August 3 – 13, 2017
As a festival that brings together performance nationally and internationally, we wish to acknowledge that SummerWorks takes place on the traditional territory, Tkaronto, “Where the Trees Meet the Water,” “The Gathering Place,” of the Mississauga, Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Huron-Wendat Nations. As we come together we pay our respects to all our relations who have gathered and will continue to gather in this place.
At a glance Welcome Messages How This Works Who We Are Ticket Information Funders & Sponsors Awards Accessibility Map Full Schedule The Festival Hub SummerWorks Back Patio Parties
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Partnerships The AMY Project The Winchester Prize
Sears Ontario Drama Festival Toile TxD Presenting Partnerships
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SummerWorks Lab Workshop Series Open Studios Audio Workshop for Artists Artist in Residence CdnStudio Community Meal
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Art of the App Going&Coming Nocturne the last chance you'll ever have
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S.L.I.P. Core Dialogue: Arts, Access, and Aesthetics (re)conciliation: Integrating Indigeneity and Decolonizing Performance Practice The Creative Case for Relaxed Performance Anti-Oppression and Anti-Racism Workshop
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Shows Almeida (The Glorious) The Archivist Are We Not Horses – The Sci-Fi Summer Musical August, Augusta Bodies of Water Boys in Chairs Catacomb CdnStudio The Chemical Valley Project Community Meal: Organic Community Gathering Crush on Humans DIVINE Dolphin Erased: Billy and Bayard Explosions for the 21st Century The First Time I Saw The Sea Ghost Days How to Relax ICÔNE POP The Invisible City Landline Less Let’s Try This Standing The Lost Ones Lulling Time Mother Sea / Manman La Mer The Nails Nashville Stories O Nosso Fado The Only Good Indian Paths Pearle Harbour’s Chautauqua PERFECTION PORTRAIT The Principle of Pleasure Professionally Ethnic Public Reading Reality Theatre Reassembled, Slightly Askew Rootless Ruin Road Serenity Wild The Smile Off Your Face Someone Between Spawn These Violent Delights To Do, To Don’t The Unpacking Unveiled Verisimilitude The Waves What Do You See? What Linda Said White Man’s Indian
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Thank Shows you for being a part of the SummerWorks Performance Festival community. Your ongoing support and involvement has ensured the continuation of the Festival, and our evolution into one of the country’s largest platforms for launching new Canadian work. Over the past five years alone, Festival alumni have won over 75 Dora Awards, three Governor General's Awards, and multiple Festival premieres have moved on to successful tours in New York, and across Western Canada, and Europe. We have big ideas and hopes for the future – expanding our artistic development and community engagement programs, expanding on our international exchanges, and continuing to foster hybrid forms and cross-disciplinary collaborations. As we move forward, we’re committed to keeping the Festival accessible by keeping ticket prices low, and reducing entrance fees for artists. You can help us achieve our goals by donating to SummerWorks today. There are two simple ways to donate: 1. Online at summerworks.ca/donate. 2. Before or after every SummerWorks performance with a Festival staff member. We hope you’ll help us build momentum as we embark on our next adventure.
Welcome Welcome to the 27th SummerWorks Performance Festival. How do we come together? Imagining the creative possibilities for this year’s Festival began by considering the many ways that performance connects us. SummerWorks has always been a place where different people, ideas, forms, and perspectives intersect. This year’s SummerWorks brings together an incredible group of artists and partner organizations to offer you – our audience – a convergence point: a place where artists experiment with the nature of collaboration, the performeraudience relationship, and the ways we connect across cultural and geographic divides. Here, we can come together to consider some of the most important, provocative, daring, beautiful, intimate, and challenging ideas reflective of our time. We come together by listening – listening to each other, listening to the body, listening to the land, and giving space to voices not otherwise heard. Live performance offers a rare moment when strangers can share a space and engage with big ideas, and I encourage you to be bold, and open, and adventurous in the stories you choose to hear. We come together by breaking down barriers to access – we commit to this for our artists and audience. This includes offering Relaxed Performances (RP), ensuring all programming is wheelchair accessible, and offering ASL Interpretation at more events and performances than ever before, including our free Opening and Closing Night Parties. Our SummerWorks Leadership Intensive Program continues this commitment with a series of free workshops focused on how to remove barriers and dismantle systems of oppression through artistic practice. We come together in unconventional spaces – exploring familiar spaces with a sense of wonder and rediscovering them anew. This year’s artists connect audiences through experiences in theatres and galleries, but also in parks, a public pool, a community greenhouse, the network of Toronto’s city streets, and even your own home.
We come together to support new ideas – by sharing process, learning together, and through conversation. In our SummerWorks Lab, you’ll have the opportunity to witness work at early stages of development and participate in performance experiments where your input and involvement will impact the future of these creations. We’ve also introduced post-show discussions to make space for the difficult conversations that SummerWorks artists are bringing to the table, and we hope you’ll join us for them. We come together through new technology – collapsing distance and engaging with our surroundings in new ways. This year’s Festival features works that change our perception of space and connect artists and audiences in different places, in real time. We’re also launching our SummerWorks App, which contains exclusive content created for you by artists to enhance your Festival experience in between shows. We come together to celebrate. At its core, SummerWorks is a community. That is why we’ve created spaces for you to connect with the artists and audiences that make SummerWorks happen. Join us on the Back Patio at Pia Bouman for the first-ever SummerWorks Late Night series, where a stellar lineup of local artists will create a unique space for you to socialize, party, and celebrate. My hope is that SummerWorks continues to be a public address system, enabling multiple voices and perspectives to be amplified, amounting to so much more than the sum of its individual parts, and that it will always be a place where you will find connection – with the work and with others. Thank you for joining us. With love,
Laura Nanni Artistic and Managing Director
Welcome
I am pleased to extend my warmest greetings to everyone attending the 27th SummerWorks Performance Festival. Since 1991, the SummerWorks Performance Festival has provided a platform for emerging artists from across Canada to showcase their talents. I am certain that everyone in attendance will enjoy this collaborative and diverse celebration of artistic expression featuring theatre, dance, music, and live art performances. I would like to commend the organizers for their hard work in coordinating this event. I would also like to thank the many volunteers whose efforts ensure the smooth operation of this festival year after year. On behalf of the Government of Canada, I wish you all an enjoyable and enriching experience.
Welcome to the 2017 SummerWorks Performance Festival. Arts and culture define us and bring us together. They link communities across the country. They enrich our lives and broaden our horizons. This is why we are proud to support the 27th edition of the SummerWorks Performance Festival, Canada’s largest curated performance festival of theatre, dance, music and live art. Each August, the Festival welcomes Canadian creators of wide-ranging backgrounds and perspectives, creating an inclusive and diverse meeting place for contemporary work. Along with presenting original performances to Toronto audiences, the Festival plays an important role in providing mentorship and professional development opportunities for Canada’s young performing artists. As Minister of Canadian Heritage, I want to thank all of the organizers and volunteers who contribute their time and effort to make this event such a success. Enjoy the Festival!
Kathleen Wynne Premier
The Rt. Hon. Justin P.J. Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada Mélanie Joly Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages
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On behalf of the Government of Ontario, I am delighted to extend warm greetings to everyone taking part in the SummerWorks Performance Festival. I commend the SummerWorks Performance Festival for the important role it plays in supporting and nurturing the talent and potential of emerging and established artists, and in engaging festival-goers through a lively and accessible experience. Now in its 27th year, this festival continues to do much to enhance the vibrancy and vitality of Ontario’s cultural landscape. I would also like to recognize all those who have been instrumental in making this year’s festival a reality, including the artists, sponsors, volunteers, and of course the enthusiastic audiences. I offer my sincere best wishes for what I am sure will be another successful and inspiring festival, and for much continued success.
It is my pleasure to extend greetings and a warm welcome to everyone attending SummerWorks Performance Festival. In Toronto, arts and culture are integral components of our cultural and economic fabric. They are platforms that enrich and enhance the lives of many.
I am delighted that wonderful events like yours are taking place in Toronto. Arts and culture can be incredible forces for the development of an individual, group or community, and the promotion of intercultural connections that include tolerance, understanding, friendship and social cohesion.
On behalf of Toronto City Council, please accept my best wishes for an enjoyable event and continued success.
I would like to extend my sincerest greetings to all of you attending the 27th edition of the SummerWorks Performance Festival. The arts are an essential piece of Toronto’s cultural fabric and it is important to take the time to celebrate the unique talents of those who contribute to our diverse society. Founded in 1991, SummerWorks is Canada’s largest curated performance festival of theatre, dance, music, and live art. SummerWorks provides a subsidized model that enables space for courageous creators to make and present their
work, reach out to new audiences and engage in professional development. In addition, SummerWorks continues to show commitment to youth, by showcasing their work, creating learning and mentorship opportunities and skills development to get them ready to enter professional environments. I am incredibly thankful for the leadership role taken by SummerWorks for organizing this wonderful exhibition to display the growth and promotion of the diversity of arts within the city. Thank you for encouraging and sharing the work of local, national and
international artists. This art exhibition is a great addition to Toronto’s diverse cultural mosaic. Please accept my well wishes for a successful event!
Dear neighbours, performers and fellow art lovers, As the Toronto City Councillor, for Ward 18, Davenport, local resident and an enthusiastic supporter of the arts, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 27th Anniversary of the SummerWorks Performance Festival. Toronto is defined by the diversity and richness of our cultural and artistic community and the SummerWorks Performance Festival continues to cultivate collaborative relationships between artists, producers, and organizers. With
venues across the vibrant West Queen West neighbourhood, this festival offers an exciting opportunity for audiences to experience a diversity of cutting edge acts. Through its vision to support artistic risk and innovative performance, the SummerWorks Performance Festival continues to grow and enrich the vibrancy or Toronto’s arts scene. Drawing together visitors and performers locally and internationally, this festival has fostered a creative milieu of cultural exchange and artistic empowerment.
With a diversity of creative energies and talent on offer, this year’s performance will be sure to captivate audience imaginations. I wish the festival organizers continued success and hope that you enjoy the show!
As City Councillor for Ward 19, Trinity-Spadina, it is my great pleasure to welcome you all to the 2017 SummerWorks Performance Festival. This year marks the 27th year of what has grown to become the largest juried festival in Canada. The festival is the highlight of the summer calendar for an ever-increasing number of Torontonians. Year after year, SummerWorks contributes to the vibrancy of the city by
offering a wide range of performances in music, theatre, dance, and live art along Queen Street West. The festival is a testament to the fact that Toronto is, and will continue to be, a city where the arts come to thrive. Congratulations to all those who have worked to deliver an exciting festival each and every year.
Welcome once again to the 2017 SummerWorks Performance Festival, and I thank you for continuing to support the arts in Toronto.
John Tory Mayor, City of Toronto
Joe Cressy City Councillor, Ward 20, Trinity–Spadina
Ana Bailão Toronto City Councillor, Ward 18, Davenport
Mike Layton City Councillor, Ward 19, Trinity–Spadina
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How This Works About SummerWorks
How This Works For You
The SummerWorks Community
The SummerWorks Performance Festival is Canada’s largest curated performance festival. Widely recognized as one of the most important platforms for launching new work, SummerWorks annually features over 50 performance projects during its 11-day Festival.
Figure out what you want to see. SummerWorks houses a vast array of work. You can explore our programming in this Program Guide, at summerworks.ca, or on our brand new SummerWorks App.
SummerWorks is more than a festival – it is a place where 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 the Festival could not exist.
SummerWorks supports work that has a clear artistic vision and explores a specific aesthetic. It encourages 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.
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2 Get your tickets. You can buy single tickets or, if you’re seeing more than one show, we offer 7-Show and 10-Show Passes as well as a new Long Weekend Pass. Tickets and passes can be purchased in advance or at the door. 3 Be on time! In a tightly scheduled Festival, all shows must start on time, and many do not permit latecomers. 4 Get involved. Grab a drink at the Hub, attend a party, hang out on the SummerWorks Back Patio, or connect on social media with the hashtag #SW17.
The most important thing to know is that no matter who you are, SummerWorks is for you. Thank you for being here with us.
In addition to the artistic programming, every day of the Festival features a variety of different events that bring the community together. Our nightly SummerWorks Late Nights are a space for you to connect with your fellow audience members and Festival artists, while our SummerWorks Lab forges new connections within the artistic community and let’s you inside the process of creation. From private networking opportunities, to public community meals, to the closing night awards ceremony where we celebrate the best of the Fest, there are so many ways for you to be involved.
