the Festival next year. THE THEATRE CENTRE EMERGING ARTIST AWARD
$500 cash prize awarded to an artist early in their career who made an artistic impression during the Festival. THE NOW MAGAZINE AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
Vote for your favourite SummerWorks production. Simply place your ticket stub in the NOW Audience Choice box as you leave the theatre. The winner will receive $2,000 in free advertising with NOW Magazine. STRATFORD FESTIVAL LAB AWARD FOR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Awarded to a company or collective that creatively uses the SummerWorks Lab platform to pursue artistic inquiry. Winners receive a residency week in Stratford, including fees, accommodations & travel, designed with the Stratford Festival Lab team. SUMMERWORKS PRODUCTION PRIZE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ARTSCAPE
A guaranteed spot in the 2020 SummerWorks Festival, in addition to two weeks of rehearsal space at Artscape Weston Common to support the development of a new creation. Awarded for an outstanding production in the Festival. The winners of all eight awards will be announced at our Awards Ceremony at the Theatre Centre at 9:30 pm on Saturday, August 17.
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Who We Are Artistic and Managing Director Laura Nanni
Accessibility Coordinators Cara Eastcott and Cléo Sallis
Festival Producer Rosanna Lowton
Volunteer Coordinator Madeline Smith
Producer – SummerWorks Exchange Alison Wong
Volunteering Intern Zoe Barclay-Wright
Associate Producer – Site Specific and Special Projects Ulla Laidlaw
Festival Direction Intern Natalie Liconti
Associate Producer – Ancillary Projects Hanna Nes Progress Producer Sue Balint Administrative & Fundraising Assistant Katrina Darychuk Technical Manager Rory Howson Production Manager Pip Bradford Assistant Production Manager Suzie Balogh Logistics Geoffrey Armour Marketing Manager Daniel Carter Festival Publicist Red Eye Media Graphic Design Monnet Design Web Developers Stewart Innes and Lukas Steinman
Award Jury Coordinator Jordan Campbell SummerWorks Exchange Consultant Christopher Reynolds Programming and Administration Volunteer Yizhou Zhang Venue Technicians Navid Amini, Wes Babcock, Tim Lindsay, Alanna McConnell, Grant Moote, Eric Stecki, Carlos Varela Venue Lighting Designers Logan Cracknell, Rebecca Vandevelde, Echo Zhou Development Consultant The Good Partnership Bookkeeper Cynthia Murdy Artistic Advisory
Michael Caldwell, Rosina Kazi, Jiv Parasram, Adrienne Wong Board
Patron Services Manager Brett Dahl
Board Chair Vanessa Grant
Patron Services Coordinator Peter Kelly
Board Members Alan Dilworth, Hilary Green, Mel Hague, Martha Haldenby, Jennifer Pollock, Devyani Saltzman, Jennifer Stein
Patron Services Intern Davrielle Salsberg
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Funders and Sponsors Major Supporters
Accessibility Partner
Lindy Green Family Charitable Foundation
Music Presenter
Presentation Partners
SummerWorks Exchange Partners and Supporters
Graphic Design
Media Partner
Printing
Captioning Partner
Venue Partners
Award Sponsors The Contra Guys
Donors
Festival Supporter: $1,000+
Friend of the Festival: $100+
Vanessa Grant Jefferson and Sally Mappin
Norman Armour Terence Crowley Chris Dupuis Wayne Fairhead Barbara Fingerote* Maziar Ghaderi Martha Haldenby Bradley Kulay* Kristina Lemieux*
Artist Supporter: $500+ Hilary Green Jennifer Pollock Jennifer Stein Tamara Zielony 12
Jeanne LeSage Christine Ozimek Terry Pollock Jessica Whitford * indicates a monthly donor Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy; if you believe there is an error, contact info@summerworks.ca
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Trillium Park Pavilion
A rtscape Youngplace 180 Shaw Street
Small World Music Centre Intergalactic Arts Collective Studio
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Schedule
Schedule Thursday, August 8 The Theatre Centre The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre BMO Incubator
The Theatre Centre Café
TMAC Mezzanine
Outdoor
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
The Breath Between (75min)
5:00 pm
6:00 pm CHILD-ISH (75min)
7:00 pm
8:00 pm
9:00 pm
burn, burned (30min)
Wah Wah Wah (60min)
Encumbrance (90min)
rochdale (80min) CLOSER (30min)
10:00 pm
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Opening Party (3hr)
SummerWorks Lab
SummerWorks Exchange
Parties & Events
Friday, August 9 The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
TMAC Mezzanine
Outdoor
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
Crossing Into Lullaby (75min)
5:00 pm
6:00 pm rochdale (80min) Encumbrance (90min)
7:00 pm
8:00 pm Deafy (75min)
St. Peon of Parkdale (50min)
9:00 pm
Safe and Sorry 10:00 pm (60min) #ClownsKillEmpires (90min)
11:00 pm
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Schedule Saturday, August 10 The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
The Theatre Centre Green Roof
The Theatre Centre Gallery
Gender Reveal Party (50min)
12:00 pm
The Breath Between (75min)
1:00 pm
2:00 pm Audible Songs from Rockwood (75min)
3:00 pm
Wah Wah Wah (60min)
4:00 pm
Gender Reveal Party (50min)
5:00 pm
Crossing Into Lullaby (75min)
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
8:00 pm
Fundraiser For Our Future (2.5hr)
9:00 pm
10:00 pm The Scream (60min) Amigas Chicas (90min)
11:00 pm
SummerWorks Presentation 18
SummerWorks Lab
SummerWorks Exchange
Parties & Events
Saturday, August 10 The Longboat Hall at The Great Hall
TMAC Expansion Space
TMAC Gamma Gallery
Outdoor
Worry Warts (30min)
12:00 pm
hiraeth (50min) Worry Warts (30min)
1:00 pm Worry Warts (30min)
2:00 pm Worry Warts (30min)
Worry Warts (30min)
3:00 pm
805-4821 (60min)
Worry Warts (30min)
4:00 pm Worry Warts (30min)
CLOSER (30min)
5:00 pm Worry Warts (30min)
Worry Warts (30min)
6:00 pm
Worry Warts (30min)
7:00 pm
Bonjour Hi (50min)
CLOSER (30min) Worry Warts (30min)
8:00 pm Worry Warts (30min)
9:00 pm
Worry Warts (30min)
Worry Warts (30min)
10:00 pm
11:00 pm
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Schedule Sunday, August 11 The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
The Theatre Centre Green Roof
The Longboat Hall at The Great Hall
Crossing Into Lullaby (75min)
12:00 pm
1:00 pm Greenland (75min)
2:00 pm
3:00 pm Wah Wah Wah (60min)
4:00 pm Audible Songs from Rockwood (75min)
5:00 pm
Deafy (75min)
6:00 pm
Footnote Number 12 (75min) Gender Reveal Party (50min)
7:00 pm
8:00 pm Black Ballerina (45min)
White Heat (75min)
rochdale (80min)
9:00 pm
10:00 pm Cliff Cardinal’s CBC Special (60min)
11:00 pm
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SummerWorks Lab
SummerWorks Exchange
Parties & Events
Sunday, August 11 TMAC Expansion Space
TMAC Gamma Gallery
Offsite
Outdoor
12:00 pm Worry Warts (30min) Reservations to Revelations & Community Meal at Ontario Place (2.5hr)
Worry Warts (30min)
1:00 pm Worry Warts (30min)
2:00 pm Worry Warts (30min)
3:00 pm
Worry Warts (30min)
Worry Warts (30min) hiraeth (50min)
4:00 pm Worry Warts (30min)
5:00 pm
Devising Immersive & Site Specific Performance (4hr)
Worry Warts (30min)
6:00 pm
Worry Warts (30min)
Worry Warts (30min)
7:00 pm Worry Warts (30min)
8:00 pm Worry Warts (30min) CLOSER (30min)
9:00 pm
Worry Warts (30min)
Worry Warts (30min)
10:00 pm
11:00 pm
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Schedule Monday, August 12 The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
The Longboat Hall at The Great Hall
TMAC Mezzanine
Industry Welcome (60min)
11:00 am
12:00 pm Pitch Sessions (2hr)
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
The Breath Between (75min)
5:00 pm
6:00 pm CHILD-ISH (75min)
7:00 pm Antarctica (Multiple start times)
8:00 pm
9:00 pm
I AM A GENIUS DOES ANYONE HERE KNOW ME? (75min)
Nine Brains…/those, on the surface (45min) White Heat (75min)
