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Welcome
Welcome to the 20th annual SummerWorks
Theatre Festival. Toronto’s Indie Theatre
and Arts Festival.
Over the past three years, SummerWorks has evolved from
an indie-theatre festival to an indie-arts festival. I believe
that it’s important to continue to explore the necessity and
relevance of the theatrical form: how can it contribute,
reflect and parallel the world we’re living in?
I became interested in what happens to the form when
directly paralleled with other forms. Call it a social experi-
ment, if you will – a laboratory on relevance and learning.
Where do our forms intersect, and how can we use this
to our advantage? We’ve been really excited by the results
of this evolution, and this year’s Festival continues to
build on these principles.
Our Theatre line-up is very exciting. The work is strong,
diverse, and brave. We also welcome four very impressive
shows from outside Ontario in our National Series. See
them all if you can. You won’t be disappointed.
What are the ingredients that enable certain musicians
to fill rooms and create that rare, emotional electricity?
There are some obvious answers like: alcohol and rowdy
behaviour – but there are also layers to this question that
are connected to the visceral nature of the form. This year’s
Music Series is the best yet. I hope you’ll take it in.
The new Performance Bar brings three different art forms
together on the same stage nightly over the course of
the Festival. The glue? The National Theatre of the World.
These are three of the smartest, most talented perfor-
mance improvisers in the city, and they are hosting what
they call: Fiasco Playhouse. This is their canvas to allow
absolutely anything to happen. Every evening will be entirely
different, endlessly strange and totally original.
We began SummerWalks last year as means of finding
a new point of connection. SummerWorks takes place on
the Queen West Strip, but what the hell is the Queen
West Strip? What is this land, and how are we in relation-
ship to it? This year, we’ll continue to explore our own
identities by reflecting on the identity of the land we’re in,
on, and around.
As we get older, we tend to get really serious about
everything. In an attempt at foiling adulthood, the new
Playground, helmed by designer Beth Kates and Ben
Chiasson, with free events curated by Natasha Greenblatt
and Cara Gee, blends adult ideas while encouraging
child-like-curiosities. Look also for Beth and Ben’s Festival-
wide installation, connecting our four venues. Adult and
real children welcome!
Welcome to the Festival. Try to behave. But not too much.

Michael Rubenfeld
Artistic Producer
Monnet Design

B 1
 Welcome
Welcome to the 20th annual SummerWorks
Theatre Festival. Toronto’s Indie Theatre
and Arts Festival.
Over the past three years, SummerWorks has evolved from
an indie-theatre festival to an indie-arts festival. I believe
that it’s important to continue to explore the necessity and
relevance of the theatrical form: how can it contribute,
reflect and parallel the world we’re living in?
I became interested in what happens to the form when
directly paralleled with other forms. Call it a social experi-
ment, if you will – a laboratory on relevance and learning.
Where do our forms intersect, and how can we use this
to our advantage? We’ve been really excited by the results
of this evolution, and this year’s Festival continues to
build on these principles.
Our Theatre line-up is very exciting. The work is strong,
diverse, and brave. We also welcome four very impressive
shows from outside Ontario in our National Series. See
them all if you can. You won’t be disappointed.
What are the ingredients that enable certain musicians
to fill rooms and create that rare, emotional electricity?
There are some obvious answers like: alcohol and rowdy
behaviour – but there are also layers to this question that
are connected to the visceral nature of the form. This year’s
Music Series is the best yet. I hope you’ll take it in.
The new Performance Bar brings three different art forms
together on the same stage nightly over the course of
the Festival. The glue? The National Theatre of the World.
These are three of the smartest, most talented perfor-
mance improvisers in the city, and they are hosting what
they call: Fiasco Playhouse. This is their canvas to allow
absolutely anything to happen. Every evening will be entirely
different, endlessly strange and totally original.
We began SummerWalks last year as means of finding
a new point of connection. SummerWorks takes place on
the Queen West Strip, but what the hell is the Queen
West Strip? What is this land, and how are we in relation-
ship to it? This year, we’ll continue to explore our own
identities by reflecting on the identity of the land we’re in,
on, and around.
As we get older, we tend to get really serious about
everything. In an attempt at foiling adulthood, the new
Playground, helmed by designer Beth Kates and Ben
Chiasson, with free events curated by Natasha Greenblatt
and Cara Gee, blends adult ideas while encouraging
child-like-curiosities. Look also for Beth and Ben’s Festival-
wide installation, connecting our four venues. Adult and
real children welcome!
Welcome to the Festival. Try to behave. But not too much.