Who we are Artistic and Managing Director Laura Nanni
Patron Services & Outreach Manager Gloria Mok
Curatorial Associate Tina Fushell*
Outreach Coordinators Victoria Lacey and Jessica Watkin
Ann Connors, Ravi Jain, Wanda Nanibush, Kevin Ormsby and Joyce Rosario
Producer – Offsite and Special Projects Cathy Gordon
Volunteer Coordinator Felicia Daisy
Board
Associate Producers – Programming Kari Pederson and Devon Jackson Associate Producer – Fundraising and Development Sue Balint Producer – Industry Activities Chris Reynolds Production Manager – Main Venue Programming Peter Eaton Production Manager – Offsite and Special Projects Charissa Wilcox Assistant Production Manager David Costello
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Festival Assistants Mikaela Demers and Christopher Manousos Festival Intern Taylor Balint Bookkeeper Cynthia Murdy Marketing Manager Mark Aikman Festival Publicist Red Eye Media Graphic Design Monnet Design App and Web Developers Stewart Innes and Lukas Steinman Bar Manager Raymond Ivey
Artistic Advisory
Board Chair Vanessa Grant Board Members Alan Dilworth, Hilary Green, Jennifer Pollock, Greg Schneider, Jennifer Stein * Made possible through the support of the George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation’s Performing Arts Internship Program
Ticket Information NEW THIS YEAR – PAY WHAT YOU DECIDE
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’re introducing a Pay What You Decide ticket option for every ticketed performance in the Festival. What does this mean? In addition to our usual $15 ticket, $25 and $35 tickets are also available – you 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. In addition to ticketed performances, there are also a number of shows and events that are either free or by donation. 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.
SINGLE TICKETS
PASSES
Single Performance: $15, $25, or $35 Single Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance.
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.
AT THE DOOR TICKETS
Venue box offices start selling tickets for each show one hour prior to its performance time. 25% of house capacity is reserved for at the door sales. Venue box offices accept cash only. IN ADVANCE
Advance tickets are available up until 3 hours before show time and can be purchased as follows: Online at summerworks.ca. In person at the SummerWorks Central Box Office. B y phone at 647 335 5516, during Central Box Office hours.
Tickets purchased in advance are subject to convenience fees. Online convenience fee: $2.50/ticket CENTRAL BOX OFFICE
Located in the lobby of Factory Theatre, the Central Box Office is staffed by Festival experts and enthusiasts willing to answer any and all questions.
2. No refunds or exchanges.
At the Central Box Office you can purchase tickets to all Festival performances up to three hours before showtime, buy 7-Show, 10-Show, or Long Weekend Passes, and pick up Industry and Artist Passes.
3. No re-entry.
Open August 1 – 13, 10 am – 7 pm
4. Performances are a maximum of 90 minutes, unless otherwise noted.
Factory Theatre (125 Bathurst St)
5. No photography or video recording is permitted. 6. The venue box offices accept cash only. 7. Please turn off all cell phones and other electronic devices in the theatres.
647 335 5516
There are three types of passes: At the Door Passes At Door Passes can be redeemed for tickets at the door one hour prior to showtime. They can be purchased at the SummerWorks Central Box Office and at venue box offices during the Festival. These passes cannot be used to purchase tickets online. 7-Show Pass: $85 10-Show Pass: $120 Advance Online Passes SummerWorks also offers a special Advance Online Pass that lets you book your tickets in advance, online. These passes are only available at summerworks.ca. The price of an Advance Online Pass includes our regular convenience fees ($2.50/ticket), so you won’t have to pay any additional fees when you book your tickets. Please note Advance Online Passes can only be used for online purchases, they cannot be used for in-person purchases at a Festival venue. 7-Show Pass: $95 10-Show Pass: $130 Long Weekend Pass This year, the opening weekend of the Festival falls on the August Long Weekend. Skip the traffic to cottage country and the crowded beaches, and get a Long Weekend Pass. This 3-Show Pass is our least expensive pass and can be redeemed for performances during the long weekend (August 5 – 7). At the Door Long Weekend Pass: $40 Advance Online Long Weekend Pass: $45
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Funders & Sponsors Lead Supporters
Music Presenter
Donors
Festival Patron: $5,000+ Vanessa Grant
Special Presentations Partners
Community Partners
Media Partner
SLIP Partners
Accessibility Partner
Festival Supporter: $1,000+ Jefferson & Sally Mappin Friend of the Festival: $100+ Dale Darychuk Barbara Fingerote Brett Ledger Jennifer Pollock Tamara Zielony
Supporter Graphic Design
Awards
Venue Partners
Printing
Thank You
Cole Alvis Lisa Aikman Lynne Auger Nina Lee Aquino Norman Armour Gideon Arthurs Bilal Baig Franco Boni Esther Bouman Pat Bradley Leah-Simone Bowen Claire Calnan Sam Chaiton Claire Burns Erica Campbell Naomi Campbell
Tim Carlson Jasmine Catudal Shannon Cochrane Ann Connors Alan Dilworth Cara Eastcott Sue Edworthy Amelia Ehrhardt Cherissa Greenidge Wayne Fairhead Sedina Fiati Lindsay Fisher Megan Flynn Pat Fraser Alicks Girowski Vanessa Grant Hilary Green
Lindy Green Nancy Guertin Judy Harquail Dustin Harvey Brendan Healy Jonathan Heppner Erika Hennebury Justin Ingraldi Ravi Jain Koba Johnson Nidhi Khanna Myung-Sun Kim Katie Leamen Clayton Lee Kristina Lemieux Leslie Lester Owais Lightwala
Fiona Lucas Kate McMillan Len Milley StĂŠphane Monnet Wanda Nanibush Kris Nelson Michael Orlando Kevin Ormsby Adam Paolozza Deborah Pearson William Peat Jennifer Pollock Andrew Pulsifer Kelly Read Christopher Reynolds Josephine Ridge
Joyce Rosario Aislinn Rose Alicia Rose Noora Sagarwala Andrea Scott Julia Sasso Vivine Scarlett Nadine Sivak Frances Shakov Nerupa Somasale Sarah Stanley Lys Stevens Nico Szid Meara TubmanBroeren Michael Trent Natasha Udovic
John Van Burek Syrus Marcus Ware Sage Willow Adrienne Wong Alison Wong Gein Wong Emma Wright Michael Wheeler Our funders, donors, community partners, supporters, artists, volunteers, staff, and audience members.
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 performance professionals, with the exception of the NOW Magazine Audience Choice Award, which is determined by 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 A $500 cash prize awarded for outstanding direction of a work at the Festival. 8
The Contra Guys Award for New Performance Text
The NOW Magazine Audience Choice Award
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 performancemaker for an outstanding new work (script or performance text).
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.
The Jon Kaplan Spotlight Award
The prize is a free trip back to the Festival next year. All companies presenting new work are eligible.
Awarded to a featured artist in a SummerWorks show. The winner receives an Unlimited Pass to the Festival next year.
The Theatre Centre Emerging Artist Award A $500 cash prize awarded to an artist early in their career who made an artistic impression during the Festival.
SummerWorks Prize for Production
The winners of all seven awards will be announced at our Closing Night Party at Factory Theatre on Sunday, August 13.
Accessibility SummerWorks Performance Festival is committed to accessibility for all audiences. If you have access needs or a question about accessibility at the Festival, contact our Patron Services and Outreach Manager, Gloria Mok at gloria@summerworks.ca or call our Festival Box Office at 647 335 5516. You can also find more information at summerworks.ca/access PHYSICAL ACCESS
For the first time ever, all of our venues – including off-site performances, workshops, and parties – have accessible entrances and washrooms thanks to our Accessibility Partner, The Stopgap Foundation. 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.
FINANCIAL ACCESS
RELAXED PERFORMANCES
Pay It Forward
Relaxed Performances are specifically designed to welcome people who will benefit from a more relaxed performance environment, including people with an Autism Spectrum Condition, sensory and communication disorders, or a learning disability. These performances will have a relaxed attitude to noise and movement.
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. There’s no limit to how much we, as a community, can give. Donated tickets will be distributed through North York Arts, East End Arts, Etobicoke Arts, Lakeshore Arts, and Scarborough Arts. 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.
Companies within the Festival have been encouraged to designate performances as Relaxed. More information on what to expect at a Relaxed Performance can be found on the SummerWorks website. RP – Look for this Relaxed Performance symbol in the show listings to see which shows are offering a Relaxed Performance option and visit summerworks.ca/access for show times. ASL INTERPRETATION
SummerWorks will be providing ASL interpretation for the performances and speeches at our opening and closing parties, at all of our S.L.I.P. workshops, and companies within the Festival have been encouraged to offer interpretation at one of their performances. In addition, several events – such as our Community Meal – can be enjoyed equally by d/Deaf and hearing audiences without the need for interpretation. – Look for this symbol in the show listings or visit summerworks.ca/access for a schedule of ASL interpreted performances.
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Schedule
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Artscape Youngplace 180 Shaw Street Studio 103 Studio 107 Studio 109 Factory Theatre 125 Bathurst Street
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Pia Bouman School of Ballet and Creative Movement 6 Noble Street S ummerWorks Back Patio S cotiabank Studio Theatre S tudio B S tudio D
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The Theatre Centre 1115 Queen Street West B MO Incubator Café E xterior Franco Boni Theatre Upper Lobby
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Your Home Mobile performance that begins in your home
11:00 pm
The Smile Off Your Face (7 pm – 10 pm)
Artscape Youngplace Studio 107 Factory Theatre Courtyard
Opening Night Party (10 pm – 2 am)
Factory Theatre Mainspace Factory Theatre Studio
10:30 pm
10:00 pm
9:30 pm
9:00 pm
8:30 pm
8:00 pm
7:30 pm
7:00 pm
6:30 pm
6:00 pm
5:30 pm
5:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:00 pm
Thursday August 3
SPAWN (60min) Someone Between (75min)
Reality Theatre (60min) What Linda Said (75min)
Scotiabank Studio Theatre
Almeida (The Glorious) (75min)
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
Mother Sea / Manman la Mer & What Do You See? (75min)
The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
PORTRAIT (60min) Franco Boni Theatre
Rootless (60min) PERFECTION & Chemical Valley Project (75min) Dolphin & How to Relax (75min)
August, Augusta & Less (75min)
Your Home
The Invisible City (24 hours) (2nd start time 11:00 pm)
Theatre
Interdisciplinary
Dance
SummerWorks Lab
Live Art
Music
Events
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Paths (90min)
Artscape Youngplace Studio 109 Factory Theatre Mainspace
Let's Try This Standing (60min)
Factory Theatre Studio
DIVINE (75min)
The Waves (60min)
11:00 pm
Erased: Billy & Bayard (75min)
Rootless (60min)
The Only Good Indian (75min) SummerWorks Late Night (9:30 pm – 1 am)
Pia Bouman Studio B
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min)
Scotiabank Studio Theatre
Shaw Park
Lulling Time (3 pm – 8 pm)
The Theatre Centre Café
* Mother Sea / Manman la Mer & What Do You See? (75min)
The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min)
Verisimilitude (60min)
Pearle Harbour's Chautauqua (75min)
White Man's Indian (60min)
Explosions for the 21st Century (60min)
ICÔNE POP & To Do, To Don't (75min)
Trinity Bellwoods Park Greenhouse
Ruin Road (60min)
Catacomb (50min)
Your Home
Serenity Wild (75min)
The Principle of Pleasure (60min) Catacomb (50min) The Invisible City (24 hours) (2nd start time 11:00 pm)
* Artists + Presenters Morning Coffee (90min) from 10:00 am – 11:30 am
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10:30 pm
Paths (90min)
Pia Bouman Back Patio
Theatre
10:00 pm
The Smile Off Your Face (7 pm – 10 pm)
Artscape Youngplace Studio 107
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
9:30 pm
9:00 pm
8:30 pm
8:00 pm
7:30 pm
7:00 pm
6:30 pm
6:00 pm
5:30 pm
5:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:00 pm
3:30 pm
3:00 pm
Friday August 4
Interdisciplinary
SummerWorks Lab
Live Art
Factory Theatre Mainspace
SPAWN (60min)
Someone Between (75min)
Paths (90min)
DIVINE (75min)
What Linda Said (75min)
these violent delights (60min) The Waves (60min)
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min)
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min) Almeida (The Glorious) (75min)
The Nails (75min)
10:30 pm
Rootless (60min)
O Nosso Fado (60min)