10:00 pm
SummerWorks Presentation 22
SummerWorks Lab
SummerWorks Exchange
Parties & Events
Monday, August 12 TMAC Expansion Space
TMAC Gamma Gallery
Dames Making Games Space
TMAC Gathering Space
Directing & Facilitation: A Community Conversation (2hr)
Open Hours (Durational)
Outdoor
11:00 am
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
Moving Publics: An In-Transit Conversation (2hr)
4:00 pm
5:00 pm
6:00 pm
Worry Warts (30min)
CLOSER (30min)
Worry Warts (30min) Worry Warts (30min)
St. Peon of Parkdale (50min)
7:00 pm Worry Warts (30min)
8:00 pm
9:00 pm
Worry Warts (30min)
805-4821 (60min)
CLOSER (30min)
Worry Warts (30min) Worry Warts (30min)
10:00 pm
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Schedule Tuesday, August 13 The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
The Longboat Hall at The Great Hall
TMAC Mezzanine
TMAC Expansion Space
TMAC Gamma Gallery
Info Fair (Durational)
11:00 am
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
5:00 pm
Des-Echoes/ Fadeout (70min)
Footnote Number 12 (75min)
Worry Warts (30min) Worry Warts (30min)
6:00 pm The Scream (60min)
Worry Warts (30min)
805-4821 (60min)
7:00 pm
8:00 pm
I AM A GENIUS DOES ANYONE HERE KNOW ME? (75min)
Safe and Sorry (60min)
9:00 pm
Cliff Cardinal’s CBC Special (60min)
Worry Warts (30min) Worry Warts (30min) Worry Warts (30min)
hiraeth (50min)
Worry Warts (30min)
10:00 pm Reece’s Pieces 2.0 (90min) SummerWorks Presentation 24
SummerWorks Lab
SummerWorks Exchange
Parties & Events
Tuesday, August 13 Dames Making Games Space
TMAC Gathering Artscape Space Small World Music Centre
Artscape Intergalactic Arts Studio
Sanderson Public Library
Outdoor
11:00 am Small Time Space (Durational) 12:00 pm
Open Hours (Durational)
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
Creating Sign Language Magic (2.5hr)
Making Space for Conflict & Dialogue (2.5hr)
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
5:00 pm
burn, burned (30min)
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
8:00 pm
The Archive of Missing Things (90min)
burn, burned (30min)
9:00 pm
10:00 pm
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Schedule Wednesday, August 14 The Theatre Centre The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre BMO Incubator
The Theatre Centre Gallery
The Theatre Centre Green Roof
Artscape Youngplace
Open Studios (3hr)
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
3:00 pm Long Table on Making Space (90min)
4:00 pm
5:00 pm Black Ballerina (45min)
SummerWorks Exchange Closing Reception (60min) Gender Reveal Party (50min)
6:00 pm
Deafy (75min)
7:00 pm
8:00 pm CHILD-ISH (75min)
9:00 pm
10:00 pm
Cliff Cardinal’s CBC Special (60min)
11:00 pm
SummerWorks Presentation 26
SummerWorks Lab
SummerWorks Exchange
Parties & Events
Wednesday, August 14 The Longboat Hall at The Great Hall
TMAC Expansion Space
TMAC Gamma Gallery
Sanderson Public Library
Outdoor
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
Worry Warts (30min)
5:00 pm
6:00 pm
White Heat (90min)
Worry Warts (30min)
Public Good (90min)
Worry Warts (30min)
The Archive of Missing Things (90min)
7:00 pm Worry Warts (30min) Worry Warts (30min)
8:00 pm Bonjour Hi (50min)
9:00 pm
Worry Warts (30min)
burn, burned (30min)
805-4821 (60min)
Worry Warts (30min)
10:00 pm
11:00 pm
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Schedule Thursday, August 15 The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
The Longboat Hall at The Great Hall
Cliff Cardinal’s CBC Special (60min)
I AM A GENIUS DOES ANYONE HERE KNOW ME? (75min)
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
5:00 pm
6:00 pm
Nine Brains…/those, on the surface (45 min)
7:00 pm Bonjour Hi (50min) The Scream (60min)
8:00 pm
9:00 pm
Greenland (75min)
10:00 pm Good Morning, Tonight! (90min)
11:00 pm
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SummerWorks Exchange
Parties & Events
Thursday, August 15 TMAC Expansion Space
TMAC Gamma Gallery
Sanderson Public Library
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
5:00 pm
Worry Warts (30min)
The Archive of Missing Things (90min)
Worry Warts (30min)
6:00 pm Worry Warts (30min)
hiraeth (50min)
7:00 pm Worry Warts (30min)
8:00 pm
Worry Warts (30min)
The Archive of Missing Things (90min) Public Good (90min)
Worry Warts (30min)
9:00 pm Worry Warts (30min)
10:00 pm
11:00 pm
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Schedule Friday, August 16 The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
The Longboat Hall at The Great Hall
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
5:00 pm
Safe and Sorry (60min)
Bonjour Hi (50min)
6:00 pm The Breath Between (75min)
7:00 pm
8:00 pm
Des-Echoes/Fadeout (70min)
Footnote Number 12 (75min)
9:00 pm The Scream (60min)
10:00 pm
Audible Songs from 11:00 pm Rockwood (75min)
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SummerWorks Lab
SummerWorks Exchange
Parties & Events
Friday, August 16 TMAC Gamma Gallery
Sanderson Public Library
Outdoor
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
The Archive of Missing Things (90min)
5:00 pm
6:00 pm
St. Peon of Parkdale (50min)
7:00 pm hiraeth (50min)
8:00 pm
St. Peon of Parkdale (50min)
9:00 pm 805-4821 (60min)
10:00 pm
11:00 pm
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Schedule Saturday, August 17 The Theatre Centre The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre BMO Incubator
Antarctica (Multiple start times)
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
TMAC Gamma Gallery
TMAC Expansion Space
Public Good (90min)
Des-Echoes/ Fadeout (70min)
Sanderson Public Library
The Archive of Missing Things (90min) Worry Warts (60min)
2:00 pm hiraeth (50min)
3:00 pm rochdale (80min)
Worry Warts (60min)
4:00 pm
5:00 pm Wah Wah Wah (60min)
Public Good (90min)
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
Audible Songs from Rockwood (75min)
Worry Warts (60min) 805-4821 (60min)
8:00 pm
Cliff Cardinal’s CBC Special (60min)
9:00 pm Closing Night Party and 10:00 pm SummerWorks Awards (3hr)
11:00 pm
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SummerWorks Lab
SummerWorks Exchange
Parties & Events
Sunday, August 18 The Theatre Centre The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre BMO Incubator
TMAC Gamma Gallery
TMAC Expansion Space
Gender Reveal Party (50min)
12:00 pm A Dark Horse in Low Light (60min)
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
The Theatre Centre Green Roof
Nine Brains…/ those, on the… (45min)
Worry Warts (60min)
3:00 pm Wah Wah Wah (60min) Worry Warts (60min)
4:00 pm
Gender Reveal Party (50min)
5:00 pm
Public Good (90min)
Black Ballerina (45min)
6:00 pm rochdale (80min) Worry Warts (60min)
7:00 pm
8:00 pm The Scream (60min)
9:00 pm Audible Songs from Rockwood 10:00 pm (75min)
11:00 pm
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SummerWorks Exchange and Special Events The SummerWorks Exchange encapsulates our professional development and industry activities. In the SummerWorks Exchange, we have curated a series of events to facilitate artist and community growth, to strengthen the ecology of live performance in Canada, and expand our dialogue and collaboration with the international arts community. Including training and networking opportunities between artists and curators from Canada and beyond, the Exchange is the place where we come together to share and connect, confront the big questions facing our community today, and make plans for the future. The focus of this year’s Exchange is the concept of ‘making space’ as it relates to accessibility and sustainability practices, reconnecting with the land through an Indigenous lens, and site-specific creation. In addition to SummerWorks’ artistic programming, SummerWorks Special Events include a variety of late nights and parties to extend your experience of the Festival.
