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The largest juried theatre Festival in Canada announces it’s final selections for 2012. The 22nd Festival, running from August 9th to 19th, features over 40 plays, a return of the Performance Bar, a Live Art Series, practical workshops and a new twist on the Music Series. The National Series features a new play by award-winning playwright, actor and director Daniel MacIvor.
“We were humbled and proud of the quality of the work this year,” says Artistic Producer, Michael Rubenfeld. “We programmed an exciting, challenging season of work that is political, entertaining, provocative and virtuosic.”
New plays by Daniel MacIvor, Anton Piatigorsky, Sean Dixon, Waawaate Fobister, Richard Sanger, Rosa Laborde, Nicholas Billon, Erin Brandenburg, Ron Jenkins, Anthony Black, The Scandelles and more. Work directed by Richard Greenblatt, Tara Beagan, Brendan Healey, Sarah Stanley, Edward Roy, Natasha Mytnowych, Ron Jenkins, Alistair Newton and others.
This year’s National Series welcomes four very different, exciting shows, including a brand new Daniel MacIvor piece, I, Animal. This will be the first time SummerWorks has presented a new full-length by the award winning playwright and actor.
SummerWorks welcomes back to the Festival Halifax’s 2b Theatre, with their production of When It Rains, by Anthony Black (Invisible Atom). When It Rains was nominated for 8 Merritt Awards (Halifax Doras) and won one for performance. From Montreal, the Festival features two provocative solo shows: My Pregnant Brother, by Johanna Nutter and One/Un, by Mani Soleymanlou. Each of these works garnered considerable attention in previous productions, and SummerWorks is pleased to offer their Toronto premiere’s at this year’s Festival.
THE 2012 SUMMERWORKS FULL LINE-UP
SHOW NAME - COMPANY NAME - CREATORS
A Song For Tomorrow - New Harlem Productions & Eventual Ashes - Christina Wong
A Thousand Words - UnSpun Theatre - Chris Hanratty
Ajax (por nobody) - Hot House Theater - Alice Tuan
Ally & Kev - j.squared theatre - Jason Maghanoy
Aneemah's Spot - Motion Live Presents -written by Motion/directed by Dian Marie Bridge
Artaud: un portrait en decomposition - TheatreRUN - Adam Paolozza, Michele Smith, Antonin Artaud
Barrel Crank - Suitcase In Point - Erin Shields/Rose Plotek/Deanna Jones/Natasha Pedors/Amy Nosbakken/Ernest Harris Jr/Joe Lapinski
Breath in Between - Breath Collective in Association with Crow's Theatre - Anton Piatigorsky
Breathe For Me - Real Eyes Theatre - Jesse Stong and Edward Roy
Dumbo Squid - Birdtown & Swanville - Aurora Stewart de Peña
Extinction Sing - The Theatre Department - Ron Jenkins and Ron Pederson
Facts - The Facts Assembly - Arthur Milner
Fierce Monsters - The Pop Group - Rebecca Buttigieg
FRANCE (or, The Niqab) - Old Pirate - Sean Dixon, Tanja Jacobs
Haunted - Tango Co. - Daniel Karasik
HUFF - Dependent Theatre Projects - Cliff Cardinal
Iceland - The Iceland Collective - Kawa Ada, Nicolas Billon, Claire Calnan, Christine Horne, Ravi Jain, Renna Reddie, Kim Purtell
Les Demimondes - Operation Snatch - Alexandra Tigchelaar and Catherine Nimmo
Marine Life - Company Theatre Crisis - Rosa Laborde/Natasha Mytnowych/Trevor Schwellnus/Patrick Duwors/Eric Meadows/Scott McCord/Tommie Amber Pirie/Philip Riccio
Medicine Boy - Anishnaabe Theatre Performance - Waawaate Fobister - Playwright / Tara Beagan - Director
Petrichor - Kitchenband - Erin Brandenburg, Andrew Penner, Henry Adam Svec, Monica Dottor
Pieta - Pieta Productions - Sarah Stanley & Tamsin Kelsey
Such Bounty - Snap Productions - Written By Richard Sanger
Terminus - Outside the March - Mark O'Rowe / Mitchell Cushman, Maev Beaty, Ava Jane Markus, Harry Judge
Terre Haute - Ecce Homo Theatre - written by Edmund White | direction and sound design by Alistair Newton | production design by Matt Jackson
The Fever - Cohort Theatre Company - Wallace Shawn/Cohort Theatre Company
The Frenzy of Queen Maeve - Live Lobster Theatre - Anthony MacMahon
The Hearing of Jeremy Hinzman - Foundry Theatre Company - Josh Bloch, Oonagh Duncan, and Richard Greenblatt
Violent Be Violet - Fine Wine Theatre Co - Tanisha Taitt
Willow Bunch - Willow Bunch Productions - Rona Waddington
Your Side, My Side, and The Truth - Compass Productions - Rebecca Auerbach/Tova Smith
NATIONAL SERIES
I, Animal - KAZAN CO-OP - writer Daniel MacIvor/Direction Richie Wilcox
My Pregnant Brother - Freestanding Productions - written and performed by johanna nutter, directed and dramaturged by jeremy taylor
One/Un - written by Mani Soleymanlou
When It Rains - 2b theatre company - Anthony Black
OFF SITE PRODUCTIONS
Big Plans - Two Wheeler Productions - Jeremy Taylor
Dutchman - lemonTree Creations - Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones)
Invitations/Into/Traces - Cara Spooner - Cara Spooner
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About SummerWorks Theatre Festival:
As the largest juried theatre festival in Canada featuring predominantly New Canadian plays, SummerWorks programs a festival that uniquely reflects Toronto and Canada’s cultural zeitgeist. Since 1991, SummerWorks has continued to explore and respond to the needs and wants of audiences and the theatre community. The festival has grown to become of the country’s preeminent multi-disciplinary hubs featuring a Music Series, a mentorship program (SummerWorks Leadership Intensive Program –S.L.I.P.); and the National Series, showcasing works from across Canada. The festival adds new initiatives yearly, including performance-based programs such as the Performance Bar. The 2012 SummerWorks Festival runs August 9th to 19th in venues across Toronto.
2012-04-10
Toronto: SummerWorks announces 2012 Line-up