| Buncha' Young Artists... Festival
Plays by, Nathalie Boivert, Adam Pettle, Sean Reycraft, and Kate Rigg New productions, by four of the most provocative young playwrights today, in a unique forum for experiencing the passion and creativity of young writers speaking to young adults The Buncha' Young Artists. . . Festival was presented for high school students grade 11 and up and post secondary students with performances in the evening for general audiences from March 4 - 23, 2002. Theatre Direct Canada, entering its 26th season of engaging young people through compelling, inventive and uncompromising theatre, was pleased to announce its exciting slate of work for the 2002/2003 season featuring the Buncha' Young Artists. . . Festival. In March of 2002, the Buncha' Young Artists. . . Festival returned to Theatre Passe Muraille's Backspace with new productions by four of the most provocative young playwrights today. This festival was a unique forum for experiencing the passion and creativity of young writers speaking to young adults. Martian Summer
By Nathalie Boisvert (4x4), translated by Bobby Theodore - Two young girls living desperate, marginalized lives prepare for a rendezvous with an alien spacecraft. A journey from the dusk of childhood to the dawn of adulthood. Directed by Jennifer Tarver Misha
By Adam Pettle (Zadie's Shoes) - Victim. Killer. Witness. Young Jew kills young Jew. The deconstruction of a violent school yard murder as told by the one who survived.
Directed by Richard Greenblatt Roundabout
By Sean Reycraft (Pop Song, Chalmers Award Winner, 2000) - A dark comedy exploring the issues of suicide, peer pressure, and conformity in a psychological game of musical chairs.
Directed by Michael Waller The Phoenix Rides a Skateboard
By Kate Rigg (M/Other/land) - A young Asian girl enters the world of skating and skateculture. Along the way she kick-flips Asian stereotypes as she flies, leaps and rides the rails of teenage life as the one who no one "gets".
Directed by Lynda Hill "English Canada's leading purveyor of theatre for teens and young adults, has received frequent and deserved praise for its willingness to confront its audience with dramas that deal frankly with issues." The Toronto Star Artistic Producer
Lynda Hill
Associate Producer
Sandra Hodnett
Company Manager
Winston Morgan
Set and Props Designer
Glen Charlese Landry
Lighting Designer
Michael Kruse
Sound Designer
Lyon Smith
Costume Designer
Joanne Dente
Production Manager
Greg Poulin
Technical Director
Brenden Peltier
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Soraya Peerbaye and Michelle Polak in
Martian Summer
Cast - Martian Summer
Soraya Peerbaye
Michelle Polak
Erin Shields Cast - Misha
Jacob Barker
Miklos Perlus
Daniel Stemer Cast - Roundabout
Jacob Barker
Marjorie Chan
Michelle Polak
Daniel Stemer Cast - Phoenix Rides a Skateboard
Marjorie Chan Presented March 4 - 23 2002 | |