Michael Rubenfeld
Artistic Producer
Monnet Design

B 1
About SummerWorks
History
In 1991, five friends – Benj Gallander, Greg Holmgren, Carol Pauker,
Rob Sherwood and Ben Stadelmann – came together to put on the
first SummerWorks Theatre Festival. The decision to mount a new
fringe-style festival was a response to what was seen as a growing,
under-represented small theatre community. From 2000 to 2004,
under the direction of Franco Boni, the Festival made significant
changes through a gradual transition from a lottery system to a fully
juried Festival. In 2005, the Festival came under the leadership of
Artistic Producers Keira Loughran and Kimahli Powell, who together
launched the Canadian Pavilion (National Series). In 2007, Keira
took on full responsibility for the Festival as sole Artistic Producer.
In January 2008, Michael Rubenfeld became the Artistic Producer
of the Festival, bringing with him a love for theatre and music, and his
desire to explore art as a tool for both community and cultural evolu-
tion. As the largest juried festival in Canada featuring predominantly
New Canadian plays, SummerWorks looks to uniquely reflect Toronto
and Canada’s zeitgeist.
Staff
Artistic Producer: Michael Rubenfeld
Artistic Associate: Dan Daley
Production Manager: Stefan Lenzi
Music Coordinator: Kevin Parnell
Musical Works Producer: Tracy Michailidis
Musical Works Co-Producers: Derrick Chua, George Masswohl
S.L.I.P. Coordinator: Jordi Mand
S.L.I.P. Program Facilitators: Julie Tepperman & Aaron Willis
SummerWalks Coordinator: Kimwun Perehinec
Associate Artist: Lindy Zucker
Playground Designers: Beth Kates & Ben Chaisson
Playground Coordinators: Natasha Greenblatt & Cara Gee
Performance Bar Associate Producer: Laurel Green
Festival Publicist (ClutchPR): Daniela Syrovy
Public Relations Assistant (ClutchPR): Madison Moran
Front of House Coordinator: Tina Meister
Volunteer Coordinator: Andy Wang
Box Office Manager (Arts Box Office): Liz Jansen
Sponsorship Director: Bridget Norris
Graphic Design: Monnet Design
Web Developer: Jenny Kapichen
Industry Liaison: Gillian Street
Intern: Shaina Silver-Baird
Board of Directors
Board Chair: David Taylor
Laura Clark, Vanessa Grant, Ruth Madoc-Jones,
Michael McLeod, Paul Thompson
Awards
All awards are adjudicated by a jury of three theatre professionals,
except the NOW Magazine Audience Choice Award, which is determined
by ballot.
SummerWorks Prize for Production
The prize is a free trip back to the Festival next year. All companies
presenting new work are eligible.
Contra Guys Award for New Work
Generously supported by to SummerWorks founders, Benj Gallander
and Ben Stadelmann, the Contra Guys New Work Award is a $1000
cash award presented to a theatre-maker for an outstanding new work
(script or performance text).
National Theatre School Award for Set or Costume Design
This new award, sponsored by the National Theatre School, offers a
$750 cash prize to a designer for an outstanding set or costume design.
Buddies in Bad Times Vanguard Award for Risk and Innovation
Also new, sponsored by Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, this $750
cash prize is awarded to an individual or company in recognition of an
artistic choice or choices exemplifying innovation and/or artistic risk.
2 3
Ticket Information
Selection Jury Ticket Prices Theatre Policies And Procedures
Joanne Falck, David Oiye & Michael Rubenfeld $10 per performance 1. No latecomers.
$25 for a 3-Play Pass* 2. No refunds.**
Venue Teams 3. No re-entry.
$55 for a 7-Play Pass* 4. Shows start on time.
Only seventy-five 7-Play Passes are available, so buy early
Factory Theatre Mainspace 5. Performances are a maximum of 75 minutes, unless otherwise noted.
Lighting Designer: Aaron Kelly $75 for a 10-Play Pass* 6. No photographs or video recording.
Technicians: Jamie Monteiro & Kevin MacLeod Only thirty 10-Play Passes are available, so buy early 7. The venue box offices accept cash only.
8. Any unclaimed tickets will be released five minutes before the show.
Factory Theatre Studio $5 for SummerWalks Tours / $12 for a 3-Walk Pass*
Lighting Designer: Raha Javanfar 9. Please turn off all cell phones, pagers, etc. in the theatres.
*Passes go on sale August 5 at 4pm at the Factory Mainspace Box Office.
Technicians: Bryan Eaton & Shawn Henry **For Offsite shows that are rained out, the following are our refund policies:
Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace If you purchased a ticket “at the door,” please bring your ticket to the booth
Passes
Lighting Designer: Peter Eaton at which you purchased it on the same day as the rained out performance
Technicians: Peter Eaton & John Thomson Passes are redeemed for tickets on a first-come, first-served basis and we will refund your ticket.
and are subject to availability. Passes are non-transferable. Pass holders
Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace
will be required to sign for their tickets. If you purchased an advance ticket for an Offsite show with a credit
Lighting Designer: David DeGrow card, the Arts Box Office will automatically refund your money. If you
Technicians: David DeGrow & Alicia Ho purchased a ticket with cash at the Arts Box Office, please bring your
How To Purchase Tickets ticket to the Arts Box Office booth for refund.
The Theatre Centre
Regular Tickets (same-day sales) – $10 per performance
Lighting Designer: Jason Golinsky
Each venue box office opens one hour before the first performance
Technicians: Alex Naylor & Matt Jordan Box Offices
of the day, and will sell tickets for each show one hour prior to its
The Lower Ossington Theatre performance time. One hour prior to each show, tickets for Factory shows are available
Lighting Designer: Joshua Koffman in the Factory Theatre Courtyard. Tickets for Theatre Passe Muraille
Advance Tickets – $10 per performance ($5 per walking tour) shows are available outside Theatre Passe Muraille. Tickets for
Technicians: Kelly Read & Nick Rose
(+ $1 service fee + hst) The Theatre Centre shows are available in the front lobby at The Theatre
Advance Tickets are available up to 10am the day before a show and Centre. Tickets for The Lower Ossington Theatre are available in the
Donors and Sponsors
can be purchased as follows: upstairs lobby on the 2nd floor. Tickets for Offsite shows are available
NOW Magazine, Dual Audio Services, Exclaim!, CBC Radio 3, TD Bank, RBC Bank, Fuzzy Logic
Recordings, Anansi Press, Arts&Crafts, Toronto Fringe Festival, Tarragon Theatre, Epicure Café, Online at www.artsboxoffice.ca at the venue.
The Theatre Centre, Shaw Festival, Steam Whistle Brewery, Playwrights Canada Press, TAPA,
Dancap Productions, National Ballet of Canada, Coach House Books, Harold Green Jewish
In person at the Arts Box Office (located at Theatre Passe Muraille,
Theatre Company, Canadian Stage Company, Cream Tangerine, Evan Tapper, Republic of Doyle, 16 Ryerson Ave., One block North East of Bathurst & Queen W.)
Factory Theatre, David’s Tea, Bruce Hunter, Aviva Chernick, Dancemakers, The Yoga Sanctuary, Until August 1: Tuesday to Friday, noon to 5pm
Frantic City Books, Levack Block, Outside Music, Caplanskys, Soundscapes, Magnetic North August 2–15: Monday to Friday, noon to 7pm
Theatre Festival, Theatre Passe Muraille, BakkaPhoenix Science Fiction Bookstore, Art of Time
Ensemble, Art Gallery of Ontario, House Seats, Bohmer Restaurant Saturday & Sunday, 10am to 8 pm
By phone by calling the Arts Box Office at 416 504 7529
Thank Yous (in no particular order) for tickets & info during the hours listed above.
Maurice Galpern, Franco Boni, Gayle Longley, Annette Dukszta, Jim Wilson, Soundscapes, Music Series tickets are also on sale in advance at Rotate This
Steve Pratt, James Booth, Fadi Hakim, Tim Mclaughlin, Chris Goddard, Erika Hennebury,
Margo Charlton, Pat Bradley, Linda Nickolson, Karla Kartl, Koba Johnson, Kim Seldoy,
and Soundscapes.
Chris Slorach, Eric Warner, Clinton Robinson, Evan Newman, Brian Ostrander, Mendl Up to 50% of the house can be sold in advance. The remaining half
Schwartz, Nina Arsenault, Romeo Candido, Brendan Healey, Isidra Cruz, Michael Gallaro,
will always be available at the door.
Kelly Reid, Ame Henderson, Arts&Crafts, Brendan Bourke, Jordan Tannahill, Matthew
Barber, Boys Who Say No, Emily Porter, Ron Koperdraad, Shira Swartz, Aaron Rotbard,
National Theatre of the World, Ryan McDougall, Mike Crossley, Steve Beatty, Annie Gibson,
Blake Sproule, Karla Hartl, Andy McKim, Kendra Fry, Aviva Armour-Ostroff, Janice
Copeland, Doreen Balabanoff, Mary Ann Lee, Derrick Chua, Michael R., Yvette Nolan
Venues
& Native Earth, Nicolett Jakab, Lynne Woolcott & St. Christopher House, Rikki Zucker,
Shannon Cochrane, Emma McKenzie Hillier, Alexis McDougall, Soulpepper / The Young
Centre for the Performing Arts, BB Designs, WYRD Productions, Shelagh Rowan-Legg,
Rebecca Vandevelde, Tarragon Theatre, Allan Day, Amanda Lynne Ballard, Sebastian Iwohn,
Benjamin Regan, Amy Rutherford, Jayme Spinks, Agnes Wong, Stéphane Monnet,
David Yee, Nightwood Theatre, Stephanie Tonietto, Renna Reddie, Meredith Anderson Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace
125 Bathurst St.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre
125 Bathurst St.
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace
16 Ryerson Ave.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace
Canadian Stage Award for Direction 16 Ryerson Ave.
$1000 cash prize awarded for an outstanding piece of direction
Venue E: The Theatre Centre
at the Festival. 1087 Queen St. W.
The Spotlight Award Venue F: Cream Tangerine Café
Awarded to a featured performer in a SummerWorks show. The winner (The Theatre Centre) 1087 Queen St. W.
receives a vip pass to the Festival next year. Venue G: The Lower Ossington Theatre
The Steam Whistle Emerging Artist Award 100A Ossington Ave.
$500 cash prize awarded to an artist early in their career who made Venue H: T.A.N. Coffee
an artistic impression during the Festival. 992 Queen St. W. (at Ossington Ave.)
RBC Arts Professional Award Venue I: HUB 14
14 Markham St. (at Queen St. W.)
This $1000 cash prize recognizes the work, craft and dedication
of an emerging arts professional. This award is made possible with the Venue J: Trinity Bellwoods Park
support of RBC. Queen St. W. at Strachan Ave. (meet at the Strachan gates)
The NOW Magazine Audience Choice Award Venue K: The Performance Bar
(Lower Ossington Theatre, street level) 100A Ossington Ave.
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 $1,500 in free advertising with NOW Magazine.
All shows are eligible for this prize.
The winners of all nine awards will be announced at our closing night
party between 11 and 11:30 pm in the Factory Theatre Courtyard on
Sunday, August 15.
About SummerWorks
History
In 1991, five friends – Benj Gallander, Greg Holmgren, Carol Pauker,
Rob Sherwood and Ben Stadelmann – came together to put on the
first SummerWorks Theatre Festival. The decision to mount a new
fringe-style festival was a response to what was seen as a growing,
under-represented small theatre community. From 2000 to 2004,
under the direction of Franco Boni, the Festival made significant
changes through a gradual transition from a lottery system to a fully
juried Festival. In 2005, the Festival came under the leadership of
Artistic Producers Keira Loughran and Kimahli Powell, who together
launched the Canadian Pavilion (National Series). In 2007, Keira
took on full responsibility for the Festival as sole Artistic Producer.
In January 2008, Michael Rubenfeld became the Artistic Producer
of the Festival, bringing with him a love for theatre and music, and his
desire to explore art as a tool for both community and cultural evolu-
tion. As the largest juried festival in Canada featuring predominantly
New Canadian plays, SummerWorks looks to uniquely reflect Toronto
and Canada’s zeitgeist.
Staff
Artistic Producer: Michael Rubenfeld
Artistic Associate: Dan Daley
Production Manager: Stefan Lenzi
Music Coordinator: Kevin Parnell
Musical Works Producer: Tracy Michailidis
Musical Works Co-Producers: Derrick Chua, George Masswohl
S.L.I.P. Coordinator: Jordi Mand
S.L.I.P. Program Facilitators: Julie Tepperman & Aaron Willis
SummerWalks Coordinator: Kimwun Perehinec
Associate Artist: Lindy Zucker
Playground Designers: Beth Kates & Ben Chaisson
Playground Coordinators: Natasha Greenblatt & Cara Gee
Performance Bar Associate Producer: Laurel Green
Festival Publicist (ClutchPR): Daniela Syrovy
Public Relations Assistant (ClutchPR): Madison Moran
Front of House Coordinator: Tina Meister
Volunteer Coordinator: Andy Wang
Box Office Manager (Arts Box Office): Liz Jansen
Sponsorship Director: Bridget Norris
Graphic Design: Monnet Design
Web Developer: Jenny Kapichen
Industry Liaison: Gillian Street
Intern: Shaina Silver-Baird
Board of Directors
Board Chair: David Taylor
Laura Clark, Vanessa Grant, Ruth Madoc-Jones,
Michael McLeod, Paul Thompson
Awards
All awards are adjudicated by a jury of three theatre professionals,
except the NOW Magazine Audience Choice Award, which is determined
by ballot.
SummerWorks Prize for Production
The prize is a free trip back to the Festival next year. All companies
presenting new work are eligible.
Contra Guys Award for New Work
Generously supported by to SummerWorks founders, Benj Gallander
and Ben Stadelmann, the Contra Guys New Work Award is a $1000
cash award presented to a theatre-maker for an outstanding new work
(script or performance text).
National Theatre School Award for Set or Costume Design
This new award, sponsored by the National Theatre School, offers a
$750 cash prize to a designer for an outstanding set or costume design.
Buddies in Bad Times Vanguard Award for Risk and Innovation
Also new, sponsored by Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, this $750
cash prize is awarded to an individual or company in recognition of an
artistic choice or choices exemplifying innovation and/or artistic risk.
2 3
Ticket Information
Selection Jury Ticket Prices Theatre Policies And Procedures
Joanne Falck, David Oiye & Michael Rubenfeld $10 per performance 1. No latecomers.
$25 for a 3-Play Pass* 2. No refunds.**
Venue Teams 3. No re-entry.
$55 for a 7-Play Pass* 4. Shows start on time.
Only seventy-five 7-Play Passes are available, so buy early
Factory Theatre Mainspace 5. Performances are a maximum of 75 minutes, unless otherwise noted.
Lighting Designer: Aaron Kelly $75 for a 10-Play Pass* 6. No photographs or video recording.
Technicians: Jamie Monteiro & Kevin MacLeod Only thirty 10-Play Passes are available, so buy early 7. The venue box offices accept cash only.
8. Any unclaimed tickets will be released five minutes before the show.
Factory Theatre Studio $5 for SummerWalks Tours / $12 for a 3-Walk Pass*
Lighting Designer: Raha Javanfar 9. Please turn off all cell phones, pagers, etc. in the theatres.
*Passes go on sale August 5 at 4pm at the Factory Mainspace Box Office.
Technicians: Bryan Eaton & Shawn Henry **For Offsite shows that are rained out, the following are our refund policies:
Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace If you purchased a ticket “at the door,” please bring your ticket to the booth
Passes
Lighting Designer: Peter Eaton at which you purchased it on the same day as the rained out performance
Technicians: Peter Eaton & John Thomson Passes are redeemed for tickets on a first-come, first-served basis and we will refund your ticket.
and are subject to availability. Passes are non-transferable. Pass holders
Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace
will be required to sign for their tickets. If you purchased an advance ticket for an Offsite show with a credit
Lighting Designer: David DeGrow card, the Arts Box Office will automatically refund your money. If you
Technicians: David DeGrow & Alicia Ho purchased a ticket with cash at the Arts Box Office, please bring your
How To Purchase Tickets ticket to the Arts Box Office booth for refund.
The Theatre Centre
Regular Tickets (same-day sales) – $10 per performance
Lighting Designer: Jason Golinsky
Each venue box office opens one hour before the first performance
Technicians: Alex Naylor & Matt Jordan Box Offices
of the day, and will sell tickets for each show one hour prior to its
The Lower Ossington Theatre performance time. One hour prior to each show, tickets for Factory shows are available
Lighting Designer: Joshua Koffman in the Factory Theatre Courtyard. Tickets for Theatre Passe Muraille
Advance Tickets – $10 per performance ($5 per walking tour) shows are available outside Theatre Passe Muraille. Tickets for
Technicians: Kelly Read & Nick Rose
(+ $1 service fee + hst) The Theatre Centre shows are available in the front lobby at The Theatre
Advance Tickets are available up to 10am the day before a show and Centre. Tickets for The Lower Ossington Theatre are available in the
Donors and Sponsors
can be purchased as follows: upstairs lobby on the 2nd floor. Tickets for Offsite shows are available
NOW Magazine, Dual Audio Services, Exclaim!, CBC Radio 3, TD Bank, RBC Bank, Fuzzy Logic
Recordings, Anansi Press, Arts&Crafts, Toronto Fringe Festival, Tarragon Theatre, Epicure Café, Online at www.artsboxoffice.ca at the venue.
The Theatre Centre, Shaw Festival, Steam Whistle Brewery, Playwrights Canada Press, TAPA,
Dancap Productions, National Ballet of Canada, Coach House Books, Harold Green Jewish
In person at the Arts Box Office (located at Theatre Passe Muraille,
Theatre Company, Canadian Stage Company, Cream Tangerine, Evan Tapper, Republic of Doyle, 16 Ryerson Ave., One block North East of Bathurst & Queen W.)
Factory Theatre, David’s Tea, Bruce Hunter, Aviva Chernick, Dancemakers, The Yoga Sanctuary, Until August 1: Tuesday to Friday, noon to 5pm
Frantic City Books, Levack Block, Outside Music, Caplanskys, Soundscapes, Magnetic North August 2–15: Monday to Friday, noon to 7pm
Theatre Festival, Theatre Passe Muraille, BakkaPhoenix Science Fiction Bookstore, Art of Time
Ensemble, Art Gallery of Ontario, House Seats, Bohmer Restaurant Saturday & Sunday, 10am to 8 pm
By phone by calling the Arts Box Office at 416 504 7529
Thank Yous (in no particular order) for tickets & info during the hours listed above.
Maurice Galpern, Franco Boni, Gayle Longley, Annette Dukszta, Jim Wilson, Soundscapes, Music Series tickets are also on sale in advance at Rotate This
Steve Pratt, James Booth, Fadi Hakim, Tim Mclaughlin, Chris Goddard, Erika Hennebury,
Margo Charlton, Pat Bradley, Linda Nickolson, Karla Kartl, Koba Johnson, Kim Seldoy,
and Soundscapes.
Chris Slorach, Eric Warner, Clinton Robinson, Evan Newman, Brian Ostrander, Mendl Up to 50% of the house can be sold in advance. The remaining half
Schwartz, Nina Arsenault, Romeo Candido, Brendan Healey, Isidra Cruz, Michael Gallaro,
will always be available at the door.
Kelly Reid, Ame Henderson, Arts&Crafts, Brendan Bourke, Jordan Tannahill, Matthew
Barber, Boys Who Say No, Emily Porter, Ron Koperdraad, Shira Swartz, Aaron Rotbard,
National Theatre of the World, Ryan McDougall, Mike Crossley, Steve Beatty, Annie Gibson,
Blake Sproule, Karla Hartl, Andy McKim, Kendra Fry, Aviva Armour-Ostroff, Janice
Copeland, Doreen Balabanoff, Mary Ann Lee, Derrick Chua, Michael R., Yvette Nolan
Venues
& Native Earth, Nicolett Jakab, Lynne Woolcott & St. Christopher House, Rikki Zucker,
Shannon Cochrane, Emma McKenzie Hillier, Alexis McDougall, Soulpepper / The Young
Centre for the Performing Arts, BB Designs, WYRD Productions, Shelagh Rowan-Legg,
Rebecca Vandevelde, Tarragon Theatre, Allan Day, Amanda Lynne Ballard, Sebastian Iwohn,
Benjamin Regan, Amy Rutherford, Jayme Spinks, Agnes Wong, Stéphane Monnet,
David Yee, Nightwood Theatre, Stephanie Tonietto, Renna Reddie, Meredith Anderson Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace
125 Bathurst St.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre
125 Bathurst St.
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace
16 Ryerson Ave.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace
Canadian Stage Award for Direction 16 Ryerson Ave.
$1000 cash prize awarded for an outstanding piece of direction
Venue E: The Theatre Centre
at the Festival. 1087 Queen St. W.
The Spotlight Award Venue F: Cream Tangerine Café
Awarded to a featured performer in a SummerWorks show. The winner (The Theatre Centre) 1087 Queen St. W.
receives a vip pass to the Festival next year. Venue G: The Lower Ossington Theatre
The Steam Whistle Emerging Artist Award 100A Ossington Ave.
$500 cash prize awarded to an artist early in their career who made Venue H: T.A.N. Coffee
an artistic impression during the Festival. 992 Queen St. W. (at Ossington Ave.)
RBC Arts Professional Award Venue I: HUB 14
14 Markham St. (at Queen St. W.)
This $1000 cash prize recognizes the work, craft and dedication
of an emerging arts professional. This award is made possible with the Venue J: Trinity Bellwoods Park
support of RBC. Queen St. W. at Strachan Ave. (meet at the Strachan gates)
The NOW Magazine Audience Choice Award Venue K: The Performance Bar
(Lower Ossington Theatre, street level) 100A Ossington Ave.
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 $1,500 in free advertising with NOW Magazine.
All shows are eligible for this prize.
The winners of all nine awards will be announced at our closing night
party between 11 and 11:30 pm in the Factory Theatre Courtyard on
Sunday, August 15.
Theatre
Aftershock AVATAR – National series: winnipeg Bliss Even Darkness is Made of Light
By Evan Tsitsias. Directed by Rod Ceballos. Presented by Theatre
on the Verge. Set Design by Glen Davidson. Dramaturgy by Lisa
O’Connell. Featuring Patrick Garrow, Lynne Griffin, Allana Harkin,
David Mackett, Catherine Rainville & Amy Rutherford.
Is change actually possible? Anna’s just returned to the trailer park
after appearing on one of those “Extreme Makeover” shows. Her
transformation ignites a sea of change in her eccentric family, but not
Anna herself, who finds she has to take some desperate measures
to finally move, in any direction.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 60 minutes
Saturday, August 7, 12:30pm; Sunday, August 8, 5:30pm;
Tuesday, August 10, 8pm; Thursday, August 12, 10:30pm;
Friday, August 13, 3pm; Saturday, August 14, 8pm
All of Him Friday, August 13, 4:30pm; Saturday, August 14, 11:30am
By Tanya Pillay. Directed by Jajube Mandiela. Presented by in
between. Lighting Design by CJ Astronomo. Sound Design by
Rehaset Yohanes. Visual Media Consultant Jay Field. Featuring
Tanya Pillay.
An interactive, live biography of a jovial father with a dark past who
asked: “is that all there is to me?” Cheer and smear collide in this
intimate eulogy where you can ponder and even discuss typically
taboo subjects without fearing provocation or injury.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 60 minutes
Friday, August 6, 6pm; Saturday, August 7, 8pm
Sunday, August 8, 12pm; Tuesday, August 10, 10pm
Friday, August 13, 4pm; Saturday, August 14, 4pm
Sunday, August 15, 6pm
Anatomy of a Broken Love Affair Monday, August 9, 5pm; Wednesday, August 11, 7:30pm
By Celia McBride. Directed by Rae Ellen Bodie. Presented by
Vintage Productions. Featuring Megan Dunlop & Colin Doyle.
The Head. The Body. The Heart. The Spirit.
What happens when a Gal and a Fella have good chemistry but question-
able compatibility? The un-scientific exploration of a lust story.
Venue H: T.A.N. Coffee 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 7:30pm; Friday, Saturday, August 7, 7:30pm & 9:15pm
Sunday, August 8, 7:30pm & 9:15pm; Monday, August 9, 7:30pm
Tuesday, August 10, 7:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 7:30pm
Thursday, August 12, 7:30pm; Friday, August 13, 7:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 7:30pm & 9:15pm; Sunday, August 15, 7:30pm
Bliss
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Written & Directed by Freya Olafson. Lighting Design by
Hugh Conacher. Costume Design by Norma Lachance. Featuring
Freya Olafson.
AVATAR explores methods of creating, validating and disseminating
one’s identity through the use of technology and the Internet. Inspired
by the mantra “I post therefore I am,” the work facilitates an inquiry into
our desire to share and publicize our lives. The performance inherently
becomes a duet with technology as in AVATAR Freya makes use of
live video feeds and projections to magnify, manipulate and effectively
broadcast persona and image.
Venue E: The Theatre Centre 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 5pm; Saturday, August 7, 2:30pm
Sunday, August 8, 7:30pm; Tuesday, August 10, 10pm
Friday, August 13, 7:30pm; Saturday, August 14, 10pm
big face Foster Child Play
By Marion de Vries. Directed by Heather McCreath. Presented by
left hand theatre. Featuring Marion de Vries.
A woman wakes up in her Toronto bachelor supremely hung over, and
relives her past as a big-drinkin’ big-talkin’ gal who drives her pick-up
truck into a profane and sacred badlands adventure among cowboys
and rigpigs on the Alberta prairie, searching for that proverbial wrong
turn. A left-handed comedy.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 8pm; Saturday, August 7, 5:30pm
Sunday, August 8, 10:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 5:30pm
Friday, August 13, 8pm; Sunday, August 15, 12:30pm
Biographies of the Dead & Dying Thursday, August 5, 10pm; Saturday, August 7, 7:30pm
By Andrew Templeton. Directed by Amiel Gladstone. Presented
by MachineFair. Lighting Design by Kimberly Purtell. Featuring
Aviva Armour-Ostroff & Jeff Meadows.
An author rents a haunted house to write the biography of a ghost.
She finds herself in an intense relationship with the missing and
the dead. Critically acclaimed in Vancouver, a spare, darkly comic
exploration of the power we have to create and destroy. Not all
ghost stories are make believe.
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 7:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 5pm
Sunday, August 8, 10pm; Wednesday, August 11, 5pm
Friday, August 13, 7:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 12pm
By Olivier Choiniere (translated by Caryl Churchill). Directed
by Steven McCarthy. Presented by Candles are for Burning.
Set & Costume Design by James Lavoie. Lighting Design by
Rachel Dawn Woods. Sound Design by Diane Labrosse.
