New Ideas Festival 2016

March 9 - 27, 2016

New Ideas Festival 2016

The New Ideas Festival 2016 is a 3 week festival of exciting new works. 

March 9 to 27, 2016:
You'll see a new program of plays each week. And there is a staged play reading on Saturdays at 12:00 pm. Watch the festival in the Studio at Alumnae Theatre.

Join us to see intriguing characters like: three women mountain climbers at the top of their game, a dysfunctional parent council, three curious housemaids, a group of at-risk kids in a rehab yoga class, a street canvasser, a South American cardinal with a shady past, and Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

Enjoy 3 evenings of original plays and 3 Saturday readings.
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Performances: Wednesday to Saturday, 8 pm
Saturday and Sunday matinées, 2:30 pm 
You are also invited to stay for the talkback after the Saturday 2:30 pm performance.
Playwrights appreciate the opportunity to hear your feedback, as it informs their creative process.

Please note: Readings will be at 12 noon, each Saturday, followed by a talkback.

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​WEEK 1 
March 9 to 13, 2016 

Stuck
      by Stacey Iseman 
      directed by Kelsey Laine Jacobson

Prayers to St. George 
      by Andrew Lee 
      directed by Meg Moran

The Council
      by Deanna Kruger
      directed by Claren Grosz

This Will Be My Last Transmission
      by Natalie Frijia 
      directed by Zita Nyarady

Reading: 
A Better Place 
     by Ramona Baillie 
     directed by Chelsea Dab Hilke   

​WEEK 2 
March 16 to 20, 2016

Housekeeping 
      by  Jean Koppen
      directed by Anne MacMillan

pose ball
     by Caitie Graham
     directed by Emily Nixon

War and Peace: A Family Story
      by Krystyna Hunt 
      directed by Rebecca Grace

Yeats in Love
      by Anne Tait
      directed by Jane Carnwath

Reading: 
Curved 
      by Kristin Shepherd
      directed by Rebecca Ballarin

​WEEK 3 
March 23 to 27, 2016

Provenance 
       by Linda McCready
       directed by Pam Redfern

Trying
      by Norma Crawford
      directed by Juliet Paperny

Sick Kids Wanna Talk to You
      by Carolyn Bennett
      directed by Jennifer McKinley

Four Hours
      by Joan Burrows
      directed by Helen Munroe

Reading: 
Omission 
      by Alice Abracen
​      directed by Michela Sisti

Lobby Play: The Nurse  by Francine Dick, directed by Mandy Roveda

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