Shows and Schedule
Attics
Performances: 7
Unicorn Productions, Burlington, ON
Written and directed by Sondra Learn
Cast: Kyla McCall, Aliix Whyte, Valeri Kay
Genre: Original Drama with music
General Audience
Warnings: Language
A drama about three women, each in their own attic, who discover long-forgotten memories of grief, despair and dreams long-lost.
Featuring original music and songs, Sondra Learn's newest play has its world premiere at the 2010 Hamilton Fringe Festival.
"Sondra sees the goodness in people, that may be blocked by pain, or fear or anger. Her characters speak only when they have to, and what they say is unforced. There is no doubt that she holds great love for all her characters. As director, Sondra works with her cast to arrive at remarkable performances. Brava!" - DAVID FOX
Christmas Eve at the Julibee Motel
Performances: 7
Bandler Corporation, Dundas, ON
Written by John Bandler
Directed by Michael Anania
Cast: Monica Cairney and Duncan Thompson
General Audience
Genre: Psychological Drama
Warnings: Language, Mature Content and prop weapons
Christmas Eve finds Cassie about to lock up her remote, bare-bones Julibee Motel when an icy rainstorm sweeps the well-heeled Mick into her lobby. She insists the motel is closed for Christmas. He insists he needs a room and is willing to pay whatever she asks. She’s alone. He’s alone. His name is familiar, but she doesn’t let on. Instead, she kicks their hard-core banter into an emotional rollercoaster of confessions, threats, and unfulfilled desires. As each one struggles for control, Mick must decide whether he wants to die, and Cassie must decide whether she wants him to live.
Canada’s Heroic Farces
Performances: 7
Creative Green Projects, Hamilton, ON
Written and Directed by Peter Ormond and Dea Cappelli Clark
General Audience
Canada’s history is loaded with thoughtful heroes and heroines who unselfishly advanced the fields of Communications, Energy, Transportation, Sports, Medicine, Food and more. Their contributions were meant to benefit the world. But did they?
This interactive episode will have you singing, dancing, laughing and crying as we retrace the paths from yesterday to today, and into tomorrow.
If past heroes re-appeared, what would they think? Come out, and you’ll hear their reflections. Women, men, grandparents, grandchildren, parents and children especially welcome.
Dianne and Me
Performances: 7
Jade Sky Productions, Hamilton, ON
Written by Ron Fromstein
Directed by Jaclyn Scobie Scoger
Cast: Taryn Jorgenson
Comedy/Drama
General Audience
Warnings: Some Mature Content
What makes a mother? For Emma, a growingly independent young teenager, her mother, Dianne, is someone she just does not understand. Nor does her mother understand her. Raised in a single-parent home, Emma is ready to discover the ways of the world, and ready to make her own decisions without the interference or criticism of her mother. But when Emma lands herself in trouble, they are both forced to rely on the other, push past their estranged relationship and insecurity, and hopefully make the best of it. It is a comedic and touching one-woman show containing some mature content.
WINNER OF THE 2010 HAMILTON FRINGE PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST
Everything You’ve Ever Needed to Know About Women For Dummies
Performances: 7
The Dream Chasers, Toronto, ON
Written, Directed and Performed by Tomy Bewick, Leviathan Grant, Dwayne Morgan
Comedy, Poetry, Drama
Mature Audiences
Warnings: Language and Mature Subject Matter
In Everything You’ve Ever Needed to Know About Women for Dummies, three absolutely clueless men try to give insight on the inner workings on the World’s most complicated creation, women! Prepare to be amazed, as the Dream Chasers take you on a ride, you won’t soon forget.
Emotional Baggage
Performances: 7
Julius Rex, Toronto, ON
Written and Performed by David Langlois
Originally directed by Miles Cohen; Hamilton Fringe directed by: Ms. Renée Baillargeon
Genre: Clown/Physical Comedy
General Audience
Warnings: None
Seated in the small town bus station sits Julius Manly, dressed in his three-piece suit with his bags packed, eagerly awaiting the bus that will take him to New York City. He fusses, frets, arranges and re-arranges his suitcases, working up the courage to climb on board the bus that will carry him to freedom. Before leaving though, he must face up to his “emotional baggage”.