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min)
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min)
The Archivist (75min)
Pearle Harbour's Chautauqua (75min)
Lulling Time (3 pm – 8 pm)
Shaw Park
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
Dolphin & How to Relax (75min)
The Theatre Centre Exterior
White Man's Indian (60min)
Explosions… 21st Century (60min)
Professionally Ethnic (75min)
Public Reading (2 pm – 6 pm) ICÔNE POP & To Do, To Don't (75min)
August, Augusta & Less (75min)
Trinity Bellwoods Park Greenhouse
PORTRAIT (60min)
Nashville Stories (75min)
Catacomb (50min)
Your Home
Dance
11:00 pm
Let's Try This Standing (60min)
SummerWorks Late Night (9:30 pm – 1 am)
Scotiabank Studio Theatre
The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
10:00 pm
9:00 pm
Paths (90min)
Pia Bouman Back Patio Pia Bouman Studio B
9:30 pm
8:30 pm
8:00 pm
7:30 pm
The Smile Off Your Face (7 pm – 10 pm)
Paths (Gallery Viewing) (120min)
Artscape Youngplace Studio 109
7:00 pm
6:30 pm
6:00 pm
5:30 pm
5:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:00 pm
3:30 pm
3:00 pm
2:30 pm
2:00 pm
The Smile Off Your Face (1 pm – 4 pm)
Artscape Youngplace Studio 107
Factory Theatre Studio
1:30 pm
1:00 pm
12:30 pm
12:00 pm
11:30 am
11:00 am
Saturday August 5
The Principle of Pleasure (60min) Catacomb (50min) The Invisible City (24 hours) (2nd start time 11:00 pm)
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Schedule
The Smile Off Your Face (1 pm – 4 pm)
Artscape Youngplace Studio 107
Factory Theatre Mainspace
these violent delights (60min)
Factory Theatre Studio
The Only Good Indian (75min)
Paths (90min)
Reality Theatre (60min) The Nails (75min)
DIVINE (75min)
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min)
What Linda Said (75min)
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min)
Almeida (The Glorious) (75min)
Someone Between (75min)
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min) Pearle Harbour's Chautauqua (75min)
PERFECTION & Chemical Valley Project (75min)
White Man's Indian (60min) PORTRAIT (60min)
Dolphin & How to Relax (75min)
Professionally Ethnic (75min)
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11:00 pm
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min) The Archivist (75min)
ICÔNE POP & To Do, To Don't (75min)
Serenity Wild (75min)
Nashville Stories (75min)
Trinity Bellwoods Park Greenhouse
Theatre
Rootless (60min)
Lulling Time (3 pm – 8 pm)
Shaw Park
The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
10:30 pm
SPAWN (60min)
SummerWorks Late Night (9:30 pm – 1 am)
Scotiabank Studio Theatre
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
10:00 pm
9:00 pm
Paths (90min)
Pia Bouman Back Patio Pia Bouman Studio B
9:30 pm
8:30 pm
8:00 pm
7:30 pm
The Smile Off Your Face (7 pm – 10 pm)
Paths (Gallery Viewing) (120min)
Artscape Youngplace Studio 109
7:00 pm
6:30 pm
6:00 pm
5:30 pm
5:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:00 pm
3:30 pm
3:00 pm
2:30 pm
2:00 pm
1:30 pm
1:00 pm
12:30 pm
12:00 pm
11:30 am
11:00 am
Sunday August 6
Ruin Road (60min)
Catacomb (50min)
Interdisciplinary
SummerWorks Lab
Live Art
Explosions… 21st Century (60min) August, Augusta & Less (75min) Catacomb (50min)
Factory Theatre Mainspace
Let's Try This Standing (60min)
Factory Theatre Studio
The Waves (60min)
Rootless (60min)
Someone Between (75min)
Reality Theatre (60min)
The Nails (75min)`
11:00 pm
What Linda Said (75min) SummerWorks Late Night (9:30 pm – 1 am)
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min)
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min)
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min)
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min)
Pia Bouman Studio D
The Unpacking (90min) Pearle Harbour's Chautauqua (75min)
Audio Workshop for Artists (1 pm – 4 pm)
Scotiabank Studio Theatre
Serenity Wild (75min)
Mother Sea / Manman la Mer & What Do You See? (75min)
Professionally Ethnic (75min)
The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
Dance
10:30 pm
these violent delights (60min)
Pia Bouman Back Patio
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
9:30 pm
Boys in Chairs (90min)
Artscape Youngplace Studio 103
Pia Bouman Studio B
10:00 pm
9:00 pm
8:30 pm
8:00 pm
7:30 pm
7:00 pm
6:30 pm
6:00 pm
5:30 pm
5:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:00 pm
3:30 pm
3:00 pm
2:30 pm
2:00 pm
1:30 pm
1:00 pm
12:30 pm
12:00 pm
11:30 am
11:00 am
Monday August 7
Nashville Stories (75min)
Music
PERFECTION & Chemical Valley Project (75min) White Man's Indian (60min)
August, Augusta & Less (75min)
Dolphin & How to Relax (75min)
Ruin Road (60min)
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Schedule
Artscape Youngplace Studio 103
Core Dialogue (10 am – 1 pm)
11:00 pm
The Smile Off Your Face (7 pm – 10 pm)
Factory Theatre Mainspace
Reality Theatre (60min)
Factory Theatre Studio
Someone Between (75min)
SPAWN (60min)
DIVINE (75min)
The Waves (60min)
Pia Bouman Back Patio
The Nails (75min) SummerWorks Late Night (9:30 pm – 1 am)
Pia Bouman Studio B
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min)
Reassembled, Slightly Askew (90min) Crush on Humans (75min)
Scotiabank Studio Theatre The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
Mother Sea / Manman la Mer & What Do You See? (75min)
Serenity Wild (75min)
Explosions for the 21st Century (60min)
The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
Nashville Stories (75min)
Your Home
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10:30 pm
9:30 pm
(re)conciliation Workshop (2 pm – 5 pm)
Artscape Youngplace Studio 107
Theatre
10:00 pm
9:00 pm
8:30 pm
8:00 pm
7:30 pm
7:00 pm
6:30 pm
6:00 pm
5:30 pm
5:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:00 pm
3:30 pm
3:00 pm
2:30 pm
2:00 pm
1:30 pm
1:00 pm
12:30 pm
12:00 pm
11:30 am
11:00 am
Tuesday August 8
PORTRAIT (60min)
The Principle of Pleasure (60min) The Invisible City (24 hours) (2nd start time 11:00 pm)
Interdisciplinary
SummerWorks Lab
Live Art
Artscape Youngplace Studio 103
Relaxed Performance Workshop (10 am – 1 pm)
11:00 pm
10:30 pm
The Smile Off Your Face (7 pm – 10 pm)
Factory Theatre Mainspace
DIVINE (75min)
Let's Try This Standing (60min)
Factory Theatre Studio
The Only Good Indian (75min)
Rootless (60min)
these violent delights (60min) The Waves (60min)
Pia Bouman Back Patio
SummerWorks Late Night (9:30 pm – 1 am) Almeida (The Glorious) (75min)
Scotiabank Studio Theatre
Dolphin & How to Relax (75min)
Unveiled (60min)
The Theatre Centre Exterior
PERFECTION & Chemical Valley Project (75min) Professionally Ethnic (75min)
Explosions for the 21st Century (60min)
Public Reading (5 pm – 8 pm)
The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
Ruin Road (60min)
Your Home
Dance
9:30 pm
Anti-Oppression and Anti-Racism Workshop (2 pm – 5 pm)
Artscape Youngplace Studio 107
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
10:00 pm
9:00 pm
8:30 pm
8:00 pm
7:30 pm
7:00 pm
6:30 pm
6:00 pm
5:30 pm
5:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:00 pm
3:30 pm
3:00 pm
2:30 pm
2:00 pm
1:30 pm
1:00 pm
12:30 pm
12:00 pm
11:30 am
11:00 am
Wednesday August 9
August, Augusta & Less (75min)
The Principle of Pleasure (60min) The Invisible City (24 hours) (2nd start time 11:00 pm)
Music
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Schedule 11:00 pm
10:30 pm
The Smile Off Your Face (7 pm – 10 pm)
Artscape Youngplace Studio 107 Factory Theatre Mainspace
these violent delights (60min)
Factory Theatre Studio
The First Time I Saw The Sea (60min)
The Only Good Indian (75min)
Let's Try This Standing (60min)
Reality Theatre (60min)
The Nails (75min)
What Linda Said (75min)
Pia Bouman Back Patio Pia Bouman Studio B
10:00 pm
9:00 pm
9:30 pm
8:30 pm
8:00 pm
7:30 pm
7:00 pm
6:30 pm
6:00 pm
5:30 pm
5:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:00 pm
3:30 pm
3:00 pm
2:30 pm
2:00 pm
1:30 pm
1:00 pm
12:30 pm
12:00 pm
11:30 am
11:00 am
Thursday August 10
SummerWorks Late Night (9:30 pm – 1 am) Open Studios (11 am – 5 pm) Toile (60min)
Scotiabank Studio Theatre
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
Crush on Humans (75min)
Mother Sea / Manman la Mer & What Do You See? (75min)
White Man's Indian (60min)
The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
Pearle Harbour's Chautauqua (75min)
August, Augusta & Less (75min)
Serenity Wild (75min)
Nashville Stories (75min)
The Principle of Pleasure (60 min)
Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre Pool
BODIES OF WATER (45 min)
Your Home
The Invisible City (24 hours) (2nd start time 11:00 pm)
Theatre 20
Interdisciplinary
SummerWorks Lab
Live Art
Factory Theatre Mainspace
SPAWN (60min)
Factory Theatre Studio
The First Time I Saw The Sea (60min)
these violent delights (60min)
11:00 pm
Are We Not Horses? (10:00 pm – 12:30 am) The Only Good Indian (75min)
The Waves (60min)
Someone Between (75min)
Pia Bouman Back Patio
SummerWorks Late Night (9:30 pm – 1 am)
Pia Bouman Studio B
Landline (1 pm – 3:30 pm) CdnStudio (60min)
Scotiabank Studio Theatre
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
10:30 pm
The Smile Off Your Face (7 pm – 10 pm)
Artscape Youngplace Studio 107
The Theatre Centre Café
10:00 pm
9:30 pm
9:00 pm
8:30 pm
8:00 pm
7:30 pm
7:00 pm
6:30 pm
6:00 pm
5:30 pm
5:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:00 pm
3:30 pm
3:00 pm
2:30 pm
2:00 pm
1:30 pm
1:00 pm
12:30 pm
12:00 pm
11:30 am
11:00 am
Friday August 11
PERFECTION & Chemical Valley Project (75min)
The Archivist (75min)
* Unveiled (60min)
Dolphin & How to Relax (75min)
Professionally Ethnic (75min)
The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
Nashville Stories (75min)
Ruin Road (60min)
White Man's Indian (60min)
Explosions for the 21st Century (60min) PORTRAIT (60min)
The Principle of Pleasure (60min)
Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre Pool
BODIES OF WATER (45 min)
Your Home
The Invisible City (24 hours) (2nd start time 11:00 pm)
* Artists + Presenters Morning Coffee (90min) from 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Dance
Music
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Schedule
Factory Theatre Studio
What Linda Said (75min)
The Waves (60min)
these violent delights (60min)
DIVINE (75min)
The Nails (75min)
Someone Between (75min)
11:00 pm
The Only Good Indian (75min) SummerWorks Late Night (9:30 pm – 1 am)
Pia Bouman Studio B
Landline (1 pm – 3:30 pm) Pearle Harbour's Chautauqua (75min)
PERFECTION & Chemical Valley Project (75min)
Scotiabank Studio Theatre
Mother Sea / Manman la Mer & What Do You See? (75min)
Professionally Ethnic (75min)
The Theatre Centre Exterior The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre
10:30 pm
SPAWN (60min)
Pia Bouman Back Patio
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
10:00 pm
9:30 pm
9:00 pm
8:30 pm
8:00 pm
7:30 pm
The Smile Off Your Face (7 pm – 10 pm)
Reality Theatre (60min)
Let's Try This Standing (60min)
7:00 pm
6:30 pm
6:00 pm
5:30 pm
5:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:00 pm
3:30 pm
3:00 pm
2:30 pm
2:00 pm
1:30 pm
The Smile Off Your Face (1 pm – 4 pm)
Artscape Youngplace Studio 107 Factory Theatre Mainspace
1:00 pm
12:30 pm
12:00 pm
11:30 am
11:00 am
Saturday August 12
The Archivist (75min)
Explosions for the 21st Century (60min)
Crush on Humans (75min)
White Man's Indian (60min)
Serenity Wild (75min)
Public Reading (2 pm – 6 pm) PORTRAIT (60min)
Ruin Road (60min)
The Lost Ones (90min)
Nashville Stories (75min)
The Principle of Pleasure (60min)
Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre Pool
BODIES OF WATER (45 min)
Your Home
The Invisible City (24 hours) (2nd start time 11:00 pm)
Theatre 22
Interdisciplinary
SummerWorks Lab
Live Art
Factory Theatre Courtyard
DIVINE (75min)
Factory Theatre Studio
The Nails (75min)
Pia Bouman Studio B
Landline (1 pm – 3:30 pm) O Nosso Fado (60min)
The Theatre Centre Café
SPAWN (60min)
Verisimilitude (60min)
Dance
Let's Try This Standing (60min) Rootless (60min)
The Only Good Indian (75min)
Pearle Harbour's Chautauqua (75min)
PERFECTION & Chemical Valley Project (75min)
Reality Theatre (60min)
What Linda Said (75min)
Crush on Humans (75min)
Community Meal (90min) Mother Sea / Manman la Mer & What Do You See? (75min)
Serenity Wild (75min)
The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre The Theatre Centre Upper Lobby
11:00 pm
Closing Night Party (10:00 pm – 2 am)
Factory Theatre Mainspace
The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator
10:30 pm
The Smile Off Your Face (1 pm – 4 pm)
Artscape Youngplace Studio 107
Scotiabank Studio Theatre
10:00 pm
9:30 pm
9:00 pm
8:00 pm
8:30 pm
7:30 pm
7:00 pm
6:30 pm
6:00 pm
5:30 pm
5:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:00 pm
3:30 pm
3:00 pm
2:30 pm
2:00 pm
1:30 pm
1:00 pm
12:30 pm
12:00 pm
11:30 am
11:00 am
Sunday August 13
PORTRAIT (60min)
Professionally Ethnic (75min)
Ruin Road (60min)
Dolphin & How to Relax (75min)
August, Augusta & Less (75min)
Ghost Days (60min)
Music
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Events & Collaborations
SummerWorks Back Patio
The Festival Hub The Central Box Office + Information Booth
Factory Theatre 125 Bathurst Street
Located in the lobby of Factory Theatre, the Central Box Office is staffed by Festival experts and enthusiasts willing to answer any and all questions.
