transversing

Dramaturged and Directed by Berni Stapleton
Assistant Director & Dramaturgical Support by Sharon King-Campbell
Produced by Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland & For the Love of Learning
Starring Violet Drake, Fionn Shea, Taylor Stocks, & Dane Woodland

Thursday, September 14th, 7:00pm
Wednesday, September 20th, 2:00pm (matinee)
Thursday, September 21st, 2:00pm (matinee)

​The voices of some of our city’s most vibrant trans youth take centre stage in this incredible evening where fiddle meets Shakespeare meets slam poetry meets soapbox rant. You do not want to miss what promises to be a stellar night that will challenge preconceptions about the trans experience and burst hearts wide open.

​BEsties

Written & Directed by Andrea Dunne
Produced by And/Or Productions
Starring Elizabeth Hicks, Susan Kelsey, Darren Ivany, & Brandon Hillier

Thursday, September 14th, 9:30pm
Tuesday, September 19th, 7:00pm
Saturday, September 23rd, 7:00pm

"Besties" Amy and Ruth are giving their farewell performance as a Burlesque duo before Ruth goes away to grad school in Onterrible and Amy stays put and “becomes a teacher or something.” It’s a night where it feels like anything is possible – whether that be teasing your relationship to the next level or letting loose the inner sex goddess you always knew (hoped) you could be. One way or another, by the end of the after-party everything is coming to a climax.  

​Stuck

Written, Directed, & Produced
​by Jon Aylward
​Starring David Maher & Nichole Woodman

Thursday, September 14th, 9:30pm
Saturday, September 16th, 9:30pm
Wednesday, September 20th, 9:30pm

​ Stuck is a short, minimalist play about two thirty-something’s looking for work in a large, unnamed city. While job-hunting in a downtown high-rise the power goes out, leaving them stranded in an elevator. As the hours pass and their situation grows dire, they are forced to confront their demons.​

Nail Biter

Written by Judith Thompson
Directed by Berni Stapleton
Produced by Double Sure Theatre Co-Op
​Starring Patrick Foran

Friday, September 15th, 7:00pm
Wednesday, September 20th, 7:00pm
Sunday, September 24th, 7:00pm

David, a mid-career CSIS agent is battling anxiety and depression after traveling to the American terrorist detention facility in Guantanamo Bay to interview a Canadian citizen held there, Omar Khadr.

Cashin Avenue

Written by Darren Ivany
Directed by Reg Hoskins
Produced by Salt Teeth Theatre Productions
Starring Kim Drake & Darren Ivany

Friday, September 15th, 7:00pm
Thursday, September 21st, 7:00pm
Saturday, September 23rd, 7:00pm

Cashin Avenue is the story of a last chance conversation between two underclass lovers, both of whom are desperate for something they’ve never had: Home. When what ‘home’ means to each of them threatens to deepen a divide that’s been growing for years, one of the lovers goes too far in his hunt for a happily ever after. It might mean the end, but it could be a dream come true. With banter and black humour, Cashin Avenue explores the souring of high school sweethearts and how years of poverty and procrastination can push people to their limits. Sardonic, but not without sentiment, Cashin Avenue confronts the audience with a relationship near the end of its rope.

Grunge is dead / Apes

​Written by Katharine Sherman / Cole Hayley
Directed by Jamie Skidmore
Starring Laura Huckle & Michael Rodri Smith

Friday, September 15th, 9:30pm
Saturday, September 23rd, 9:30pm
Sunday, September 24th, 7:00pm

Grunge is Dead, by Katharine Sherman, tells the story of two strung out friends coming to terms with life and death.
Apes, by Newfoundland playwright Cole Hayley, is the story of a bad celebrity impersonator and a grieving widow stuck in the first stage of mourning: denial.

The View from Down Here

Written & Performed by Paul David Power
Directed by Janet O'Reilly
​Produced by Power Productions

September 15th - Cancelled
​Thursday, September 21st, 7:00pm
Saturday, September 23rd, 9:30pm

In this original stand-up style piece, Newfoundland artist Paul David Power shares his comical and sometimes poignant experiences growing up and living with a disability in Newfoundland.​

Brûlé

Written by Patrick Jeffrey
Directed by Russell Cochrane
Produced by Caveman Lovechild
Starring Steve Maloney, Stuart Simpson, Ray Critch, & Cole Williams

Saturday, September 16th, 7:00pm
Tuesday, September 19th, 9:30pm
Wednesday, September 20th, 9:30pm

​June. 1629. A small group of travellers takes shelter around a campfire on Lake Huron. With the arrival of a mysterious stranger, their darkest secrets are revealed. A play about treason, trust, and the things that nag at night.​

The Scene

Directed by & Starring:
Mike Hammond, Chris Dunn, Stephen Payette, & Michelle King
Produced by Stanley Braxton

Saturday, September 16th, 9:30pm
Tuesday, September 19th, 7:00pm
Friday, September 22nd, 7:00pm

Given a prompt from the audience Stanley Braxton will create a world right there on the spot with different characters and stories, all while directing each other in the moment.

Come and Go

Written by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Natalia Hennelly & Olivia Heaney
Produced by Open Theatre Company
Starring Melanie Fleming, Rose Walters, & Olivia Heaney

Saturday, September 16th, 9:30pm
Friday, September 22nd, 9:30pm
Sunday, September 24th, 7:00pm

A dramaticule of one hundred and twenty one words

the Last of the Second Chances

Written & Produced by Darryl Davis
Directed by Sandra Mills
Starring Jason Wells, Justin Foley,
Lucas Ings-Simms, Michael Williams, & Jill Kennedy

Sunday, September 17th, 7:00pm
Wednesday, September 20th, 9:30pm
Friday, September 22nd, 7:00pm

​Daniel feels lost; he is on medical leave, dealing with a slew of mental health issues, living with his sexually progressive mother, and is unable to get over his ex-boyfriend, Michael. Going back and forth in time from present day to the past, Last of the Second Chances is about trying to let go.

Heart's Desire

Written by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Trevor Menchions & John Bowden
Produced by Mad as Hops Productions

Sunday, September 17th, 9:30pm
Wednesday, September 20th, 7:00pm
Friday, September 22nd, 9:30pm

A daughter is anxiously awaited to return home by her parents...will she arrive? Family secrets are revealed as the wait ensues

A GIRL TRIES TO REHEARSE

Written by Olivia Heaney, Laura-Marie Smith, and Natalie Hennelly
Directed by Natalie Hennelly & Olivia Heaney
Produced by Open Theatre Company
Starring Laura-Marie Smith

Saturday, September 16th, 9:30pm
Friday, September 22nd, 9:30pm
Sunday, September 24th, 7:00pm

What does it take to find some time to rehearse while working full time?