Featuring Delphine Bienvenu, Jean-Robert Bourdage, France
Rolland & Steven McCarthy.
North American premiere of this dark and timely piece by one of
Quebec’s hottest playwrights as translated by Caryl Churchill. What
is Walmart? Who is Celine Dion? And who is the girl kept prisoner
in her room? An Oracle arrives to help us hold Heaven in one hand
and Hell in the other and to finally give us an answer.
Venue G: The Lower Ossington Theatre 75 minutes
Friday, August 6, 4:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 7pm
Monday, August 9, 4:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 7pm
Countries Shaped Like Stars By Alex Napier. Directed by Philip McKee. Presented by Island
Created by Emily Pearlman & Nicolas Di Gaetano. Directed by
Patrick Gauthier. Presented by Mi Casa. Lighting Design by
Lynn Cox. Costume & Prop Design by Sarah Waghorn. Featuring
Emily Pearlman & Nicolas Di Gaetano.
The courtship of Gwendolyn Magnificent and Bartholomew
Spectacular is a tale of love best heard through a tin-can telephone.
Winner: Outstanding Production (Ottawa Fringe) and Outstanding
New Creation (Rideau Awards). Official Selection: 2010 Revolutions
Festival, New Mexico. “This is the theatre show The Decemberists
would create if Roald Dahl directed them.”
Venue E: The Theatre Centre 60 minutes
Friday, August 13, 5pm; Sunday, August 15, 12pm
The Emotionalists Featuring Sarah Cormier, Zach Fraser, Kiersten Tough.
By Sky Gilbert. Directed by Eli Ham. Presented by Stuck in the
Mud Productions. Lighting Consultation by Michael Ledermueller.
Featuring Soo Garay, Aidan DeSalaiz, Tim MacLean, Krystal
Meadows, Dan LeBerg & James Downing.
A look at famous writer, fierce lobbyist and founder of the Objectivist
movement, Ayn Rand. The Emotionalists opens amid Ayn’s love affair
with psychologist Nathaniel Branden, which reveals cracks in her
austere veneer, and her inherent hypocrisy, as all those around her
struggle to find where reason ends and honest emotion begins.
Venue E: The Theatre Centre 75 minutes
Friday, August 6, 7:30pm; Sunday, August 8, 12pm
Monday, August 9, 10pm; Thursday, August 12, 5pm
Saturday, August 14, 2:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 7:30pm
Homegrown
By Edwige Jean-Pierre. Directed by Patrick Conner. Presented
by Not My Pig Not My Farm Productions. Dramaturgy by Patrick
Conner. Lighting Design by Alyssa L. Matheson.
Even Darkness Is Made of Light is a dark comedy about suicide:
17-year-old Carrie Edison is struggling with the loss of her high school
crush and feels responsible for his accidental death. Depressed and
disillusioned with the realities of her surroundings, she masterminds
“Operation Exit F!@#$% up Planet.” Everything is in place: it can’t
fail, it won’t fail – so long as it’s done after she sees the next installment
of the Twilight series.
Venue E: The Theatre Centre 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 7:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 5pm
Sunday, August 8, 10pm; Wednesday, August 11, 5pm
Friday, August 13, 10pm; Sunday, August 15, 2:30pm
School. Composed by Katie Stelmanis. Featuring Nika Mistruzzi,
Vanessa Dunn & Jackie Rowland.
“Everything is so hard.” Alice and Sheila live in an apartment. Tallulah
comes from the Country. Once together, the three change each other’s
lives like: ruin and mend, always trying.
Venue I: HUB 14 Capacity: 30 / 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 8pm; Friday, August 6, 8pm
Saturday, August 7, 8pm; Sunday, August 8, 2pm
Tuesday, August 10, 2pm; Wednesday, August 11, 8pm
Thursday, August 12, 8pm; Friday, August 13, 8pm
Saturday, August 14, 8pm; Sunday, August 15, 2pm
The Hanging of FranÇoise Laurent
Written & Directed by Kate Cayley. Presented by Stranger Theatre.
All design & musical arrangements created by the company.
In 1751, a young servant girl was sentenced to death in Montreal for
stealing a pair of gloves. At the time, a woman could escape execution
if she could persuade the hangman to marry her. Stranger Theatre
explores this bizarre and true story about fate, fantasy, seduction
and survival.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 6pm; Saturday, August 7, 12pm
Sunday, August 8, 8pm; Monday, August 9, 10pm
Thursday, August 12, 4pm; Friday, August 13, 6pm
Sunday, August 15, 10pm
Foster Child Play
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Aftershock AVATAR – National series: winnipeg Bliss Even Darkness is Made of Light
By Evan Tsitsias. Directed by Rod Ceballos. Presented by Theatre
on the Verge. Set Design by Glen Davidson. Dramaturgy by Lisa
O’Connell. Featuring Patrick Garrow, Lynne Griffin, Allana Harkin,
David Mackett, Catherine Rainville & Amy Rutherford.
Is change actually possible? Anna’s just returned to the trailer park
after appearing on one of those “Extreme Makeover” shows. Her
transformation ignites a sea of change in her eccentric family, but not
Anna herself, who finds she has to take some desperate measures
to finally move, in any direction.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 60 minutes
Saturday, August 7, 12:30pm; Sunday, August 8, 5:30pm;
Tuesday, August 10, 8pm; Thursday, August 12, 10:30pm;
Friday, August 13, 3pm; Saturday, August 14, 8pm
All of Him Friday, August 13, 4:30pm; Saturday, August 14, 11:30am
By Tanya Pillay. Directed by Jajube Mandiela. Presented by in
between. Lighting Design by CJ Astronomo. Sound Design by
Rehaset Yohanes. Visual Media Consultant Jay Field. Featuring
Tanya Pillay.
An interactive, live biography of a jovial father with a dark past who
asked: “is that all there is to me?” Cheer and smear collide in this
intimate eulogy where you can ponder and even discuss typically
taboo subjects without fearing provocation or injury.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 60 minutes
Friday, August 6, 6pm; Saturday, August 7, 8pm
Sunday, August 8, 12pm; Tuesday, August 10, 10pm
Friday, August 13, 4pm; Saturday, August 14, 4pm
Sunday, August 15, 6pm
Anatomy of a Broken Love Affair Monday, August 9, 5pm; Wednesday, August 11, 7:30pm
By Celia McBride. Directed by Rae Ellen Bodie. Presented by
Vintage Productions. Featuring Megan Dunlop & Colin Doyle.
The Head. The Body. The Heart. The Spirit.
What happens when a Gal and a Fella have good chemistry but question-
able compatibility? The un-scientific exploration of a lust story.
Venue H: T.A.N. Coffee 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 7:30pm; Friday, Saturday, August 7, 7:30pm & 9:15pm
Sunday, August 8, 7:30pm & 9:15pm; Monday, August 9, 7:30pm
Tuesday, August 10, 7:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 7:30pm
Thursday, August 12, 7:30pm; Friday, August 13, 7:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 7:30pm & 9:15pm; Sunday, August 15, 7:30pm
Bliss
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Written & Directed by Freya Olafson. Lighting Design by
Hugh Conacher. Costume Design by Norma Lachance. Featuring
Freya Olafson.
AVATAR explores methods of creating, validating and disseminating
one’s identity through the use of technology and the Internet. Inspired
by the mantra “I post therefore I am,” the work facilitates an inquiry into
our desire to share and publicize our lives. The performance inherently
becomes a duet with technology as in AVATAR Freya makes use of
live video feeds and projections to magnify, manipulate and effectively
broadcast persona and image.
Venue E: The Theatre Centre 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 5pm; Saturday, August 7, 2:30pm
Sunday, August 8, 7:30pm; Tuesday, August 10, 10pm
Friday, August 13, 7:30pm; Saturday, August 14, 10pm
big face Foster Child Play
By Marion de Vries. Directed by Heather McCreath. Presented by
left hand theatre. Featuring Marion de Vries.
A woman wakes up in her Toronto bachelor supremely hung over, and
relives her past as a big-drinkin’ big-talkin’ gal who drives her pick-up
truck into a profane and sacred badlands adventure among cowboys
and rigpigs on the Alberta prairie, searching for that proverbial wrong
turn. A left-handed comedy.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 8pm; Saturday, August 7, 5:30pm
Sunday, August 8, 10:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 5:30pm
Friday, August 13, 8pm; Sunday, August 15, 12:30pm
Biographies of the Dead & Dying Thursday, August 5, 10pm; Saturday, August 7, 7:30pm
By Andrew Templeton. Directed by Amiel Gladstone. Presented
by MachineFair. Lighting Design by Kimberly Purtell. Featuring
Aviva Armour-Ostroff & Jeff Meadows.
An author rents a haunted house to write the biography of a ghost.
She finds herself in an intense relationship with the missing and
the dead. Critically acclaimed in Vancouver, a spare, darkly comic
exploration of the power we have to create and destroy. Not all
ghost stories are make believe.
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 7:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 5pm
Sunday, August 8, 10pm; Wednesday, August 11, 5pm
Friday, August 13, 7:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 12pm
By Olivier Choiniere (translated by Caryl Churchill). Directed
by Steven McCarthy. Presented by Candles are for Burning.
Set & Costume Design by James Lavoie. Lighting Design by
Rachel Dawn Woods. Sound Design by Diane Labrosse.
Featuring Delphine Bienvenu, Jean-Robert Bourdage, France
Rolland & Steven McCarthy.
North American premiere of this dark and timely piece by one of
Quebec’s hottest playwrights as translated by Caryl Churchill. What
is Walmart? Who is Celine Dion? And who is the girl kept prisoner
in her room? An Oracle arrives to help us hold Heaven in one hand
and Hell in the other and to finally give us an answer.
Venue G: The Lower Ossington Theatre 75 minutes
Friday, August 6, 4:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 7pm
Monday, August 9, 4:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 7pm
Countries Shaped Like Stars By Alex Napier. Directed by Philip McKee. Presented by Island
Created by Emily Pearlman & Nicolas Di Gaetano. Directed by
Patrick Gauthier. Presented by Mi Casa. Lighting Design by
Lynn Cox. Costume & Prop Design by Sarah Waghorn. Featuring
Emily Pearlman & Nicolas Di Gaetano.
The courtship of Gwendolyn Magnificent and Bartholomew
Spectacular is a tale of love best heard through a tin-can telephone.
Winner: Outstanding Production (Ottawa Fringe) and Outstanding
New Creation (Rideau Awards). Official Selection: 2010 Revolutions
Festival, New Mexico. “This is the theatre show The Decemberists
would create if Roald Dahl directed them.”
Venue E: The Theatre Centre 60 minutes
Friday, August 13, 5pm; Sunday, August 15, 12pm
The Emotionalists Featuring Sarah Cormier, Zach Fraser, Kiersten Tough.
By Sky Gilbert. Directed by Eli Ham. Presented by Stuck in the
Mud Productions. Lighting Consultation by Michael Ledermueller.
Featuring Soo Garay, Aidan DeSalaiz, Tim MacLean, Krystal
Meadows, Dan LeBerg & James Downing.
A look at famous writer, fierce lobbyist and founder of the Objectivist
movement, Ayn Rand. The Emotionalists opens amid Ayn’s love affair
with psychologist Nathaniel Branden, which reveals cracks in her
austere veneer, and her inherent hypocrisy, as all those around her
struggle to find where reason ends and honest emotion begins.
Venue E: The Theatre Centre 75 minutes
Friday, August 6, 7:30pm; Sunday, August 8, 12pm
Monday, August 9, 10pm; Thursday, August 12, 5pm
Saturday, August 14, 2:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 7:30pm
Homegrown
By Edwige Jean-Pierre. Directed by Patrick Conner. Presented
by Not My Pig Not My Farm Productions. Dramaturgy by Patrick
Conner. Lighting Design by Alyssa L. Matheson.
Even Darkness Is Made of Light is a dark comedy about suicide:
17-year-old Carrie Edison is struggling with the loss of her high school
crush and feels responsible for his accidental death. Depressed and
disillusioned with the realities of her surroundings, she masterminds
“Operation Exit F!@#$% up Planet.” Everything is in place: it can’t
fail, it won’t fail – so long as it’s done after she sees the next installment
of the Twilight series.
Venue E: The Theatre Centre 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 7:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 5pm
Sunday, August 8, 10pm; Wednesday, August 11, 5pm
Friday, August 13, 10pm; Sunday, August 15, 2:30pm
School. Composed by Katie Stelmanis. Featuring Nika Mistruzzi,
Vanessa Dunn & Jackie Rowland.
“Everything is so hard.” Alice and Sheila live in an apartment. Tallulah
comes from the Country. Once together, the three change each other’s
lives like: ruin and mend, always trying.
Venue I: HUB 14 Capacity: 30 / 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 8pm; Friday, August 6, 8pm
Saturday, August 7, 8pm; Sunday, August 8, 2pm
Tuesday, August 10, 2pm; Wednesday, August 11, 8pm
Thursday, August 12, 8pm; Friday, August 13, 8pm
Saturday, August 14, 8pm; Sunday, August 15, 2pm
The Hanging of FranÇoise Laurent
Written & Directed by Kate Cayley. Presented by Stranger Theatre.
All design & musical arrangements created by the company.
In 1751, a young servant girl was sentenced to death in Montreal for
stealing a pair of gloves. At the time, a woman could escape execution
if she could persuade the hangman to marry her. Stranger Theatre
explores this bizarre and true story about fate, fantasy, seduction
and survival.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 6pm; Saturday, August 7, 12pm
Sunday, August 8, 8pm; Monday, August 9, 10pm
Thursday, August 12, 4pm; Friday, August 13, 6pm
Sunday, August 15, 10pm
Foster Child Play
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Haunted Hillbilly – National series: montreal It’s Time to Talk About Our Future Together
By Graham Cuthbertson. Directed by Andrew Shaver. Presented
by SideMart Theatrical Grocery. Songwriting, Guitar, Banjo
& Vocals by Matthew Barber. Bass & Vocals by Julian Brown.
Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel, Vocals by Joe Grass. Sound
Design & Technical Direction by Jesse Ash. Set/Lighting Design
& Production Management by Sarah Yaffe. Costume Design by
Susana Vera. Featuring Matthew Raudsepp, Gemma James-Smith,
Greg Kramer, Kyle Gatehouse, Daniel Brochu, Alexis Taylor
& Graham Cuthbertson.
Haunted Hillbilly is a cowboy carnival romp complete with Country music
and vampires. Hyram Woodside’s dream to become the brightest star
in Country music spins like a top in the hand of Nudie, a bloodsucking
couturier whose own jealousy propels him into an unholy war against
Hyram and all those close to him. Haunted Hillbilly is fantastic, salacious
and dazzling in sequins.
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 80 minutes
Friday, August 6, 5:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 8pm
Sunday, August 8, 10:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 5:30pm
Friday, August 13, 8pm; Sunday, August 15, 12:30pm
Homegrown night of L’Oreal Fashion Week – a spiritual portrait of a glittering,
By Catherine Frid. Directed by Beatriz Pizano. Presented by
The Homegrown Project. Scenography by Trevor Schwellnus.
Sound Design by Thomas Ryder Payne. Assistant Director
Navneet Rai. Featuring Keith Barker, Lwam Ghebrehariat, Omar
Hady, Shannon Perreault, Nabeel Salameh & Razi Shawahdeh.
A Toronto lawyer/writer meets a prisoner accused of “homegrown
terrorism” in 2008. She continues to visit him over the next year and
a half, and becomes obsessed with separating fact from hype in the
face of the uncertainty, delays and secrecy in his case. A true story.
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 5:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 3pm
Monday, August 9, 8pm; Tuesday, August 10, 10:30pm
Friday, August 13, 5:30pm; Saturday, August 14, 10:30pm
The Innocents Mayahuel Tecozautla.
Written & Directed by Daniel Karasik. Presented by Tango Co.
Set & Lighting Design by André du Toit. Sound & Music Design
by Thomas Ryder Payne. Featuring Antonio Cayonne, Philip
Furgiuele, Esther Maloney, Noah Reid & Amelia Sargisson.
Stanley Birnbaum, fresh-faced wunderkind lawyer, has a bewildering
new client: a smart young man from the suburbs, all the world open to
him, who’s confessed to a brutal, senseless murder. As if Stanley
weren’t bewildered enough by his love life already. A sexy, darkly funny
exploration of youth, ambition and desire.
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 75 minutes
Saturday, August 7, 12pm; Sunday, August 8, 5pm
Tuesday, August 10, 7:30pm; Thursday August 12, 10pm
Friday, August 13, 12am Midnight Performance
Saturday, August 14, 7:30pm
Iphigenia at Aulis Friday, August 6, 5:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 10:30pm
By Euripides, adapted by Nicolas Billion with Roger Beck.
Featuring Neema Bickersteth, Stephen Bogaert, Bronwyn Caudle,
Meegwun Fairbrother, David Fox, Eric Goulem, Eryn Murman,
Sarah Orenstein & Sarena Parmar.
What is the value of one person’s life in a time of war? Euripides’s
Iphigenia at Aulis is an electrifying Greek drama that examines the
relationship of personal sacrifice to prevailing power structures.
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 75 minutes
Friday, August 6, 5pm; Saturday, August 7, 10pm
Monday, August 9, 7:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 10pm;
Saturday, August 14, 12pm; Sunday, August 15, 5pm
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Conceived & Performed by Chris Dupuis.
Single White Male Seeks Person(s) to Share the Future With
Originally commissioned by the Tina B. Festival in Prague, Czech
Republic, this piece invites audiences to join the artist for a one-on-
one conversation about the future we will share together.
The performance lasts approximately 15 minutes per person.
Audiences can come by any time during the performance to participate.
Admission: Pay What You Can
Venue F: Cream Tangerine Café (The Theatre Centre)
Friday, August 6, 7–9pm; Saturday, August 7, 7–9pm
Thursday, August 12, 7–9pm; Friday, August 13, 7–9pm
Saturday, August 14, 7–9pm
I was Barbie
By Nina Arsenault. Directed by Brendan Healy. Presented by
venusmachine. Dramaturgy by Judith Rudakoff. Sound Design
by Richard Feren. Featuring Nina Arsenault.
Transsexual Nina Arsenault’s real life story of representing Mattel’s
beloved plastic doll at her official 50th birthday party and the opening
digitally commodified, high society world with lots of (Canadian)
celebrity gossip! Award-winning theatre maker Brendan Healy directs.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 4pm; Friday, August 6, 10pm
Sunday, August 8, 6pm; Tuesday, August 10, 8pm
Thursday, August 12, 6pm; Saturday, August 14, 2pm
Sunday, August 15, 8pm
iXOK’
By Carmen Samayoa y Edgar Flores. Directed by Beatriz Pizano.
Presented by IXOK’ Theatre Collective in association with Aluna
Theatre. Choreography by Olga Barrios. Music Composed &
Sound Art by Brandon Valdivia. Lighting & Set Design by Trevor
Schwellnus. Costume Design by Andjelia Djuric. Featuring
IXOK’ is a Maya-Quiché word that means WOMAN. In this solo dance/
theatre piece, Mayahuel Tecozautla depicts the story of an indigenous
woman who flees to the jungle seeking safety for herself and her child.
It is based on the stage play by Edgar Flores and Carmen Samayoa,
two Guatemalan theatre artists living in exile in France, and is based
on the testimonies of Guatemalan refugee women who survived the
war. The play tackles the military conflict in Guatemala from 1960 to
1996, and specifically talks about the Mayan genocide that occurred
between 1978 and 1984 with more than 250,000 victims, of whom over
45,000 are still missing today.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 8pm; Saturday, August 7, 2pm
Sunday, August 8, 4pm; Monday, August 9, 6pm
Wednesday, August 11, 10pm; Saturday, August 14, 10pm
Sunday, August 15, 2pm
Kayak and Proposition 8, sexuality, spectacle and satire launch a blitzkrieg
By Jordan Hall. Directed by Tommy Taylor. Presented by
The Original Norwegian. Featuring Rosemary Dunsmore.
Climate change, global responsibility, suv driving moms and a biblical
flooding of the gta. As a lone mother navigates the water, she recounts
the events that led to her being stranded in her son’s old kayak.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 60 minutes
Friday, August 6, 4pm; Saturday, August 7, 6pm
Sunday, August 8, 10pm; Wednesday, August 11, 8pm
Thursday, August 12, 10pm; Saturday, August 14, 8pm
Sunday, August 15, 12pm
Miss Caledonia
The Kreutzer Sonata Miss Caledonia
Written & Directed by Ted Dykstra. Presented by Art of Time
Ensemble/Prairie Ocean Inc co-production. Featuring Ted Dykstra.
Tolstoy’s novella, The Kreutzer Sonata, is adapted for the stage and
performed by Ted Dykstra. A play about marriage, hatred and sexual
jealousy, underscored by Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata. Originally
conceived and produced by Art of Time Ensemble in 2008, the show
was presented to sold-out houses for two consecutive seasons.
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 10:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 5:30pm
Sunday, August 8, 12:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 8pm
Friday, August 13, 10:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 8pm
Loving the Stranger or how to recognize
an invert art.theatre. Costume Design by Jody Sero. Featuring Ryan M.
Written & Directed by Alistair Newton. Presented by Ecce Homo
Theatre. Production Design by Matt Jackson. Musical Direction
by Dan Rutzen. Choreography by Graham McKelvie. Video by
Adam Levett. Featuring Andrew Bathory, Seth Drabinsky, Matt
Eger, Graham McKelvie, Kimberly Persona & Hume Baugh.
Meet Montreal artist Peter Flinsch, arrested in 1942 for kissing a friend
at a Nazi Christmas party. From the cabarets of 1920s Berlin to the
horrors of the Third Reich, the classrooms of Alberta to Paragraph 175
on apathy.
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 60 minutes
Friday, August 6, 7:30pm; Sunday, August 8, 12pm
Monday, August 9, 10pm; Thursday, August 12, 5pm
Saturday, August 14, 2:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 7:30pm
Me Happy
By Amy Lee Lavoie & Matt MacKenzie. Directed by Rose Plotek.
Presented by Pyretic Productions. Lighting, Costume & Set Design
by Jenna McCutchen. Featuring Chala Hunter & Alex McCooeye.
Biddy, 5'2", two hundred pounds, receives a letter of inquiry at the
tourist office in Muff, Ireland, from Logan H. Hasselhoff – no relation.
An uproarious correspondence ensues between the two, in which
Biddy and Logan propel each other to incredible heights, before taking
the biggest dive of either of their lives.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 5:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 3pm
Sunday, August 8, 8pm; Tuesday, August 10, 10:30pm
Friday, August 13, 5:30pm; Saturday, August 14, 10:30pm
By Melody A. Johnson. Directed by Rick Roberts. Presented by
Lunkamud. Fiddle by Alison Porter. Featuring Melody A. Johnson.
Miss Caledonia is a one-person show inspired by the life of Peggy
Ann Douglas, a farm girl from Rural Route 2, Caledonia, who, like many
other farm gals across North America in the 1950s, dreamt of escaping
to the big city to become an actress.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 10:30pm; Friday, August 6, 8pm
Monday, August 9, 5:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 8pm
Friday, August 13, 10:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 3pm
A Modicum of Freedom
By Ryan M. Sero. Directed by Scott Fairley. Presented by make.
Sero, Craig Rintoul, Aaron Craig, Kaitlyn McGee, Gary Reid
& Joy Johnson.
Part parody and part homage to all dystopian works from 1984 to V for
Vendetta, A Modicum of Freedom looks at Herbert Milk, a humble
citizen of a totalitarian state, and his comical quest for more meaning
to life and a little bit of free will.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 60 minutes
Monday, August 9, 8pm; Wednesday, August 11, 10:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 12:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 5:30pm
Molotov Circus – National series: winnipeg
By Debbie Patterson. Directed by Arne MacPherson. Presented
by Squeezebox Mama. Featuring Arne MacPherson, Debbie
Patterson, Gislina Patterson & Salty MacPherson.
Angst-ridden teenager Albina wants to leave the nest. But it’s not
like she can run off and join the circus – she’s already in it.
“This twisted little number would probably make Bill Keane’s head explode.” 
– CBC Radio
“Incredible characters, songs, superb showmanship and a scene that
would shock Ozzy Osbourne. A+” – Uptown Magazine
Venue G: The Lower Ossington Theatre 60 minutes
Friday, August 6, 7pm; Sunday, August 8, 2pm
Monday, August 9, 7pm; Thursday, August 12, 4:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 2pm; Sunday, August 15, 7pm
Theatre
Haunted Hillbilly – National series: montreal It’s Time to Talk About Our Future Together
By Graham Cuthbertson. Directed by Andrew Shaver. Presented
by SideMart Theatrical Grocery. Songwriting, Guitar, Banjo
& Vocals by Matthew Barber. Bass & Vocals by Julian Brown.
Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel, Vocals by Joe Grass. Sound
Design & Technical Direction by Jesse Ash. Set/Lighting Design
& Production Management by Sarah Yaffe. Costume Design by
Susana Vera. Featuring Matthew Raudsepp, Gemma James-Smith,
Greg Kramer, Kyle Gatehouse, Daniel Brochu, Alexis Taylor
& Graham Cuthbertson.
Haunted Hillbilly is a cowboy carnival romp complete with Country music
and vampires. Hyram Woodside’s dream to become the brightest star
in Country music spins like a top in the hand of Nudie, a bloodsucking
couturier whose own jealousy propels him into an unholy war against
Hyram and all those close to him. Haunted Hillbilly is fantastic, salacious
and dazzling in sequins.
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 80 minutes
Friday, August 6, 5:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 8pm
Sunday, August 8, 10:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 5:30pm
Friday, August 13, 8pm; Sunday, August 15, 12:30pm
Homegrown night of L’Oreal Fashion Week – a spiritual portrait of a glittering,
By Catherine Frid. Directed by Beatriz Pizano. Presented by
The Homegrown Project. Scenography by Trevor Schwellnus.