The Festival Hub returns to Factory Theatre. Come grab a drink and join the conversation with our artists and audiences. The Festival Hub also hosts our Central Box Office and plays host to our opening and closing parties.
At the Central Box Office you can purchase tickets to all Festival performances up to three hours before showtime, buy 7-Show, 10-Show, and Long Weekend Passes, and pick up Industry and Artist Passes.
Pia Bouman School of Ballet and Creative Movement 6 Noble Street Discover our hidden patio behind Pia Bouman. Come early, stay late, or enjoy your time between shows with a cold drink in the summer sun. The Back Patio opens one hour before the first performance of the day and stays open until 1 am to host SummerWorks Late Night.
Open August 1–13, 10 AM – 7 PM
Parties OPENING NIGHT PARTY
CLOSING NIGHT PARTY
to the multiverse, with love co-curated with Syrus Marcus Ware
from the multiverse, with love co-curated with Syrus Marcus Ware
Join us for an expansive multi-dimensional opening celebration featuring music by DJ Syrus Marcus Ware, a durational performance by Melisse Watson, and pop ups by Natasha Powell and Erin Ball. Surprises throughout the night!
Join us for a celebration of performance, dance and music that spans across time and space. DJ Syrus Marcus Ware returns, along with the finale of Melisse Watson’s durational performance. Pop up performances by Gloria Swain and surprises all night.
V enue 2: Factory Theatre Thursday August 3, 10:00 pm – 2:00 am ASL Interpretation Provided
V enue 2: Factory Theatre Sunday August 13, 10:00 pm – 2:00 am Awards Ceremony: 10:30 pm ASL Interpretation Provided
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SUMMERWORKS LATE NIGHT
Our nightly party on the SummerWorks Back Patio plays host to an eclectic mix of local artists, musicians, and DJs. Featured artists include Girls Rock Camp, Bonjay, Regina Gently, DJ L’Oqenz, and more. The perfect way to end your day at SummerWorks. V enue 3: SummerWorks Back Patio Friday August 4 – Saturday August 12, 9:30 pm – 1:00 am Full schedule at summerworks.ca/latenight
Partnerships THE AMY PROJECT
THE WINCHESTER PRIZE
PRESENTING PARTNERSHIPS
The AMY Project is a Toronto-based arts program that aims to provide barrierfree artistic education and performance opportunities for young women and non-binary youth from diverse backgrounds. Since 2012, their summer performance intensive has culminated in a production at SummerWorks, including their 2017 production of Almeida (The Glorious).
In a new partnership with The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, the 2017 Festival will feature the inaugural winner of the Winchester Prize. Through the generosity of Lindy Green and Sam Chaiton, The Winchester Prize recognizes the best student dance work presented in the School’s third year Choreographic Workshop and provides mentorship and financial support for the development of that work. The winning choreographer, Jocelyn Mah, will present their work August, Augusta as part of this year’s Festival.
Sometimes, it really does take a village. Every year we proudly work with our peers in the performance community to present special projects. This year, we are collaborating with Mammalian Diving Reflex, Cahoots Theatre Company, and The SpiderWebShow to deliver programs in our SummerWorks Lab, and with FADO Performance Art Centre to host Terrance Houle as our artist in residence and his presentation of Ghost Days. We are also partnering with the Hamilton Fringe Festival to present Landline simultaneously at both of our festivals.
SEARS ONTARIO DRAMA FESTIVAL
For 16 years, SummerWorks has been showcasing young artists by presenting work from the Sears Ontario Drama Festival Toronto regional finals. This year we are pleased to present O Nosso Fado from Loretto College and Verisimilitude from Cawthra Park Secondary School. One student-written play is also chosen to receive a play workshop reading with a professional director and actors. This year’s winning play is Toile by Shannon Levasseur Pearce, a reimagining of the story of Persephone (presented in French).
TXD
TxD is an ongoing collaboration between Dublin Fringe and SummerWorks, supported by The Ireland Park Foundation and Culture Ireland. Forging connections between contemporary Irish and Canadian theatre makers, the international touring exchange brings STO Union’s Trophy to Dublin and Shannon Yee’s Reassembled, Slightly Askew to Toronto.
S.L .I.P.
The 2017 edition of our professional development and training program continues its partnership with Generator and welcomes Tangled Art + Disability and b current as we develop a program centered on accessibility, inclusion, and decolonization in artistic practices. It is an honour to work with these groups who have led the way in their respective fields for many years.
Toile Performed in French
V enue 3: Scotiabank Studio Theatre Friday August 10, 3:30 pm FREE
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SummerWorks Lab The SummerWorks Lab is a place for exploration, experimentation, and process, allowing us to support work in early stages and create connections between audiences and artists. This year, the Lab includes a mix of workshop presentations, professional development workshops, open studios, and artist residencies that you can engage with throughout the Festival. WORKSHOP SERIES
The SummerWorks Workshop Series is a place for artists to play, experiment, and test new ideas in front of an audience. This year, four projects were selected to develop new ideas in studio over the course of the Festival and share their work-in-progress for Festival audiences at public showings. Full details of the projects are listed later in the guide and admission to all of the presentations are by donation. Boys in Chairs Venue 1: Artscape Youngplace Studio 103 Monday August 7, 5:30 pm The First Time I Saw The Sea
AUDIO WORKSHOP FOR ARTISTS: INTRO TO THE CREATIVE USE OF BINAURAL MICROPHONES
This three-hour workshop will introduce creative approaches for using binaural microphone and sound processing technologies. Participants will gain hands-on experience of binaural foley techniques, audio editing and signal processing, as well as engage in group improvisations for live binaural audio playback. Session led by Paul Stapleton, award winning sound designer for Reassembled, Slightly Askew. V enue 3: Scotiabank Studio Theatre Monday August 7, 1:00 pm ARTIST IN RESIDENCE – TERRANCE HOULE
Internationally celebrated performance artist Terrance Houle will work in residence over night at the Theatre Centre throughout the Festival, culminating in a final performance – Ghost Days – that combines video, performance, photography, and music to conjure spirits and ghosts as audience and collaborators.
Venue 2: Factory Theatre Studio
V enue 5: The Theatre Centre – Upper Lobby
Thursday August 10, 2:00 pm; Friday August 11, 2:00 pm
Sunday August 13, 12:00 pm
The Lost Ones Venue 5: The Franco Boni Theatre Saturday August 12, 5:45 pm Unveiled Venue 5: The Theatre Centre Incubator Wednesday August 9, 12:00 pm; Friday August 11, 12:00 pm OPEN STUDIOS
This is a rare opportunity to see new work at it’s earliest stage of creation. Five 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. This year’s Open Studio artists are Sunny Drake, Han Han in collaboration with Hataw, Marie Lambin-Gagnon, Dawn Matheson, and Njo Kong Kie & Douglas Rodger. Co-curated by Tina Fushell and Mammalian Diving Reflex V enue 3: Pia Bouman Studio B Thursday August 10, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm 28
CDNSTUDIO
CdnStudio is an online ‘room’ that uses internet technology to bring collaborators from across Canada together. At SummerWorks several artists will spend a morning experimenting with creating work across distance using CdnStudio and presenting it at regular intervals in the afternoon. V enue 3: Scotiabank Studio Theatre Friday August 11, 2:30 pm COMMUNITY MEAL : ORGANIC COMMUNITY GATHERING
Come to a community meal where you gain the experience of communicating non-verbally, tracing back to the roots where words are not spoken and community togetherness forms organically. You will learn more about non-spoken communication and unity by taking care of others through nourishment and food. The Community Meal is cooked and hosted by Tamyka Bullen, Ralista Rodriguez and Sage Willow. V enue 5: Theatre Centre Café Sunday August 13, 1:30 pm ASL Interpretation Provided
Art on the App Now available for Apple and Android devices, the SummerWorks App lets you view schedules, book tickets, and explore the 50+ projects at this year’s Festival. The app also unlocks exclusive artist content developed to interact with the public spaces at each of our three main festival venues. From August 3-13, there will be location beacons at each of our main performance venues – The Theatre Centre, Factory Theatre, and Pia Bouman – and each venue will unlock a different project. Going&Coming by Cara Spooner Going&Coming is an interactive textbased piece that accompanies attending live performance works. A companion piece to Audience Handbook (2014), this work attempts to bring attention to the moments just before and just after a performance to extend how we understand our role as audience members. Nocturne by Jordan Tannahill Every day two hundred species of plant, animal and insect disappear from the planet forever. Jordan Tannahill invites audiences to listen to the first two hundred notes of Chopin’s Nocturne to mark each extinction and consider how, like a note in a score, each loss is both discrete and part of a grander system. And like the abbreviated recording itself, this unprecedented dying-off is far from finished. the last chance you'll ever have by Darla Contois An indigenous woman’s perspective on what it means to listen.
SummerWorks Leadership Intensive Program S.L.I.P.
Now in it’s 9th year, SummerWorks Leadership Intensive Program (S.L.I.P.) continues it’s growth to intersect with the wider arts community and in response to the the evolving performance ecology. This year, SummerWorks – in partnership with Generator, b current, and Tangled Art + Disability – is hosting public events about how to remove barriers and dismantle systems of oppression through artistic practice. These events are free and open to everyone! ASL Interpretation provided at all S.L.I.P. workshops.
CORE DIALOGUE : ARTS, ACCESS, AND AESTHETICS
THE CREATIVE CASE FOR RELAXED PERFORMANCE
Barak adé Soleil, Artistic Director of Tangled Art + Disability, and disability arts scholar Eliza Chandler will co-facilitate a core dialogue and presentation on the ways in which cultural production and accessibility co-exist. What is disability aesthetics? And, how does our understanding of aesthetics expand when we consider how people access and relate to our work?
Relaxed Performance (RP) as a cultural practice helps to make theatre spaces more comfortable and welcoming to audience members with autism spectrum disorders, sensory and communication disorders, or learning disabilities. This workshop will explore how cultural producers, artists, and arts organizations can more widely and independently integrate RP principles within their work and creative process. This workshop will be led by Access Activators, a Relaxed Performance pilot consulting project.
enue 1: Artscape Youngplace V Studio 103 Tuesday August 8, 10:00 am (RE)CONCILIATION: INTEGRATING INDIGENEITY AND DECOLONIZING PERFORMANCE PRACTICE
The land acknowledgement perfunctorily performed by rote will not serve the fraught, complex project of reconciliation; indeed, it may, at the end of the day, render such an endeavor an exercise in futility. How do artists go beyond the learning of names, or geography, or historical fact to begin decolonizing their practice? How do we re-imagine our relationship with this land upon which we create? Cole Alvis (Métis) and Jill Carter (Anishinaabe-Ashkenazi) lead a workshop for artists on how we can more actively engage in (re)conciliation.
enue 1: Artscape Youngplace V Studio 103 Wednesday August 9 , 10:00 am ANTI-OPPRESSION AND ANTI-RACISM WORKSHOP
This workshop for artists explores the language, theories, and practices of anti-oppression in depth. Institutional, community based, and organizational strategies for building equity and unlearning oppression are central to the content, and objectives of the workshop. Creative, technical and collaborative models for building equity and liberation will be explored. enue 1: Artscape Youngplace V Studio 103 Wednesday August 9 , 2:00 pm
enue 1: Artscape Youngplace V Studio 103 Tuesday August 8, 2:00 pm
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Shows
Shows ALMEIDA (THE GLORIOUS) Theatre
“I’m on a mission to look for my history… I want a relationship with my ancestors… I took my grandmother’s middle name because I like the way it sounded: Almeida, the Glorious. I will pull from my ancestors to create my new self.” The AMY Project’s young creators present this original creation exploring personal power, relationships with our ancestors and descendants, and how our given and chosen names shape us.