SummerWorks Exchange SWX Day 1
Reservations to Revelations Devising Immersive & Site & Community Meal Specific Performance Presented in partnership with Myseum of Toronto, Toronto Biennial of Art and Ontario Place Venue 7 Ontario Place Trillium Park Pavilion Sunday August 11, 12:30 pm 2.5 hours A conversation with Elder Dr. Duke Redbird at the site of Wigwam Chi-Chemung – a summer Indigenous Learning Centre on the waterfront of Toronto. Bus departs from Theatre Centre 12:00 pm Bus departs back to Theatre Centre 3:00 pm Advance registration required.
Presented in partnership with Outside the March Venue Offsite Sunday August 11, 4:30 pm 4 hours Interested in creating an Immersive or Site Specific performance project, but not sure where to start? Outside the March’s Rosamund Small and Mitchell Cushman lead you through a workshop focused on how to make your performance environment an active collaborator in your creation process. Participants will take their ideas into active creation and planning mode, using the landscape of Queen St West as a backdrop. Showings of projects incubated in this workshop will take place on closing weekend of the Festival. Advance registration required by July 24. FREE
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SummerWorks Exchange SWX Day 2
Industry Welcome
Open Hours
Presented in partnership with Ontario Presents
Presented in partnership with Generator
Venue 2 Toronto Media Arts Centre Mezzanine Monday August 12, 11:00 am 60 minutes An opportunity to connect with colleagues, meet new artists and presenters, as well as learn more about SummerWorks and our partners.
Pitch Sessions Presented in partnership with Ontario Presents Venue 2 Toronto Media Arts Centre Mezzanine Monday August 12, 12:30 pm 2 hours Six artists from a range of disciplines will share their performing arts projects with industry professionals and the arts community. An opportunity to discover exciting tour-ready works and large-scale projects in development.
Venue 2 Toronto Media Arts Centre Gathering Space Monday August 12, 2:30 pm 2.5 hours More about this multi-day programming on page 40. FREE
Directing & Facilitation: A Community Conversation Presented in partnership with The AMY Project Venue 2 Toronto Media Arts Centre Dames Making Games Space Monday August 12, 2:30 pm 2 hours How can we as theatre directors and arts facilitators increase our capacity to lead rehearsals and workshops in ways that are emergent, supportive of diversity, open to healthy conflict, and conducive to safe risktaking? Led by Nikki Shaffeeullah, this hands-on community consultation seeks to identify current industry gaps in director training, and explore how direct education and facilitation training can make for stronger creative spaces. RSVP required when booking your pass.
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Moving Publics – An In-Transit Conversation Presented in partnership with York University Venue 1 Group departs from the Theatre Centre Monday August 12, 3:00 pm 2 hours
Come along for our roving curated conversations on the performance and politics of mobility – everything from public transportation to protest in public spaces. Part public dialogue, part collectively created site-specific installation, this project will invite participants to reflect on questions of access, assembly, and public choreography as we travel together along Queen St. West. RSVP required when booking your pass.
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SummerWorks Exchange SWX Day 3
Info Fair Venue 2 Toronto Media Arts Centre Mezzanine Tuesday August 13, 11:00 am 90 minutes An opportunity to meet with and ask questions of funders before the next grant deadline as well as learn more about resources and initiatives impacting the community.
FREE
Small Time Space Presented in partnership with Generator Venue 2 Toronto Media Arts Centre Dames Making Games Space Tuesday August 13, 11:00 am 90 minutes “We haven’t got much time so we have to work slowly.” Come consider the role time plays in space making. Take 15 minutes this morning for an experiential meditation on time and change. Designed by Kristina Lemieux and Elenna Mosoff. FREE
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Creating Sign Language Magic Presented in partnership with Generator and Deaf Spectrum Venue 3 Artscape Youngplace Small World Music Centre Tuesday August 13, 2:00 pm 2.5 hours Explore the possibilities of creating accessible sign language productions for d/Deaf, Hard-of-hearing, and sign language users. This workshop compares multiple approaches. Led with Sage Lovell, Thurga Kanagasekarampillai, Derek Kwan, and Suchiththa Wickremesooriya. RSVP required when booking your pass.
Making Space for Conflict & Dialogue Presented in partnership with Generator’s Transform Dance project Venue 3 Artscape Youngplace Intergalactic Arts Collective Studio Tuesday August 13, 2:00 pm 2.5 hours Participants explore ways of dealing well with conflict, making space for healthier dialogue, and finding ways to treat each other better in arts spaces. Led by Meg Saxby. A group agreement to support safety and participation will be available online before the workshop. A therapist will be present to provide in-the-moment support to participants as needed. RSVP required when booking your pass.
SWX Day 4
Open Studios Co-curated by LA SERRE (Montréal) and SummerWorks, with support from Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport Venue 3 Artscape Youngplace Small World Music Centre; Intergalactic Arts Collective Studio Wednesday August 14, 12:00 pm 3 hours
SummerWorks Exchange Closing Reception Venue 1 Theatre Centre Gallery Wednesday August 14, 5:00 pm 60 minutes Converge at our final toast to SummerWorks Exchange 2019. An opportunity to reflect on learning, identify lingering questions, and make plans for future connection.
An opportunity to see new works in development. Six artists have been selected to share short excerpts of their next big idea with industry professionals and the general public. This is a seeding ground for new ideas and new creative relationships – a place for you to discover your new favourite artists. Coffee and lunch hosted by Performing Arts Hub Norway.
Long Table on Making Space Presented in partnership with Generator Venue 1 Theatre Centre Gallery Wednesday August 14, 3:30 pm 90 minutes The Long Table is a dinner party where conversation is the only course. The format ingeniously combines theatricality and models for public engagement. This edition will close out this year’s SummerWorks Exchange focused on the concept of ‘making space’. Come with your questions, and bring your ideas – this is the place to talk about what needs to be done and find folks to do the work with.
