alumnaetheatre.com is a vibrant Toronto theatre which specializes in producing the work of female playwrights and actors. The “Alum,” as members call it, holds a special place in my heart because of the annual New Ideas festival which presents series of short plays.
2007_031217-18March0008Originally uploaded by cerealboxreader. It’s finally over! “Eulalie and the Great March” drew a decent crowd and some thoughtful comments during the talkback. The playwright should be pleased. I taped the show but I have been having computer problems that prevent me from editing it and making a DVD. Soon. The computer goes back into […]
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Gabrielle encourages Eulalie. .
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I haven’t been blogging lately due to computer problems. They are not completely fixed but I’m posting anyway. I spent Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening plus all day today casting a play. I haven’t been reading much, but I did listen to over 85 prepared monologues plus another 80 or so cold readings. I’ve found
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I went to see the Alumni Theatre production of Perfect Pie, directed by Paul Hardy. Judith Thompson has won two Governor General’s Awards for her plays, plus a handful of other writing prizes for stage and radio. As we were being seated, Andy Fraser who plays Patsy, made a pie on stage. Her careful gestures
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I answered a call for directors for the New Ideas Festival at the Alumni Theatre in Toronto. There are three weeks of one-act plays plus longer “Saturday Experiments.” The process is intense. Playwrights send their plays or works-in-progress to the Alum. Once the best are chosen, the theatre holds a ‘meet and greet,’ where playwrights
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