THE ARCHIVIST Theatre
Shaista Latif is a lot of different people. She’s created them all to serve you. War, Sex, Money and Art has shaped her places in the world. As a response, Shaista makes an archive of music, text, video and stories to see if she can create one identity that will serve all. Created, Performed and Produced by Shaista Latif V enue 3: Scotiabank Studio Theatre Saturday August 5, 5:30 pm; Sunday August 6, 8:15 pm; Friday August 11, 8:15 pm; Saturday August 12, 6:15 pm 75 minutes Supported by STO Union’s Research & Development Program (R+D), under the direction of Nadia Ross, at Place des Artistes de Farrellton in Farrellton, Quebec.
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Company: The AMY Project Written and Performed by Nicole Acaso, Zainab Egbeyemi, Karis Jones-Pard, Jamie Kasiama, Destiny Laldeo, Caroline Manjaly, Morgan, Adri Almeida, Rofiat Olusanya, & Kaitlynn Rodgers; Directed by Julia Hune-Brown & Nikki Shaffeeullah; Assistant Directed and Stage Managed by Saba Akhtar; Assistant Directed and Script Coordinated by Julia Vodarek Hunter; Produced by Rachel Penny; Music coaching by Lisa Bozikovic; Movement Coaching by Amy Nostbakken; Poetry Coaching by Jamie Kasiama; AMY
2017 mentors: Lisa Bozikovic, Marjorie Chan, Audrey Dwyer, Karen Glave, Virgilia Griffith, Sarah Kitz, Kama La Mackerel, Shaista Latif, Amy Lee, Amanda Nicholls, Amy Nostbakken, Clare Preuss, Gein Wong V enue 3: Scotiabank Studio Theatre Thursday August 3, 6:00 pm; Saturday August 5, 1:15 pm; Sunday August 6, 1:00 pm; Wednesday August 9, 5:45 pm 75 minutes RP Relaxed Performance
ARE WE NOT HORSES – THE SCI-FI SUMMER MUSICAL Music, Interdisciplinary
A science fiction parable about robot workers who travel from place to place, looking for a better future. Marking the tenth anniversary of the concept album ARE WE NOT HORSES, Jacob Zimmer and Small Wooden Shoe team up with Toronto band Rock Plaza Central to make a brand new summer musical. Company: Small Wooden Shoe Conceived and Directed by Jacob Zimmer; Adapted from the concept album ARE WE NOT HORSES by Rock Plaza Central; Performed by Rock Plaza Central and Small Wooden Shoe; Music Direction by Scott Maynard; Dramaturgy by Vicki Stroich; Toronto performers Elley Ray Hennessy, Nicole Stamp, Liz Peterson; live projections by Lorena Sofia TL; Scenography by Trevor Schwellnus; Produced by Alison Wong and Jacob Zimmer in collaboration with Hillary Rexe. Produced in association with Nakai Theatre. V enue 2: Factory Theatre Mainspace Friday August 11, 10:00 pm. 120 Minutes with Intermission
AUGUST, AUGUSTA Dance
Double Bill with Less Accompanied by live jazz musicians, a trio of exceptional female dancers becomes the physical embodiment of music. Using elements of jazz, vernacular, and contemporary dance, the performers inhabit the improvisation, rhythm, and individuality that drives the music. August, Augusta is the inaugural winner of The Winchester Prize, a new partnership between SummerWorks and The School of Toronto Dance Theatre. Created, Choreographed, and Directed by Jocelyn Mah; Performed by Nicola Adilman, Maude Fortier, Kyle Tarder-Stoll, Dave Morrison, Kelsey Woods; Produced by The School of Toronto Dance Theatre/The Winchester Prize V enue 5: The Franco Boni Theatre Thursday August 3, 9:00 pm; Saturday August 5, 2:30 pm; Sunday August 6, 10:30 pm; Monday August 7, 7:00 pm; Wednesday August 9, 8:15 pm; Thursday August 10, 5:30 pm; Sunday August 13, 8:30 pm. 30 minutes 33
Shows BODIES OF WATER Interdisciplinary
Experience the music of folk-jazz ensemble Zuze as it is plunged into a cinematic underwater world. Combining live music with synchronized swimming and live feed projections, this site-specific performance uses a community pool as a place to explore ideas of pursuit, alienation, and the vocabulary of underwater movement. Company: ZUZEVERSE Creative Direction by Arif Mirbaghi; Created and Performed by Viktor Lukawski, Nicole Lowden and Nicola Chaddock; Music Direction by Bruce Mackinnon; Lighting design by Raha Javanfar; Original Music Written and Performed by Zuze: Bruce Mackinnon, Raha Javanfar, Arif Mirbaghi, Andrew Moljgun, Emily Ferrell, Thomas Moffett, Gabriel Kong, Zaynab Wilson, Zach Sutton, Justin Ruppel V enue 6: Trinity Bellwoods Community Centre Thursday August 10, 10:00 pm; Friday August 11, 10:00 pm; Saturday August 12, 10:00 pm. 45 minutes
BOYS IN CHAIRS SummerWorks Lab
A fun, sexy, and honest exploration of three men’s experiences as queer disabled men. Andrew Gurza, Frank Hull and Ken Harrower have come together to speak to experiences that rarely, if ever, are seen on stage. Immediate and intimate, provocative and personal, Boys In Chairs brings a queer perspective to conversations around sex and disability. Company: Boys In Chairs Collective Created by Andrew Gurza, Frank Hull, Ken Harrower, Brian Postalian and Jonathan Seinen; Performed by Andrew Gurza, Frank Hull and Ken Harrower; Directed by Jonathan Seinen; Associate Director Brian Postalian; Dramaturgy by Debbie Patterson; Stage Managed by Kjell Cawsey V enue 1: Artscape Youngplace Studio 103 Monday August 7, 5:30 pm. 90 minutes ASL Interpretation Provided Production support provided for the residency and workshop by Cahoots Theatre Projects.
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CATACOMB Theatre
Failure’s like a sting. The honey bee can only sting once, and then she dies. Catacomb takes a dark, spiritual dive into the battle between human nature and mother nature. Set in a working greenhouse, it is the story of an addict and born again naturalist seeking redemption through the purest creature of all: the honey bee. Company: Stopgap Theatre Written by Laena Brown; Directed by Katrina Darychuk; Scenography and Costume Design by Alexandra Lord; Performed by Laena Brown and Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin V enue 7: Trinity Bellwoods Park Greenhouse Friday August 4, 8:15 pm; Friday August 4, 9:45 pm; Saturday August 5, 8:15 pm; Saturday August 5, 9:45 pm; Sunday August 6, 8:15 pm; Sunday August 6, 9:45 pm. 50 minutes
CDNSTUDIO SummerWorks Lab
Presented in partnership with SpiderWebShow An online ‘room’ that uses internet technology to bring collaborators from across Canada together. This digital tool takes separate video streams and blends them together in real time, allowing users to see and hear each other in the same digital ‘space’. This technology effectively removes one of the core requirements of theatre: that audience and performer must be present physically with each other. What does this mean for performance? At SummerWorks several artists will spend a morning experimenting with creating across distance using CdnStudio and present their work in the afternoon. Featuring Kevin Wong and Joseph Osawabine with the support of Debajehmujig Creation Centre; more artists to be announced online. V enue 3: Scotiabank Studio Theatre Friday, August 11, 3:30 pm. 60 minutes
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Shows THE CHEMICAL VALLEY PROJECT Theatre
Double Bill with Perfection Aamjiwnaang, an indigenous community of 800 residents, is smothered by the Canadian petrochemical industry. Two sisters, Vanessa and Lindsay Gray, have dedicated themselves to fighting environmental racism and protecting their community’s land and water. In The Chemical Valley Project, theatre-makers Kevin and Julia document and explore
COMMUNITY MEAL : ORGANIC COMMUNITY GATHERING SummerWorks Lab
Presented in partnership with The Theatre Centre Come to a community meal where you gain the experience of communicating non-verbally, tracing back to the roots where words are not spoken and community togetherness forms organically. This community meal will feature nourishing, healthy meals that will just fill you right up. You will learn more about non-spoken communication and unity by taking care of others through nourishment and food. Hosted and Cooked by Tamyka Bullen, Ralitsa Rodriguez and Sage Willow V enue 5: The Theatre Centre Café Sunday, August 13, 1:30 pm. 90 minutes ASL Interpretation Provided
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Canada’s ongoing relationship with energy infrastructure, its colonial past and present, and indigenous solidarity and reconciliation. Company: Broadleaf Theatre Created by Julia Howman and Kevin Matthew Wong; Dramaturgy by Vanessa Gray and Lindsay Gray; Produced by Kevin Matthew Wong; Associate Produced by Mirka Loiselle; Music by Minha Lee and Michael Henley.
V enue 3: Scotiabank Studio Theatre Thursday August 3, 8:15 PM; Sunday August 6, 3:30 PM; Monday August 7, 8:00 PM; Wednesday August 9, 8:00 PM; Friday August 11, 6:00 PM; Saturday August 12, 1:45 PM; Sunday August 13, 6:30 pm. 30 minutes
CRUSH ON HUMANS Music, Interdisciplinary
Welcome, Sensation-Seekers, to the origins of Alphabot, a robot boy with a human heart. Join our hero and a mashup of Toronto music scene notables as they attempt to save humanity from its tyrannical robot oppressors. In an eight-episode story that unfolds over the course of the festival, our hero battles the insidious seduction of the machine, tries to
DIVINE Theatre
Ontario is out of water and a pair of bandits search for their last hope – a water diviner by the name of Penn. Stories say she can crack the world like a coconut and make water bubble to the surface with nothing but her hands. But the bandits aren’t the only ones hunting her down. And what if there’s nothing left for Penn to divine? An all woman cast in Natalie Frijia’s post-apocalyptic wild west asks how we would survive in world without water. Would we turn to community… or to revenge?
differentiate between human babies and pets, and explores the desolate wasteland of 2017. Company: Alphabot Written and Directed by Jake Roels; Produced and Stage Managed by Willow Weber; Multimedia Content Managed by Andrew Stewart & Maddie Alexander; Performed by Jake Roels and Special Guests Michael Louis Johnson, Maddie Alexander, Zoo Owl, Glitter Jesus, Andrew Finlay Stewart,
V enue 2: Factory Theatre Mainspace Friday August 4, 6:45 pm; Saturday August 5, 3:45 pm; Sunday August 6, 5:00 pm; Tuesday August 8, 9:45 pm; Wednesday August 9, 8:00 pm;
Anna Horvath, Alie Lavoie, Alex J. Squires, Wax Mannequin and David Kleiser V enue 3: Scotiabank Studio Theatre Tuesday August 8, 8:30 pm; Thursday August 10, 6:00 pm; Saturday August 12, 8:30 pm; Sunday August 13, 8:45 pm. 75 minutes RP Relaxed Performance
Saturday August 12, 7:00 pm; Sunday August 13, 1:30 pm. 75 minutes RP Relaxed Performance
Company: Red One Theatre Collective with the generous support of The Storefront Theatre Written by Natalie Frijia; Directed by Claire Burns; Assistant Director Molison Farmer; Dramaturgy Emma Mackenzie Hillier; Performed by Amanda Cordner, Aviva Armour-Ostroff, Christina Bryson, Sarah Naomi Campbell, Haley Garnett and Rehaset; Producer Sedina Fiati; Associate Producer Olivia Marshman; Set Design by Christine Urquhart; Lighting Design by Imogen Wilson; Costume Design by Sage Paul; Sound Design by Suzie Balogh; Fight Director Louisa Zhu; Stage Managed by Lin-Mei Lay 37
Shows DOLPHIN Dance
We don’t need to be saved. We need to be found.
Double Bill with How to Relax
Company: Rock Bottom Movement Choreographed by Alyssa Martin; Dramaturgy by David Bernstein; Performed by Samantha Grist, Mary-Dora Bloch-Hansen, Natasha Poon Woo, Sully Malaeb Proulx, Drew Berry and Sebastian Biasucci; Costume Design by Kelsey Wilson; Lighting Design by Noah Feaver
In a contemporary dance-romp through a faux-spiritual aquatic neverland, the characters from Gossip Girl attempt to find themselves through dream ballet, crystal cocktails, mystery, and romantic scandal. Dolphin protect us. Dolphin guide us.
