NEW IDEAS 2006 WEEK ONE: March 8 - 11
Welcome to Naxos
WRITER: Diane Martin
DIRECTOR: Lara Arabian
STAGE MANAGER: Daryl Harding
CAST: Chantale Groulx - Medea
CAST: Alexis Taylor - Ariadne
Two women stranded on an island must overcome their mutual distrust in order to escape. They just happen to be Ariadne and Medea - and they carry enough mythological baggage to sink a ship. Ariadne is certain her lover will rescue her. Medea is not so sure. Who knows which way the will blow?
Puzzled Man
WRITER: Julia Lederer
DIRECTOR: Joel Ivany
CAST: James Cade - Joe
CAST: Amy Connolly - Marjorie
CAST: Lada Darewych - Clara, Chef
CAST: Melissa Major - Dog
CAST: Kai Orion Michaelides Meister - Child
CAST: David Suszek - Joe Jr.
Does it make sense to make sense, or is it all just nonsense? A piece about piecing it together.
Puzzled Man revolves around Joe assembling the pieces of a puzzle - pieces acquired through bizarre yet revealing scenarios. Everything has its own rhyme and reason, which is what Joe is trying to work out, using his puzzle as a reference point for the disjointedness that surrounds us.
Hell is a Cubicle
WRITER: Victoria Goring
DIRECTOR: Xarissa Thompson
CAST: Irene Carl - Teller
CAST: Melina Nacos - Customer #1
CAST: Alexander Dela Cruz - Customer #2
A satirical look at globalization, and the purchasing power of fruit.
The Girls Do Brunch
WRITER: Cathy McKim
DIRECTOR: Kerri MacDonald
STAGE MANAGER: Robin Jane Haggerty
CAST: Chris Lang - David
CAST: Jane E. McGregor - Sarah
CAST: Stephen Near - Shelly
CAST: Emily Pearlman - Mags
CAST: Martha Spence - Robin
Coffee. Eggs. Confessions.
What more do four gals need?
Four good friends - a transgender woman, a lesbian, a straight woman and a married woman - meet every Sunday for brunch at their favourite restaurant on Church Street to catch up, rant and talk about life. This Sunday, however, some surprising revelations are in store.
Special thanks to Dee Sparling for her amazing energy and guidance on trans issues.
Thanks also to Tracey Curley, Terry Bedford, Ted at the Joy Bistro, and Rosemary Doyle.
Saturday Reading: Alien Guest
WRITER: Dianne Lococo
DIRECTOR: Maria Popoff*
CAST: Brendon Allen - Hans
CAST: Robin Bennett - Father Brimson
CAST: Anita deYonge - Mrs. Brimson
CAST: Lois Tucker - Sally Brimson
It is 1945. Lieutenant Baron Hans von Preussen, a Luftwaffe pilot, waits in a POW camp in a small Ontario town. The war is over, but it will be months before Hans can return to his home in Germany. In the meantime, a charmingly eccentric family invite him to Christmas dinner. It is the beginning of a relationship full of humour and secrets.
Special thanks to Wave Weir for graphics, the Alumnae Theatre, the New Ideas producers and crew, and the Canadian Stage Company.
* Appears with the permission of Canadian Actors Equity Association.
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