Sound Design by Thomas Ryder Payne. Assistant Director
Navneet Rai. Featuring Keith Barker, Lwam Ghebrehariat, Omar
Hady, Shannon Perreault, Nabeel Salameh & Razi Shawahdeh.
A Toronto lawyer/writer meets a prisoner accused of “homegrown
terrorism” in 2008. She continues to visit him over the next year and
a half, and becomes obsessed with separating fact from hype in the
face of the uncertainty, delays and secrecy in his case. A true story.
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 5:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 3pm
Monday, August 9, 8pm; Tuesday, August 10, 10:30pm
Friday, August 13, 5:30pm; Saturday, August 14, 10:30pm
The Innocents Mayahuel Tecozautla.
Written & Directed by Daniel Karasik. Presented by Tango Co.
Set & Lighting Design by André du Toit. Sound & Music Design
by Thomas Ryder Payne. Featuring Antonio Cayonne, Philip
Furgiuele, Esther Maloney, Noah Reid & Amelia Sargisson.
Stanley Birnbaum, fresh-faced wunderkind lawyer, has a bewildering
new client: a smart young man from the suburbs, all the world open to
him, who’s confessed to a brutal, senseless murder. As if Stanley
weren’t bewildered enough by his love life already. A sexy, darkly funny
exploration of youth, ambition and desire.
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 75 minutes
Saturday, August 7, 12pm; Sunday, August 8, 5pm
Tuesday, August 10, 7:30pm; Thursday August 12, 10pm
Friday, August 13, 12am Midnight Performance
Saturday, August 14, 7:30pm
Iphigenia at Aulis Friday, August 6, 5:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 10:30pm
By Euripides, adapted by Nicolas Billion with Roger Beck.
Featuring Neema Bickersteth, Stephen Bogaert, Bronwyn Caudle,
Meegwun Fairbrother, David Fox, Eric Goulem, Eryn Murman,
Sarah Orenstein & Sarena Parmar.
What is the value of one person’s life in a time of war? Euripides’s
Iphigenia at Aulis is an electrifying Greek drama that examines the
relationship of personal sacrifice to prevailing power structures.
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 75 minutes
Friday, August 6, 5pm; Saturday, August 7, 10pm
Monday, August 9, 7:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 10pm;
Saturday, August 14, 12pm; Sunday, August 15, 5pm
6 7
Conceived & Performed by Chris Dupuis.
Single White Male Seeks Person(s) to Share the Future With
Originally commissioned by the Tina B. Festival in Prague, Czech
Republic, this piece invites audiences to join the artist for a one-on-
one conversation about the future we will share together.
The performance lasts approximately 15 minutes per person.
Audiences can come by any time during the performance to participate.
Admission: Pay What You Can
Venue F: Cream Tangerine Café (The Theatre Centre)
Friday, August 6, 7–9pm; Saturday, August 7, 7–9pm
Thursday, August 12, 7–9pm; Friday, August 13, 7–9pm
Saturday, August 14, 7–9pm
I was Barbie
By Nina Arsenault. Directed by Brendan Healy. Presented by
venusmachine. Dramaturgy by Judith Rudakoff. Sound Design
by Richard Feren. Featuring Nina Arsenault.
Transsexual Nina Arsenault’s real life story of representing Mattel’s
beloved plastic doll at her official 50th birthday party and the opening
digitally commodified, high society world with lots of (Canadian)
celebrity gossip! Award-winning theatre maker Brendan Healy directs.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 4pm; Friday, August 6, 10pm
Sunday, August 8, 6pm; Tuesday, August 10, 8pm
Thursday, August 12, 6pm; Saturday, August 14, 2pm
Sunday, August 15, 8pm
iXOK’
By Carmen Samayoa y Edgar Flores. Directed by Beatriz Pizano.
Presented by IXOK’ Theatre Collective in association with Aluna
Theatre. Choreography by Olga Barrios. Music Composed &
Sound Art by Brandon Valdivia. Lighting & Set Design by Trevor
Schwellnus. Costume Design by Andjelia Djuric. Featuring
IXOK’ is a Maya-Quiché word that means WOMAN. In this solo dance/
theatre piece, Mayahuel Tecozautla depicts the story of an indigenous
woman who flees to the jungle seeking safety for herself and her child.
It is based on the stage play by Edgar Flores and Carmen Samayoa,
two Guatemalan theatre artists living in exile in France, and is based
on the testimonies of Guatemalan refugee women who survived the
war. The play tackles the military conflict in Guatemala from 1960 to
1996, and specifically talks about the Mayan genocide that occurred
between 1978 and 1984 with more than 250,000 victims, of whom over
45,000 are still missing today.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 8pm; Saturday, August 7, 2pm
Sunday, August 8, 4pm; Monday, August 9, 6pm
Wednesday, August 11, 10pm; Saturday, August 14, 10pm
Sunday, August 15, 2pm
Kayak and Proposition 8, sexuality, spectacle and satire launch a blitzkrieg
By Jordan Hall. Directed by Tommy Taylor. Presented by
The Original Norwegian. Featuring Rosemary Dunsmore.
Climate change, global responsibility, suv driving moms and a biblical
flooding of the gta. As a lone mother navigates the water, she recounts
the events that led to her being stranded in her son’s old kayak.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 60 minutes
Friday, August 6, 4pm; Saturday, August 7, 6pm
Sunday, August 8, 10pm; Wednesday, August 11, 8pm
Thursday, August 12, 10pm; Saturday, August 14, 8pm
Sunday, August 15, 12pm
Miss Caledonia
The Kreutzer Sonata Miss Caledonia
Written & Directed by Ted Dykstra. Presented by Art of Time
Ensemble/Prairie Ocean Inc co-production. Featuring Ted Dykstra.
Tolstoy’s novella, The Kreutzer Sonata, is adapted for the stage and
performed by Ted Dykstra. A play about marriage, hatred and sexual
jealousy, underscored by Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata. Originally
conceived and produced by Art of Time Ensemble in 2008, the show
was presented to sold-out houses for two consecutive seasons.
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 10:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 5:30pm
Sunday, August 8, 12:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 8pm
Friday, August 13, 10:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 8pm
Loving the Stranger or how to recognize
an invert art.theatre. Costume Design by Jody Sero. Featuring Ryan M.
Written & Directed by Alistair Newton. Presented by Ecce Homo
Theatre. Production Design by Matt Jackson. Musical Direction
by Dan Rutzen. Choreography by Graham McKelvie. Video by
Adam Levett. Featuring Andrew Bathory, Seth Drabinsky, Matt
Eger, Graham McKelvie, Kimberly Persona & Hume Baugh.
Meet Montreal artist Peter Flinsch, arrested in 1942 for kissing a friend
at a Nazi Christmas party. From the cabarets of 1920s Berlin to the
horrors of the Third Reich, the classrooms of Alberta to Paragraph 175
on apathy.
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 60 minutes
Friday, August 6, 7:30pm; Sunday, August 8, 12pm
Monday, August 9, 10pm; Thursday, August 12, 5pm
Saturday, August 14, 2:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 7:30pm
Me Happy
By Amy Lee Lavoie & Matt MacKenzie. Directed by Rose Plotek.
Presented by Pyretic Productions. Lighting, Costume & Set Design
by Jenna McCutchen. Featuring Chala Hunter & Alex McCooeye.
Biddy, 5'2", two hundred pounds, receives a letter of inquiry at the
tourist office in Muff, Ireland, from Logan H. Hasselhoff – no relation.
An uproarious correspondence ensues between the two, in which
Biddy and Logan propel each other to incredible heights, before taking
the biggest dive of either of their lives.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 5:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 3pm
Sunday, August 8, 8pm; Tuesday, August 10, 10:30pm
Friday, August 13, 5:30pm; Saturday, August 14, 10:30pm
By Melody A. Johnson. Directed by Rick Roberts. Presented by
Lunkamud. Fiddle by Alison Porter. Featuring Melody A. Johnson.
Miss Caledonia is a one-person show inspired by the life of Peggy
Ann Douglas, a farm girl from Rural Route 2, Caledonia, who, like many
other farm gals across North America in the 1950s, dreamt of escaping
to the big city to become an actress.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 10:30pm; Friday, August 6, 8pm
Monday, August 9, 5:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 8pm
Friday, August 13, 10:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 3pm
A Modicum of Freedom
By Ryan M. Sero. Directed by Scott Fairley. Presented by make.
Sero, Craig Rintoul, Aaron Craig, Kaitlyn McGee, Gary Reid
& Joy Johnson.
Part parody and part homage to all dystopian works from 1984 to V for
Vendetta, A Modicum of Freedom looks at Herbert Milk, a humble
citizen of a totalitarian state, and his comical quest for more meaning
to life and a little bit of free will.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 60 minutes
Monday, August 9, 8pm; Wednesday, August 11, 10:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 12:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 5:30pm
Molotov Circus – National series: winnipeg
By Debbie Patterson. Directed by Arne MacPherson. Presented
by Squeezebox Mama. Featuring Arne MacPherson, Debbie
Patterson, Gislina Patterson & Salty MacPherson.
Angst-ridden teenager Albina wants to leave the nest. But it’s not
like she can run off and join the circus – she’s already in it.
“This twisted little number would probably make Bill Keane’s head explode.” 
– CBC Radio
“Incredible characters, songs, superb showmanship and a scene that
would shock Ozzy Osbourne. A+” – Uptown Magazine
Venue G: The Lower Ossington Theatre 60 minutes
Friday, August 6, 7pm; Sunday, August 8, 2pm
Monday, August 9, 7pm; Thursday, August 12, 4:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 2pm; Sunday, August 15, 7pm
Theatre
Or, Redheaded Stepchild Ride the Cyclone – National series: victoria The Small Ones
By Liz Duffy Adams. Directed by Kelly Straughan. Presented by
Seventh Stage Theatre Productions. Featuring Damien Atkins,
Melissa Jane Shaw & Sophie Goulet.
Aphra Behn is getting out of the spy trade and into show biz, if she can
only write her play without interruptions from her love life. While war
rages, Aphra and notable friends Charles II and Nell Gwynn celebrate
free love, cross-dressing and pastoral lyricism. Or, is a sexy and witty
theatrical threesome between three of the stage’s most famous
artistic figures.
“A playful, funny and inventive comedy.” – The New York Times
“Positively ripples!” – Time Out/New York
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 75 minutes
Friday, August 6, 10pm; Sunday, August 8, 2:30pm
Tuesday, August 10, 5pm; Thursday, August 12, 7:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 5pm; Sunday, August 15, 10pm
Post Eden The Sad and Cautionary Tale of In 1964, in the small town of Whitewood, Saskatchewan, the lives of a
By Jordan Tannahill. Directed by Jordan Tannahill. Presented
by Suburban Beast. Lighting Design by CJ Astronomo.
Cinematography by Samuel Lebel-Wong. Featuring Lindsey
Clark, Sascha Cole, David Coomber, Jenna MacMillan
& Kevin Walker.
Dear Residents of Neighbourly Lane,
It has come to our attention that recent housing developments between
Major MacKenzie Drive and Mill Street have caused an increase in wild-
life activity on your street. Please, under no circumstances, approach
a wild animal – even if it happens to be your child.
Suburban Beast
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 75 minutes
Friday, August 6, 8pm; Saturday, August 7, 10:30pm
Monday, August 9, 5:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 10:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 12:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 5:30pm
Step Right Up
Wonderland
8 9
By Johnnie Walker. Directed by Morgan Norwich. Presented by
Nobody’s Business Theatre. Design by Stephanie Avery.
Dramaturgy by Courtney J. Walker. Featuring Johnnie Walker.
Nicholas is a 12-year-old with red hair whose dad just remarried. That
makes Nicholas a redheaded stepchild. And tomorrow at lunch, the
biggest boy in grade six plans to beat him up. Should he skip school?
His stepmom, Mary-Anne, thinks he should go. His alter ego, Rufus
Vermilion, has other ideas.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 60 minutes
Saturday, August 7, 8pm; Sunday, August 8, 12:30pm
Monday, August 9, 10:30pm; Thursday, August 12, 5:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 3pm; Sunday, August 15, 8pm
The Return of Corporal Mazenet
By Nick Carpenter. Directed by David Jansen. Presented by
Service Industry. Music by Nick Carpenter & Patricia Summersett.
Set & Costume Design by Anna Treusch. Lighting Design by
Andrew Smith. Sound Design by Richard Feren. Featuring
Andrew Moodie, Hugh Portman, Kaitlyn Riordan, Gord Bolan
& Patricia Summersett.
Private Deutsch is back from Afghanistan and the diary of Corporal
Mazenet is not the only thing he carries with him. When Deutsch is
interviewed by a songwriter in search of a song, forces are unleashed
that bring the war back home.
Venue E: The Theatre Centre 75 minutes
Saturday, August 7, 12pm; Sunday, August 8, 5pm
Tuesday, August 10, 7:30pm; Thursday, August 12, 10pm
Friday, August 13, 2:30pm; Saturday, August 14, 7:30pm
Aftershock
big face
By Jacob Richmond & Brooke Maxwell. Directed by Britt Small
& Jacob Richmond. Presented by Atomic Vaudeville. Music
performed by Alex Wlasenko. Production Management by
Sarah Yaffe. Set Design by Hank Pine & James Insell. Costume
Design by Ingrid Hansen. Choreography by Treena Stubel.
Featuring Kelly Hudson, Rielle Braid, Sarah Pelzer, Elliot Loran,
Kholby Wardell & Carey Wass.
The long-awaited musical sequel to Legoland. It’s a musical ride, as a
teenage chamber choir from Uranium, Saskatchewan, dies in a roller-
coaster accident at a travelling fair. In this final recital, Dr. Welby,
the mechanized fortune-telling machine, gives the teens a change to
express themselves to the world.
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 80 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 8pm; Sunday, August 8, 8pm
Monday, August 9, 10:30pm; Thursday, August 12, 5:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 3pm; Sunday, August 15, 3pm
Smackheaded Peter young Chinese girl, her over-protective mother and a concerned
By Simon Glass. Directed by Heather Davies. Assistant Directed
by Andrew McNaughton. Presented by Cheeky Magpie. Set,
Costume & Prop Design by Brandon Kleiman. Lighting Design
by Andrew Smith. Featuring Emily Andrews, Claire Burns,
Bryan Demore, Tina Fance, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Luke Marty,
Richard Stewart, Paul Tessier & Marilla Wex.
“Peace through smack and good will to all men.” The cheeky fable
of Peter, born in an addict’s hovel, whose quest is to free the poor,
creating peace on earth with low-cost heroin. “Why not, if all other
attempts have tried and failed, why cannot smack have a go? ”
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 75 minutes
Friday, August 6, 10:30pm; Sunday, August 8, 3pm
Tuesday, August 10, 5:30pm; Thursday, August 12, 8pm
Saturday, August 14, 5:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 10pm
The Saddest Girl in the World progressive. A mysterious student posts offensive material on the
By Cassie Beecham. Directed by Melissa Major. Presented
by Cheshire Unicorn. Featuring Noa May Dorn, Cathy Gordon,
Benjamin Blais & Justin Bott.
El thinks she is too depressed to work. Rita thinks otherwise and orders
her daughter to pay some rent. Determined not to get a conventional
job, El concocts a plan to use the renters in the basement to help her
make some cash.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 10pm; Saturday, August 7, 4pm
Monday, August 9, 8pm; Tuesday, August 10, 6pm
Friday, August 13, 8pm; Saturday, August 14, 12pm
Sunday, August 15, 4pm
Say Ginger Ale Moss, Jiv Parasram, Ted Witzel, Eve Wylden & Mina James.
By Marcia Johnson. Directed by Sue Miner. Presented by Marcia
Johnson. Featuring Ordena, Andrew Moodie, Norma Clarke,
Raven Dauda & Sharon Forrester.
Nadia is very happy to call Canada home. Since moving to Canada
at six, there was no turning back. So why does everyone think that
she’s pining for Jamaica? An unexpected trip back “home” makes
her confront her past. There may even be a love connection.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 60 minutes
Friday, August 6, 10:30pm; Sunday, August 8, 3pm
Tuesday, August 10, 5:30pm; Thursday, August 12, 8pm
Saturday, August 14, 5:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 10pm
Shed By Adam Lazarus. Directed by Melissa D’Agostino. Presented by
By Leah Jane Esau. Directed by Justin Madol. Presented by
Les Nouvelles. Set & Costume Design by Nancy Perrin. Featuring
Andrew Bunker, Krystina Bojanowski, Simon Derome, Jovan Kocic.
Shed is based on the 2006 incident where a group of children, aged
8 to 11, pushed 14-year-old Brian McKay into a shed, closed the door,
and lit the shed on fire. The play follows characters Mitch and Erin
as they struggle to survive the appalling situations of child poverty.
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 5pm; Saturday, August 7, 2:30pm
Sunday, August 8, 7:30pm; Tuesday, August 10, 10pm
Friday, August 13, 5pm; Saturday, August 14, 10pm
Created by Shannon Roszell. Presented by Canary Yellow
Collective. Featuring Shannon Roszell.
One performer
Two live-feed projections
Eighty-seven objects preserved in glass jars
Experience the beauty of things small, things lost and things discarded
as The Small Ones uncovers past events and present memory.
Venue G: The Lower Ossington Theatre 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 4:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 2pm
Sunday, August 8, 7pm; Tuesday, August 10, 4:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 7pm; Sunday, August 15, 4:30pm
Souvenirs of Home
By Elyne Quan. Directed by Ulla Laidlaw. Presented by Third
Floor Office. Sound Design by Nicholas Murray. Featuring
Marjorie Chan, Eileen Li & Elyne Quan.
neighbour intersect with surprising and tragic consequences. Based
on true events, this is a haunting story of isolation and longing in a
small immigrant community.
Venue E: The Theatre Centre 60 minutes
Friday, August 6, 5pm; Saturday, August 7, 10pm
Monday, August 9, 7:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 10pm
Saturday, August 14, 12pm; Sunday, August 15, 5pm
Theory
By Norman Yeung. Directed by Joanne Williams. Presented by
Public Radio and Camera Assembly. Set Design by Camellia Koo.
Lighting & Projection Design by Kristina McNamee. Music by Slim
Twig. Featuring Sascha Cole, Martin Happer, Roger Bainbridge,
Bobbi Jaye, Darrel Gamotin & Zahir Gilani.
Isabelle teaches film theory in a university. She is young, liberal and
course’s online discussion board, and when Isabelle takes action, she is
attacked as a hypocrite. The harassment becomes vicious and bizarre.
How can she remain progressive when progress becomes dangerous?
Venue G: The Lower Ossington Theatre 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 7pm; Saturday, August 7, 4:30pm
Sunday, August 8, 4:30pm; Friday, August 13, 7pm;
Saturday, August 14, 4:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 11:30am
The WITCH of Edmonton
By Dekker, Rowley & Ford. Directed by Ted Witzel & Catherine
Dunn. Presented by the red light district. Costume Design by
Erin Telegdi & SJ Thiessen. Featuring Val Cina, Marcel Dragonieri,
Lauren Gillis, Jonah Hundert, Kat Letwin, Reid Linforth, Jessica
In the tightly knit community of Edmonton, Mother Sawyer is falsely
branded as a witch. Rejected and shunned, she takes revenge by
selling her soul to a demonic hellhound – and as evil and perversion
infect the townsfolk, Mother Sawyer lives up to her new title.
Venue J: Trinity Bellwoods Park 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 9pm; Friday, August 6, 9pm
Saturday, August 7, 9pm; Sunday, August 8, 9pm
Tuesday, August 10, 9pm; Wednesday, August 11, 9pm
Thursday, August 12, 9pm; Friday, August 13, 9pm
Saturday, August 14, 9pm
Wonderland
QuipTake. Designed by Ken Mackenzie. Featuring Adam Lazarus.
Five years ago, bouffon creature Eff wowed audiences with his
retelling of the Myth of Eden, as only God’s Unchosen could. With
Genesis out of the way, Eff is on to bigger topics: cookie recipes,
Toronto’s best neighbourhoods, welfare lines, the Beatles, and this
city we like to call Wonderland.
Venue E: The Theatre Centre 60 minutes
Friday, August 6, 10pm; Sunday, August 8, 2:30pm
Tuesday, August 10, 5pm; Thursday, August 12, 7:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 5pm; Sunday, August 15, 10pm
Theatre
Or, Redheaded Stepchild Ride the Cyclone – National series: victoria The Small Ones
By Liz Duffy Adams. Directed by Kelly Straughan. Presented by
Seventh Stage Theatre Productions. Featuring Damien Atkins,
Melissa Jane Shaw & Sophie Goulet.
Aphra Behn is getting out of the spy trade and into show biz, if she can
only write her play without interruptions from her love life. While war
rages, Aphra and notable friends Charles II and Nell Gwynn celebrate
free love, cross-dressing and pastoral lyricism. Or, is a sexy and witty
theatrical threesome between three of the stage’s most famous
artistic figures.
“A playful, funny and inventive comedy.” – The New York Times
“Positively ripples!” – Time Out/New York
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 75 minutes
Friday, August 6, 10pm; Sunday, August 8, 2:30pm
Tuesday, August 10, 5pm; Thursday, August 12, 7:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 5pm; Sunday, August 15, 10pm
Post Eden The Sad and Cautionary Tale of In 1964, in the small town of Whitewood, Saskatchewan, the lives of a
By Jordan Tannahill. Directed by Jordan Tannahill. Presented
by Suburban Beast. Lighting Design by CJ Astronomo.
Cinematography by Samuel Lebel-Wong. Featuring Lindsey
Clark, Sascha Cole, David Coomber, Jenna MacMillan
& Kevin Walker.
Dear Residents of Neighbourly Lane,
It has come to our attention that recent housing developments between
Major MacKenzie Drive and Mill Street have caused an increase in wild-
life activity on your street. Please, under no circumstances, approach
a wild animal – even if it happens to be your child.
Suburban Beast
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 75 minutes
Friday, August 6, 8pm; Saturday, August 7, 10:30pm
Monday, August 9, 5:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 10:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 12:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 5:30pm
Step Right Up
Wonderland
8 9
By Johnnie Walker. Directed by Morgan Norwich. Presented by
Nobody’s Business Theatre. Design by Stephanie Avery.
Dramaturgy by Courtney J. Walker. Featuring Johnnie Walker.
Nicholas is a 12-year-old with red hair whose dad just remarried. That
makes Nicholas a redheaded stepchild. And tomorrow at lunch, the
biggest boy in grade six plans to beat him up. Should he skip school?
His stepmom, Mary-Anne, thinks he should go. His alter ego, Rufus
Vermilion, has other ideas.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 60 minutes
Saturday, August 7, 8pm; Sunday, August 8, 12:30pm
Monday, August 9, 10:30pm; Thursday, August 12, 5:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 3pm; Sunday, August 15, 8pm
The Return of Corporal Mazenet
By Nick Carpenter. Directed by David Jansen. Presented by
Service Industry. Music by Nick Carpenter & Patricia Summersett.
Set & Costume Design by Anna Treusch. Lighting Design by
Andrew Smith. Sound Design by Richard Feren. Featuring
Andrew Moodie, Hugh Portman, Kaitlyn Riordan, Gord Bolan
& Patricia Summersett.
Private Deutsch is back from Afghanistan and the diary of Corporal
Mazenet is not the only thing he carries with him. When Deutsch is
interviewed by a songwriter in search of a song, forces are unleashed
that bring the war back home.
Venue E: The Theatre Centre 75 minutes
Saturday, August 7, 12pm; Sunday, August 8, 5pm
Tuesday, August 10, 7:30pm; Thursday, August 12, 10pm
Friday, August 13, 2:30pm; Saturday, August 14, 7:30pm
Aftershock
big face
By Jacob Richmond & Brooke Maxwell. Directed by Britt Small
& Jacob Richmond. Presented by Atomic Vaudeville. Music
performed by Alex Wlasenko. Production Management by
Sarah Yaffe. Set Design by Hank Pine & James Insell. Costume
Design by Ingrid Hansen. Choreography by Treena Stubel.
Featuring Kelly Hudson, Rielle Braid, Sarah Pelzer, Elliot Loran,
Kholby Wardell & Carey Wass.
The long-awaited musical sequel to Legoland. It’s a musical ride, as a
teenage chamber choir from Uranium, Saskatchewan, dies in a roller-
coaster accident at a travelling fair. In this final recital, Dr. Welby,
the mechanized fortune-telling machine, gives the teens a change to
express themselves to the world.
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 80 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 8pm; Sunday, August 8, 8pm
Monday, August 9, 10:30pm; Thursday, August 12, 5:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 3pm; Sunday, August 15, 3pm
Smackheaded Peter young Chinese girl, her over-protective mother and a concerned
By Simon Glass. Directed by Heather Davies. Assistant Directed
by Andrew McNaughton. Presented by Cheeky Magpie. Set,
Costume & Prop Design by Brandon Kleiman. Lighting Design
by Andrew Smith. Featuring Emily Andrews, Claire Burns,
Bryan Demore, Tina Fance, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Luke Marty,
Richard Stewart, Paul Tessier & Marilla Wex.
“Peace through smack and good will to all men.” The cheeky fable
of Peter, born in an addict’s hovel, whose quest is to free the poor,
creating peace on earth with low-cost heroin. “Why not, if all other
attempts have tried and failed, why cannot smack have a go? ”
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 75 minutes
Friday, August 6, 10:30pm; Sunday, August 8, 3pm
Tuesday, August 10, 5:30pm; Thursday, August 12, 8pm
Saturday, August 14, 5:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 10pm
The Saddest Girl in the World progressive. A mysterious student posts offensive material on the
By Cassie Beecham. Directed by Melissa Major. Presented
by Cheshire Unicorn. Featuring Noa May Dorn, Cathy Gordon,
Benjamin Blais & Justin Bott.
El thinks she is too depressed to work. Rita thinks otherwise and orders