V enue 5: The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Thursday August 3, 8:30 pm; Saturday August 5, 1:30 pm; Sunday August 6, 2:15 pm; Monday August 7, 9:45 pm; Wednesday August 9, 4:45 pm; Friday August 11, 5:30 pm; Sunday August 13, 8:45 pm. 30 minutes RP Relaxed Performance
ERASED : BILLY & BAYARD Music
Two men altered the course of civil rights and music, yet their stories were pushed into the shadows. Being extraordinary meant little if you were black and queer. One was a creative force behind the Duke Ellington Orchestra, the other devised one of the greatest demonstrations for freedom alongside Martin Luther King Jr. The Queer Songbook Orchestra intersect music with storytelling, illuminating the lives of Billy Strayhorn and Bayard Rustin. Company: Queer Songbook Orchestra Created and Performed by the Queer Songbook Orchestra and featuring Andrew Broderick and Stephen Jackman-Torkoff V enue 2: Factory Theatre Mainspace Friday August 4, 10:00 pm. 75 minutes
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EXPLOSIONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Theatre
With field recordings, audio effects, and a well timed air horn, Explosions for the 21st Century uses sound design to explore contemporary culture. The result is part lecture, part stand up, and part existential crisis. Written and performed by Chris Ross-Ewart the show is an erratic, real time, exploration of why we make sound and how we listen. Company: Pressgang Theatre Written, Designed, and Performed by Chris Ross-Ewart; Directed and Dramaturged by Graham Isador V enue 5: The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Friday August 4, 8:00 pm; Saturday August 5, 4:00 pm; Sunday August 6, 9:45 pm; Tuesday August 8, 5:00 pm; Wednesday August 9, 9:30 pm; Friday August 11, 7:45 pm; Saturday August 12, 4:45 pm. 60 minutes
THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE SEA SummerWorks Lab
Oscar and Kate just moved to a new town. Everything is perfect. Until the roof starts to leak. A flood is coming, and Oscar hates water. The First Time I Saw the Sea is an interrogation into what we remember, and how we can remember something that never happened. Plunging into the mess of memory, an international ensemble from France, Norway, and Canada present a new work about imagination and evolution. Company: YVA Created and Performed by Sturla Alvsvåg, Tonje Dreyer, Sellevoll, Miriam Fernandes, Elias Hauter and Maren Nysæther Sørensen; Set, Costume, and Lighting Design by Christine Urquhart; Sound Design and Composition by Miquelon Rodriguez; Illustrator Leo Marsal; Stage Managed by Neha Ross V enue 2: Factory Theatre Studio Thursday August 10, 2:00 pm; Friday, August 11, 2:00 pm. 60 minutes
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Shows GHOST DAYS SummerWorks Lab
Presented in partnership with FADO Evoking our colonial and non-colonial histories that exist in the light of night as in the darkness of the day, GHOST DAYS awakens a collaboration with artists, audience, and spirit. Internationally celebrated performance artist Terrance Houle will work in residence over night at the Theatre Centre throughout the festival, culminating in a final performance that combines video, performance, photography, and music to conjure spirits and ghosts as audience and collaborators. Created and Performed by Terrance Houle in collaboration with Simla Civelek V enue 5: The Theatre Centre Upper Lobby Sunday August 13, 12:00 pm. 60 minutes
HOW TO RELAX Dance, Interdisciplinary
Double Bill with Dolphin Combining dance, experimental performance art, and self-help, How to Relax asks what it means to undergo a personal transformation in the company of others. Using an obscure self-help book from the 80’s as an entry point into participation, seemingly simple instructions – or “psychotechniques” – become tools to generate a performance related to the authentic transformations that the author promises to deliver. Company: Twin Spark Productions Directed and Co-Created by Jenny Laiwint; Choreographed and Co-Created by Alison Daley; Performed and Co-Created by Dequan Clarke, Sky Fairchild-Waller, Amanda Paixão, Denise Solleza and Syntiche Tshidimu with contributions by Charlie Diaz; Visual Media by Jenny Laiwint, Michael Pivar, Jeannitta Cheffysworld and Christina Marshall; Produced by Alison Daley and Jenny Laiwint
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V enue 5: The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Thursday August 3, 8:30 pm; Saturday August 5, 1:30 pm; Sunday August 6, 2:15 pm; Monday August 7, 9:45 pm;
Wednesday August 9, 4:45 pm; Friday August 11, 5:30 pm; Sunday August 13, 8:45 pm. 30 minutes RP Relaxed Performance
ICÔNE POP Dance
Double Bill with To Do, To Don't The music of Dvor˘ák mixes with the auras of the Virgin Mary and Beyoncé to invent a kind of Barbie doll under the influence – both divine and disposable. Part of Stabat Mater series of choreographic commissions, Icône Pop marks the meeting between choreographer and performer Mélanie Demers and composer and singer Mykalle Bielinski. Company: MAYDAY / Mélanie Demers Choreographed by Mélanie Demers; Music by Mykalle Bielinski; Performed by Mélanie Demers and Mykalle Bielinski; Costume design by Mélanie Demers; Produced by MAYDAY in partnership with with Operaestate – Comune di Bassano del Grappa V enue 5: The Franco Boni Theatre Friday August 4, 5:15 pm; Saturday August 5, 12:00 pm; Sunday August 6, 2:45 pm. 30 minutes
THE INVISIBLE CITY Live Art
The creators of The Stranger present a new interactive experience, divided into two episodes. Starting from your own home, you will receive a mysterious night time phone call. A voice invites you and a group of strangers to speak about your dreams and share your life story. The following night, you will enter the invisible city and be transported through a collective dream. See website for full performance details.
Company: DopoLavoro Teatrale (DLT) Concept and direction by Daniele Bartolini; Co-created with and performed by Rory de Brouwer, Danya Buonastella, Joslyn Rogers; Sound design by Matteo Ciardi; Stage Manager Raylene Turner V enue 8: Your Home Thursday, August 3, 9:30 pm; Thursday, August 3, 11:00 pm; Friday August 4, 9:30 pm; Friday August 4, 11:00 pm; Saturday August 5, 9:30 pm; Saturday
August 5, 11:00 pm; Tuesday, August 8, 9:30 pm; Tuesday, August 8, 11:00 pm; Wednesday August 9, 9:30 pm; Wednesday August 9, 11:00 pm; Thursday August 10, 9:30 pm; Thursday August 10, 11:00 pm; Friday August 11, 9:30 pm; Friday August 11, 11:00 pm; Saturday August 12, 9:30 pm; Saturday August 12, 11:00 pm. 24 hours
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Shows LANDLINE Live Art Presented in partnership with the Hamilton Fringe Festival
A performance that takes place in two places at once, Landline is a curious exposure to the feeling of being alone, together. You will become both the audience and the performer as you converse in real time via text message with a fellow participant in Hamilton and go on an audio-guided, experiential walking tour. You are prompted to share stories, memories, and secrets as the urban landscape transforms into a backdrop for the relationship forming between two strangers. Company: XOSECRET Created by Dustin Harvey and Adrienne Wong; Audio Engineering by Shawn Bisson; Music composition by Eling Lien and Brian Riley; Map Artwork by Colleen MacIsaac V enue 3: Pia Bouman Studio B Friday August 11, 1:00 pm; Saturday August 12, 1:00 pm; Sunday August 13, 1:00 pm*. 60 minutes *Multiple performances every day beginning at the noted time. Please see website for full performance schedule.
LESS Dance
Double Bill with August, Augusta An expressive, physical journey using memory and personal truth to explore the expectations of trying to fit the masculine ideal. Mixing explosive athleticism with compassion and sensitivity, Less looks at how gender inhabits our movements, interactions, and relationships. Created by Ryan Lee; Performed by Benjamin Landsberg, Ryan Lee and Samuel Davilmar; Stage Managed by Inga Bekbudova V enue 5: The Franco Boni Theatre Thursday August 3, 9:00 pm; Saturday August 5, 2:30 pm; Sunday August 6, 10:30 pm; Monday August 7, 7:00 pm; Wednesday August 9, 8:15 pm; Thursday August 10, 5:30 pm; Sunday August 13, 8:30 pm. 30 minutes
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LET'S TRY THIS STANDING Theatre
Six years ago, Gillian was hit by an SUV. She was on the sidewalk. Now, Gillian is a professional theatre artist. Let’s Try This Standing is about shitting on nurses, having sex with atrophied muscles, and being massaged by a therapist as he eats a bagel. It doesn’t offer easy answers, but it does let us be in a room together and be honest about how okay we are. Company: Keep Good (Theatre) Company Written and Performed by Gillian Clark; Directed by Anthony Black; Stage Managed and Projection and Sound Design by Daniel Oulton; Produced by Karen Gross V enue 2: Factory Theatre Mainspace Friday August 4, 4:30 pm; Saturday August 5, 8:15 pm; Monday August 7, 5:00 pm; Wednesday August 9, 6:00 pm; Thursday August 10, 7:30 pm; Saturday August 12, 12:30 pm; Sunday August 13, 5:45 pm. 60 minutes
THE LOST ONES SummerWorks Lab
A concert/play hybrid about love, loss, manipulation, and politics. Musical collaborators Pam Patel and Jason White take you on a journey through the isolation of online dating, the distraction of internet surfing, and, eventually, the devastating fate of child soldiers. Featuring re-interpretations of text and music by Frederic Rzewski, Sam Melville, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bob Dylan, and more. Company: An Independent Production, A Theatre Gargantua SideStream Cycle Created and Performed by Pam Patel and Jason White; Dramaturgy by Jacquie PA Thomas and Michael Spence; Produced in association with Theatre Gargantua V enue 5: The Franco Boni Theatre Saturday August 12, 5:45 pm. 90 minutes
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Shows LULLING TIME Interdisciplinary
Gentle immersion into the world of lullabies aboard a rocking chair, Lulling Time is a participatory sound installation nourished by encounters with citizens and their memories. It welcomes visitors in a suspended time and space away from the surrounding city buzz. Feet on the grass and head in the clouds, they wander through echoes of childhood listening to bedtime songs from all around the world. Company: Berceurs du temps Concept, Design and Realization by Sarah Dell’Ava, Ilya Krouglikov and Wolfram Sander V enue 4: Shaw Park Friday August 4, 3:00 pm; Saturday August 5, 3:00 pm; Sunday August 6, 3:00 pm. 5 hours Audiences are invited to arrive at any point during the performance.
MOTHER SEA / MANMAN LA MER Theatre
25 years later, only her grandmother can restore her faith and her ancestral lineage.
Double Bill with What Do You See?
Company: Crick Crack Collective Written and performed by Djennie Laguerre accompanied by Loucas Cafe; Directed by Rhoma Spencer; Choreographed by Sara Renelike; Lighting Design by Shawn Henry; Set Design by Rhoma Spencer; Costume Design by Djennie Laguerre
In the tradition of Haitian storytelling, Mother Sea / Manman la Mer takes us on a journey that joins magic, love, and redemption. It is the story of a woman who can see the future in her dreams but is cut off from her abilities by her mother’s fear. After healing from a mysterious sickness, her dreams disappear along with her sense of self.
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V enue 5: The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Thursday August 3, 6:00 pm; Friday August 4, 3:30 pm; Monday August 7, 5:15 pm; Tuesday August 8, 9:30 pm; Thursday August 10, 7:15 pm; Saturday August 12, 2:30 pm; Sunday August 13, 12:00 pm. 30 minutes
THE NAILS Theatre
Ally and Josh spend every summer with their father as he goes from small town to small town working for a construction company in America. But this summer is different. This summer they grow up. This is the summer that everything changes. The Nails is a play about family. It is a play about faith. And it captures a world of freedom and extremism in all directions; love and cruelty exist within the same space here. Sometimes they feel like the same thing.
Company: jsquared.theatre Written by Jason Maghanoy; Directed by Tanya Rintoul; Performed by Jeysa Caridad, Jake Runeckles, Alexander Thomas, William Ellis, Ellie Ellwand; Stage Management by Meghan Froebelius; Set and Costume Design by Christine Urquhart; Lighting Design by David Costello; Sound Design by Jaiden Davis-Jones; Production Management by Alanna McConnell
V enue 2: Factory Theatre Studio Saturday August 5, 7:00 pm; Sunday August 6, 2:45 pm; Monday August 7, 7:15 pm; Tuesday August 8, 10:00 pm; Thursday August 10, 7:30 pm; Saturday August 12, 4:15 pm; Sunday August 13, 1:00 pm. 75 minutes
NASHVILLE STORIES Theatre
Garth Brooks is sad. His divorce is final, his album is not. With the help of his famous friends, Garth tries to make himself disappear. But nobody is prepared for who replaces him. Based on the infamous 1999 album “The Life of Chris Gaines”, performance artist David Bernstein and writer-performer Jake Vanderham conjure a surreal hoedown featuring a live bluegrass band. Written by David Bernstein and Jake Vanderham; Directed by David Bernstein; Produced by Jake Vanderham; Performed by Cynthia Ashperger, David Bernstein, Stephanie Cozzette, Kaleigh Gorka, Brendan Flynn, Teresa Labriola, and Jake Vanderham; Choreographed by Alyssa Martin; Costumes by Liza Kelly; Stage Managed by Scott Phyper; Lighting Design by Eric Bartnes V enue 5: The Franco Boni Theatre Saturday August 5, 7:30 pm; Sunday August 6, 5:45 pm; Monday August 7, 3:45 pm; Tuesday August 8, 6:00 pm; Thursday August 10, 8:30 pm; Friday August 11, 4:00 pm; Saturday August 12, 8:15 pm. 75 minutes 45
Shows O NOSSO FADO Theatre
Presented in Partnership with the Sears Ontario Drama Festival An honest narrative exposes the complex feelings first generation Canadians experience toward their working class parents: frustration, pity, shame and love. Lucy, a twelve year old, studies as her mother, Maria, cleans the toilets of an office building. A labour dispute reveals the personal embarrassment, sacrifice and ultimately the power Maria and her colleagues share as they discover a melody of hope and change. Company: Loretto College Written by Kathy Martinez; Directed by Sara Pedrosa; Created by Kathy Martinez and ensemble; Performed by students of Loretto College School V enue 3: Scotiabank Studio Theatre Saturday August 5, 3:30 pm; Sunday August 13, 12:00 pm. 60 minutes
THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN Theatre
Part lecture, part meditation, and part threat, The Only Good Indian takes a shockingly raw look at where our similarities begin and where they end. Each night a different performer straps themselves into an extreme situation – forcing the audience to ask – what would you die for? Company: Pandemic Theatre Project Design by Jivesh Parasram; Co-Created by Jivesh Parasram, Tom Arthur Davis, and Donna-Michelle St. Bernard V enue 2: Factory Theatre Studio Friday August 4, 8:30 pm; Sunday August 6, 12:15 pm; Wednesday August 9, 5:00 pm; Thursday August 10, 5:15 pm; Friday August 11, 8:45 pm; Saturday August 12, 9:00 pm; Sunday August 13, 3:30 pm. 75 minutes See website for performer schedule. The listed run time includes a 30 minute Long Table Discussion that will take place after every performance.
