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Transcript of Factory Theatre 2012/13 Season Brochure
Season Sponsor
2012/13Season
Welcome to Factory’s revitalized 2012/13 Season. This year is a time
of change, challenge and reflection
and is an opportunity to ask who we
are, how we came to be who we are,
and who we want to become. Theatre
is where questions, ideas, stories and
imagination intersect to engage us
in a dialogue with ourselves and
our community.
As playwrights explore, shape and
commit their imagination to the
page, new plays are born. Through
collaboration, creative teams bring
these words to the stage. This
season, we are very excited to be
collaborating with great artists from
many disciplines. Both of us have
been long-time artistic associates of
Factory, as well as friends and partners
over the years, but nothing thrills us
more than to be finally entering into a
playwright–director relationship. And
we couldn’t imagine a better way to
begin the season than with the world
premiere of Every Letter Counts. Next
up is an exciting new partnership with
the award-winning Acting Up Stage Company in a co-production of the
Vancouver hit Do You Want What I
Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata by
Veda Hille and Bill Richardson and
directed by Amiel Gladstone. Then,
we team up with playwright Nicolas Billon and director Ravi Jain to
produce Iceland, the SummerWorks
Festival 2012 audience favourite.
We proudly end the season with
the world premiere of Playwright-
in-Residence Amy Lee Lavoie’s
Stopheart, directed by Edmonton-
based Ron Jenkins.
Finally, it is only when you – the
audience – come to the theatre that
the process is complete. You are the
final essential collaborator who plugs
into the playwrights’ imaginations and
surrenders to their world. Ultimately,
we bring this thing called theatre to
life TOGETHER. Through this process,
we create a larger vision for the
theatre – Factory Theatre – where we
imagine, work and realize this dream
for the future together.
Nina Lee AquinoNigel Shawn WilliamsInterim Artistic Team
Imagination. Collaboration. Realization.
Preview Opening Night Regular Performance Subscribers Night
SHOWtimeS: Monday No Performance | Tuesday – Saturday 8pm | Sunday 2pm | First Sunday Preview 7pm
PLeASe NOte: Showtimes vary for A Craigslist Cantata. Please call the Box Office or check our website for final showtimes.
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every Letter Countsby Nina Lee Aquino January 26 – February 24, 2013
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Do You Want What i Have Got?A Craigslist Cantataby Veda Hille & Bill Richardson
icelandby Nicolas Billon March 2 – 24, 2013
Stopheartby Amy Lee Lavoie May 4 – 26, 2013
January 30 – March 3, 2013
Season Overview 2012/13
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every LetterCountsby Nina Lee Aquino
World Premiere
Memory. Mortality. Imagination.
In her search for inspiration, Bunny
looks back at the legacy of her
uncle, Filipino political and cultural
icon Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, and
discovers he has given her more than
the power of words. He has given her
the power to shape her own destiny.
Nina Lee Aquino is a Filipina-Canadian playwright, director, dramaturge, and actor. She was a founding member and Artistic Director of fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company and is currently Artistic Director of Cahoots Theatre Company and a member of Factory’s Interim Artistic Team. Aquino is a multiple award-winner (Ken McDougall Award, the John Hirsch Prize, Dora Mavor Moore Award) and has been an Associate Artist of Factory Theatre for three years. Every Letter Counts was developed through Factory Theatre’s Play Development Program and is the first Factory production of one of Nina Lee Aquino’s plays.
PreviewsJanuary 26, 27, 29, 30
Subscribers NightsFebruary 5, 12 January 26 – February 24, 2013
Written by
Nina Lee Aquino
Directed by
Nigel Shawn Williams
Starring
Nina Lee AquinoJon de LeonAnthony MalarkyEarl Pastko
Media Sponsor
Studio Theatre
Do You WantWhat i Have Got?A Craigslist Cantataby Veda Hille & Bill Richardson
Toronto Premiere
Wonder. Whimsy.What if’s.
This hilarious song cycle is a musical
litany of our needs, wants and what
we share online. Stuffed penguins,
decapitated dolls and love for sale.
Composer Veda Hille and the CBC’s
Bill Richardson enchant us with what
humanity has to offer.
Veda Hille has been writing songs, making records, and playing shows all over since 1992. She has released 13 albums, the latest being Young Saint Marie.
Bill Richardson is an award-winning writer and broadcaster with CBC Radio since 1984 and currently host of “Saturday Afternoon at the Opera” and “In Concert.”
PreviewsJanuary 30, 31 February 1, 2, 3, 5
Subscribers NightsFebruary 12, 19January 30 – March 3, 2013
By
Veda Hille & Bill Richardson
Directed by
Amiel Gladstone
Musical Direction by
Veda Hille
Choreographed by
Monica Dotter
Starring
Dmitry ChepovetskyBree GreigDaren A. HerbertSelina MartinBarry Mirochnick
Co-produced with
icelandby Nicolas Billon
Mainspace Theatre
Factory Premiere
Greed. Sex.Survival.