her daughter to pay some rent. Determined not to get a conventional
job, El concocts a plan to use the renters in the basement to help her
make some cash.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 10pm; Saturday, August 7, 4pm
Monday, August 9, 8pm; Tuesday, August 10, 6pm
Friday, August 13, 8pm; Saturday, August 14, 12pm
Sunday, August 15, 4pm
Say Ginger Ale Moss, Jiv Parasram, Ted Witzel, Eve Wylden & Mina James.
By Marcia Johnson. Directed by Sue Miner. Presented by Marcia
Johnson. Featuring Ordena, Andrew Moodie, Norma Clarke,
Raven Dauda & Sharon Forrester.
Nadia is very happy to call Canada home. Since moving to Canada
at six, there was no turning back. So why does everyone think that
she’s pining for Jamaica? An unexpected trip back “home” makes
her confront her past. There may even be a love connection.
Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 60 minutes
Friday, August 6, 10:30pm; Sunday, August 8, 3pm
Tuesday, August 10, 5:30pm; Thursday, August 12, 8pm
Saturday, August 14, 5:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 10pm
Shed By Adam Lazarus. Directed by Melissa D’Agostino. Presented by
By Leah Jane Esau. Directed by Justin Madol. Presented by
Les Nouvelles. Set & Costume Design by Nancy Perrin. Featuring
Andrew Bunker, Krystina Bojanowski, Simon Derome, Jovan Kocic.
Shed is based on the 2006 incident where a group of children, aged
8 to 11, pushed 14-year-old Brian McKay into a shed, closed the door,
and lit the shed on fire. The play follows characters Mitch and Erin
as they struggle to survive the appalling situations of child poverty.
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 5pm; Saturday, August 7, 2:30pm
Sunday, August 8, 7:30pm; Tuesday, August 10, 10pm
Friday, August 13, 5pm; Saturday, August 14, 10pm
Created by Shannon Roszell. Presented by Canary Yellow
Collective. Featuring Shannon Roszell.
One performer
Two live-feed projections
Eighty-seven objects preserved in glass jars
Experience the beauty of things small, things lost and things discarded
as The Small Ones uncovers past events and present memory.
Venue G: The Lower Ossington Theatre 60 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 4:30pm; Saturday, August 7, 2pm
Sunday, August 8, 7pm; Tuesday, August 10, 4:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 7pm; Sunday, August 15, 4:30pm
Souvenirs of Home
By Elyne Quan. Directed by Ulla Laidlaw. Presented by Third
Floor Office. Sound Design by Nicholas Murray. Featuring
Marjorie Chan, Eileen Li & Elyne Quan.
neighbour intersect with surprising and tragic consequences. Based
on true events, this is a haunting story of isolation and longing in a
small immigrant community.
Venue E: The Theatre Centre 60 minutes
Friday, August 6, 5pm; Saturday, August 7, 10pm
Monday, August 9, 7:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 10pm
Saturday, August 14, 12pm; Sunday, August 15, 5pm
Theory
By Norman Yeung. Directed by Joanne Williams. Presented by
Public Radio and Camera Assembly. Set Design by Camellia Koo.
Lighting & Projection Design by Kristina McNamee. Music by Slim
Twig. Featuring Sascha Cole, Martin Happer, Roger Bainbridge,
Bobbi Jaye, Darrel Gamotin & Zahir Gilani.
Isabelle teaches film theory in a university. She is young, liberal and
course’s online discussion board, and when Isabelle takes action, she is
attacked as a hypocrite. The harassment becomes vicious and bizarre.
How can she remain progressive when progress becomes dangerous?
Venue G: The Lower Ossington Theatre 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 7pm; Saturday, August 7, 4:30pm
Sunday, August 8, 4:30pm; Friday, August 13, 7pm;
Saturday, August 14, 4:30pm; Sunday, August 15, 11:30am
The WITCH of Edmonton
By Dekker, Rowley & Ford. Directed by Ted Witzel & Catherine
Dunn. Presented by the red light district. Costume Design by
Erin Telegdi & SJ Thiessen. Featuring Val Cina, Marcel Dragonieri,
Lauren Gillis, Jonah Hundert, Kat Letwin, Reid Linforth, Jessica
In the tightly knit community of Edmonton, Mother Sawyer is falsely
branded as a witch. Rejected and shunned, she takes revenge by
selling her soul to a demonic hellhound – and as evil and perversion
infect the townsfolk, Mother Sawyer lives up to her new title.
Venue J: Trinity Bellwoods Park 75 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 9pm; Friday, August 6, 9pm
Saturday, August 7, 9pm; Sunday, August 8, 9pm
Tuesday, August 10, 9pm; Wednesday, August 11, 9pm
Thursday, August 12, 9pm; Friday, August 13, 9pm
Saturday, August 14, 9pm
Wonderland
QuipTake. Designed by Ken Mackenzie. Featuring Adam Lazarus.
Five years ago, bouffon creature Eff wowed audiences with his
retelling of the Myth of Eden, as only God’s Unchosen could. With
Genesis out of the way, Eff is on to bigger topics: cookie recipes,
Toronto’s best neighbourhoods, welfare lines, the Beatles, and this
city we like to call Wonderland.
Venue E: The Theatre Centre 60 minutes
Friday, August 6, 10pm; Sunday, August 8, 2:30pm
Tuesday, August 10, 5pm; Thursday, August 12, 7:30pm
Saturday, August 14, 5pm; Sunday, August 15, 10pm
Theatre
Redheaded Stepchild
word! sound! powah ! Young Artist Productions
By d’bi. young. Presented by anitafrika! dub theatre.
Design by Owais Lightwala. Featuring d’bi.young.
stxman featuring the STX-elements of rhythm | aspects of life
what happened to the revolution in jamaica? km hunter 2010 theatre
award recipient d’bi.young completes her biomyth monodrama trilogy
charting the life of three generations of afrikan-jamaican womben
in her final story entitled word! sound! powah! in word! sound! powah!,
the granddaughter of mudgu who we meet in young’s first two-time
dora award-winning play blood.claat negotiates her own identity to
the back-drop of a mythologized revolution and the birth of dubpoetry
in jamaica.
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 60 minutes
Saturday, August 7, 12:30pm; Sunday, August 8, 5:30pm
Tuesday, August 10, 8pm; Thursday, August 12, 10:30pm
Friday, August 13, 3pm; Saturday, August 14, 8pm
Special Presentation
The Foreign Exchange Sunday, August 15, 2:30pm
By the Ministry of Foreign Exchange. Presented by New Harlem
Productions & SummerWorks. Design & technology by Keith
Barker & Isidra Cruz. Featuring Nisha Ahuja, Cole J Alvis, Falen
Johnson, Michael Rubenfeld, Nawa Nicole Simon & DM St.
Bernard.
What if you could ask anybody anything about their race or culture,
no matter what the question was?
We think you we can, and we’re going to try to prove it.
One-part performance. One-part conference. One-part social
experiment. In The Foreign Exchange six candid conversationalists
bring you a live, unedited, unrehearsed and very direct look at our
mutual otherness by bringing ignorance, intelligence and hearts to
the table.
Refreshments will be served.
Venue G: The Lower Ossington Theatre
Tuesday, August 10, 7pm; Wednesday, August, 11 4:30pm
Thursday, August 12, 7pm; Sunday, August 15, 2pm
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Ride the Cyclone
Step Right Up the top indie-theatre artists from around the country. This year,
By The AMY Project 2010 Ensemble. Directed by Claire Calnan
& Weyni Mengesha. Presented by The AMY Project. Lighting
Design by Susie Jaroszewska. Design Mentoring by Kimberly
Purtell. Mentoring by Tara Beagan, Jemeni, Rosa Laborde, Anita
Majumdar, Caroline Mangosing, Motion, Hannah Moscovitch,
Afrakaren Niles, Liisa Repo-Martell & Ania Soul. Featuring Copper,
Andrea Carter, Domanique Grant, Amber Williams-King, Michelle
Green, Alia Etienne, Yodit Teclamariam, Abhi Yogasegaran,
Kate Welsh & Shanaise Williams.
Step Right Up takes a closer look at the human “oddities” that make
us gawk, laugh and cringe. With great feats of courage these emerging
performers step into the spotlight and invite us to look beyond
society’s game of smoke and mirrors and see the complex truth that
lies beneath.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 75 minutes
Friday, August 6, 8pm; Saturday, August 7, 10pm
Sunday, August 8, 2pm; Wednesday, August 11, 6pm
Thursday, August 12, 8pm; Friday, August 13, 10pm
Saturday, August 14, 6pm
Sears Dr ama Festival Partnership
SummerWorks presents two plays from the Sears Ontario Drama
Festival regional level finals. One student-written play is also chosen
to receive professional development and a workshop reading.
Faust: ich mochte By Josh Korngut
Created by the Ensemble. Directed by Jean Luc-Moniz, Kimberly
Phan & Gaspare Bellissimo. Presented by Teodoro Dragonieri
Productions & Dante Alighieri Academy Drama. Musical
Conducting by Gaspare Bellissimo. Music performed by John
Rugosi, Oscar Anesetti, Morad Saad & Kevin Dutra. Make-up by
Katherine Collesano. Featuring Tiago Abreu, Brittany Melo,
Rebecca LaFortune, Samantha Bianchi, Stewart Constante, Erika
Graham, Jessica Cabecas, Michael Henry, Melisa Carlosena,
Tiago Ortega, Paulo Paiva, Concetta Mastrangelo, Wilma St Holl,
Janice Sousa, Amanda Calabretta, Pedro Dias, Melissa Tavares,
Christine Jose & Virgilio Liorti.
Based on the centuries-old German tale of Dr. Faustus, Faust: ich
möchte presents the adventure of a young man in pursuit of an identity.
In his quest he encounters Lucinda, a beautiful, sensual and provocative
woman who takes a particular interest in his struggle. Through
manipulation, coercion and seduction, the temptress guides Faust
towards an end, and ultimately his new identity.
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 50 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 10pm; Monday, August 9, 5pm
Friday, August 13, 10pm
Me Happy Biographies of the Dead and Dying
WARNING : Txtual Content ;) National Series
The National Series is a rare opportunity to see work from some of
By the AHSS Grade 12 Drama Class. Directed by Brianne
Haydon. Presented by Applewood Heights Secondary School.
SummerWorks has selected four productions from outside of Ontario:
Music performed by Warren Robinson, Noelia Severino &
Avatar, by Freya Olafson (Winnipeg); The Haunted Hillbilly, by
Ty Mayers. Featuring Caden MacKinnon, Warren Robinson,
Graham Cuthbertson (Montreal); Molotov Circus, by Debbie Patterson
Samantha Clark, Carla Romeo, Jessica Belanger, Omar Ismail,
(Winnipeg); and Ride the Cyclone, by Jacob Richmond and Brooke
Samantha Fudge, Megan Kernaghan, Adnan Habibovic, Kurt
Maxwell (Victoria).
Bratsberg, Samantha Capizzano, Shan Thind, Uros Bozovic,
Ty Mayers, Mirza Mujic, Konnor Williams, Amanda Lindsay,
Kim-Anh Nguyen, Noelia Severino & Stephanie Tucker. S.L.I.P.
A modern tale of romance where face-to-face communication is (SummerWorks Leadership Intensive Program)
Sponsored by the RBC Foundation
replaced by cell phones and talking text messages. Boy meets girl
and girl’s boyfriend, boy sends girl a text, and service is interrupted Now in its second year, S.L.I.P. is a 14-day intensive that focuses
by Signal Satan? on the business of the arts. Taking place during the Festival, S.L.I.P.
offers emerging theatre creators an in-depth look into the worlds of
When words fail, texts do all the talking . . . sometimes they even get
the message right. Producing, Fundraising, Marketing, Publicity Grant Writing and much
more. Participants have the opportunity to learn from some of the
Patron warning: Txtual content ;) most sought after professionals in the industry, see productions in the
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 50 minutes Festival and network with companies producing as part of Summer-
Saturday, August 7, 7:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 7:30pm Works. S.L.I.P., conceived by Michael Rubenfeld and Jordi Mand, was
born out of a desire to provide emerging artists with theatrical tools
that may not be offered at theatre school. The program provides recent
graduates with a practical introduction to the industry.
Under 25 Reading Series
Hear work from young, talented, emerging writers. Playwrights have
This year’s participants are Meredith Anderson, Rebecca Applebaum,
each been paired with an exciting director to help lift their stories off
Nathaniel Bryan, Rain Chan, Meg Gennings, Chala Hunter, Cassandra
the page. Pay What You Can.
Piroutz, Tanisha Taitt, Andrew Robinson, Sigrid Velis and Evan Vipond.
S.L.I.P. will be facilitated by Julie Tepperman and Aaron Willis.
No Such Thing
No Such Thing tells the story of two highly unstable individuals thrown
into a colourful but dangerous collective consciousness by a spate of
mysterious crimes in their neighbourhood. A play of anxieties, talking
radios, wallthings and mousepeople.
Venue B: Factory Theatre Studio
Monday, August 9, 3pm
Blood Buds
By Anika Johnson & Barbara Johnston
Blood Buds is a dark musical comedy based on a true story. Two days
before her wedding, Sheila’s uncle shoots himself in his bathroom,
leaving Sheila and her childhood friends to clean up the bloody mess.
As the afternoon progresses, it becomes apparent that Sheila must
know more than she’s letting on – but by the time the truth is revealed,
everyone’s hands are dirty.
Venue B: Factory Theatre Studio
Thursday, August 12, 3pm
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Theatre
Redheaded Stepchild
word! sound! powah ! Young Artist Productions
By d’bi. young. Presented by anitafrika! dub theatre.
Design by Owais Lightwala. Featuring d’bi.young.
stxman featuring the STX-elements of rhythm | aspects of life
what happened to the revolution in jamaica? km hunter 2010 theatre
award recipient d’bi.young completes her biomyth monodrama trilogy
charting the life of three generations of afrikan-jamaican womben
in her final story entitled word! sound! powah! in word! sound! powah!,
the granddaughter of mudgu who we meet in young’s first two-time
dora award-winning play blood.claat negotiates her own identity to
the back-drop of a mythologized revolution and the birth of dubpoetry
in jamaica.
Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 60 minutes
Saturday, August 7, 12:30pm; Sunday, August 8, 5:30pm
Tuesday, August 10, 8pm; Thursday, August 12, 10:30pm
Friday, August 13, 3pm; Saturday, August 14, 8pm
Special Presentation
The Foreign Exchange Sunday, August 15, 2:30pm
By the Ministry of Foreign Exchange. Presented by New Harlem
Productions & SummerWorks. Design & technology by Keith
Barker & Isidra Cruz. Featuring Nisha Ahuja, Cole J Alvis, Falen
Johnson, Michael Rubenfeld, Nawa Nicole Simon & DM St.
Bernard.
What if you could ask anybody anything about their race or culture,
no matter what the question was?
We think you we can, and we’re going to try to prove it.
One-part performance. One-part conference. One-part social
experiment. In The Foreign Exchange six candid conversationalists
bring you a live, unedited, unrehearsed and very direct look at our
mutual otherness by bringing ignorance, intelligence and hearts to
the table.
Refreshments will be served.
Venue G: The Lower Ossington Theatre
Tuesday, August 10, 7pm; Wednesday, August, 11 4:30pm
Thursday, August 12, 7pm; Sunday, August 15, 2pm
10
Ride the Cyclone
Step Right Up the top indie-theatre artists from around the country. This year,
By The AMY Project 2010 Ensemble. Directed by Claire Calnan
& Weyni Mengesha. Presented by The AMY Project. Lighting
Design by Susie Jaroszewska. Design Mentoring by Kimberly
Purtell. Mentoring by Tara Beagan, Jemeni, Rosa Laborde, Anita
Majumdar, Caroline Mangosing, Motion, Hannah Moscovitch,
Afrakaren Niles, Liisa Repo-Martell & Ania Soul. Featuring Copper,
Andrea Carter, Domanique Grant, Amber Williams-King, Michelle
Green, Alia Etienne, Yodit Teclamariam, Abhi Yogasegaran,
Kate Welsh & Shanaise Williams.
Step Right Up takes a closer look at the human “oddities” that make
us gawk, laugh and cringe. With great feats of courage these emerging
performers step into the spotlight and invite us to look beyond
society’s game of smoke and mirrors and see the complex truth that
lies beneath.
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 75 minutes
Friday, August 6, 8pm; Saturday, August 7, 10pm
Sunday, August 8, 2pm; Wednesday, August 11, 6pm
Thursday, August 12, 8pm; Friday, August 13, 10pm
Saturday, August 14, 6pm
Sears Dr ama Festival Partnership
SummerWorks presents two plays from the Sears Ontario Drama
Festival regional level finals. One student-written play is also chosen
to receive professional development and a workshop reading.
Faust: ich mochte By Josh Korngut
Created by the Ensemble. Directed by Jean Luc-Moniz, Kimberly
Phan & Gaspare Bellissimo. Presented by Teodoro Dragonieri
Productions & Dante Alighieri Academy Drama. Musical
Conducting by Gaspare Bellissimo. Music performed by John
Rugosi, Oscar Anesetti, Morad Saad & Kevin Dutra. Make-up by
Katherine Collesano. Featuring Tiago Abreu, Brittany Melo,
Rebecca LaFortune, Samantha Bianchi, Stewart Constante, Erika
Graham, Jessica Cabecas, Michael Henry, Melisa Carlosena,
Tiago Ortega, Paulo Paiva, Concetta Mastrangelo, Wilma St Holl,
Janice Sousa, Amanda Calabretta, Pedro Dias, Melissa Tavares,
Christine Jose & Virgilio Liorti.
Based on the centuries-old German tale of Dr. Faustus, Faust: ich
möchte presents the adventure of a young man in pursuit of an identity.
In his quest he encounters Lucinda, a beautiful, sensual and provocative
woman who takes a particular interest in his struggle. Through
manipulation, coercion and seduction, the temptress guides Faust
towards an end, and ultimately his new identity.
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 50 minutes
Thursday, August 5, 10pm; Monday, August 9, 5pm
Friday, August 13, 10pm
Me Happy Biographies of the Dead and Dying
WARNING : Txtual Content ;) National Series
The National Series is a rare opportunity to see work from some of
By the AHSS Grade 12 Drama Class. Directed by Brianne
Haydon. Presented by Applewood Heights Secondary School.
SummerWorks has selected four productions from outside of Ontario:
Music performed by Warren Robinson, Noelia Severino &
Avatar, by Freya Olafson (Winnipeg); The Haunted Hillbilly, by
Ty Mayers. Featuring Caden MacKinnon, Warren Robinson,
Graham Cuthbertson (Montreal); Molotov Circus, by Debbie Patterson
Samantha Clark, Carla Romeo, Jessica Belanger, Omar Ismail,
(Winnipeg); and Ride the Cyclone, by Jacob Richmond and Brooke
Samantha Fudge, Megan Kernaghan, Adnan Habibovic, Kurt
Maxwell (Victoria).
Bratsberg, Samantha Capizzano, Shan Thind, Uros Bozovic,
Ty Mayers, Mirza Mujic, Konnor Williams, Amanda Lindsay,
Kim-Anh Nguyen, Noelia Severino & Stephanie Tucker. S.L.I.P.
A modern tale of romance where face-to-face communication is (SummerWorks Leadership Intensive Program)
Sponsored by the RBC Foundation
replaced by cell phones and talking text messages. Boy meets girl
and girl’s boyfriend, boy sends girl a text, and service is interrupted Now in its second year, S.L.I.P. is a 14-day intensive that focuses
by Signal Satan? on the business of the arts. Taking place during the Festival, S.L.I.P.
offers emerging theatre creators an in-depth look into the worlds of
When words fail, texts do all the talking . . . sometimes they even get
the message right. Producing, Fundraising, Marketing, Publicity Grant Writing and much
more. Participants have the opportunity to learn from some of the
Patron warning: Txtual content ;) most sought after professionals in the industry, see productions in the
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 50 minutes Festival and network with companies producing as part of Summer-
Saturday, August 7, 7:30pm; Wednesday, August 11, 7:30pm Works. S.L.I.P., conceived by Michael Rubenfeld and Jordi Mand, was
born out of a desire to provide emerging artists with theatrical tools
that may not be offered at theatre school. The program provides recent
graduates with a practical introduction to the industry.
Under 25 Reading Series
Hear work from young, talented, emerging writers. Playwrights have
This year’s participants are Meredith Anderson, Rebecca Applebaum,
each been paired with an exciting director to help lift their stories off
Nathaniel Bryan, Rain Chan, Meg Gennings, Chala Hunter, Cassandra
the page. Pay What You Can.
Piroutz, Tanisha Taitt, Andrew Robinson, Sigrid Velis and Evan Vipond.
S.L.I.P. will be facilitated by Julie Tepperman and Aaron Willis.
No Such Thing
No Such Thing tells the story of two highly unstable individuals thrown
into a colourful but dangerous collective consciousness by a spate of
mysterious crimes in their neighbourhood. A play of anxieties, talking
radios, wallthings and mousepeople.
Venue B: Factory Theatre Studio
Monday, August 9, 3pm
Blood Buds
By Anika Johnson & Barbara Johnston
Blood Buds is a dark musical comedy based on a true story. Two days
before her wedding, Sheila’s uncle shoots himself in his bathroom,
leaving Sheila and her childhood friends to clean up the bloody mess.
As the afternoon progresses, it becomes apparent that Sheila must
know more than she’s letting on – but by the time the truth is revealed,
everyone’s hands are dirty.
Venue B: Factory Theatre Studio
Thursday, August 12, 3pm
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Music Series
Ten nights of incredible local bands and music
theatre concerts in our new Music Series home: the Hidden Cameras
The Lower Ossington Theatre.
Doors at 10pm. All shows $10. A Mainstage ticket
also gets you free admission into the Performance Bar
that evening.
All shows at The Lower Ossington Theatre,
Mainstage Theatre on the second floor.
Venue G
The Music Series is generously sponsored by:
Bocce
Diamond Rings
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Thursday, August 5 & Friday, August 6
It’s hard to describe Origin: Orphan, The Hidden Cameras’ latest
release, as anything but an evolutionary leap beyond their previous
efforts. With this album, their fourth studio record proper, Toronto’s
self-proclaimed “mild-mannered army” have sunk their roots deeper,
branched wider and gained a new musical maturity – simultaneously
finding inspiration from more unexpected sources and creating some
of their catchiest songs to date. Origin: Orphan bridges cities: tracks
were recorded in Toronto, but overdubbed in Berlin and London.
Upbeat, up-tempo pop songs with joyful, taboo-busting lyrics have
always been The Hidden Cameras’ forte, however this latest album
features more intricate textures and varied atmospheres, often darker
ones. The processional pace, minor key and dramatic orchestration
of strings and horns in Origin: Orphan is an invitation from the band
to us – an invitation to ratify the new.
Saturday, August 7
The ElastoCitizens 
The ElastoCitizens are ass-shaking epic concert makers. Grinding
guitars, nasty girl-group dancing, feedback bass-lines, a heavy horn
section and multiple singers make their concerts an electrifyingly
original live music experience. Schooled in funk and inspired by punk,
The ElastoCitizens’ shows are a monumental dance experience. The
raw passion and energy of their live concerts has made the large-scale
shows must-see music events for those in the know.
ian Kamau
“My name is Ian Kamau: I am an artist. I believe my ability to create is
connected to my purpose. I was raised in Toronto to filmmaker parents.
I believe in community. I am a founding member of an organization called
Nia, an afro-diasporic arts centre. I make music.”
Ian Kamau
Evening Hymns The Hidden Cameras
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Music Series
Ten nights of incredible local bands and music
theatre concerts in our new Music Series home: the Hidden Cameras
The Lower Ossington Theatre.
Doors at 10pm. All shows $10. A Mainstage ticket
also gets you free admission into the Performance Bar
that evening.
All shows at The Lower Ossington Theatre,
Mainstage Theatre on the second floor.
Venue G
The Music Series is generously sponsored by:
Bocce
Diamond Rings
12
Thursday, August 5 & Friday, August 6
It’s hard to describe Origin: Orphan, The Hidden Cameras’ latest
release, as anything but an evolutionary leap beyond their previous
efforts. With this album, their fourth studio record proper, Toronto’s
self-proclaimed “mild-mannered army” have sunk their roots deeper,
branched wider and gained a new musical maturity – simultaneously
finding inspiration from more unexpected sources and creating some
of their catchiest songs to date. Origin: Orphan bridges cities: tracks
were recorded in Toronto, but overdubbed in Berlin and London.
Upbeat, up-tempo pop songs with joyful, taboo-busting lyrics have
always been The Hidden Cameras’ forte, however this latest album
features more intricate textures and varied atmospheres, often darker
ones. The processional pace, minor key and dramatic orchestration
of strings and horns in Origin: Orphan is an invitation from the band
to us – an invitation to ratify the new.
Saturday, August 7
The ElastoCitizens 
The ElastoCitizens are ass-shaking epic concert makers. Grinding
guitars, nasty girl-group dancing, feedback bass-lines, a heavy horn
section and multiple singers make their concerts an electrifyingly
original live music experience. Schooled in funk and inspired by punk,
The ElastoCitizens’ shows are a monumental dance experience. The
raw passion and energy of their live concerts has made the large-scale
shows must-see music events for those in the know.
ian Kamau
“My name is Ian Kamau: I am an artist. I believe my ability to create is
connected to my purpose. I was raised in Toronto to filmmaker parents.
I believe in community. I am a founding member of an organization called
Nia, an afro-diasporic arts centre. I make music.”
Ian Kamau
Evening Hymns The Hidden Cameras
13
Music Series
Musical Works in Concert
Musical Works in Concert was created to provide an opportunity for
creators, composers and lyricists to showcase musical work in
development. Taking its cue from the SummerWorks mandate, each
of the pieces selected as part of this year’s series explore specific
theatrical and musical aesthetics. The three works being presented this
year are full-length musicals that will be done in concert-style format.
Sunday, August 8
MUSICAL WORKS: Prison Dancer went to Number 5 on the CBC Radio 3 charts.
Written by Romeo Candido & Carmen DeJesus. Directed by
Romeo Candido. Featuring Normal Alconcel, Pierre Bayuga,
Rommel Billanes, Mikey Bustos, Nicco Lorenzo Garcia,
Jeigh Madjus, Elaine Salonga, Adriano Sobretodo, Dale Yim
& Emilio Zarris.