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SummerWorks Exchange SummerWorks Exchange Open Hours Presented in partnership with Generator Venue 2 Toronto Media Arts Centre Gathering Space Monday August 12, 2:30 pm Tuesday August 13, 12:00 pm 2.5 hours The SummerWorks Exchange Open Hours is a generative studio space for encountering new projects and resources in performance making. Drop in on creators and builders, with an opportunity to learn and exchange ideas as they shape their ongoing projects. FREE
culturecapital A collectible trading card game about the Canadian performing arts economy. Come check out a sneak peek workshop demonstration of the game that arts funding juries are calling “divisive and niche”, and that almost everyone else is calling “absolutely necessary to play”. At this year’s Exchange, Milton Lim and Patrick Blenkarn begin building the Toronto edition of culturecapital, a participatory live art trading card game where players assume roles as stewards of the local arts community, summon companies, roll for grants, produce projects and play strategies.
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Beyond Silent Mode How do I use smartphones in my performance practice? What is augmented reality, and what can I do with it? How can I cue sound, video, and notifications on the phones of my audience, cast, and crew? How can I prototype a creative and technical idea cheaply and effectively? How do I collaborate with software developers? If you’re a performance maker or creative producer with questions like these, creative technologists Jacob Niedzwiecki and Luke Garwood are here for you, with hands-on demos and one-on-one/small-group consultations. ArtistProducerResource.com Wiki-edit-a-Thon ArtistProducerResource.com is an opensource encyclopedia of knowledge, resources, tools, and practices for producing independent performance work in Canada (starting with a focus on Toronto). Hosted by Generator, this site is made by artists and for artists, to broaden the scope of instruction and knowledge-sharing in the community, and provide a platform for new ideas and practices to be shared. Artists can add new content through a wiki-edit-a-thon during the SummerWorks Exchange Open Hours. Have a useful best practice or resource you want to share? Come add it to ArtistProducerResource.com and see it live on the site!
Fundraiser For Our Future
Presented in partnership with Nicolas Billon & Why Not Theatre, in association with Environmental Defence Venue 1 Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre Saturday, August 10, 7:30 pm $75 2.5 hours In partnership with Environmental Defence, SummerWorks is hosting this fundraiser to ensure we can continue to be an integral part of amplifying the vital voices on which our future relies. Join us for an evening in support of both organizations, centered around a reading of Greenland and an extended Q&A session where we can interrogate the issues brought up in the piece, and plan our next steps.
Funds raised will go towards SummerWorks to support the next generation of artists, enabling us to provide more in-depth mentorship opportunities with SummerWorks alumnae, and even greater input from our teams. For Environmental Defence these funds will support the advocacy work they do with the public, organizations and the government. The funds raised will help Environmental Defence continue to invest in change that transforms the way we consume our precious resources and moves us towards a clean economy. In collaborating with Environmental Defence, we have a unique opportunity to give voice to issues that affect us all in a new way, and look towards empowering Canadians to take action in their own daily lives. Ticket holders are invited to join us for a pre-show reception, and a post-show Q&A with Nicolas Billon, Sarah Buchanan (Environmental Defence), and other guests. All tickets purchased will receive a charitable tax receipt for $40. 43
SummerWorks Late Nights The Theatre Centre plays host to an eclectic mix of local artists curated by Liza Paul and Luke Reece. The perfect way to end your day at the Festival.
REECE’S PIECES 2.0
#ClownsKillEmpires present: THE FUTURE OF CLOWN
Tuesday August 13, 10:30 pm
Venue 1 Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Friday August 9, 10:30 pm 90 minutes #ClownsKillEmpires have traveled through time and space to roast beets and the patriarchy for your entertainment. Come distract yourself from the impending apocalypse through the bizarre, musical, and magical antics of the queer clown.
Venue 1 Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
90 minutes Curated and Hosted by Luke Reece (Producer at Obsidian Theatre, Canadian Poetry Slam National Champion), Reece’s Pieces 2.0 is a Spoken Word showcase, featuring Toronto’s top poetic talents. It’s a night of poetry, performance, good vibes and laughs.
Good Morning, Tonight! Venue 1 Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Thursday August 15, 10:30 pm
Amigas Cheetas
90 minutes
Venue 1 Theatre Centre Gallery
Good Morning, Tonight! is a stand-up comedy showcase produced & hosted by Karis Anderson and Aidan O’Loughlin. The only morning show that happens at 10:30 pm – think Regis & Kelly, but gayer. A comedy show formatted like a morning talk show? We know what you’re thinking: is this a podcast? NOPE – this is for your eyes, ears and heart, so take out your AirPods.
Saturday August 10, 10:30 pm 90 minutes Though we don’t look the same… our spots are different… different… colours… we make each other stronger… that ain’t ever gonna change… we’re cheetah girls! Iconic comedy queen, Aba Amuquandoh and Latinx comedy sensation, Ben Sosa Wright, have whipped up a fierce new showcase with an emphasis on showcasing LGBTQIA2+ and POC COMEDIANS!
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SummerWorks Parties
Opening Night Party
Closing Night Party
Venue 1 Theatre Centre
Venue 1 Theatre Centre
Thursday August 8, 10:00 pm
Saturday August 17, 9:30 pm
3 hours
3 hours
SummerWorks kicks off the Festival with a big party. Join us for a wild night of music, dancing, performance, and all around revelry.
Say goodbye to another year of the Festival. Come for the drinks and celebration, and stay for the announcement of the SummerWorks Awards.
FREE FREE
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SummerWorks Presentations Our SummerWorks Presentations offer you a snapshot of contemporary performance in 2019. These are artists working in theatre, dance, music, live art, and hybrid forms who have been developing their work on stages, in studios, and at other festivals across the country. SummerWorks Presentations are a chance for artists to share their finished work with a wider audience and to provide a platform for that work to reach even greater success in the future.
SummerWorks Presentations
805-4821
Not all men are men. Welcome to the movies.
Theatre/Live Art
805-4821 is a trans coming out story made out of other stories: a dialogue from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a half-remembered swim lesson, and an 80,000 word Facebook correspondence. Performed using a hacked overhead projector, Davis Plett invites us to reimagine how we might hold ourselves, and each other, in an age of apocalypse.
Venue 2 Toronto Media Arts Centre Gamma Gallery Saturday August 10, 3:00 pm Monday August 12, 8:00 pm Tuesday August 13, 6:30 pm Wednesday August 14, 9:00 pm Friday August 16, 9:30 pm Saturday August 17, 7:30 pm 60 minutes AD Audio description version available. RP All shows are Relaxed Performances. CC Text on screen integrated throughout as part of the show.
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Created & Performed by Davis Plett; Directed & Dramaturged by Gislina Patterson
Audible Songs from Rockwood Music/Theatre Venue 1 Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre Saturday August 10, 2:30 pm Sunday August 11, 4:30 pm Friday August 16, 10:45 pm Saturday August 17, 6:30 pm Sunday August 18, 9:30 pm 75 minutes A song-cycle based on case files of people incarcerated at Rockwood Asylum between 1856–1881. Songwriter Simone Schmidt spent two years combing through the case files of
people incarcerated at The Rockwood Asylum for the Criminally Insane between 1856–1881. In this concert staged for theatre, Schmidt attempts to remember ten women and offers questions about the archive as an apparatus of colonial power, definitions of sanity, and the settler-colonial agenda foundational to today’s carceral systems. Based on the critically acclaimed album by Fiver by the same title. Company: Fiver Directed by Frank Cox-O’Connell; Written by Simone Schmidt; Set & Costume Design by Shannon Lea Doyle; Created by Simone Schmidt, Shannon Lea Doyle & Frank Cox-O’Connell; Performed by Simone Schmidt, Carlie Howell & Laura Bates The listed performance time includes a 15 minute Q&A.