Set against the backdrop of the
banking crisis, a confrontation
between a real estate agent and
a tenant takes an unexpected
turn. A sold-out hit at the 2012
SummerWorks Festival, Iceland
won the Contra Guys Award for
Outstanding New Performance Text
and NOW Magazine’s Audience
Choice Award.
Nicolas Billon’s plays and translations have been produced at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Soulpepper Theatre, Canadian Stage, and Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui. He is best known for The Elephant Song, Greenland, and Iceland. Voted one of the Top 10 Theatre Artists of 2009 by Toronto’s NOW Magazine, Nicolas also works in film and has three features in development.
Previewsmarch 2, 3, 5, 6
Subscribers Nightsmarch 12, 19March 2 – 24, 2013
Written by
Nicolas Billon
Directed by
Ravi Jain
Starring
Kawa AdaClaire CalnanChristine Horne
Mainspace Theatre
Stopheartby Amy Lee Lavoie
World Premiere
Skidding. Kidding. Unforbidding.
Growing up in a small town is hard.
Growing up “different” in a small
town in Northern Ontario called South
Porcupine is even harder. Stopheart
is a heart-wrenching side-splitting
dark comedy.
Amy Lee Lavoie is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. Rabbit Rabbit, conceived in her first year at NTS, was part of Infinitheatre’s Pipeline series, CanStage’s Ideas and Creation Festival, SummerWorks and the Edmonton Fringe. It received its premiere production with Infinitheatre, earning Amy Lee two MECCA’s for Best Text and the Revelation Award. She was a Canada Council Playwright-in-Residence at Factory Theatre during 2011-12, a member of Factory’s Natural Resources creation group, a member of the Playwriting Forum at Citadel Theatre and a member of Cahoots Theatre’s Playwrights’ HotHouse.
Previewsmay 4, 5, 7, 8
Subscribers Nightsmay 14, 21May 4 – 26, 2013
Written by
Amy Lee Lavoie
Directed by
Ron Jenkins
For over four decades, Factory theatre has developed and produced someof the finest theatrical works in our national canon and been home to some of the most gifted and prolific playwrights in our country.
In any given year, more than 50,000 patrons come to Factory’s historic Victorian
mansion at the corner of Bathurst and Adelaide Streets (in the heart of Toronto’s
cultural west-end district) – an inviting, inclusive environment where ideas and
imagination intersect.
Factory Theatre is unique in that it is committed solely to the development and
production of Canadian plays through staged readings, workshops, Natural
Resources (resident creation groups), writers’ retreats, residencies, Factory Wired
(festivals of new work in progress), and ultimately premiere productions.
The Factory Theatre play development program, led by Company Dramaturge
Iris Turcott, is committed to the long-term investment of playwrights and
creators and Canadian work that celebrates our diversity by engaging, provoking,
entertaining, and inspiring our artists, audience and the community at large.
Factory is not only “the home of the Canadian playwright” but is dedicated to
serving our community by building a strong neighbourhood identity in our role
as a cultural hub. Partnerships with local schools and businesses and initiatives,
such as our Neighbours Nights and Curtain Raiser events, are what ground us as
a remarkable artistic resource and cultural institution.
Factory TheatrePlaywrights-in-Residence 2012/13
AboutFactory
Anusree Roycourtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts
Daniel macivorcourtesy of the Ontario Arts Council
When you make a financial gift, whether it is an annual gift,a monthly donation, a legacy giftin your will, or a corporate donation, know that every dollar helps to sustain all-Canadian theatre thatis bold and imaginative.
The need is great and the rewards
are immediate – major new Canadian
plays are produced each season with
many new plays in development,
our unique heritage theatre facility
is maintained and improved, ticket
prices stay affordable and competitive,
and the world of theatre is opened to
students through matinees and youth
mentorship programs.
When you make a donation,
Factory Theatre becomes a stronger
community hub for local schools and
social services, independent theatre
companies, artists and young aspiring
theatre creators.
to help with the importantwork of our Factory community, please contact us:
A StrongFactory
ThankYou!
J.P. Bickell Foundation
Goodmans LLP
the Catherine & maxwellmeighen Foundation
RBC Foundation
tD Wealth management
Great theatre at Toronto’s best small theatre! *
Choose from Every Letter Counts, Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata, Iceland and Stopheart for Four-play and three-play Sampler subscriptions and save! Subscribers receive savings and bonus tickets, and enjoy
flexible, first-come, first-serve choice of dates and reserved seats for our three
Mainspace shows. Subscribers are also invited to special Subscribers Night pre-show
receptions at the theatre on the first and second Tuesday after opening.
PLUS, subscribers receive special discounts from our hotel, restaurant and shopping partners!
* Voted by NOW Magazine Readers 2002, 2008-2011
Order your subscription today and receive priority reserved seating for our Mainspace shows!
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