Fishbowl
Performances: 7
Mark Shyzer, Toronto, ON
Director: Evalyn Parry
Written and Performed by Mark Shyzer
Genre: One Man Comedy
General Audience
Warnings: Language and Mature Subject Matter
Shockingly funny and equally moving, Fishbowl slyly reveals the connections between five wildly different (and outrageously hilarious) characters all played by writer/performer Mark Shyzer. There’s Esther, a nerdy schoolgirl obsessed with physics; Ravyn, a nihilistic teenage hipster; Janice, a gin-soaked divorcee; Carol, a perky aerobics instructor; and Walter, an octogenarian with an odd sense of humour. Originally developed through the Buddies In Bad Times Young Creators Unit in Toronto with director Evalyn Parry, Fishbowl premiered to great acclaim in April 2009 as part of Buddies’ season, and in March 2010 won an Audience Choice Award at New York’s FRIGID Festival.
Grouch on a Couch
Performances: 7
Mister Froggy Theatre, Toronto, ON
Director: Jason Morneau
Written and Performed by Jeff Cottrill
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Mature Audience
Warnings: Language and Mature Content. Not recommended for children.
What can a certain famous TV grouch (no names mentioned) do when he's ordered to undergo psychiatric counselling? Why does he live in garbage and filth? What secrets is he hiding about his past? With some egging on, this notorious grouch reluctantly reveals hidden truths about his father, his love life, his youthful ambitions, his personal relationships with other TV stars, and how he became a misanthropic street-dweller. Grouch on a Couch, the irreverent one-man show by Jeff Cottrill, is a fresh, revisionist look at an iconic pop-culture character and a heartfelt plea for tolerance of the grouchiest among us.
The Hefner Monologues
Performances: 7
John Hefner, Cabin John, Maryland, USA
Directed by Lydia Ballard. Written and Performed by John Hefner
Genre: One-person comedy/romance
General Audience
Warnings: Language and Mature Content
First love. First heartbreak. First visit to the Playboy Mansion. In this true story of (mostly) universal experiences, John Hefner--the estranged cousin of Hugh Hefner--struggles to answer the question, "How can you make a name for yourself... when someone else already has?"
"Hefner is an explosive performer!"--NYTheatre.com.
"A modest-sized piece with a very big heart."--BlogCritics.org
I’ll Be Seeing You
Performances: 7
Quarter to Nine Productions, Grimsby, ON
www.quarter2nineproductions.com
Written by Peter Gruner and Shari Vandermolen
Directed by Al French
Genre: Musical Comedy
General Audience
Warnings: some strong language
Two friends reunite after a three-year absence with the purpose of creating a musical revue to open the new Arts Centre. Over song and script these two friends discover their pasts are not as far in the past as they would like to think they are.
In Between Places
Performances: 7
Make.Art.Theatre, Hamilton, ON
Directed by Aaron Joel Craig. Written by Aaron Joel Craig & Ryan M. Sero
Genre: Madcap Comedy
General Audience
Warnings: Use of balloons. Pretension.
An office-worker who has given up on his dream of writing is visited one night by four strange beings who claim that they want to help him recapture his childhood aspirations.
A madcap tumble through storytelling and philosophy ensues drawing imagery and themes from Edgar Allan Poe, Lewis Carroll, Hans Christen Anderson, and many others.
Joe’s Cafe
Performances: 7
Rupert Wates and Friends, New York City, New York, USA
Directed by Rupert Wates
Genre: Musical Revue
Mature Audience
Warnings: Mature Content
JOE'S CAFE is a musical revue comprising songs based on true stories. Rupert Wates And Friends invite you to imagine yourselves as welcome guests in an all-night cafe, listening to songs that retell the experience of ordinary American people: through two world wars, the Dust Bowl, the struggle for Civil Rights and in Vietnam, all the way to the present day. Come to Joe's Cafe - where the door is open to anyone with a story to tell.'