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SummerWorks Presentations
The Breath Between Theatre/Interdisciplinary/Music Presented in partnership with The AMY Project Venue 1 Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Thursday August 8, 5:00 pm Saturday August 10, 1:00 pm Monday August 12, 5:00 pm RP Friday August 16, 6:30 pm 75 minutes “Run to the places where you are not welcomed; expand your body so it is all that they see.” Created by the young artists of The AMY Project 2019 theatre program, The Breath 50
Between is a collection of monologue, poetry, movement and music that explores themes of queer resilience, and dreams of what new worlds we will make together in apocalyptic times. Company: The AMY Project Created & Performed by Jericho Allick, nevada jane arlow, Taranjot Bamrah, A.C., Daniella Leacock, Claudia Liz, Alice Cheng Meiqing, Lyla Sherbin, Fio Yang; Directed by kumari giles and Julia Hune-Brown; Assistant Directed by Jamie Milay and Bessie Cheng; Stage Managed by Jules Vodarek Hunter; Scenic Design by Karis Jones-Pard; Lighting Design by Senjuti Sarker; Production Managed by Sasha Tate-Howarth; Program Curation & Dramaturgy by Nikki Shaffeeullah; Produced by Rachel Penny The listed performance time includes a 15 minute Q&A.
Bonjour Hi Interdisciplinary/Live Art Venue 4 Longboat Hall at The Great Hall Saturday August 10, 7:00 pm Wednesday August 14, 8:30 pm Thursday August 15, 7:15 pm Friday August 16, 6:00 pm 50 minutes RP All shows are Relaxed Performances.
What if an audience was paid for contributing to an artwork?
banal and the poetic, they propose a collective reflection on invisible labour and consent. And for real, you will be compensated, for real. Co-Created and Performed by: Burcu Emeç, Michael Martini, Nien Tzu Weng and Roxa Hy; Technical Direction: Zoe Roux; Object Design Consultant: Laura Azzalini; Sound Consultant: Joe Thibodeau; Lighting Consultant: Paul Chambers; Economic Consultant: Leah Temper; Delegate Production of LA SERRE – arts vivants; Creative Residencies & Development: La Chapelle Scène Contemporaines, LeParc – Milieux Institute, Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal; Supported by: Conseil des arts de Montréal, RAIQ – Regroupement des arts interdisciplinaires du Québec
Four artists that blur disciplinary, linguistic and cultural borders, reflect on what it means to participate. Shifting between the
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SummerWorks Presentations
Cliff Cardinal’s CBC Special Theatre/Music Venue 1 Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Sunday August 11, 10:30 pm Tuesday August 13, 9:00 pm Wednesday August 14, 10:00 pm Thursday August 15, 5:00 pm Saturday August 17, 8:00 pm 60 minutes
You’re listening to the radio in your kitchen. The program moves from the host to the story, the story to the song. An evening of words and music with internationallylauded writer and performer Cliff Cardinal as he performs original, dark and catchy folk songs; miraculous stories of familial resilience; legends of Turtle Island survival; and new contributions to the ongoing mythology of the Canadian experience. This is Cliff’s eagerly anticipated solo follow-up to Huff, and teams him once again with acclaimed director/dramaturge Karin Randoja. Company: Imaginary Force/Cutline Created & Performed by Cliff Cardinal; Directed and Dramaturged by Karin Randoja; Produced by Eric Epstein
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Des-Echoes Dance Double Billed with Fadeout Venue 1 Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre Tuesday August 13, 5:00 pm Friday, August 16, 8:00 pm Saturday, August 17, 1:00 pm 70 minutes
How do we know the “other” within? In this physically dynamic piece, two inextricably intertwined bodies navigate form and variation in their shared skin. Des-Echoes is an exploration of our relation to the parts that we hide, disassociate from, or ignore. Two bodies are torn apart, conjoined, dismembered, and gathered again in a dance of generative friction. [Des-Echoes] is a complication of the Spanish, “desechos”, meaning “rubbish”, “waste”, “outcast”. Company: Improbable Choreographed & Performed by Daniel Bear Davis and Caro Novella; Sound Sample by Gretchen Jude; Sound Arrangement: Daniel Bear Davis; Text by Karen Barard, from “On Touching – the Inhuman That Therefore I am”; Special Thanks to Guillermo Gomez Peña, Saul Garcia Lopez, John Zibell & the cast of Glitchbody and Nanostalgia 53
SummerWorks Presentations
Encumbrance Live Art Venue 2 Toronto Media Arts Centre Mezzanine Thursday August 8, 8:00 pm Friday August 9, 7:00 pm 90 minutes
Johannes Zits has been collecting secondhand clothing as material for performative interventions for over 15 years. In Encumbrance, Zits and collaborators Branda Dale, Holly Timpener and Enok Ripley, explore the conflicted relationship we have with our clothing and ask us to contemplate our own assertions of consumerism, “fast fashion” and labour. Using masses of second-hand garments, they consider the ways our bodies are identified with clothing, and how this interconnection helps construct our identities, shapes our desires and tastes. Company: Johannes Zits Created & Produced by Johannes Zits with the assistance of Holly Timpener; Performed by Johannes Zits, Holly Timpener, Enok Ripley & Branda Dale
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Fadeout
In the glow of a single neon light, a being extricates itself from the void to feel alive.
Dance/Music Double Billed with Des-Echoes Venue 1 Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre Tuesday August 13, 5:00 pm Friday, August 16, 8:00 pm Saturday, August 17, 1:00 pm 70 minutes
The human body is an intricate and autoregulated engine designed to perpetually adapt and transform as we age. When an anomaly emerges, a race for survival towards time and flesh emerges through degenerative mutation. Company: Anne-Flore de Rochambeau Choreographed & Performed by Anne-Flore de Rochambeau; Rehearsal Direction & Artistic Advices by Marijoe Foucher; Lighting Design by Hugo Dalphond; Sound Design by Hani Debbache
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SummerWorks Presentations
Greenland Theatre Presented in partnership with Nicolas Billon & Why Not Theatre, in association with Environmental Defence Venue 1 Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre Saturday, August 10, 8:30 pm Sunday August 11, 1:30 pm RP Thursday, August 15, 9:00 pm RP 75 minutes The August 10 performance is part of Fundraiser For Our Future. Find out more on page 41.
Receding ice levels off the coast of Greenland reveal that an area thought to be part of the mainland is actually an island. Meanwhile, a rift grows between the island’s discoverer and his increasingly distant family, set adrift after a catastrophic loss. Nicolas Billon’s internationally acclaimed work returns to SummerWorks 10 years after its smash hit premiere, as a staged reading in support of SummerWorks and Environmental Defence. All these years later, it highlights a key question: how much has changed? Company: Nicolas Billon & Why Not Theatre Written by Nicolas Billion; Directed by Ravi Jain; Performed by Claire Calnan, Miriam Fernandes, Andrew Musselman The listed performance time includes a 15 minute Q&A.
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hiraeth
Today, in an unnamed group, it’s the woman’s turn to speak.
