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Toronto, February 25, 2013 – Theatre Brouhaha’s Kat Sandler is directing her new play Rock at The StoreFront Theatre (955 Bloor St. W), March 8 – 23, 2013, presented by the Paper Scissors Collective.
Rock is a pitch black comedy about love, friendship, and how far you would go to protect someone you care about who has recently started bludgeoning people to death with rocks.
Ben (Andy Trithardt), a moderately successful late-twenties actor, has started hearing voices telling him to kill bad people with rocks. Ben's somewhat distant girlfriend Tasha (Jen Balen) is all for him realizing his potential, and his freeloading best friend Mikey, (Tim Walker) bought them capes. Now if only the spirit of the first guy he killed would stop hanging around the house drinking all the beer, Ben would be set.
Rock continues writer and director Kat Sandler’s tradition of exploring the grey areas of modern morality and examining the little voices we hear in our heads.
Cast
Claire Armstrong | North American Premiere of Eigengrau and Wait Until Dark (RedOne Theatre Collective)
Roger Bainbridge | Tony Ho (Sketch Fest), Throne of Games (Next Stage Festival)
Jen Balen | The Corpse Bride (Theatre PANIK/Ashkenaz Festival), Peg and the Yeti (Carousel Players)
Andy Trithardt | Engaged (Theatre Hetaerae/Rhubarb) and Delicacy (Theatre Brouhaha)
Tim Walker | NOW Magazine’s Top 10 Theatre Artists in 2012 and two time DORA nominee. Help Yourself (Theatre Brouhaha) and Boeing Boeing (Rogue Theatre)
Writer/Director
Kat Sandler is the artistic director of Theatre Brouhaha and a prolific Toronto playwright who has written, directed and staged four original pieces since January 2012: LOVESEXMONEY, Help Yourself, Delicacy and Rock.
Next up for Kat Sandler and her company Theatre Brouhaha is the Playwright Project: Sam Sheppard in May 2013, and the 2013 Toronto Fringe Festival in July.
The Venue
The StoreFront Theatre, 955 Bloor St. W, Toronto
Red One Theatre Collective took temporary occupancy of 955 Bloor Street W. and turned it into The StoreFront Theatre in December 2012 to encourage the careers of Toronto-based artists and support local businesses through the power of art, culture and community.
Performances
Running Time: 115 minutes, one intermission
Friday, March 8 at 8pm
Saturday, March 9 at 8pm
Sunday, March 10 at 2pm & 8pm (PWYC evening)
Thursday, March 14 at 7:30pm
Friday, March 15 at 8pm
Saturday, March 16 at 2pm and 8pm
Sunday, March 17 at 2pm
Wednesday, March 20 at 8pm (Half Price)
Thursday, March 21 at 8pm
Friday, March 22 at 8pm
Saturday, March 23 at 2pm and 8pm
Ticket Prices
General Tickets: $20 / March 10: Pay-What-You-Can Evening / March 20: Half Price
Tickets
Past Reviews for Kat Sandler
“This young writer, Kat Sandler, is just a fantastic theatre writer.”
- Jian Ghomeshi, CBC’s Q (Help Yourself)
“Kat Sandler is the writer to watch.”
- Toronto Star (Help Yourself)
“Savagely funny one-liners and sharp observations.”
- NOW Magazine (Delicacy)
“The play function like a drug, you just want more as you go along.”
- Jorn Weisbrodt, Luminato (Delicacy)
Photo: Cast of Rock. ©2013 Theatre Brouhaha.
2013-02-26
Toronto: Kat Sandler’s new play “Rock” runs at The StoreFront Theatre March 8-23