Kipling’s Just So Stories
Performances: 7
Deodar Productions, Toronto, ON
Playwright: Rudyard Kipling
Director: Jillian Rees-Brown
Cast Heather Hilliard – Storyteller, Ed Hanley - Musician
Genre: Fun Family Show
Family Audience
Warnings: None
Kipling’s Just So Stories features three of Kipling’s children’s stories: The Elephant’s Child, The Sing Song of Old Man Kangaroo, and The Beginning of the Armadillos. It’s a world full of hungry Jaguars, cunning Crocodiles, prideful Kangaroos, and an Elephant’s Child full of ‘satiable curtiosity. Kipling’s playful humour, and love of language and rhythm will delight both children and adults, taking the audience on a journey of transformation and imagination. For ages 7 to 77 and beyond.
Come, O Best Beloved, and let me tell you stories of the High and Far-Off Times…
Lambs in Winter
Performances: 7
Riverslea Productions, Hamilton, ON
Playwright: Ray Rivers
Director: Julian Nicholson
Cast: Barbara Worthy and Ray Rivers
Genre: Dramatic Comedy
Mature Audience
Warnings: Language, Mature Content, Partial Nudity, Possible Gunshots
If you’ve seen the ‘Graduate’ and the ‘Big Chill’ then you need to see ‘Lambs In Winter’. Three ‘60’s university friends find themselves as they enter their retirement years. Politics makes strange bedfellows as once held perspectives and relationships have matured in strange and unexpected ways. Starting their adult lives during the Vietnam War our friends explore where their lives have led them from the days of Nixon into the age of Obama. The hopes and aspirations of the innocent youth of the 60’s meets the reality of what they have become economically, politically and morally.
Married to a Jackass Blues
Performances: 7
Jackass Blues, Ottawa, ON
Written, Directed and Performed by Serena Williamson
Genre: Comedy, Looking for Love
Mature Audience
Warnings: Some Mature Content
Married to a Jackass Blues is a one-woman musical comedy that pokes gentle fun at the trials and tribulations of single life in the 21st century. Touching on contemporary issues with funny original songs such as I Wanna Be a Botox Beauty and Datin’ on the Internet Blues, interspersed with hilarious dialogue, this show makes audiences laugh their troubles away.
New Talent
Performances: 7
Theatre Erebus Inc., Hamilton, ON
Written and directed by Brian Morton
Cast: Anna Ross, Gregory Cruikshank
Genre: Alternative drama
Mature Audience (18 and over)
Warnings: Sexually explicit, Worst environmental disaster in Canadian history
Not suitable for Children.
On the first day of Hamilton's Plastimet Recycling Plant fire in July 1997, a young woman makes a choice that will haunt her for the rest of her life...
A powerful “in-your-face” drama that takes us on an authentic journey into the real-life netherworld of prostitution in Hamilton, Ontario; set against the backdrop of the worst environmental disaster in Canadian history. The highest grossing play in the 2008 Hamilton Fringe returns in an all-new production.
Nicholas Wallace: Ten Million to One
Performances: 7
Nick Wallace, Vineland, ON
Playwright: Nick Wallace/Tony Wallace
Director: Tony Wallace
Cast: Nick Wallace
Genre: Interactive one-man illusion/mind reading show
General Audience
Warnings: Scenes of simulated danger. May not be suitable for very young children.
Expect quite a bit of the unexpected, and a whole lot more of the unexplainable. Award winning illusionist and mind reader Nick Wallace invites you to an interactive theatrical experience full of things not impossible, just highly improbable: fate, chance, and a real, honest to goodness opportunity for you (yes you) to win millions and millions of dollars… really.