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PATHS Live Art
You are invited to enter an immersive environment of video, sound, design, and movement – a maze full of twists and turns, with surprise performances and interactive movement vignettes hiding just around the corner. Travelling in groups of six, you will have 25 minutes to wander through a world inspired by the four elements and our environmental footprint on the earth. Company: Eldritch Designs Collective Created by Aria Evans and Jesse Wabegijig; Concept by Aria Evans; Designed by Aria Evans and Jesse Wabegijig; Choreographed by Aria Evans; Created with Jasmyn Fyffe, Ana Groppler, Jolyane Langlois, Pulga Muchochoma, Mateo Galindo Torres and Kathia Wittenborn; Performed by Jasmyn Fyffe, Ana Groppler, Pulga Muchochoma, Mateo Galindo Torres and Kathia Wittenborn; Lighting Design and Stage Managed by A.J. Morra V enue 1: Artscape Youngplace Studio 109
5, 6:00 pm; Saturday August 5, 8:30 pm; Sunday August 6, 2:00 pm (free gallery viewing); Sunday August 6, 6:00 pm; Sunday August 6, 8:30 pm.*
30 minutes
PEARLE HARBOUR'S CHAUTAUQUA Theatre
revival. The world may be falling apart, but Pearle will show you that there’s more that unites us than divides us.
Production Managed by Deborah Lim; Produced by Rebecca Ballarin
Toronto’s beloved bombshell, drag queen Pearle Harbour, returns in Chautauqua. Come gather under the milky folds of her beautiful tent, and be sheltered from the inharmony of our post-Truth world. Created by Dora-nominated writer/ performer Justin Miller, Chautauqua is an immersive extravaganza: part cabaret, part tragicomedy, and part tent
Written and Performed by Justin Miller; Directed by Byron Laviolette; Dramaturgy by Sandra Balcovske; Production Design by Joe Pagnan; Tent by Haley Reap; Lighting Design by Jareth Li; Sound Design by Deanna Choi; Live Accompaniment by Steven Conway; Stage Managed by Giuseppe Condello and Mirabella Sundar-Singh;
Friday August 4, 6:00 pm; Friday August 4, 8:30 pm; Saturday August 5, 2:00 pm (free gallery viewing); Saturday August
*Multiple performances every day beginning at the noted time. Please see website for full performance schedule.
V enue 3: Scotiabank Studio Theatre Friday August 4, 8:00 pm; Saturday August 5, 8:00 pm; Sunday August 6, 5:45 pm; Monday August 7, 5:45 pm; Thursday August 10, 8:15 pm; Saturday August 12, 4:00 pm; Sunday August 13, 4:15 pm. 75 minutes
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Shows PERFECTION Theatre
Double Bill with The Chemical Valley Project Mark Correia is a world record-holding magician, comedian, and all-around entertainer. He exists only to impress you. Completely devoted to performing the perfect show for every audience, his dedication knows no bounds. Mentalism. Straitjacket escapes. Russian roulette. He will go to dangerous lengths to entertain. But how far is too far? Be prepared: he will do things you don’t understand. Here’s the catch: he won’t either. Created and Written by Mark Correia; Performed by Mark Correia, Jason D’Souza and Erik Berg; Production Managed by Adriana Bogaard V enue 3: Scotiabank Studio Theatre Thursday August 3, 8:15 pm; Sunday August 6, 3:30 pm; Monday August 7, 8:00 pm; Wednesday August 9, 8:00 pm; Friday August 11, 6:00 pm; Saturday August 12, 1:45 pm, Sunday August 13, 6:30 pm. 30 minutes
PORTRAIT Dance
Two performers play muse for each other and their choreographer, meeting and missing through the reflection of creative impulses. Together they negotiate nostalgia, narrative, and connection through choreography. Originally performed in 2009 at the former Theatre Centre, PORTRAIT marks a period in Toronto wherein dancetheatre was
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in question and crisis. Its revival offers an opportunity to celebrate these artists’ personal investment into an impossible form.
Managed by Emilie Aubin; Produced by Oz Weaver/The Dietrich Group
Company: The Dietrich Group Conceived, Directed and Choreographed by DA Hoskins; Dance Artists Danielle Baskerville, Robert Kingsbury; Film by Nico Stagias; Original Music by Gilles Goyette; Wardrobe by Mike Moore; Lighting Design by Simon Rossiter; Media by thisfunctional; Stage
Thursday August 3, 7:00 pm; Saturday August 5, 5:30 pm; Sunday August 6, 12:30 pm; Tuesday August 8, 8:30 pm; Friday August 11, 8:30 pm; Saturday August 12, 1:30 pm; Sunday August 13, 4:30 pm.
V enue 5: The Franco Boni Theatre
60 minutes
THE PRINCIPLE OF PLEASURE Dance
Inspired by the pleasures found in a Montreal trans bar, Manhattan vogue balls, Berlin fetish parties and Portland strip clubs, the virtuosic dancerchoreographer Gerard Reyes forges intimate connections with the audience by breaking the rules and conventions of these spaces. It’s a celebration of freedom, glamour, seduction and the unifying power of pleasure – set to the songs of Janet Jackson.
Conceived, Choreographed, Performed by Gerard Reyes; Live Original Composition by Devon Bate; “Control” Remix by Ty Harper; Featuring the Music of Janet Jackson; Lighting Design by Karine Gauthier; Costume Design by Vincent Tiley and Leigh Gallim; Make Up by Jasmin Goldstein; Helmet Design by Persona Non Grata; Artistic Counsel by Archie Burnett, Benoit Lachambre, Amazon Leiomy, Amy Shulman, Matjash Mrozewski, Jose Xtravaganza, Nagato Ninja, Kristina Marlen, Jordan Hall and Riccardo Vino
V enue 5: The Franco Boni Theatre Friday August 4, 10:00 pm; Saturday August 5, 10:00 pm; Tuesday August 8, 10:30 pm; Wednesday August 9, 10:30 pm; Thursday August 10, 10:45 pm; Friday August 11, 10:30 pm; Saturday August 12, 10:30 pm. 60 minutes
PROFESSIONALLY ETHNIC Theatre
An actor is offered a chance at stardom if he is willing to play up a stereotype he does not identify with. Published in the Summer 2009 issue of Canadian Theatre Review, Professionally Ethnic is a comedic political satire about the awkward way multiculturalism is implemented in Canadian theatre. Company: INCLUDE Studios Written by Bobby Del Rio; Directed by Rouvan Silogix; Performed by Bobby Del Rio, Rico Garcia, Chantel McDonald and Dave Sparrow; Produced by INCLUDE Studios, Theatre ARTaud and Stephanie Baird V enue 5: The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Saturday August 5, 9:00 pm; Sunday August 6, 4:45 pm; Monday August 7, 2:15 pm; Wednesday August 9, 7:00 pm; Friday August 11, 3:00 pm; Saturday August 12, 12:00 pm; Sunday August 13, 6:00 pm. 75 minutes The listed performance time includes a 30 minute Long Table Discussion that will take place after every performance.
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Shows PUBLIC READING Live Art
On the front steps of The Theatre Centre – and former entrance to the Carnegie Library – artist Golboo Amani invites you to engage in a street level public experience. Choose from a small library of books and the artist will read to you out loud as you travel around the neighbourhood. By Golboo Amani V enue 5: The Theatre Centre Exterior Saturday August 5, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM; Wednesday August 9, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM; Saturday August 12, 2:00 PM – 6:00 pm. Audiences are invited to arrive at any time during the performance. The August 9 performance will be mobile, travelling between the three main SummerWorks venues on the TTC.
REALITY THEATRE Theatre
Reality and fantasy blur for a woman playing a spoon in Beauty and the Beast. A man reconsiders a contract signed in blood. And the world wide web disappears into thin air. Reality Theatre is a fast moving collection of short, interwoven plays that explore our anxieties about change, the acceleration of technology, and maintaining human relationships in a world quickly becoming less human. Company: QuestionMark-Exclamation Theatre Directed by Rebecca Applebaum; Written by Julia Lederer; Performed by Akosua Amo-Adem, Krista Morin, and Andy Trithardt; Produced by Stephanie Jung V enue 2: Factory Theatre Mainspace Thursday August 3, 8:30 pm; Sunday August 6, 3:00 pm; Monday August 7, 7:00 pm; Tuesday August 8, 5:30 pm; Thursday August 10, 9:30 pm; Saturday August 12, 3:00 pm; Sunday August 13, 8:00 pm. 60 minutes
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REASSEMBLED, SLIGHTLY ASKEW Live Art
An autobiographical, audio-based artwork about Shannon’s experience of falling critically ill with a rare brain infection and her journey of rehabilitation with an acquired brain injury. Experience the show through headphones in a hospital bed, where you will enter a three-dimensional soundscape and viscerally experience Shannon’s medical journey and re-integration into the world with a hidden disability.
Company: S. Sickels Written by Shannon Yee; Directed by Anna Newell; Composed by Paul Stapleton; Dramaturgy by Hanna Slattne; Choreographed by Stevie Prickett; Nurse performed by Matt Faris; Produced by Shannon Sickels (Yee)
12:00 pm; Sunday August 6, 2:30 pm; Sunday August 6, 5:30 pm; Sunday August 6, 8:00 pm; Monday August 7, 12:00 pm; Monday August 7, 2:30 pm; Monday August 7, 5:30 pm; Monday August 7, 8:00 pm; Tuesday August 8, 5:30 pm; Tuesday August 8, 8:00 pm.
V enue 3: Pia Bouman Studio B
DxT is a collaboration between Dublin Fringe and SummerWorks supported by Ireland Park Foundation. Forging connections between contemporary Irish and Canadian theatre makers, the international touring exchange brings STO Union’s Trophy to Dublin and Shannon Yee’s Reassembled, Slightly Askew to Toronto.