The Warden of Manila’s Maximum Security Prison is inspired by the
flamboyant Lola to bring group dancing to the prisoners as a means of
rehabilitation. Inspired by the Filipino Dancing Inmates from Youtube,
Prison Dancer is about the walls that imprison us and the dreams that
set us free.
Monday, August 9
MUSICAL WORKS: Joni Loves Mitchell to delightfully simple hooks, from meticulous choral and instrumental
Book by Logan Medland. Music by Logan Medland, Jason
Chesworth and Kim Odine. Directed by Tracy Michailidis. Musical
Direction by Logan Medland. Guitar by Ben Payne. Drums by
Mark Inneo. Featuring Nicole Underhay, Paul Nolan, Ted Dykstra,
Rachel Fischer & Christian Bellsmith.
Joni Loves Mitchell is a “rock play” about two singer/songwriters,
one a naive amateur, the other a local star on the verge of breaking it –  and lots of gadgets and gimmicks. He later recruited Benjamin Nelson
who fall in love and fall apart in their quest for love.
Prison Dancer
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Tuesday, August 10
MUSICAL WORKS: Biggish Kids Wilderness of Manitoba Evening Hymns
Music & Lyrics by Bram Gielen. Music Performed by Victor
Cheng (piano), Thom Gill (guitar), Bram Gielen (bass) & Nico
Dann (drums). Featuring Allie Hughes, Alicia Toner, Sara
Farb & Alex Samaras.
Biggish Kids is a brand-new song cycle that explores the symbiosis
between the process of becoming an adult, and the cultural land-
scape in which this process occurs. Through song, four people try
to cultivate the appropriate social graces for the world today, while
constantly interacting with the popular music traditions that shape,
and are shaped by, these conventions. Examining the intersections
between real-life Big Feelings and their manifestations in pop culture,
the music of Biggish Kids depicts these relationships with clarity,
surprise and honesty.
Wednesday, August 11
Diamond Rings Saturday, August 14
In just under a year, Diamond Rings has released three limited edition
vinyl singles and a series of vibrant music videos that have earned
praise from Pitchfork, NME and fans around the world. Conceived in
the tradition of David Bowie, Brian Eno and Grace Jones, Diamond
Rings has as much style as his music has substance and is quickly
becoming known for his dynamic stage presence and inventive pop
song structures.
PS I Love You
Hailing from Kingston, Ontario, PS I Love You was intended to be an
experimental, sort of weird pop music outlet for Paul Saulnier. He
would play shows with guitar looping pedals and keyboards and lots
on drums and all of a sudden PS I Love You’s weird little songs were
becoming mini, soaring rock anthems. They are now a fully realized
duo, and will be touring and releasing their debut album later this year.
Thursday, August 12
Something special happens when the four members of Wilderness of
Manitoba sing together, whether it’s in the house on Delaware Avenue
in Toronto where three of them live or in the garage out back where
they sometimes staged their own shows including their live debut. The
band recorded most of their new album, When You Left The Fire,
as well as their ep, Hymns Of Love & Spirits, in their basement studio.
They learned not to rely on electric instruments, although they now
use them, but on the strength of their voices and melodies. The ep
THE MOUNTAINS AND THE TREES melancholic soundscapes, in which cello alternates in the lead with
The Mountains & The Trees, from Newfoundland, are/is Jon Janes.
His debut full-length I Made This For You was recorded over the winter
of 2009/10 in St. John’s, NL, at Henge Studios. He playfully describes
himself as Folk-Pop or Folk-N-Roll.
Entire Cities
Ascending heir to Toronto’s experimental-tinged folk and country
scene, Entire Cities is the musical equivalent of a perfect cup of coffee
on a shady patio. To the uninitiated, Entire Cities might seem to have
a personality disorder. From gratuitously confusing time signatures
arrangements to their glorious train wreck of a live show, the Toronto-
based collective has been refusing to be pigeon-holed since 2006.
The Weather Station
Tamara Lindeman was not a musician when she decided to make music
but, reeling from a personal loss, she found herself curiously drawn to
sound. On a whim, she borrowed her roommate’s recording equipment
and got out her newly acquired banjo. What poured forth was nothing
less than a cri de coeur. Assembling household items, borrowed
instruments and her crystalline voice, she painstakingly created her own
kind of folk music – part song and story, part sound collage – that grew
into the “vast, honest, and gloriously sad” full-length album, The Line.
PS I Love You
Rat Tail
Friday, August 13
Evening Hymns are sung from the cathedrals of tall trees. They capture
the spirit of moments, of friends around a bonfire on a foggy beach, the
crunching of snowshoes in the silence of a winter night and memories
of tribal boys growing up with pellet guns, fishing and handmade forts.
Songwriter Jonas Bonnetta comes out of the hinterland, along with a
yelping group of banshees and some sweet-singing wood nymphs with
Evening Hymns’ latest release Spirit Guides.
Picastro
Picastro has received much praise for their broodingly beautiful,
front woman Liz Hysen’s submerged, murmured vocals. Picastro’s
string-laden dynamics share a kinship with the music of fellow Canadians
Godspeed You! Black Emperor, as well as The Dirty Three and Rachels.
Bocce
Bocce has toured throughout Canada and played at festivals including
Pop Montreal, Hillside Inside, LOLA and Canadian Music Week. Bocce
released a limited edition ep, . . . Should Be an Olympic Sport in 2008 and
remixed work by several Canadian artists including You Say Party! We
Say Die!’s “Poison” and Slow Hand Motem’s “Mathemagical.” In Spring
2010, Bocce released their first full-length album, Disambiguation, both
as a physical disc and as a pay-what-you-can digital download.
Rat Tail
After years of sneaking into bars underage to see local indie rock shows,
Jasmyn Burke started writing music on her own. Rat Tail’s first official
release was the self-produced basement 7-inch George Mounsey ep
on Unfamiliar Records. After some of the 6 Nassau demos leaked
on the Internet and quickly spread to various blogs, blog site “Said
the Gramaphone” declared one of the demos number 29 on their
75 best of 2009 list.
Picastro
Wilderness of Manitoba
15
Music Series
Musical Works in Concert
Musical Works in Concert was created to provide an opportunity for
creators, composers and lyricists to showcase musical work in
development. Taking its cue from the SummerWorks mandate, each
of the pieces selected as part of this year’s series explore specific
theatrical and musical aesthetics. The three works being presented this
year are full-length musicals that will be done in concert-style format.
Sunday, August 8
MUSICAL WORKS: Prison Dancer went to Number 5 on the CBC Radio 3 charts.
Written by Romeo Candido & Carmen DeJesus. Directed by
Romeo Candido. Featuring Normal Alconcel, Pierre Bayuga,
Rommel Billanes, Mikey Bustos, Nicco Lorenzo Garcia,
Jeigh Madjus, Elaine Salonga, Adriano Sobretodo, Dale Yim
& Emilio Zarris.
The Warden of Manila’s Maximum Security Prison is inspired by the
flamboyant Lola to bring group dancing to the prisoners as a means of
rehabilitation. Inspired by the Filipino Dancing Inmates from Youtube,
Prison Dancer is about the walls that imprison us and the dreams that
set us free.
Monday, August 9
MUSICAL WORKS: Joni Loves Mitchell to delightfully simple hooks, from meticulous choral and instrumental
Book by Logan Medland. Music by Logan Medland, Jason
Chesworth and Kim Odine. Directed by Tracy Michailidis. Musical
Direction by Logan Medland. Guitar by Ben Payne. Drums by
Mark Inneo. Featuring Nicole Underhay, Paul Nolan, Ted Dykstra,
Rachel Fischer & Christian Bellsmith.
Joni Loves Mitchell is a “rock play” about two singer/songwriters,
one a naive amateur, the other a local star on the verge of breaking it –  and lots of gadgets and gimmicks. He later recruited Benjamin Nelson
who fall in love and fall apart in their quest for love.
Prison Dancer
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Tuesday, August 10
MUSICAL WORKS: Biggish Kids Wilderness of Manitoba Evening Hymns
Music & Lyrics by Bram Gielen. Music Performed by Victor
Cheng (piano), Thom Gill (guitar), Bram Gielen (bass) & Nico
Dann (drums). Featuring Allie Hughes, Alicia Toner, Sara
Farb & Alex Samaras.
Biggish Kids is a brand-new song cycle that explores the symbiosis
between the process of becoming an adult, and the cultural land-
scape in which this process occurs. Through song, four people try
to cultivate the appropriate social graces for the world today, while
constantly interacting with the popular music traditions that shape,
and are shaped by, these conventions. Examining the intersections
between real-life Big Feelings and their manifestations in pop culture,
the music of Biggish Kids depicts these relationships with clarity,
surprise and honesty.
Wednesday, August 11
Diamond Rings Saturday, August 14
In just under a year, Diamond Rings has released three limited edition
vinyl singles and a series of vibrant music videos that have earned
praise from Pitchfork, NME and fans around the world. Conceived in
the tradition of David Bowie, Brian Eno and Grace Jones, Diamond
Rings has as much style as his music has substance and is quickly
becoming known for his dynamic stage presence and inventive pop
song structures.
PS I Love You
Hailing from Kingston, Ontario, PS I Love You was intended to be an
experimental, sort of weird pop music outlet for Paul Saulnier. He
would play shows with guitar looping pedals and keyboards and lots
on drums and all of a sudden PS I Love You’s weird little songs were
becoming mini, soaring rock anthems. They are now a fully realized
duo, and will be touring and releasing their debut album later this year.
Thursday, August 12
Something special happens when the four members of Wilderness of
Manitoba sing together, whether it’s in the house on Delaware Avenue
in Toronto where three of them live or in the garage out back where
they sometimes staged their own shows including their live debut. The
band recorded most of their new album, When You Left The Fire,
as well as their ep, Hymns Of Love & Spirits, in their basement studio.
They learned not to rely on electric instruments, although they now
use them, but on the strength of their voices and melodies. The ep
THE MOUNTAINS AND THE TREES melancholic soundscapes, in which cello alternates in the lead with
The Mountains & The Trees, from Newfoundland, are/is Jon Janes.
His debut full-length I Made This For You was recorded over the winter
of 2009/10 in St. John’s, NL, at Henge Studios. He playfully describes
himself as Folk-Pop or Folk-N-Roll.
Entire Cities
Ascending heir to Toronto’s experimental-tinged folk and country
scene, Entire Cities is the musical equivalent of a perfect cup of coffee
on a shady patio. To the uninitiated, Entire Cities might seem to have
a personality disorder. From gratuitously confusing time signatures
arrangements to their glorious train wreck of a live show, the Toronto-
based collective has been refusing to be pigeon-holed since 2006.
The Weather Station
Tamara Lindeman was not a musician when she decided to make music
but, reeling from a personal loss, she found herself curiously drawn to
sound. On a whim, she borrowed her roommate’s recording equipment
and got out her newly acquired banjo. What poured forth was nothing
less than a cri de coeur. Assembling household items, borrowed
instruments and her crystalline voice, she painstakingly created her own
kind of folk music – part song and story, part sound collage – that grew
into the “vast, honest, and gloriously sad” full-length album, The Line.
PS I Love You
Rat Tail
Friday, August 13
Evening Hymns are sung from the cathedrals of tall trees. They capture
the spirit of moments, of friends around a bonfire on a foggy beach, the
crunching of snowshoes in the silence of a winter night and memories
of tribal boys growing up with pellet guns, fishing and handmade forts.
Songwriter Jonas Bonnetta comes out of the hinterland, along with a
yelping group of banshees and some sweet-singing wood nymphs with
Evening Hymns’ latest release Spirit Guides.
Picastro
Picastro has received much praise for their broodingly beautiful,
front woman Liz Hysen’s submerged, murmured vocals. Picastro’s
string-laden dynamics share a kinship with the music of fellow Canadians
Godspeed You! Black Emperor, as well as The Dirty Three and Rachels.
Bocce
Bocce has toured throughout Canada and played at festivals including
Pop Montreal, Hillside Inside, LOLA and Canadian Music Week. Bocce
released a limited edition ep, . . . Should Be an Olympic Sport in 2008 and
remixed work by several Canadian artists including You Say Party! We
Say Die!’s “Poison” and Slow Hand Motem’s “Mathemagical.” In Spring
2010, Bocce released their first full-length album, Disambiguation, both
as a physical disc and as a pay-what-you-can digital download.
Rat Tail
After years of sneaking into bars underage to see local indie rock shows,
Jasmyn Burke started writing music on her own. Rat Tail’s first official
release was the self-produced basement 7-inch George Mounsey ep
on Unfamiliar Records. After some of the 6 Nassau demos leaked
on the Internet and quickly spread to various blogs, blog site “Said
the Gramaphone” declared one of the demos number 29 on their
75 best of 2009 list.
Picastro
Wilderness of Manitoba
15
Performance Bar
The National Theatre of the World
Ten nights mixing theatre, music and performance at
the first-ever SummerWorks Performance Bar. Each
night features short sets by some of Toronto’s best live
acts. Also featuring a ten-night stint from local improv
heroes The National Theatre of the World.
Doors at 8pm. Show at 9pm.
Full Bar. Air Conditioned.
Pay What You Can (at the door only).
All shows at The Lower Ossington Theatre,
ground level studio. Venue K
16
Every Night at 9PM
The National Theatre of the World presents: is simpler, often consisting of just the kalimba and her voice, and
Fiasco Playhouse ! often quirkier: she began her solo career with a very different cover
From the people who bring you the award-winning improvised play
series Impromptu Splendor and the weekly cult hit variety show
The Carnegie Hall Show. A crack team of Toronto’s most virtuosic
Improvisers joining forces in crime to reinvent the world! The newest
and most dangerous innovations in improvisation! Join these lunatics
hell bent on pushing the boundaries of utter catastrophe and pioneer-
ing new theatre frontiers! A singular wild experiment each night of
SummerWorks with Special guests too!
Featuring Matt Baram, Ron Pederson & Naomi Snieckus.
Thursday, August 5
Allie Hughes you have been holed up too long in your closed worlds.
Allie’s theatre-influenced alternative pop songs, her unique sound
and “quirky” stage presence are unlike any one artist but her new
material has been compared to Kate Bush and Nina Hagen. She is
currently recording her debut album with producers Dave Newfeld
(Broken Social Scene), Leon Taheny (Owen Pallett) and Adam King
(Run With Kittens) to be released fall 2010.
Zeesy Powers experiment in expectations.
The truth is valuable, related to, yet independent of, fact. Zeesy Powers
offers you a truthful response to any question you pose.
Zeesy Powers is an interdisciplinary artist who works with technology,
the body, people and consequences. Based in Toronto, her work has
been exhibited and screened across North America, Europe and Asia.
Her recent projection performance, The Ghost, has been shown to
packed audiences in Berlin, Montreal and LA. In 2009 she told people
exactly what she thought of them in front of a live audience at a corpo-
rate “Innovation Conference,” confusing many with her lack of product.
In 2008 she gave away $1,000 as part of the Zeesy Powers Grant. In
2007 she was anyone’s girlfriend for three minutes during an exhausting
performance. She continues to struggle to find meaning.
Friday, August 6
Maylee Todd Colleen & Paul
Meet quirky songstress Maylee Todd, the multi-talented singer/song-
writer with an appetite for obscure instruments. If you ask Maylee how
she manages to play the Paraguayan harp as well as she does the
guitar, she’ll tell you “anyone can do it.” But we’ve tried and that’s not
true. Born to an English/French father and a Filipino/Spanish mother,
this skilful young lady has many strings to her bow (or harp, rather).
You may know her from the humorous interactive aerobics events
called “SweatshopHop” that have aired on Canada’s Much More Music.
Jeremy Bailey River. Erin Brandenburg is a playwright/performer and artistic
Jeremy Bailey is a Canadian video and performance artist whose work
is often confidently self-deprecating in offering hilarious parodies
of new media vocabularies. His work has been featured in numerous
exhibitions and festivals internationally.
Saturday, August 7
Ghost Bees Band leader and creator, Odario Williams, describes the Grand Analog
Ghost Bees are twin sisters Romy and Sari Lightman. Over antique
mandolin, guitar and violist accompaniment, Ghost Bees weaves delicate
harmonies, dispensing dramatic tales and sorrowful laments like a two-
headed balladeer.
Company Blonde any place any time . . . no matter the genre.
Company Blonde has a unique and vital presence in the independent
dance scene in Canada. Since its inception in 1999, Company Blonde
has been dedicated to creating dance works that are accessible to a
vast audience of all ages, blending comedy and theatre with classical
modern dance. Company Blonde strives to tell stories and share
experiences that speak to our community and our culture, while always
keeping the audience at the forefront of their work.
Sunday, August 8
Laura Barrett Thursday, August 12
A virtuoso on the kalimba – an African instrument also known as the
thumb piano – Toronto-based singer/songwriter Laura Barrett also
plays with indie pop collective The Hidden Cameras. Barrett’s own music
of the grunge parody “Smells Like Nirvana,” which she performed at
a Weird Al tribute show. Her song “Deception Island Optimists Club,”
on the other hand, is as wry as it is bleak, and was a finalist for the
SOCAN ECHO songwriting prize. Paper Bag Records signed Barrett
and issued her debut ep, Earth Sciences, in early 2008. She recruited
double bassist Richard Carnegie and other Toronto-area musicians
for her full-length debut, Victory Garden, which arrived in spring 2009.
Istvan Kantor
Infamous for his “blood-x donations” to the collections of the Museum
of Modern Art (New York), the National Gallery (Ottawa), the AGO
(Toronto) and the Ludwig Museum (Koln), just to mention a few, Kantor’s
criminal record is even longer than his list of awards. The media and
critics have described his work as rebellious, anti-authoritarian and
intellectually assaulting, as well as technically innovative and highly
experimental. He is internationally known as the founder of Neoism.
Istvan Kantor’s work has been shown at many prestigious international
art events, including Documenta ’87 and Ars Electronica 2000.
Monday, August 9
THOMAS
With elements of every pop cliché executed brilliantly and fashionably,
THOMAS is tasteful, sexcellent, and most importantly, strange.
Snowblink sounding like a joke into a truly moving moment.
With a sweet wistfulness, Snowblink crafts melodies around unaffected
guitar lines and tender vocals. Having recently toured with Owen Pallett,
Snowblink is primed to invite the rest of the world to their campfire
in 2011.
Everyboy that celebrates the sinister, the dank and the despairing.
Told entirely with puppets, Everyboy is a piece in development
that explores the limitless and volatile nature of children on the cusp
of adolescence.
Tuesday, August 10
Colleen and Paul are singers, songwriters and guitarists. She’s a highly
imaginative wordsmith; he’s a musical wizard with an intuitive flair for
melody. Together, they have forged a unique style, one that defies a simple
definition: 60s folk-pop with indie rock influences, with hues of psychedelia
painted via Colleen’s sometimes surreal but always engaging lyrics.
BOBLO (Kitchen Band)
Boblo is a live-action operatic radio play based on the myths and
legends of an abandoned amusement park on an island in the Detroit
director of Kitchen Band Productions. Andrew Penner is a musician,
songwriter, actor, sound designer and one third of the band The
Sunparlour Players.
Wednesday, August 11
Grand Analog
sound as a beautiful mess of rap’n’roll, dub and soul. The band’s
critically acclaimed new album, Metropolis Is Burning, boasts an infec-
tious array of soundscapes that is unbalanced and dirty, never clean.
Fuzzy with three coats of dust and reads like an old manual no longer
in use, Grand Analog fiends on tackling any stage presented to them,
Atomic Vaudeville meets The National Theatre
of the World
Atomic Vaudeville (from Victoria), together with The National Theatre
of the World, brings a version of their beloved cult hit cabaret show to
the Performance Bar. The shows are a short-form mélange of theatre,
music, song, dance, puppetry and sketch – an adoption of the rough
vaudeville form reconceived for the present age, which attracts an
audience hungry for a live, entertaining and relevant theatrical art form.
Claire et Tom
Claire et Tom perform fantastic French songs. From 60s songs by
Barbara and Boris Vian to tunes Tom heard while watching nouveau
vague films. Tom plays the piano and Claire sings, except when Tom
sings, then Claire dances a little.
Cowgirl Choir
The ladies of the Cowgirl Choir were plucked from the stages of open-
mic nights and theatre shows, and from behind shower curtains across
Toronto. They’ve come together to sing songs of lament, celebration
and rebellion, and to honour some of the finest songwriters from the
Appalachian Mountains to the great plains of Saskatchewan.
Populist Manifesto #1
Poets, come out of your closets, open your windows, open your doors,
By Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Directed by Rebecca Singh.
Friday, August 13
Nifty
Harmony next to dissonance, folk next to noise, songwriting beside
soulful house and many places in and around and between. Nifty is an
Bob Wiseman
He’ll still probably never end up on pop radio, but he’s one of the rare
masters of that delicate turn of phrase that changes what started out
Saturday August 14
A Gothic Salon, starring The Scandelles
Escape from the unremitting splendour of summer with an evening
Melancholic Peepshows, Deathly Lap Dances, Worst Case
Scenario Tarot Card Readings, Peevish, Faux Roma Psychics,
Gripping Tales of Near Death Experiences
Hosted by the resplendently moody Sasha Van Bon Bon. With special guests.
17
Performance Bar
The National Theatre of the World
Ten nights mixing theatre, music and performance at
the first-ever SummerWorks Performance Bar. Each
night features short sets by some of Toronto’s best live
acts. Also featuring a ten-night stint from local improv
heroes The National Theatre of the World.
Doors at 8pm. Show at 9pm.
Full Bar. Air Conditioned.
Pay What You Can (at the door only).
All shows at The Lower Ossington Theatre,
ground level studio. Venue K
16
Every Night at 9PM
The National Theatre of the World presents: is simpler, often consisting of just the kalimba and her voice, and
Fiasco Playhouse ! often quirkier: she began her solo career with a very different cover
From the people who bring you the award-winning improvised play
series Impromptu Splendor and the weekly cult hit variety show
The Carnegie Hall Show. A crack team of Toronto’s most virtuosic
Improvisers joining forces in crime to reinvent the world! The newest
and most dangerous innovations in improvisation! Join these lunatics
hell bent on pushing the boundaries of utter catastrophe and pioneer-
ing new theatre frontiers! A singular wild experiment each night of
SummerWorks with Special guests too!
Featuring Matt Baram, Ron Pederson & Naomi Snieckus.
Thursday, August 5
Allie Hughes you have been holed up too long in your closed worlds.
Allie’s theatre-influenced alternative pop songs, her unique sound
and “quirky” stage presence are unlike any one artist but her new
material has been compared to Kate Bush and Nina Hagen. She is
currently recording her debut album with producers Dave Newfeld
(Broken Social Scene), Leon Taheny (Owen Pallett) and Adam King
(Run With Kittens) to be released fall 2010.
Zeesy Powers experiment in expectations.
The truth is valuable, related to, yet independent of, fact. Zeesy Powers
offers you a truthful response to any question you pose.
Zeesy Powers is an interdisciplinary artist who works with technology,
the body, people and consequences. Based in Toronto, her work has
been exhibited and screened across North America, Europe and Asia.
Her recent projection performance, The Ghost, has been shown to
packed audiences in Berlin, Montreal and LA. In 2009 she told people
exactly what she thought of them in front of a live audience at a corpo-
rate “Innovation Conference,” confusing many with her lack of product.
In 2008 she gave away $1,000 as part of the Zeesy Powers Grant. In
2007 she was anyone’s girlfriend for three minutes during an exhausting
performance. She continues to struggle to find meaning.
Friday, August 6
Maylee Todd Colleen & Paul
Meet quirky songstress Maylee Todd, the multi-talented singer/song-
writer with an appetite for obscure instruments. If you ask Maylee how
she manages to play the Paraguayan harp as well as she does the
guitar, she’ll tell you “anyone can do it.” But we’ve tried and that’s not
true. Born to an English/French father and a Filipino/Spanish mother,
this skilful young lady has many strings to her bow (or harp, rather).
You may know her from the humorous interactive aerobics events
called “SweatshopHop” that have aired on Canada’s Much More Music.
Jeremy Bailey River. Erin Brandenburg is a playwright/performer and artistic
Jeremy Bailey is a Canadian video and performance artist whose work
is often confidently self-deprecating in offering hilarious parodies
of new media vocabularies. His work has been featured in numerous
exhibitions and festivals internationally.
Saturday, August 7