Purple
Performances: 7
Goodstock Inc., Hamilton, ON
http://www.purplefringe.110mb.com
Playwright: Grant Winestock & Max Rose Begg Goodis
Director: Grant Winestock & Max Rose Begg Goodis
Cast: Brett Winestock, Samantha Curtin, Nicole Harper, Tyler Brent, Kristi Boulton, Farhang Ghajar, Kathleen Quinn, Matt Bandura, Dave Disher, Liam Caldwell, Sierra Tischler, Melissa Bell, Beekaa Abraham, Jimmy Skembaris.
Genre: Dark Comedy
Mature Audience
Warnings: Language, Mature Content, Strobe Light, Gun Shots
Matilda’s new pet pig, “Pigsteen,” is purple, three headed and causing quite a stir in Allemangia. As if this wasn’t enough, a new “milk bar” has also opened for business and the worst storm on record is threatening to bury the country under a mountain of snow. “Purple” follows the lives of Matilda Nightengale and five other young Allemangians in wake of these strange events as they deal with romantic notions of death, alcoholism, morality, true love and a “milk addiction” that may very well be turning the mustachioed and bemulleted Randy Randolph into the next “Pigsteen.”
Saucy Jack
Performances: 6
Tethersend Productions, Toronto, ON
Playwright: Doug McLauchlan
Cast: Doug McLauchlan as Jack the Ripper
Genre: A tragicomedy about a serial killer
Mature Audience
Warnings: Language and Mature Content
Jack the Ripper is coming to Hamilton. Will the streets be safe? Is he evil or just misunderstood? He will be presenting his case and you can be the judge. You are guaranteed a ripping good time. He has promised to give the audience a fifteen minute head start at the end of the show. Warning: Mature content and language
Soul Song
Performances: 7
Soul Song Productions, Burlington, ON
Playwright: a collective creation including poems by Maya Angelou, Oriah Mountain Dreamer, Melissa M. Bowers
Directors: Colleen Aynn, Ellen Wilkes Irmisch
Cast: Colleen Aynn, Kaiti Dayman, Dorothy Fairbairn, Reanne Ghadban, Dr. Valerie-Dawn Girhiny, Ellen Wilkes Irmisch, Ian Irmisch, Chris Kerba, Alexa Missios, Carrie Thomas
Genre: Music, Comedy, Dance
General Audience
Warnings: N/A
“Breath. Life. In certain cultures when a woman knows she is pregnant, she goes out into the wilderness with a few friends and together they stay until they hear the song of the unborn child. They recognize that every soul has its own vibration - it’s own purpose. When each of the women can hear the song, they sing it together, return to the tribe, and teach it to everyone.”
Soul Song is the story of ten individual’s journeys as they deal with the issues currently facing them in their lives. It makes you ask, what is your Soul Song?
The Boat People
Performances: 7
Red Pocket Collective, Toronto, ON
http://rpcboatpeople.blogspot.com/
Playwright: Sylvia Vuong
Director: Jeff Yung
Genre: Tragedy, Drama, Love Story
General Audience
Warnings: Language, Mature Content, Gun Shots
The story of a daughter, Amy, on her journey in uncovering her family’s history in order to understand her father, Tuan. Tuan's journey unfolds as we follow him in his escape as a boat person from Communist Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon. However, during this time, he is overtaken by his demons. Will Tuan be able to control his demons or will it tear his family apart? Will Amy be able to understand her father’s past so that they can work towards a brighter future?
The End
Performances: 7
Clip Clop Productions, Hamilton, ON
Playwright: Sara Weber
Director: A.J. Haygarth
Cast: Sara Weber, Ryan Trepanier
Genre: Original Drama
General Audience
Warnings: None
A young couple, Charlie and Kate are about to embark on the biggest adventure of their married life. After six years together, with a baby on the way, change suddenly seems certain.
So far, life has gone completely according to plan - Kate's plan, that is. But what happens if Charlie changes the plan? What will he do when the most obvious decision...could be the wrong one?
