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FIREWORKS FESTIVAL 2019
Grief CircusBY CRYSTAL WOOD
Produced by Molly Thom and Liz Best November 13 - 17, 2019 in the Studio. A multimedia play about overcoming tragedy in the age of social media. Leah is a young woman trying to cope with the death of her sister Jessie, but she finds it hard to grieve with the constant internet attention bombarding her and her family. Grieving is a private act, but in today’s world of Twitter and Instagram, nothing is really private anymore.
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2019-2020 Alumnae Season
The Heidi Chronicles FireWorks Festival 2019 Belle Darling Klondike Queen Grief Circus If the Shoe Fits The Trip to Bountiful New Ideas Festival 2020 In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play) |
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Crystal Wood, Playwright
Crystal Wood is a Toronto-based writer working in television, film and theatre. For the stage, Crystal has had her scripts presented at the New Ideas Festival, InspiraTO, the Lab Cab Festival, and Plays in Cafes in Toronto, and FemFest in Winnipeg. She was also the recipient of the inaugural Screenwriter Mentorship Award at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival. In 2019, her play “Nephew” was presented at the Festival of New Works in Bath, Maine. |