Theatre Venue 2 Toronto Media Arts Centre Gamma Gallery Saturday August 10, 12:30 pm Sunday August 11, 4:00 pm Tuesday August 13, 8:30 pm Thursday, August 15, 6:30 pm Friday August 16, 7:30 pm Saturday, August 17, 2:30 pm 50 minutes
In an intimate and participatory solo performance, you are whisked back to 1999. As one woman encounters her younger self, the fear that surrounded Y2K, one large marine creature, and the soundscape of who she once was, you are asked to become responsive and responsible as she confronts her imagined past and reconciles her feelings of “hiraeth” – a longing for home. Company: hiraeth collective Created & Performed by Mandy E. MacLean; Staged for Summerworks by Leah Holder; Original Direction by Varrick Grimes; Vocal Direction by Paul de Jong; Produced by Emma Westray
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SummerWorks Presentations
rochdale Theatre Venue 1 Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre Thursday August 8, 9:00 pm Friday August 9, 6:30 pm Sunday August 11, 8:45 pm Saturday August 17, 3:30 pm Sunday August 18, 6:30 pm 80 minutes It’s 1969. The Vietnam War rages on. Apollo 11 lands on the moon. The Chicago Seven are indicted. Nixon is elected. Trudeau is in office. The FLQ bombs the Montreal Stock Exchange. And in Toronto, Rochdale College – an experiment in cooperative housing and alternative education – is about to become very famous for all the wrong reasons. 58
Company: GovCon Directed by Nina Lee Aquino; Written by David Yee; Performed by Tomasz PereiraNunes, Dean Bessey, Leanne Hoffman, Carina Salajan, Adrienne Ramsingh, Ori Black, Claudia Hamilton, Sabrina Marangoni, Julia Demola, Nelvin Law, Brandon Pereira, Dustin Hickey, and Sofia Gaspar. Set Design by Mona Farahmand, Costume Design by Tiana Kralj, Lighting Design by Ella Wieckowski, Sound Design by Johnathon North, Composed by Debashis Sinha; Production Managers Julian Iacob, & Julia Carrano; Stage Manager Caitlin Mears; Technical Directors Michael Reynolds & Adam Breen; Head of Wardrobe Ellie Koffman; Assistant Director Jessie Whyte; Dramaturgs Matt McGeachy & Adam Corrigan Holowitz; Producer Marlis Schweitzer; Assistant Producer Jayna Mees
Rohinton Mistry’s The Scream Theatre Venue 1 Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Saturday August 10, 10:15 pm Tuesday August 13, 6:30 pm Thursday August 15, 7:45 pm Friday August 16, 9:30 pm Sunday August 18, 8:15 pm 60 minutes
Is the scream real, or just the imagination of a man nearing the end of his life and losing touch with reality? A tableau vivant in the form of a living oil painting, The Scream is a fascinating character study that serves as an indictment of class and privilege. Written by Rohinton Mistry; Adapted, Directed, Produced, & Performed by Anand Rajaram; Set & Costume Design by Roxanne Ignatius; Lighting Design by Mark Andrada; Sound Design by Nicholas Murray
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SummerWorks Presentations
The Archive of Missing Things Interdisciplinary Venue 5 Sanderson Library Tuesday August 13, 6:30 pm Wednesday August 14, 6:30 pm Thursday August 15, 5:00 pm Thursday August 15, 8:00 pm Friday August 16, 5:00 pm Saturday August 17, 12:00 pm 90 minutes RP All shows are Relaxed Performances.
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have 90 minutes to explore a maze-like archive in search of the secret at its centre, guided by a live performance happening discreetly around you. Created by Zuppa with Trillium-Award-winning writer Kate Cayley, this performance, online book and game, travels through the debris of civilization in the age of rising sea levels. Company: Zuppa Theatre Co. Created by Zuppa Theatre Co. with Kate Cayley; Directed by Alex McLean; Lead Writer – Kate Cayley; Performed by Miranda Jones, Stewart Legere, Ben Stone, with the voice of Gabriel Leblanc; Web Development & Design by Ned Zimmerman; Sound Design by Brian Riley; Composed by Stewart Legere; Production Manager & Sound Operator – Jessica Lewis; Lead Archivist – Alex McLean This is a free event, however patrons will still need to reserve a space. FREE
Wah Wah Wah Theatre Presented in partnership with Paprika Festival Venue 1 Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Thursday August 8, 7:45 pm Saturday August 10, 4:00 pm Sunday August 11, 3:15 pm Saturday August 17, 5:15 pm RP Sunday August 18, 3:30 pm 60 minutes
Through extreme physicality, tantrums, and pigs, a young queer woman grapples with the messiness of being violated. A gaze held too long, a dick pic in a DM, a hand behind the neck: Wah Wah Wah peels back the layers of violation. What happens if I love it and hate it at the same time? Did anything even happen? Am I remembering things correctly? Emerging Toronto creator and choreographer Celia Green tackles these questions around harassment. Company: Wah Wah Wah Collective Created and Performed by Celia Jade Green; Directed and Dramaturged by Bilal Baig; Lighting Design by Echo Zhou; Sound Design by Phoebe Wang; Vocal Coaching by Fides Krucker; Stage Managed by Jenna Borsato; Outside eye – Amy Nostbakken
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SummerWorks Lab The SummerWorks Lab is a place for exploration, experimentation, and process, allowing us to support new work in development and forge connections between artists and audiences. In the Lab, you’ll experience works at a critical juncture, where you – the audience – play an essential role in the development of the work. This is the place to see artists working at the vanguard, exploring new possibilities in performance and engaging with forward looking ideas; a place to see what the future of live performance will look like.
SummerWorks Lab
Antarctica Interdisciplinary/Live Art Presented in partnership with Toronto Biennial of Art Venue 1 Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Monday August 12, 7:30 pm Monday August 12, 8:30 pm Monday August 12, 9:30 pm Saturday August 17, 12:00 pm Saturday August 17, 1:00 pm Saturday August 17, 2:00 pm Durational RP All shows are Relaxed Performances. AD
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A post-apocalyptic moment in the near future. Antarctica is being colonized as one of the last hospitable places on earth. 11 people born there in the last century are called “home” to stake a future land claim. An immersive and durational work incorporating installation, film, textiles and performance, Antarctica draws on speculative fiction to explore issues of climate change, colonialism, and disability justice. Conceived & Created by Syrus Marcus Ware This is a durational performance. Audience are asked to purchase tickets to arrive for one time slot but are welcome to come and go if there is room in the venue. The last listed performance on each day includes a 15 minute Q&A.
Black Ballerina Dance Venue 1 Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Sunday August 11, 8:15 pm Wednesday August 14, 5:15 pm Sunday August 18, 5:30 pm 45 minutes An invitation to question the perspectives of our “inclusive” nation, as a dancer examines the dualities of their identity and otherness.
relationship to the classical ballet form unfolds through movement, storytelling and an original score, as Syreeta questions whether it was unconscious systemic racism that led her to practice dance. Company: Syreeta Hector Created and performed by Syreeta Hector; Movement Dramaturgy by Seika Boye; Outside Eye: J. Adam Brown; Set Design by Wesley Mckenzie; Musical Composition by Zarnoosh Bilimoria The listed performance time includes a 15 minute Q&A.