Ghost Bees Band leader and creator, Odario Williams, describes the Grand Analog
Ghost Bees are twin sisters Romy and Sari Lightman. Over antique
mandolin, guitar and violist accompaniment, Ghost Bees weaves delicate
harmonies, dispensing dramatic tales and sorrowful laments like a two-
headed balladeer.
Company Blonde any place any time . . . no matter the genre.
Company Blonde has a unique and vital presence in the independent
dance scene in Canada. Since its inception in 1999, Company Blonde
has been dedicated to creating dance works that are accessible to a
vast audience of all ages, blending comedy and theatre with classical
modern dance. Company Blonde strives to tell stories and share
experiences that speak to our community and our culture, while always
keeping the audience at the forefront of their work.
Sunday, August 8
Laura Barrett Thursday, August 12
A virtuoso on the kalimba – an African instrument also known as the
thumb piano – Toronto-based singer/songwriter Laura Barrett also
plays with indie pop collective The Hidden Cameras. Barrett’s own music
of the grunge parody “Smells Like Nirvana,” which she performed at
a Weird Al tribute show. Her song “Deception Island Optimists Club,”
on the other hand, is as wry as it is bleak, and was a finalist for the
SOCAN ECHO songwriting prize. Paper Bag Records signed Barrett
and issued her debut ep, Earth Sciences, in early 2008. She recruited
double bassist Richard Carnegie and other Toronto-area musicians
for her full-length debut, Victory Garden, which arrived in spring 2009.
Istvan Kantor
Infamous for his “blood-x donations” to the collections of the Museum
of Modern Art (New York), the National Gallery (Ottawa), the AGO
(Toronto) and the Ludwig Museum (Koln), just to mention a few, Kantor’s
criminal record is even longer than his list of awards. The media and
critics have described his work as rebellious, anti-authoritarian and
intellectually assaulting, as well as technically innovative and highly
experimental. He is internationally known as the founder of Neoism.
Istvan Kantor’s work has been shown at many prestigious international
art events, including Documenta ’87 and Ars Electronica 2000.
Monday, August 9
THOMAS
With elements of every pop cliché executed brilliantly and fashionably,
THOMAS is tasteful, sexcellent, and most importantly, strange.
Snowblink sounding like a joke into a truly moving moment.
With a sweet wistfulness, Snowblink crafts melodies around unaffected
guitar lines and tender vocals. Having recently toured with Owen Pallett,
Snowblink is primed to invite the rest of the world to their campfire
in 2011.
Everyboy that celebrates the sinister, the dank and the despairing.
Told entirely with puppets, Everyboy is a piece in development
that explores the limitless and volatile nature of children on the cusp
of adolescence.
Tuesday, August 10
Colleen and Paul are singers, songwriters and guitarists. She’s a highly
imaginative wordsmith; he’s a musical wizard with an intuitive flair for
melody. Together, they have forged a unique style, one that defies a simple
definition: 60s folk-pop with indie rock influences, with hues of psychedelia
painted via Colleen’s sometimes surreal but always engaging lyrics.
BOBLO (Kitchen Band)
Boblo is a live-action operatic radio play based on the myths and
legends of an abandoned amusement park on an island in the Detroit
director of Kitchen Band Productions. Andrew Penner is a musician,
songwriter, actor, sound designer and one third of the band The
Sunparlour Players.
Wednesday, August 11
Grand Analog
sound as a beautiful mess of rap’n’roll, dub and soul. The band’s
critically acclaimed new album, Metropolis Is Burning, boasts an infec-
tious array of soundscapes that is unbalanced and dirty, never clean.
Fuzzy with three coats of dust and reads like an old manual no longer
in use, Grand Analog fiends on tackling any stage presented to them,
Atomic Vaudeville meets The National Theatre
of the World
Atomic Vaudeville (from Victoria), together with The National Theatre
of the World, brings a version of their beloved cult hit cabaret show to
the Performance Bar. The shows are a short-form mélange of theatre,
music, song, dance, puppetry and sketch – an adoption of the rough
vaudeville form reconceived for the present age, which attracts an
audience hungry for a live, entertaining and relevant theatrical art form.
Claire et Tom
Claire et Tom perform fantastic French songs. From 60s songs by
Barbara and Boris Vian to tunes Tom heard while watching nouveau
vague films. Tom plays the piano and Claire sings, except when Tom
sings, then Claire dances a little.
Cowgirl Choir
The ladies of the Cowgirl Choir were plucked from the stages of open-
mic nights and theatre shows, and from behind shower curtains across
Toronto. They’ve come together to sing songs of lament, celebration
and rebellion, and to honour some of the finest songwriters from the
Appalachian Mountains to the great plains of Saskatchewan.
Populist Manifesto #1
Poets, come out of your closets, open your windows, open your doors,
By Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Directed by Rebecca Singh.
Friday, August 13
Nifty
Harmony next to dissonance, folk next to noise, songwriting beside
soulful house and many places in and around and between. Nifty is an
Bob Wiseman
He’ll still probably never end up on pop radio, but he’s one of the rare
masters of that delicate turn of phrase that changes what started out
Saturday August 14
A Gothic Salon, starring The Scandelles
Escape from the unremitting splendour of summer with an evening
Melancholic Peepshows, Deathly Lap Dances, Worst Case
Scenario Tarot Card Readings, Peevish, Faux Roma Psychics,
Gripping Tales of Near Death Experiences
Hosted by the resplendently moody Sasha Van Bon Bon. With special guests.
17
Playground
“You can discover more about a person in an hour
of play than in a year of conversation.” – Plato
Imagine a room where between shows you can
come and play with toys of all sorts – technological
and otherwise, and let your imagination wander.
Designers Beth Kates and Ben Chaisson (B&B)
are creating this place by turning the front rehearsal
hall of The Lower Ossington Theatre into an inter-
active installation.
The room will be lined with state-of-the-art equipment
such as projectors, screens, cameras, headphones,
speakers, mixers, microphones and a large assortment
of “conventional” toys (action figures, Lego blocks, etc.).
Based loosely on Montessori and Waldorf Education
techniques of self-guided play, and a long history
of goofing off, The Playground invites participants to
explore and create and most importantly have fun.
Stay for as long or as short as you like, but come often
as the Playground will develop throughout the festival
and will be quite different day to day.
In addition to the interactive side, Cara Gee and Natasha
Greenblatt have programmed events to engage with
the spirit and technology of the Playground both inside
and outside of The Lower Ossington Theatre.
Keep your eye out for the candy bar.
The Playground installation is free and open every day
of the Festival from 12–8pm (later during events).
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Friday, August 6
FLASHQUIZ second year – a set of three distinct walking tours of
8 PM Break out your book bag and sharpen your pencils! Flashquiz
leads an interactive look back at what you learned and what you didn’t
learn in middle school. Featuring Canadian songs, flashquizes, and
show and tell – if you’ve got something to share, bring it in! This is a
show that hopes you’ll read a book, ride a bike, sing a song, draw
a comic, pet a pony, fly a kite, bake a biscuit, hug a stranger, dance
with ducks and rhyme with reason . . . after. Maybe even ever-after.
Flashquiz is Julia Lederer, Haley McGee and Steph Berntson.
Saturday, August 7
GAME DAY
11AM Meet us in Trinity Bellwoods Park at the Queen and Strachan
gates for a morning of capture the flag, freeze tag and other childhood
favourites. warning: it just might dissolve into a big ol’ water fight, so
bring your super soakers, water balloons, sunscreen and beach balls!
All ages welcome.
1PM Come back to the Playground for a pizza lunch. Join us for
interactive “video” games including super-competitive live-action board
games, big screen battleship championships and more!
8 PM Epic Co-ed Pillow Fight Tournament. Relying on official Pillow
Fighting rules, a celebrity panel will select only one champion.
everyone is a pillow fighter inside.
Rules:
anyone can sign up. Pairs are matched by size and skill or can
be specifically requested.
Matches are five minutes long and are judged by a panel using the ten-
point system. Points awarded for endurance, gusto and pillow precision.
Play nice. It’s a pillow fight.
Be prepared to play more than one match if you advance. Winner is
crowned Pillow Fighting Champion of the Festival.
Sunday, August 8
ARTS/CRAFTS Get a detailed map of the local erogenous zones. Now you’ll know
11AM–5PM Come to the Playground for experiments in storytelling.
Choose your own adventure: Create dolls and puppets that dance
across a projected background. Get messy with finger paints, glue and
pipe cleaners. Experiment using physical and technological toys to tell
stories. Press buttons. Paint on walls. Let your imagination run wild.
Just don’t eat the crayons.
Friday, August 13
Music-Video-Making at the January 2009 Next Stage Theatre Festival. Daniel has helped
11AM –6PM A make-your-own-music-video extravaganza! Remember
Canada’s Wonderland? After a hot week of theatrical roller-coasters,
come discover the wonder of starring in your own music video
with wacky green screens and pop classics. Manipulate your video
backgrounds in real time. Choose from our playlist or bring your
mp3 player and lip synch to win! We’ll be there to help.
8 PM A star-studded, gala screening of the day’s hottest and most
hilarious videos. (No videos will be left out.) A panel of music industry
judges will critique and award prizes in several categories including
best dance moves, best videography and much more.
Saturday, August 14
Scavenger Hunt PARTY & is good.
Dance Class/Dance PartY
11AM Meet us at the Playground for the Official First Ever SummerWorks
West Side Scavenger Hunt. Choose a partner or let fate choose for
you and go! With the SummerWorks venues as our borders, we will
rediscover the parks, shops and secret treasures of this corner of the
city. With prizes for the first team back and the most creative bounty,
this is one Hunt you won’t want to miss.
8 PM Aurora Stewart de Pena leads an hour-long dance class of the
shameless pop variety. Deck yourself out in your flashiest dance class
dance gear and learn some sweet moves. Beginners are welcome!
Super-hot dancer types are welcome! The evening will slowly morph
into a dance party as the DJ heats thing up and we turn the lights
down. Dance party starts around 9pm until 10:30pm where we’ll head
off to the Music Series down the hall or A Gothic Salon in the
Performance Bar.
SummerWalks
SummerWorks presents SummerWalks, now in its
the neighbourhood that hosts our Festival and cradles
three of our city’s most important theatre venues.
Through these walks, we invite you to get to know
more about the larger community and connect with
a familiar landscape from new, personal perspectives.
Three charming guides offer their unique takes on
the area, doing what theatre artists do best – telling
you stories.
All tours run 60–70 minutes in length and depart
from and return to the Factory Theatre Courtyard
(125 Bathurst St.).
$5 same-day tickets are available from Factory
Theatre Courtyard box office
$5 advance tickets (plus service charge) are
available online at www.artsboxoffice.ca or by phone
at 416 504 7529
$12 for a 3-Walk Pass (available in person from
any SummerWorks box office starting August 5;
pass is for same-day use)
August 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 & 15 at 6:30PM / August 8 & 14 at 4PM
Invisible Toronto
(as described by guide Falen Johnson) Ever been afraid to walk by
Queen and Bathurst? I know I was. The first time I walked by that
intersection I averted my eyes, pretended to be going . . . somewhere . . .
anywhere, late for something, looking straight ahead, never making
eye contact. That’s when a young rough looking guy lunged at me and
yelled in my face. I jumped. I got mad. I wanted to pull out my status
card and prove something to him but I didn’t, I kept walking. I pretended
he didn’t exist. Who hasn’t done it? Made someone, something in
Toronto invisible?
Let’s take a walk around Queen and Bathurst. It isn’t anywhere you
haven’t been before but it may be a place you have never really seen.
Falen Johnson is Mohawk and Tuscarora from Six Nations Reserve.
She is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School. Theatre credits
include The Place Between for Cheyikwe Performance and Native
Earth Performing Arts, The Only Good Indian . . . with Turtle Gals, and
The Triple Truth, Savage, Strong Medicine, Death of a Chief and A Very
Polite Genocide with Native Earth. Most recently Falen was in The
Ecstasy of Rita Joe for Western Canada Theatre and the NAC. Her
first play, Salt Baby, was produced by Native Earth at Theatre Passe
Muraille last fall.
August 6, 8, 10, 12 & 14 at 6:30PM / August 7 & 15 at 4PM
A Heartbreaking Walk of Staggering Genius
(as described by guide Daniel Sadavoy) The advantage of having
“been around the block a few times” is that you gain wisdom that you
can impart on your kids. But I don’t have kids. Will you be my kids? Just
for an hour . . .
Discover the best and worst romantic locales the neighbourhood has
to offer. Join Daniel Sadavoy as he relives all the romance and
heartbreak he has experienced within a three-block radius of Factory
Theatre. Learn from someone else’s experience why it’s a bad idea
to propose an open relationship at Czehoski. And why you’d be much
better off doing it at Coca.
where to find whatever you’re looking for.
Daniel Sadavoy is a Toronto-based writer and actor. He has published
articles in The Canadian Theatre Review and CanPlay Magazine about
his experience as assistant producer of the National CrossCurrents
Festival under Nina Lee Aquino in 2008. With Rebecca Applebaum,
he wrote and performed in the Steady State Theatre Project production
Don’t Look, which NOW Magazine named an Outstanding Production
at the 2007 Toronto Fringe Festival and which was selected for revival
develop plays in several dramaturgical settings, including The Taxi Project
for PEN Canada, fu-GEN’s Potluck Festival under Marjorie Chan, the
HOTscrawls Festival with TheatreKairos, and the biweekly Playwright’s
Circle with the Steady State Theatre Project.
August 6, 7, 13 & 14 at 9PM
Uncle Lindy’s Quit Yer Snivelin’ Tour of Life
(our after dark tour, as described by guide Lindy Zucker) Who is
Uncle Lindy? He/she is certainly not YOUR uncle but Uncle Lindy
is definitely your friend, so that makes it okay to follow her/him through
the streets of Toronto at 9pm. Where will you be going at such a late,
late hour? Don’t worry. Uncle Lindy knows the way and he/she would
never lead you astray. And you might learn something? Yes! Learning
Will it be interesting trivia about Toronto that you can then share at
pompous cocktail parties? Probably not.
Come learn with Uncle Lindy and bring a flashlight because things get
dark at 9pm. Uncle Lindy can’t wait to walk with all the boys and girls
(not suitable for actual children).
Lindy Zucker operates from every side of the world of theatre as
an actor, writer, curator, producer, freelance technician and facetious
performance artist. She is currently an Associate Artist of the
SummerWorks Theatre Festival. Her performance work (and/or handy
work – from production load-in to management) has been seen at
the Rhubarb festival, Lunacy Cabaret, Gladstone Hotel, Dancemakers,
The Factory Theatre and The Toronto Fringe.
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Playground
“You can discover more about a person in an hour
of play than in a year of conversation.” – Plato
Imagine a room where between shows you can
come and play with toys of all sorts – technological
and otherwise, and let your imagination wander.
Designers Beth Kates and Ben Chaisson (B&B)
are creating this place by turning the front rehearsal
hall of The Lower Ossington Theatre into an inter-
active installation.
The room will be lined with state-of-the-art equipment
such as projectors, screens, cameras, headphones,
speakers, mixers, microphones and a large assortment
of “conventional” toys (action figures, Lego blocks, etc.).
Based loosely on Montessori and Waldorf Education
techniques of self-guided play, and a long history
of goofing off, The Playground invites participants to
explore and create and most importantly have fun.
Stay for as long or as short as you like, but come often
as the Playground will develop throughout the festival
and will be quite different day to day.
In addition to the interactive side, Cara Gee and Natasha
Greenblatt have programmed events to engage with
the spirit and technology of the Playground both inside
and outside of The Lower Ossington Theatre.
Keep your eye out for the candy bar.
The Playground installation is free and open every day
of the Festival from 12–8pm (later during events).
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Friday, August 6
FLASHQUIZ second year – a set of three distinct walking tours of
8 PM Break out your book bag and sharpen your pencils! Flashquiz
leads an interactive look back at what you learned and what you didn’t
learn in middle school. Featuring Canadian songs, flashquizes, and
show and tell – if you’ve got something to share, bring it in! This is a
show that hopes you’ll read a book, ride a bike, sing a song, draw
a comic, pet a pony, fly a kite, bake a biscuit, hug a stranger, dance
with ducks and rhyme with reason . . . after. Maybe even ever-after.
Flashquiz is Julia Lederer, Haley McGee and Steph Berntson.
Saturday, August 7
GAME DAY
11AM Meet us in Trinity Bellwoods Park at the Queen and Strachan
gates for a morning of capture the flag, freeze tag and other childhood
favourites. warning: it just might dissolve into a big ol’ water fight, so
bring your super soakers, water balloons, sunscreen and beach balls!
All ages welcome.
1PM Come back to the Playground for a pizza lunch. Join us for
interactive “video” games including super-competitive live-action board
games, big screen battleship championships and more!
8 PM Epic Co-ed Pillow Fight Tournament. Relying on official Pillow
Fighting rules, a celebrity panel will select only one champion.
everyone is a pillow fighter inside.
Rules:
anyone can sign up. Pairs are matched by size and skill or can
be specifically requested.
Matches are five minutes long and are judged by a panel using the ten-
point system. Points awarded for endurance, gusto and pillow precision.
Play nice. It’s a pillow fight.
Be prepared to play more than one match if you advance. Winner is
crowned Pillow Fighting Champion of the Festival.
Sunday, August 8
ARTS/CRAFTS Get a detailed map of the local erogenous zones. Now you’ll know
11AM–5PM Come to the Playground for experiments in storytelling.
Choose your own adventure: Create dolls and puppets that dance
across a projected background. Get messy with finger paints, glue and
pipe cleaners. Experiment using physical and technological toys to tell
stories. Press buttons. Paint on walls. Let your imagination run wild.
Just don’t eat the crayons.
Friday, August 13
Music-Video-Making at the January 2009 Next Stage Theatre Festival. Daniel has helped
11AM –6PM A make-your-own-music-video extravaganza! Remember
Canada’s Wonderland? After a hot week of theatrical roller-coasters,
come discover the wonder of starring in your own music video
with wacky green screens and pop classics. Manipulate your video
backgrounds in real time. Choose from our playlist or bring your
mp3 player and lip synch to win! We’ll be there to help.
8 PM A star-studded, gala screening of the day’s hottest and most
hilarious videos. (No videos will be left out.) A panel of music industry
judges will critique and award prizes in several categories including
best dance moves, best videography and much more.
Saturday, August 14
Scavenger Hunt PARTY & is good.
Dance Class/Dance PartY
11AM Meet us at the Playground for the Official First Ever SummerWorks
West Side Scavenger Hunt. Choose a partner or let fate choose for
you and go! With the SummerWorks venues as our borders, we will
rediscover the parks, shops and secret treasures of this corner of the
city. With prizes for the first team back and the most creative bounty,
this is one Hunt you won’t want to miss.
8 PM Aurora Stewart de Pena leads an hour-long dance class of the
shameless pop variety. Deck yourself out in your flashiest dance class
dance gear and learn some sweet moves. Beginners are welcome!
Super-hot dancer types are welcome! The evening will slowly morph
into a dance party as the DJ heats thing up and we turn the lights
down. Dance party starts around 9pm until 10:30pm where we’ll head
off to the Music Series down the hall or A Gothic Salon in the
Performance Bar.
SummerWalks
SummerWorks presents SummerWalks, now in its
the neighbourhood that hosts our Festival and cradles
three of our city’s most important theatre venues.
Through these walks, we invite you to get to know
more about the larger community and connect with
a familiar landscape from new, personal perspectives.
Three charming guides offer their unique takes on
the area, doing what theatre artists do best – telling
you stories.
All tours run 60–70 minutes in length and depart
from and return to the Factory Theatre Courtyard
(125 Bathurst St.).
$5 same-day tickets are available from Factory
Theatre Courtyard box office
$5 advance tickets (plus service charge) are
available online at www.artsboxoffice.ca or by phone
at 416 504 7529
$12 for a 3-Walk Pass (available in person from
any SummerWorks box office starting August 5;
pass is for same-day use)
August 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 & 15 at 6:30PM / August 8 & 14 at 4PM
Invisible Toronto
(as described by guide Falen Johnson) Ever been afraid to walk by
Queen and Bathurst? I know I was. The first time I walked by that
intersection I averted my eyes, pretended to be going . . . somewhere . . .
anywhere, late for something, looking straight ahead, never making
eye contact. That’s when a young rough looking guy lunged at me and
yelled in my face. I jumped. I got mad. I wanted to pull out my status
card and prove something to him but I didn’t, I kept walking. I pretended
he didn’t exist. Who hasn’t done it? Made someone, something in
Toronto invisible?
Let’s take a walk around Queen and Bathurst. It isn’t anywhere you
haven’t been before but it may be a place you have never really seen.
Falen Johnson is Mohawk and Tuscarora from Six Nations Reserve.
She is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School. Theatre credits
include The Place Between for Cheyikwe Performance and Native
Earth Performing Arts, The Only Good Indian . . . with Turtle Gals, and
The Triple Truth, Savage, Strong Medicine, Death of a Chief and A Very
Polite Genocide with Native Earth. Most recently Falen was in The
Ecstasy of Rita Joe for Western Canada Theatre and the NAC. Her
first play, Salt Baby, was produced by Native Earth at Theatre Passe
Muraille last fall.
August 6, 8, 10, 12 & 14 at 6:30PM / August 7 & 15 at 4PM
A Heartbreaking Walk of Staggering Genius
(as described by guide Daniel Sadavoy) The advantage of having
“been around the block a few times” is that you gain wisdom that you
can impart on your kids. But I don’t have kids. Will you be my kids? Just
for an hour . . .
Discover the best and worst romantic locales the neighbourhood has
to offer. Join Daniel Sadavoy as he relives all the romance and
heartbreak he has experienced within a three-block radius of Factory
Theatre. Learn from someone else’s experience why it’s a bad idea
to propose an open relationship at Czehoski. And why you’d be much
better off doing it at Coca.
where to find whatever you’re looking for.
Daniel Sadavoy is a Toronto-based writer and actor. He has published
articles in The Canadian Theatre Review and CanPlay Magazine about
his experience as assistant producer of the National CrossCurrents
Festival under Nina Lee Aquino in 2008. With Rebecca Applebaum,
he wrote and performed in the Steady State Theatre Project production
Don’t Look, which NOW Magazine named an Outstanding Production
at the 2007 Toronto Fringe Festival and which was selected for revival
develop plays in several dramaturgical settings, including The Taxi Project
for PEN Canada, fu-GEN’s Potluck Festival under Marjorie Chan, the
HOTscrawls Festival with TheatreKairos, and the biweekly Playwright’s
Circle with the Steady State Theatre Project.
August 6, 7, 13 & 14 at 9PM
Uncle Lindy’s Quit Yer Snivelin’ Tour of Life
(our after dark tour, as described by guide Lindy Zucker) Who is
Uncle Lindy? He/she is certainly not YOUR uncle but Uncle Lindy
is definitely your friend, so that makes it okay to follow her/him through
the streets of Toronto at 9pm. Where will you be going at such a late,
late hour? Don’t worry. Uncle Lindy knows the way and he/she would
never lead you astray. And you might learn something? Yes! Learning
Will it be interesting trivia about Toronto that you can then share at
pompous cocktail parties? Probably not.
Come learn with Uncle Lindy and bring a flashlight because things get
dark at 9pm. Uncle Lindy can’t wait to walk with all the boys and girls
(not suitable for actual children).
Lindy Zucker operates from every side of the world of theatre as
an actor, writer, curator, producer, freelance technician and facetious
performance artist. She is currently an Associate Artist of the
SummerWorks Theatre Festival. Her performance work (and/or handy
work – from production load-in to management) has been seen at
the Rhubarb festival, Lunacy Cabaret, Gladstone Hotel, Dancemakers,
The Factory Theatre and The Toronto Fringe.
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Theatre & Music Schedule
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 125 Bathurst St. Venue E: The Theatre Centre 1087 Queen St. W.