Friday August 4, 5:30 pm; Friday August 4, 8:00 pm; Saturday August 5, 12:00 pm; Saturday August 5, 2:30 pm; Saturday August 5, 5:30 pm; Saturday August 5, 8:00 pm; Sunday August 6,
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ROOTLESS Interdisciplinary
Using a blend of physical theatre, shadow puppetry, and projections, Rootless traces the path of a young woman cut off from the land she loves. As an outsider in her new home and facing loss, she travels through a world of dreams, djin, talking animals, a mermaid in the desert, and the moon to find solace. Company: Red Orange Projects Set and Costume Design and Puppet Collaboration by Christine Urquhart; Assistant Stage Management by Eunjo So; Dramaturgy by Jivesh Parasram; Producing by Julianne Dransfield; Original Score by Michelle Bensimon; Playwrighting and Puppet Collaboration by Tijiki Morris; Lighting and Projection Design by Waleed Ansar; Directing by Ximena Huizi V enue 2: Factory Theatre Studio Thursday August 3, 9:15 pm; Friday August 4, 6:30 pm; Saturday August 5, 9:15 pm; Sunday August 6, 9:45 pm; Monday August 7, 3:00 pm; Wednesday August 9, 7:15 pm; Sunday August 13, 6:00 pm. 60 minutes RP Relaxed Performance 51
Shows RUIN ROAD Dance
Inside a dark, vibrating, isolated world, three individuals desperately search through a dense labyrinth. They are alone, but their instinct for survival reveals a recognizable human vulnerability in the darkness. You are the witnesses. Performed by Jane Alison McKinney, Naishi Wang, and Kathia Wittenborn; Ruin Road explores the tension between our natural and mediated environments and the pull of individuals to the whole. Company: Wild Rabbit dance projects Choreographed by Jane Alison McKinney; Performed by Jane Alison McKinney, Naishi Wang, and Kathia Wittenborn; Music by Lyon Smith; Outside Eye by Heidi Strauss; Projection Design by Rob Jarvis and Sinéad Wills; Lighting Design by Noah Fever V enue 5: The Franco Boni Theatre Friday August 4, 7:45 pm; Sunday August 6, 8:15 pm; Monday August 7, 9:15 pm; Wednesday August 9, 6:15 pm; Friday August 11, 6:15 pm; Saturday August 12, 3:45 pm; Sunday August 13, 6:30 pm. 60 minutes
SERENITY WILD Theatre
Amy has a hard time feeling present. Liam, her loving boyfriend, will do whatever he can to wake her up – whether Amy’s ready for it or not. Tenderness turns into teasing turns into BDSM, and Amy’s boundaries around safety and danger become blurred. At what point does Liam’s concern become coercion? Can Amy trust Liam’s good intentions, or is presence a place she needs to find on her own? Company: Tender Container Directed by Audrey Dwyer; Written by Katie Sly; Stage Managed by Ashley Westlake; Produced by Katie Sly V enue 5: The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Friday August 4, 10:00 pm; Sunday August 6, 7:30 pm; Monday August 7, 12:00 pm; Tuesday August 8, 7:15 pm; Thursday August 10, 9:45 pm; Saturday August 12, 9:30 pm; Sunday August 13, 3:45 pm. 75 minutes
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THE SMILE OFF YOUR FACE Theatre
Blindfolded and sitting in a moving chair, one audience member at a time is guided through this immersive performance. The Smile Off Your Face invites you into a sensory experience, moving through a room of imaginative wonder. Surrounded by eight performers, embark on a one-of-a-kind journey that’s all about you. Company: Re:Current Theatre Originally Created by Ontroerend Goed;
Canadian Premiere by Re:Current Theatre; Directed by Brian Postalian; Performed by Benjamin Wardle, Jajube Mandiela, Shira Leuchter and Andrew Pimento; Scenography by Claire Hill; Produced by Ruthie Luff and Brian Postalian V enue 1: Artscape Youngplace Studio 107 Thursday August 3, 7:00 pm; Friday August 4, 7:00 pm; Saturday August 5, 1:00 pm; Saturday August 5, 7:00 pm;
Sunday August 6, 1:00 pm; Sunday August 6, 7:00 pm; Tuesday August 8, 7:00 pm; Wednesday August 9, 7:00 pm; Thursday August 10, 7:00 pm; Friday August 11, 7:00 pm; Saturday August 12, 1:00 pm; Saturday August 12, 7:00 pm; Sunday August 13, 1:00 pm.* 30 minutes *Multiple performances every day beginning at the noted time. Please see website for full performance schedule.
SOMEONE BETWEEN Theatre
Beginning with the story of her family’s escape from Cambodia, playwright and performer Chantria Tram chronicles her struggle to balance the traditional values of her Khmer parents with her own emerging beliefs. Someone Between is a humorous, emotional, and vulnerable contemplation of cultural adaptation, migration, and the place between who we are, who we were, and who we are becoming. Company: Apsara Theatre Company Written and Performed by Chantria Tram; Dramaturged and Directed by Paula Wing; Movement Direction by Andrea Nann; Set and Costume Design by Alexandra Lord; Lighting Design by Michelle Tracey; Location Recording & Editing by Garnet Willis V enue 2: Factory Theatre Studio Thursday August 3, 4:30 pm; Saturday August 5, 12:00 pm; Sunday August 6, 7:30 pm; Monday August 7, 5:00 pm; Tuesday August 8, 5:45 pm; Friday August 11, 4:30 pm; Saturday August 12, 6:45 pm. 75 minutes RP Relaxed Performance 53
Shows SPAWN Theatre
Theresa is haunted by the traditional Coast Salish story of the Salmon Spirit, and the death of her mother who drowned in the Pacific Ocean. Now that she’s pregnant, her disconnected family must prepare for a new generation. Playwright Cheyenne Scott offers an Indigenous, multimedia family drama about the struggle to reconnect to family, culture, community, and land. Company: Wild Woman Theatre Written by Cheyenne Scott; Directed by Gein Wong; Stage Managed by Ashley Bomberry; Set Design by Justin Buyukozer; Costume Design by Sage Paul; Composed by Jake Kalina V enue 2: Factory Theatre Mainspace Thursday August 3, 5:45 pm; Saturday August 5, 1:30 pm; Sunday August 6, 7:15 pm; Tuesday August 8, 7:30 pm; Friday August 11, 5:15 pm; Saturday August 12, 9:30 pm; Sunday August 13, 3:45 pm. 60 minutes
THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS Theatre
Everyone is annihilating each other. Or dying of a plague. The patriarchy thinks it can set things straight by building a monument made of gold. Inspired by a scene from Romeo & Juliet that no one seems to remember, these violent delights asks: Why do we think a memorial can represent history and loss? How can a specific monument enfold larger issues of cultural memory and capital? And what, if anything, is sacred?
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Company: Guilty by Association Directed by Cole Lewis; Assistant Directed by Patrick Blenkarn and Mischa Shadloo; Set and Costume Design by Logan Williams; Projection Design by Michael Bergmann; Sound Design by Sam Ferguson Performed by Jessica Del Fierro, Alexa Fraser, Dominique Jenkins, Brittany Martyshuk, Evan Medd, Pascal Reiners, Nicola Rough, Emilyn Sim, Montserrat Videla, Matt Winter, Johnny Wu, Eddy Van Wyk, and Jordan Zanni; Voice by Shira Leuchter
V enue 2: Factory Theatre Mainspace Saturday August 5, 6:15 pm; Sunday August 6, 12:30 pm; Monday August 7, 9:00 pm; Wednesday August 9, 10:15 pm; Thursday August 10, 5:30 pm; Friday August 11, 7:15 pm; Saturday August 12, 5:00 pm. 60 minutes
TO DO, TO DON'T Dance
Double Bill with ICÔNE POP A solo, a duet. With a blanket, with hair. Through comfort, protection, hostility and weight, the work touches on being enough. Trying to get out of bed, take it in, keep it out, change, or make change. The possibility to hold sorrows of the world, and one’s own, while not forgetting the day to day. There is a lot to do. And a lot to don’t. Choreographed and Performed by Jenn Goodwin; Text “I Really Should” by Kelly Mark; Music by Peregrine Falls V enue 5: The Franco Boni Theatre Friday August 4, 5:15 pm; Saturday August 5, 12:00 pm; Sunday August 6, 2:45 pm. 30 minutes
THE UNPACKING Live Art
In the summer of 2015, Erin Brubacher and Christine Brubaker walked the 700km migration route of their Mennonite ancestors, from Pennsylvania to Ontario. This summer they’re heading back to Pennsylvania for a family reunion and will create a new performance during the seven-hour car ride home, a distance that took them 32 days on foot. Welcome the Brubach/kers back to Toronto the moment they arrive at a one-time-only potluck performance. Company: 7th Cousins Created and Performed by Erin Brubacher and Christine Brubaker V enue 3: Pia Bouman Studio D Monday August 7, 8:30 pm 90 minutes
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Shows UNVEILED SummerWorks Lab
A collective of professional and nonprofessional artists look at politics from a female perspective to bridge Iran’s political history with life in Canada, today. Plunging the audience into darkness, the ensemble recounts stories of personal and social upheaval, punctuated by powerful images revealed in fleeting flashes of light. Company: Aphotic Theatre Curated and Directed by Fay Nass; Sound Design by Daniel Simmons; Lighting Design by Jonathan Kim; Music by Sadaf Amini; Performed and Written by Anita, Sara, Sevil and Shirin in collaboration with Aphotic Theatre V enue 5: The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Wednesday August 9, 12:00 pm; Friday August 11, 12:00 pm. 60 minutes
VERISIMILITUDE Theatre
Presented in partnership with the Sears Ontario Drama Festival Units 4356 and 4357 wake up in the institution which they call their home. They complete their daily routine and conversation like every day before. But today everything changes. Today 4357 has experienced a dream. Company: Cawthra Park Secondary School
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Written and Directed by Kat Schamel; Stage Managed by Holly Bennett; Performed by Chester Ashby and Kevin Tseng; Understudy Charlie TempletonSmith; Asst Stage Manager Sandhi Ganjoo; Lighting Design by Scott Morris and Adam Wilde; Sound Design by Mariah Alderson and David Heeney; Set Design by Viniti Venkatesh, Faith Adair, Daniel Barkin and Mr. Rod Parcher; Props by Saige Virdi and Sandhi Ganjoo; Costume Design by Rheanna Gilbert; Makeup/Hair by Jazz Kahnert;
Media by Ethan Eng; Student Producers Kayla Ado, Ciara Redmond Van Rees and Jessica Bernt; Staff Advisor Mr. Rod Parcher Venue 3: Scotiabank Studio Theatre Friday August 4, 6:00 pm; Sunday August 13, 2:15 pm. 60 minutes
THE WAVES Theatre
Co-Directed by Governor General Award-winning playwright Judith Thompson and world-renowned singer and ‘vocalographer’ Fides Krucker, The Waves offers a unique sonic experience with a score that stretches the boundaries of vocal expression on stage. Written and performed by Laura Quigley, the play is based on three generations of birth stories and explores birth,
motherhood, and the dark undercurrent of one woman’s struggle with postpartum depression. Company: The Waves Collective Written, Performed, and Produced by Laura Quigley; Director and Vocalographer Fides Krucker; Director Judith Thompson; Assistant Director and Co-Producer AK Lamm; Lighting Design by Gabe Cropely; Stage Management by Ada Aguilar; Set
Design Consultant Pat Flood; Costume Design by Sylvie Di Leonardo V enue 2: Factory Theatre Studio Friday August 4, 4:15 pm; Saturday August 5, 5:00 pm; Monday August 7, 1:00 pm; Tuesday August 8, 8:00 pm; Wednesday August 9, 9:15 pm; Friday August 11, 6:45 pm; Saturday August 12, 2:15 pm. 60 minutes
WHAT DO YOU SEE? Dance
Double Bill with Mother Sea / Manman la mer A new, intimate, probing solo dancetheatre work that seeks to explore a plethora of ideas around the female black body. Company: Jasmyn Fyffe Dance Choreographed and Performed by Jasmyn Fyffe; Lighting and Projection Design by Trevor Schwellnus; Costume and Props by Marsha Williams V enue 5: The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Thursday August 3, 6:00 pm; Friday August 4, 3:30 pm; Monday August 7, 5:15 pm; Tuesday August 8, 9:30 pm; Thursday August 10, 7:15 pm; Saturday August 12, 2:30 pm; Sunday August 13, 12:00 pm. 30 minutes Production support provided by Dance Immersion
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Shows WHAT LINDA SAID Theatre
Linda Griffiths was an iconic Canadian playwright and actress. Priscila Uppal is a poet. When Linda was fighting breast cancer, Priscila was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer called synovial sarcoma. During Priscila’s surgery, Linda passed away. But during Priscila’s chemotherapy, Linda unexpectedly returned and the two friends engaged in magical, insightful, and bitingly funny
conversations about their experiences – and their understanding of the present and the beyond. Company: Dr. Up Productions Written by Priscila Uppal; Directed by Gein Wong; Dramaturgy by Iris Turcott and Matt McGeachy; Starring Tracey Hoyt as Linda and Kimwun Perehinec as Priscila; Produced by Dr. Up Productions and Kevin Matthew Wong; Assistant Produced by Mirka Loiselle; Set and Costume Design by Christine
Urquhart; Lighting Design by Jareth Li; Music and Sound Design by Maddie Bautista V enue 2: Factory Theatre Studio Thursday August 3, 6:45 pm; Saturday August 5, 2:30 pm; Sunday August 6, 5:15 pm; Monday August 7, 9:30 pm; Thursday August 10, 10:00 pm; Saturday August 12, 12:00 pm; Sunday August 13, 8:15 pm. 75 minutes
WHITE MAN'S INDIAN Theatre
This is the story of Eva, a Cree teenage girl, and her journey through the maze of a White Man’s high school. In a hilarious new work from emerging First Nations artist Darla Contois, Eva goes on a quest for identity and spirituality through the hallways of teen angst, racism, and an evil prom queen. White Man’s Indian is a moving story of memory, courage, alienation, and belonging. Company: WMI Collective Written and Performed by Darla Contois; Direction and Dramaturgy by Ed Roy; Costume Design by Gabriella Caruso; Lighting and Set Design by Kimberly Purtell; Sound Design by Lyon Smith; Stage Managed by Deborah Ann Frankel; Produced by WMI Collective (Darla Contois and Ed Roy) V enue 5: The Theatre Centre BMO Incubator Friday August 4, 6:00 pm; Saturday August 5, 6:30 pm; Sunday August 6, 12:00 pm; Monday August 7, 7:30 pm; Thursday August 10, 5:00 pm; Friday August 11, 9:45 pm; Saturday August 12, 7:00 pm. 60 minutes 58
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