Syreeta Hector shares her experience of being a mixed race (Indigenous, African Canadian and French) female spending time on the outskirts of New Brunswick and rural North Carolina. An examination of her
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burn, burned Dance/Interdisciplinary/Live Art Presented in partnership with Toronto Biennial of Art Venue Secret Location. Outdoor Thursday August 8, 7:30 pm Tuesday August 13, 6:00 pm Tuesday August 13, 8:00 pm Wednesday August 14, 8:00 pm 30 minutes
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After the revolution is won, after the burning of Babylon, and as the dust settles, what next? In a fictitious future, after decades of race wars, a cadre of revolutionaries struggle to pick up the pieces. burn, burned is a performance art and dance-based collaboration from Rodney Diverlus and Syrus Marcus Ware. Produced by Rodney Diverlus and Syrus Marcus Ware; Choreography by Rodney Diverlus; Scenic Design by Syrus Marcus Ware; Performed by Dedra McDermott, Ravyn Wngz, Brayden Cairns, Julia Cosentino, Chenise Mitchell; Costume Design by Diseiye Thompson
CHILD-ISH Theatre Venue 1 Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre Thursday August 8, 6:30 pm Monday August 12, 6:30 pm Wednesday August 14, 8:30 pm 75 minutes Aren’t we all a little childish when it comes to relationships? CHILD-ISH is a verbatim play drawn from interviews with children about love and dating. Children’s exact words are recontextualized into adult situations for adult actors, with surprising, hilarious and moving results.
Company: Sunny Drake and the CHILD-ISH Collective Written by Sunny Drake; Directed by Alan Dilworth; Associate Director - Katrina Darychuk; Dramaturgy (children) by Eponine Lee, Sumayya Iman Malik, Ozzy Rae Horvath; Dramaturgy (adult) by Brian Quirt; Performed by Walter Borden, Itir Arditi, Sonny Mills, Zorana Sadiq, Maggie Huculak; Young facilitators - Sadie Kopyto Primack, Elora Gerson, Owen Ross; Lighting Design by Kimberly Purtell; Set & Costume Design by Ken Mackenzie; Sound Design by Deanna Choi; Movement Direction by Monica Dottor; Stage Managed by Sarah Miller; Produced by Joel Klein and Sunny Drake; Development partners - Necessary Angel, Nightswimming, Theatre Passe Muraille, Roseneath Theatre, Why Not Theatre, National Arts Centre via The Collaborations The listed performance time includes a 15 minute Q&A.
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CLOSER Dance Venue Start point TMAC. Outdoor Thursday August 8, 9:30 pm Saturday August 10, 4:30 pm RP Saturday August 10, 7:00 pm Sunday August 11, 8:30 pm RP Monday August 12, 5:00 pm Monday August 12, 8:00 pm 30 minutes
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A dance in public space for this post /notso-post #metoo moment. Through forward motion (and some hard steps back), solidarity and connectivity are used as choreographic tools of propulsion and expression. Employing depth of field through a feminist lens, we see a group of individuals in something together. There is some progress, and yet it is incomplete, complex and never enough. CLOSER is an exasperated, timely response. Company: Jenn Goodwin Directed & Choreography by Jenn Goodwin; Performed by Lua Shayenne, Sarah Doucet, Brandy Leary, Ravyn Wingz & Anita Nittoly; Costumes by Sarah Doucet; Sound by Paul Shepherd & Valerie Calam/ Company Vice Versa
Crossing Into Lullaby Theatre/Music/Live Art/ Interdisciplinary Venue 1 Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Friday August 9, 5:00 pm Saturday August 10, 6:00 pm Sunday August 11, 12:00 pm 75 minutes
For souls caught between history and myth, there is no rest. Crossing Into Lullaby revisits the re-telling of a family story of an undiagnosable sickness that binds the living to the dead. Creator Dian Marie Bridge, alongside a multi-disciplinary team of artists, combine voice-work and electronic soundscapes in an attempt to break the bindings of unspoken fears and lay them to rest. Company: Good Walk Written & Directed by Dian Marie Bridge; Sound Design & Music by Aaron Dawson & Tuku Matthews; Movement Dramaturgy & Choreography by Djennie Laguerre The listed performance time includes a 15 minute Q&A.
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A Dark Horse in Low Light Theatre Presented in partnership with National Theatre School
realize that the ingrained bias in photographic technology has defined them as ‘other.’
Venue 1 Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
A Dark Horse in Low Light was first created and performed by students of Loretto College in Toronto, for the NTS Festival Ontario.
Sunday August 18, 12:30 pm
Written by Angela Rosete & Journey To
60 minutes Exposing the power of images. A Dark Horse in Low Light, by Angela Rosete, Journey To, and collaborators, explores how photographic technology has reinforced racial inequality from the first camera to current social media filters. Three friends, all young women of colour, challenge each other in their quest to belong. They come to 70
Continuing a partnership with the NTS Festival, SummerWorks is pleased to offer the creators of A Dark Horse in Low Light the opportunity to further develop their work with a group of professional artists and a SummerWorks audience. The listed performance time includes a 15 minute Q&A.
Deafy Theatre Presented in partnership with Why Not Theatre Venue 1 Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Friday, August 9, 8:15 pm Sunday August 11, 6:00 pm Wednesday August 14, 7:00 pm 75 minutes CC Integrated captioning and ASL throughout as part of the performance
Nathan Jesper has flown in for his big talk and is desperately late. Upon arriving, he launches into his speech but things are soon found to not be what they seem. Written and performed by Deaf performing artist Chris Dodd, Deafy blends ASL, spoken word, and captions, to weave a tragicomedy that deals with deafness, community, and what it really means to belong. Company: Follow the Signs Theatre Written and performed by Chris Dodd; Directed by Ashley Wright; Sound design by Darrin Hagen; Surtitle design by Milane Pridmore-Franz; Video design by Matt Schuurman The listed performance time includes a 15 minute Q&A.
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Footnote Number 12 Theatre Venue 4 Longboat Hall at The Great Hall Sunday August 11, 6:00 pm Tuesday August 13, 5:00 pm Friday August 16, 8:00 pm 75 minutes A reflection on commas, or tennis, or mortality… or the last 13 years. This monologue for two people asks you to observe a creature – a creature whose voice is being repeatedly modulated through digital means – as they try to reconcile a 13-year-old piece of writing with their conflicted contemporary condition.
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Footnote Number 12 asks you how much a shifting social context should influence the reading of the written word. Company: Spreafico Eckly & Theatre Replacement By Spreafico Eckly and Theatre Replacement; Conception, design and original text by James Long and Andrea Spreafico; Performed by James Long; Directed by: Andrea Spreafico; Sound Design and Live Modulation by Nancy Tam; Set Design and Construction by Philipp von Hase The listed performance time includes a 15 minute Q&A.
Gender Reveal Party Live Art/Theatre Venue 1 Theatre Centre Green Roof Saturday August 10, 12:00 pm Saturday August 10, 5:00 pm Sunday August 11, 6:30 pm Wednesday August 14, 6:00 pm Sunday August 18, 12:00 pm Sunday August 18, 5:00 pm
You’re invited! Enact a garden party fantasy of gender revelations, where the highlights and surprises shared are decided by the person doing the revealing (and where there are always more than two choices). Cold drinks and the cool breeze of gender freedom will be served. Company: Flamingo Rampant Creator and Toastmaster – S. Bear Bergman; Performed by a rotating, revelatory, celebratory cast
50 minutes RP All shows are Relaxed Performances. ASL shows are presented in American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken English. ASL-English Interpretation is also being provided to ensure full language access.