12 PM 2:30 PM 5 PM 7:30 PM 10 PM 12 AM 12 PM 2:30 PM 5 PM 7:30 PM 10 PM 12 AM

August 5 Shed Biographies of . . . Faust August 5 Avatar Even Darkness Countries Shaped . . .
August 6 Iphigenia Loving the . . . Or, August 6 Souvenirs The Emotionalists Wonderland
August 7 The Innocents Shed Biographies of . . . Warning: Textual . . . Iphigenia August 7 Return of Corporal Avatar Even Darkness Countries Shaped . . . Souvenirs
August 8 Loving the . . . Or, The Innocents Shed Biographies of . . . August 8 The Emotionalists Wonderland Return of Corporal Avatar Even Darkness
August 9 Faust Iphigenia Loving the . . . August 9 Countries Shaped . . . Souvenirs The Emotionalists
August 10 Or, The Innocents Shed August 10 Wonderland Return of Corporal Avatar
August 11 Biographies of . . . Warning: Textual . . . Iphigenia August 11 Even Darkness Countries Shaped . . . Souvenirs
August 12 Loving the . . . Or, The Innocents August 12 The Emotionalists Wonderland Return of Corporal
August 13 Shed Biographies of . . . Faust The Innocents August 13 Return of Corporal Countries Shaped . . . Avatar Even Darkness
August 14 Iphigenia Loving the . . . Or, The Innocents Shed August 14 Souvenirs The Emotionalists Wonderland Return of Corporal Avatar
August 15 Biographies of . . . Warning: Textual . . . Iphigenia Loving the . . . Or, August 15 Countries Shaped . . . Even Darkness Souvenirs The Emotionalists Wonderland

Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 125 Bathurst St. Venue G: The Lower Ossington Theatre 100A Ossington Ave.

12:30 PM 3 PM 5:30 PM 8 PM 10:30 PM 12 AM 11:30AM 2 PM 4:30 PM 7PM 10 PM 12 AM

August 5 Me Happy Big Face Miss Caledonia August 5 Small Ones Theory Hidden Cameras Hidden Cameras
August 6 Modicum of . . . Miss Caledonia Say Ginger Ale August 6 Bliss Molotov Circus Hidden Cameras Hidden Cameras
August 7 Aftershock Me Happy Big Face Red Headed . . . Modicum of . . . August 7 Small Ones Theory Bliss Ian Kamau The Elastocitizens
August 8 Red Headed . . . Say Ginger Ale Aftershock Me Happy Big Face August 8 Molotov Circus Theory Small Ones Musical Works Prison Dancer
August 9 No Such Thing Miss Caledonia Modicum of . . . Red Headed . . . August 9 Bliss Molotov Circus Musical Works Joni Loves Mitchell
August 10 Say Ginger Ale Aftershock Me Happy August 10 Small Ones The Foreign . . . Musical Works Biggish Kids
August 11 Big Face Miss Caledonia Modicum of . . . August 11 The Foreign . . . Bliss PS I Love You Diamond Rings
August 12 Blood Buds Red Headed . . . Say Ginger Ale Aftershock August 12 Molotov Circus The Foreign . . . Wilderness of . . . Entire . . ./Weather . . .
August 13 Aftershock Me Happy Big Face Miss Caledonia August 13 Bliss Theory Picastro Evening Hymns
August 14 Modicum of . . . Red Headed . . . Say Ginger Ale Aftershock Me Happy August 14 Bliss Molotov Circus Theory Small Ones Bocce Rat Tail
August 15 Big Face Miss Caledonia Modicum of . . . Red Headed . . . Say Ginger . . .(10pm) August 15 Theory The Foreign . . . Small Ones Molotov Circus

Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 16 Ryerson Ave. National Series Under 25 Reading Series Music Series Sears Drama Shows

12:30 PM 3 PM 5:30 PM 8 PM 10:30 PM 12 AM

August 5 Homegrown Ride the Cyclone Kreutzer
August 6
August 7 Word! Sound! . . . Homegrown
Haunted Hillbilly
Kreutzer
Post Eden
Haunted Hillbilly
Sad and Caution
Post Eden
Offsite Theatre Schedule
August 8 Kreutzer Sad and Caution Word! Sound! . . . Ride the Cyclone Haunted Hillbilly
Venue F: Cream Tangerine Café (The Theatre Centre) 1087 Queen St. W.
August 9 Post Eden Homegrown Ride the Cyclone It’s Time to Talk About Our Future Together (Every 15 minutes)
August 10 Sad and Caution Word! Sound! . . . Homegrown
August 11 Haunted Hillbilly Kreutzer Post Eden August 5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9 August 10 August 11 August 12 August 13 August 14 August 15
August 12 Ride the Cyclone Sad and Caution Word! Sound! . . . 7–9pm 7–9pm 7–9pm 7–9pm 7–9pm
August 13 Word! Sound! . . . Homegrown Haunted Hillbilly Kreutzer
August 14 Post Eden Ride the Cyclone Sad and Caution Word! Sound! . . . Homegrown
Venue H: T.A.N. Coffee 992 Queen St. W. (at Ossington Ave.)
August 15 Haunted Hillbilly Ride the Cyclone Post Eden Kreutzer Sad and. . .(10 pm)
Anatomy of a Broken Love Affair
August 5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9 August 10 August 11 August 12 August 13 August 14 August 15
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 16 Ryerson Ave.
7:30pm 7:30/9:15pm 7:30/9:15pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30/9:15pm 7:30pm
12 PM 2 PM 4PM 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM
August 5 I Was Barbie The Hanging of . . . IXOK’ The Saddest Girl . . .
Venue I: HUB 14 14 Markham Street (at Queen St. W.)
August 6 Kayak All of Him Step Right Up I Was Barbie
Foster Child Play
August 7 The Hanging of . . . IXOK’ The Saddest Girl . . . Kayak All of Him Step Right Up
August 8 All of Him Step Right Up IXOK’ I Was Barbie The Hanging of . . . Kayak August 5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9 August 10 August 11 August 12 August 13 August 14 August 15
August 9 IXOK’ The Saddest Girl . . . The Hanging of . . . 8pm 8pm 8pm 2pm 2pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 2pm
August 10 The Saddest Girl . . . I Was Barbie All of Him
August 11 Step Right Up Kayak IXOK’
Venue J: Trinity Bellwoods Park Queen St. W. (at Strachan Ave.)
August 12 The Hanging of . . . I Was Barbie Step Right Up Kayak
The WITCH of Edmonton
August 13 All of Him The Hanging of . . . The Saddest Girl . . . Step Right Up
August 14 The Saddest Girl . . . I Was Barbie All of Him Step Right Up Kayak IXOK’ August 5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9 August 10 August 11 August 12 August 13 August 14 August 15
August 15 Kayak IXOK’ The Saddest Girl . . . All of Him I Was Barbie The Hanging of . . . 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm

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Theatre & Music Schedule
Venue A: Factory Theatre Mainspace 125 Bathurst St. Venue E: The Theatre Centre 1087 Queen St. W.

12 PM 2:30 PM 5 PM 7:30 PM 10 PM 12 AM 12 PM 2:30 PM 5 PM 7:30 PM 10 PM 12 AM

August 5 Shed Biographies of . . . Faust August 5 Avatar Even Darkness Countries Shaped . . .
August 6 Iphigenia Loving the . . . Or, August 6 Souvenirs The Emotionalists Wonderland
August 7 The Innocents Shed Biographies of . . . Warning: Textual . . . Iphigenia August 7 Return of Corporal Avatar Even Darkness Countries Shaped . . . Souvenirs
August 8 Loving the . . . Or, The Innocents Shed Biographies of . . . August 8 The Emotionalists Wonderland Return of Corporal Avatar Even Darkness
August 9 Faust Iphigenia Loving the . . . August 9 Countries Shaped . . . Souvenirs The Emotionalists
August 10 Or, The Innocents Shed August 10 Wonderland Return of Corporal Avatar
August 11 Biographies of . . . Warning: Textual . . . Iphigenia August 11 Even Darkness Countries Shaped . . . Souvenirs
August 12 Loving the . . . Or, The Innocents August 12 The Emotionalists Wonderland Return of Corporal
August 13 Shed Biographies of . . . Faust The Innocents August 13 Return of Corporal Countries Shaped . . . Avatar Even Darkness
August 14 Iphigenia Loving the . . . Or, The Innocents Shed August 14 Souvenirs The Emotionalists Wonderland Return of Corporal Avatar
August 15 Biographies of . . . Warning: Textual . . . Iphigenia Loving the . . . Or, August 15 Countries Shaped . . . Even Darkness Souvenirs The Emotionalists Wonderland

Venue B: Factory Studio Theatre 125 Bathurst St. Venue G: The Lower Ossington Theatre 100A Ossington Ave.

12:30 PM 3 PM 5:30 PM 8 PM 10:30 PM 12 AM 11:30AM 2 PM 4:30 PM 7PM 10 PM 12 AM

August 5 Me Happy Big Face Miss Caledonia August 5 Small Ones Theory Hidden Cameras Hidden Cameras
August 6 Modicum of . . . Miss Caledonia Say Ginger Ale August 6 Bliss Molotov Circus Hidden Cameras Hidden Cameras
August 7 Aftershock Me Happy Big Face Red Headed . . . Modicum of . . . August 7 Small Ones Theory Bliss Ian Kamau The Elastocitizens
August 8 Red Headed . . . Say Ginger Ale Aftershock Me Happy Big Face August 8 Molotov Circus Theory Small Ones Musical Works Prison Dancer
August 9 No Such Thing Miss Caledonia Modicum of . . . Red Headed . . . August 9 Bliss Molotov Circus Musical Works Joni Loves Mitchell
August 10 Say Ginger Ale Aftershock Me Happy August 10 Small Ones The Foreign . . . Musical Works Biggish Kids
August 11 Big Face Miss Caledonia Modicum of . . . August 11 The Foreign . . . Bliss PS I Love You Diamond Rings
August 12 Blood Buds Red Headed . . . Say Ginger Ale Aftershock August 12 Molotov Circus The Foreign . . . Wilderness of . . . Entire . . ./Weather . . .
August 13 Aftershock Me Happy Big Face Miss Caledonia August 13 Bliss Theory Picastro Evening Hymns
August 14 Modicum of . . . Red Headed . . . Say Ginger Ale Aftershock Me Happy August 14 Bliss Molotov Circus Theory Small Ones Bocce Rat Tail
August 15 Big Face Miss Caledonia Modicum of . . . Red Headed . . . Say Ginger . . .(10pm) August 15 Theory The Foreign . . . Small Ones Molotov Circus

Venue C: Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace 16 Ryerson Ave. National Series Under 25 Reading Series Music Series Sears Drama Shows

12:30 PM 3 PM 5:30 PM 8 PM 10:30 PM 12 AM

August 5 Homegrown Ride the Cyclone Kreutzer
August 6
August 7 Word! Sound! . . . Homegrown
Haunted Hillbilly
Kreutzer
Post Eden
Haunted Hillbilly
Sad and Caution
Post Eden
Offsite Theatre Schedule
August 8 Kreutzer Sad and Caution Word! Sound! . . . Ride the Cyclone Haunted Hillbilly
Venue F: Cream Tangerine Café (The Theatre Centre) 1087 Queen St. W.
August 9 Post Eden Homegrown Ride the Cyclone It’s Time to Talk About Our Future Together (Every 15 minutes)
August 10 Sad and Caution Word! Sound! . . . Homegrown
August 11 Haunted Hillbilly Kreutzer Post Eden August 5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9 August 10 August 11 August 12 August 13 August 14 August 15
August 12 Ride the Cyclone Sad and Caution Word! Sound! . . . 7–9pm 7–9pm 7–9pm 7–9pm 7–9pm
August 13 Word! Sound! . . . Homegrown Haunted Hillbilly Kreutzer
August 14 Post Eden Ride the Cyclone Sad and Caution Word! Sound! . . . Homegrown
Venue H: T.A.N. Coffee 992 Queen St. W. (at Ossington Ave.)
August 15 Haunted Hillbilly Ride the Cyclone Post Eden Kreutzer Sad and. . .(10 pm)
Anatomy of a Broken Love Affair
August 5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9 August 10 August 11 August 12 August 13 August 14 August 15
Venue D: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 16 Ryerson Ave.
7:30pm 7:30/9:15pm 7:30/9:15pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30/9:15pm 7:30pm
12 PM 2 PM 4PM 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM
August 5 I Was Barbie The Hanging of . . . IXOK’ The Saddest Girl . . .
Venue I: HUB 14 14 Markham Street (at Queen St. W.)
August 6 Kayak All of Him Step Right Up I Was Barbie
Foster Child Play
August 7 The Hanging of . . . IXOK’ The Saddest Girl . . . Kayak All of Him Step Right Up
August 8 All of Him Step Right Up IXOK’ I Was Barbie The Hanging of . . . Kayak August 5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9 August 10 August 11 August 12 August 13 August 14 August 15
August 9 IXOK’ The Saddest Girl . . . The Hanging of . . . 8pm 8pm 8pm 2pm 2pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 2pm
August 10 The Saddest Girl . . . I Was Barbie All of Him
August 11 Step Right Up Kayak IXOK’
Venue J: Trinity Bellwoods Park Queen St. W. (at Strachan Ave.)
August 12 The Hanging of . . . I Was Barbie Step Right Up Kayak
The WITCH of Edmonton
August 13 All of Him The Hanging of . . . The Saddest Girl . . . Step Right Up
August 14 The Saddest Girl . . . I Was Barbie All of Him Step Right Up Kayak IXOK’ August 5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9 August 10 August 11 August 12 August 13 August 14 August 15
August 15 Kayak IXOK’ The Saddest Girl . . . All of Him I Was Barbie The Hanging of . . . 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm

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Performance Bar & SummerWalks
Performance Bar Venue K: The Lower Ossington Theatre (street level) 100A Ossington Ave.
Hosted by The National Theatre of the World every night from 9pm until 12am

9 PM
August 5 Allie Hughes / Zeesy Powers
August 6 Maylee Todd / Jeremy Bailey
August 7 Ghost Bees / Company Blonde
August 8 Laura Barrett / Istvan Kantor
August 9 THOMAS / Snowblink / Everyboy
August 10 Colleen & Paul / BOBLO (Kitchen Band)
August 11 Grand Analog / Atomic Vaudeville
August 12 Claire et Tom / Cowgirl Choir / Populist Manifesto #1
August 13 Nifty / Bob Wiseman
August 14 A Gothic Salon, starring The Scandelles

SummerWalks  leaving from Factory Theatre Courtyard

4PM 6:30 PM 9 PM
August 5 Invisible Toronto
August 6 Heartbreaking Walk Uncle Lindy
August 7 Heartbreaking Walk Invisible Toronto Uncle Lindy
August 8 Invisible Toronto Heartbreaking Walk
August 9 Invisible Toronto
August 10 Heartbreaking Walk
August 11 Invisible Toronto
August 12 Heartbreaking Walk
August 13 Invisible Toronto Uncle Lindy
August 14 Invisible Toronto Heartbreaking Walk Uncle Lindy
August 15 Heartbreaking Walk Invisible Toronto

Fun Times
Parties
August 4, 8PM
Opening night party
SummerWorks officially opens the Festival with a giant bash at
The Lower Ossington Theatre.
Cash Bar. Free Food. No Cover.

August 7, 11PM –??

After hours party at a secret venue
Join us at an undisclosed location, where we’ll continue the party
with food and drink into the morning hours.

August 8, 10AM
Pancake “volunteer appreciation” breakfast
After you’ve spent the night with us, we’re going to help remedy that
hangover with all the pancakes you can stomach! $2 for All You Can Eat.
Volunteers eat free. The SummerWorks Staff will slave over hot griddles
to feed you in celebration of our volunteers.

August 15, 10PM

Closing night party
Yep this is the big one. Join us in the Factory Theatre Courtyard and
find out who will take home the awards. This year, award winners will
receive a physical award designed by an artist through our partnership
with OCAD. Catering provided by the Lakeview.

Where to Drink and Be Merry

The Factory Theatre Courtyard and The Lower Ossington Performance
Bar will be serving alcohol every day/night of the Festival until 1am.

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Performance Bar & SummerWalks
Performance Bar Venue K: The Lower Ossington Theatre (street level) 100A Ossington Ave.
Hosted by The National Theatre of the World every night from 9pm until 12am

9 PM
August 5 Allie Hughes / Zeesy Powers
August 6 Maylee Todd / Jeremy Bailey
August 7 Ghost Bees / Company Blonde
August 8 Laura Barrett / Istvan Kantor
August 9 THOMAS / Snowblink / Everyboy
August 10 Colleen & Paul / BOBLO (Kitchen Band)
August 11 Grand Analog / Atomic Vaudeville
August 12 Claire et Tom / Cowgirl Choir / Populist Manifesto #1
August 13 Nifty / Bob Wiseman
August 14 A Gothic Salon, starring The Scandelles

SummerWalks  leaving from Factory Theatre Courtyard

4PM 6:30 PM 9 PM
August 5 Invisible Toronto
August 6 Heartbreaking Walk Uncle Lindy
August 7 Heartbreaking Walk Invisible Toronto Uncle Lindy
August 8 Invisible Toronto Heartbreaking Walk
August 9 Invisible Toronto
August 10 Heartbreaking Walk
August 11 Invisible Toronto
August 12 Heartbreaking Walk
August 13 Invisible Toronto Uncle Lindy
August 14 Invisible Toronto Heartbreaking Walk Uncle Lindy
August 15 Heartbreaking Walk Invisible Toronto

Fun Times
Parties
August 4, 8PM
Opening night party
SummerWorks officially opens the Festival with a giant bash at
The Lower Ossington Theatre.
Cash Bar. Free Food. No Cover.

August 7, 11PM –??

After hours party at a secret venue
Join us at an undisclosed location, where we’ll continue the party
with food and drink into the morning hours.

August 8, 10AM
Pancake “volunteer appreciation” breakfast
After you’ve spent the night with us, we’re going to help remedy that
hangover with all the pancakes you can stomach! $2 for All You Can Eat.
Volunteers eat free. The SummerWorks Staff will slave over hot griddles
to feed you in celebration of our volunteers.

August 15, 10PM

Closing night party
Yep this is the big one. Join us in the Factory Theatre Courtyard and
find out who will take home the awards. This year, award winners will
receive a physical award designed by an artist through our partnership
with OCAD. Catering provided by the Lakeview.

Where to Drink and Be Merry

The Factory Theatre Courtyard and The Lower Ossington Performance
Bar will be serving alcohol every day/night of the Festival until 1am.

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