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School is in session at the Bad Dog Theatre Company! Our Lady of St. Gordon of Levitt Catholic school welcomes its students back for another year of gossip and giggles, sisters and sinning. Helmed by internationally acclaimed improviser Becky Johnson (Iron Cobra, The Sufferettes, catch23 IMPROV), WAYWARD brings together a truly remarkable cast of women for this completely improvised upstairs-downstairs grown-up soap opera overrun with nuns and school girls.
Director Becky Johnson, who moved to Toronto 13 years ago, was inspired to stage this show to celebrate the multiple generations of outstanding female improvisers she has encountered in the city. “Although WAYWARD may touch on themes of religion, it is really about women. The girls’ school is devised as a means to support interactions. It’s a construct to create inter-generational communication - to create a world wherein the best and worst of us can come forward in a comedic light. WAYWARD is also about expectation and rebellion. It is about the out-of-control forces in us all and the ways in which we triumph over them and triumph with them.”
WAYWARD pairs veteran comedic powerhouses like Aurora Browne (Video Cabaret’s The War of 1812), Jen Goodhue (Comedy Inc.), Carolyn Taylor (writer This Hour Has 22 Minutes), and Christy Bruce (the SOAPS!, Blind Date) with recognizable talents, Ashley Comeau (Second City Mainstage), Ann Pornel (FILTHY), Jocelyn Geddie (The Sketchersons), and Kirsten Rasmussen (Bad Dog Repertory Players). Our Lady of St. Gordon of Levitt’s band leader is indie-pop songstress Laura Barrett (Sheezer, The Hidden Cameras).
Wednesdays, 9:30 pm
September 11, 18, 25, October 2 & 9
Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor St. West
Tickets: www.comedybar.ca
Comedy Bar Box Office 416-551-6540
Also available at the door.
$12 adults, $10 students
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About Bad Dog Theatre Company
For almost 30 years, the award-winning Bad Dog Theatre Company (previously known as Theatresports Toronto) has specialized in the art of unscripted comedy and improvised performance and has provided affordable, accessible improv training for thousands of people of all ages and experience. Dubbed “Toronto’s improv hub” by NOW Magazine and led by renowned improv veteran Julie Dumais, the Bad Dog presents Theatresports, Toronto’s longest, continuously running improv show, every Saturday along with shows throughout the week at Toronto's premiere indie comedy venue - Comedy Bar (945 Bloor St. West). Visit www.baddogtheatre.com for details.
Photo: Diana Kolpak and David-Benjamin Tomlinson. ©2012 Tariq Kieran.
2013-09-09
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