Find out in the world premiere of Sara Weber's original play The End at the 2010 Hamilton Fringe.
The Mixed Tape
Performances: 6
Sean Hauk and Friends, Brantford, ON
Playwright / Director: Sean Hauk
Cast: Sean Hauk and special guests at each show!
Genre: Song, dance, comedy, audience participation, fun
Family Audience
Warnings: None
A variety show that includes a generous helping of musical theatre smothered in Pop, Rock n’ Roll, with just a Dash of Opera. The show includes song, dance, comedy and audience participation. Come be our guest for a night of entertainment you won't soon forget.
The State of New York v Peter Pan
Performances: 7
Yet Another Law & Order Production Toronto, ON
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Playwright: Paul Koster
Director: Herbie Barnes
Genre: Fractured Fairytale
General Audience
Warnings: Language, Mature Content, Clap if you believe in fairies
In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.
Wendy Darling's lifeless (and headless) body is discovered in a Manhattan alley, and there's no shortage of suspects. Was she murdered by Club Neverland owner Peter Pankiewicz, or his confidant, Ophelia 'Tinkerbell' Stanopoulos? Could the crime have been committed by “lost boy” and club patron, Joss Hookman? Detectives Dick Wolf, J.M. Barrie, and ADAs Phillips and Irons vow to untangle this web of intrigue and bring the guilty to justice.
The Whores
Performances: 7
FishStick Productions, Toronto, ON
Playwright: Charles Crosby
Director: Tanisha Taitt
Cast: Sarah Illiatovitch – Goldman, Hayley Fisher, Jennifer Kenneally, Clare Blackwood, Joanne Williams
Genre: Alternative Drama
Mature Audience
Warnings: Language, Mature Content, Strobes and Nudity
As a journalism student in 1994, Charles Crosby wrote an expose on prostitution in Halifax, His interviews with the various sex workers eventually became the basis for this play. Through The Whores we meet: Mary (the upscale escort), Carnie (the aging streetwalker), Lori (manic and hyper-sexual), Sam (a single mother and drug-addict) and Cherry (the university student).
Without resorting to stereotypes or cheap hyperbole, Crosby takes us on a journey through the gritty reality of a life working the streets. Alternating between being shocking, saddening, and thrilling; these girls use raw humour and blunt language to leave the audience with a true taste of the world's oldest profession.
Turne Around
Performances: 7
The Shooting Eye, Hamilton, ON
Playwright: Aaron Lam
Director: Aaron Lam
Cast: Matt Szpirglas, Matthew David Lupal, Vivienne Mathers, Doug Massey, Jeremy Major, Christena Hampson-Covello.
Genre: Adventure/Romance/Humour
General Audience
Warnings: N/A
1940s New York. An alternate reality. After years of fighting overseas, the war is over and superheroes are returning to American soil. But social winds have shifted and they find themselves unwanted in their own country. Even The Unbelievable Radar Man is greeted by tomato-throwing demonstrators. Sam Turne, the mild-mannered alter ego of Radar Man, must deal with changing times and a wife who’s acting rather strangely. Throw in a mysterious meteor shower, a plot to rid the world of costumed crimefighters, and a 12-step program for troubled superheroes, and you’ve got the thought-provoking and humorous adventure Turne Around.
Visa Called This Morning
Performances: 7
Jen Gallant Productions, Toronto, ON
http://visacalledthismorning.weebly.com
Written and Performed by Jen Gallant
Director: Anne Marie Scheffler
Genre: Comedy
General Audience
Warnings: Language
Her creditors are calling. Her bank accounts are freezing. There’s no more borrowed credit to use. Jen finds herself feeling more like a criminal than a valued customer. A young woman is forced to reconcile her relationship with debt. Through song and storytelling this hilarious and emotional one-woman show promises more than just one character. Jen’s struggle to survive her maxed out reality leaves her realizing that, the banks don’t love you like your mother.
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