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I AM A GENIUS DOES ANYONE HERE KNOW ME? Interdisciplinary Venue 4 Longboat Hall at The Great Hall Monday August 12, 7:15 pm Tuesday August 13, 7:30 pm RP Thursday August 15, 5:00 pm 75 minutes Newfoundland-based artist Lois Brown shares a look into memory and dementia, value and worthlessness, and the rational and the magical. I AM A GENIUS… is an improvised sonic choreography of things, composed by Montreal-based James
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O’Callaghan and infused with Brown’s off-beat humour, her misuse of objects, and her genuine playfulness with the audience. Company: NAX Created by Lois Brown; Composition by James O’Callaghan; Performed by Lois Brown and James O’Callaghan; Stage managed by Emily Austin; Lighting Design by Phil Winters; Projection Design by Pat Dempsey; Dramaturgy by Thea Patterson and Emma Tibaldo; Additional dramaturgical contribution by Andrea Cooper; Administration by Marlene Cahill The listed performance time includes a 15 minute Q&A. Support to the creation by Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal, Pony Locale, The Canada Council for the Arts, Arts NL, Neighbourhood Dance Works, the Arts and Culture Centre St. John’s, Lisa Porter, Ann Connors, Tedd Robinson, Kenneth J. Harvey and the City of St. John’s.
The Nine Brains of the Human Mind Dance Double Billed with those, on the surface Presented in partnership with The School of Toronto Dance Theatre Venue 1 Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre Monday August 12, 8:45 pm Thursday August 15, 6:00 pm Sunday August 18, 1:45 pm 45 minutes
There are nine versions of the people you see on stage. A ‘you’ exists in each version. Choreographed by Tanveer Alam, awarded the 2019 Winchester Prize, and mentored by Peter Chin, The Nine Brains of the Human Mind reminds us of the existence of beauty. Company: The School of Toronto Dance Theatre Created by Tanveer Alam; Mentored by Peter Chin; Performed by Morgyn Aronyk-Schell, Emily Fonda, Heather Jefferys, Chloe Sandrelli, Claire Whitaker; Stage Managed by Noah Blatt; Project Managed by Julia Sasso The listed performance time includes a 15 minute Q&A.
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Public Good Live Art/Theatre Venue 2 Toronto Media Arts Centre Gamma Gallery Wednesday, August 14, 5:30 pm Thursday August 15, 8:30 pm Saturday August 17, 12:00 pm Saturday August 17, 5:00 pm Sunday August 18, 5:00 pm 90 minutes RP All shows are Relaxed Performances.
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Public Good is an interactive, participatory performance where the audience is asked to come to a collective agreement in the face of an unprecedented moment of conflict and change. In an emergency, what are the rules and social norms we agree to? Can we preserve our values in a new era of scarcity? Created by Rose Plotek & Philip McKee The listed performance time includes a 30 minute Q&A.
Safe and Sorry Theatre Venue 1 Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre Friday August 9, 9:45 pm Tuesday August 13, 7:45 pm Friday August 16, 5:00 pm 60 minutes “Don’t hate the game, don’t hate yourself.” Keith Much is an ethical, savvy man who teaches a pragmatic dating and pick-up seminar called “Powerplay.” He coaches men through problems with body language, social cues, erotic performance, and communication in their relationships with women. Sudden online popularity floods his class with
challenging students from the darker corners of the internet, leading him to do the ill-advised: Keith Much reads the comments. Company: Lester Trips (Theatre) Created and Performed by Lauren Gillis and Alaine Hutton; Directed by Chelsea Dab Hilke; Consulting Direction by Adam Lazarus; Dramaturgy by Mel Hague; Film Design by Peter Demas; Sound Design by Kelly Anderson; Lighting and Video Design by Wesley McKenzie; Costume Design by Lauren Gillis and Alaine Hutton; Vocal Coaching by Fides Krucker; Choreographic Coaching by Angela Blumberg; Stage Managed by Laura Philipps; Produced by Lester Trips (Theatre)
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St. Peon of Parkdale Theatre Venue Start point TMAC. Outdoor Friday August 9, 8:00 pm Monday August 12, 6:30 pm Friday August 16, 7:00 pm Friday August 16, 9:00 pm 50 minutes
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Parking Enforcement Officer Rita Mae Nelson clears up some myths for you about parking and life in Parkdale. Join Rita through the streets of Queen Street West as she shares secrets of her job and the neighbourhood. St. Peon of Parkdale tackles the isms, poorly parked cars and the intersectionality of privilege. Thank you for not driving. Company: Theatre A Go Go Written and Directed by Caroline Azar;. Performed by Jamillah Ross; Research and Dramaturgy by James Partanen, PARC, Parkdale Community Economic Development Network, and Leslea Keurvorst; Produced by Ross and Azar for Theatre-A-Go-Go
those, on the surface Dance Double Billed with The Nine Brains of the Human Mind Presented in partnership with The School of Toronto Dance Theatre Venue 1 Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre Monday August 12, 8:45 pm Thursday August 15, 6:00 pm Sunday August 18, 1:45 pm 45 minutes
Exploring austerity, androgyny, and architecture, those, on the surface is a new dance piece from Kari Labrentz, awarded the 2019 Winchester Prize, and mentored by Peter Chin. Company: The School of Toronto Dance Theatre Created by Kari Labrentz; Mentored by Peter Chin; Performed by Morgyn Aronyk-Schell, Emily Fonda, Sophia Hassenstein, Heather Jefferys, Christina Litt Belch & Claire Whitaker; Stage Managed by Noah Blatt; Project Managed by Julia Sasso The listed performance time includes a 15 minute Q&A.
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White Heat Theatre Venue 4 Longboat Hall at The Great Hall Sunday August 11, 8:30 pm Monday August 12, 9.30 pm Wednesday August 14, 6:00 pm 75 – 90 minutes
A revealed identity leads to an impossible decision. Journalist Alice Kennings grapples with how to act after uncovering the identity of an alt-right podcast host calling for violence against the media. Based on real events, White Heat is a play about all the things we justify to ourselves. Company: Pressgang Theatre Written by Graham Isador; Directed by Jill Harper; Performed by Makambe Simamba and Tim Walker; Sound Design by Christopher Ross-Ewart The listed performance time includes a 15 minute Q&A on August 11 and 12; and a 30 minute longtable on August 14
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Worry Warts Theatre Venue 2 Toronto Media Arts Centre Expansion Space Worry Warts Depot Various Time Slots: Saturday August 10, 12:00 – 10:15 pm Sunday August 11, 12:00 – 10:15 pm Monday August 12, 5:00 – 10:00 pm Tuesday August 13, 5:00 – 10:00 pm Wednesday August 14, 5:00 – 10:00 pm Thursday August 15, 5:00 – 10:00 pm Sharings: Saturday August 17, 1:00 pm, 3:30 pm, 7:00 pm Sunday August 18, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm Depot: 30 minutes Sharings: 60 minutes Anxiety is at an all-time high, and Convergence
Theatre wants to know: what keeps you up at night? People of all ages are invited to share their worries with the artistic team in a 30-minute one-on-one experience. Anonymous excerpts of collected transcripts will culminate in a series of performances on the final weekend of the Festival. Company: Convergence Theatre Conceived and directed by Julie Tepperman; Designed by Anahita Dehbonehie; Assistant Directed by Sadie Epstein-Fine; Featuring and Co-created by Noah Beemer, Katherine Cullen, Colin A. Doyle, Sadie Epstein-Fine, Jeff Ho, Tal Katz, Jajube Mandiela, Faly Mevamanana, Natasha Ramondino, Tennille Read, Tymika Tafari, Julie Tepperman, Andy Trithardt, Margarita Valderrama & Arielle Zamora, with child consultants Alan Cui & Amelia Greenblattt All attendees of the Depot will be given the opportunity to attend the Sharings. Tickets for Sharings will also be available at door, subject to availability. 81
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