Friday, July 3, 2009
HUGE ACCLAIM FROM EYE WEEKLY
Reviewing our successful and packed opening last night, EYE Weekly says ARTIFACTS may become "a part of our country’s theatrical future". Come and see for yourself!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
PRODUCTION STILLS
Reneltta Arluk as Sandra; Billy Merasty as Derek
Richard Denison as Jacob
Reneltta Arluk as Sandra; Bruce Hunter as Michael
Richard Denison as Jacob
Reneltta Arluk as Sandra; Bruce Hunter as Michael
Sunday, June 28, 2009
RECOMMENDATION IN THE TORONTO STAR!
Every year Derrick Chua releases his top Fringe shows to look for and ARTIFACTS is in his list. Read his recommendation in the Toronto Star today:
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/657767
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/657767
Friday, June 26, 2009
OPENING NIGHT IS NEXT THURSDAY!
Please join us this Thursday, July 2nd, 6:30pm at Theatre Passe-Muraille for the world premiere of ARTIFACTS. There will be an opening night party immediately afterwards at the Epicure Cafe - just around the corner on Queen St. West. See below for all the basic details of the play.
Our facebook page has been up and roaring. Please join us here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=89839187962
In the weeks to come we'll be posting all the articles and reviews we receive during the Fringe. Please feel free to leave your own comments about the show as well!
Our facebook page has been up and roaring. Please join us here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=89839187962
In the weeks to come we'll be posting all the articles and reviews we receive during the Fringe. Please feel free to leave your own comments about the show as well!
Friday, June 19, 2009
FULL COMPANY BIOS NOW ON-LINE
Reneltta Arluk (Sandra)
Reneltta Arluk – Reneltta is a BFA graduate from the University of Alberta and an alumnus of the Centre for Indigenous Theatre. She has recently returned from touring most of Northern Ontario in Square Eyes (Magnus Theatre). Other recent acting credits include: The Rez Sisters (Magnus Theatre), touring northern Greece in Utopian Floes (Caravan Stage Tall Ship Theatre), The Rez Sisters (Theatre Northwest) and Copper Thunderbird (National Arts Centre). Reneltta is thrilled to be in Artifacts with such a great cast and crew. Hope you enjoy and Mahsi!
Samantha Aylsworth (Stage Manager)
Samantha Aylsworth is currently a Theatre Production student at Humber College. She is thrilled to be back at Theatre Passe Muraille, after taking part in the City of Wine festival earlier this year as an Assistant Stage Manager for Humber's production of Pentheus.
Alexa Carroll (Production Manager)
Alexa is stoked to be part of the Artifacts team! Stage Management credits include last year’s remount and the original production of the Fringe hit, Bella Donna. Alexa has also stage managed Burning Passions Theatre’s production of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, The Drawer Boy for the Georgian Theatre Festival as well as How to Get Rid of a Monster and Radio Daze for Smile Theatre. Other credits include Jane Moffat’s Gink and The Dizzy and Dale Chronicles , 2 tours with Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, The Sea for Actors Repertory Company, The Chairs for Modern Times Stage Company and Clouds: The Musical.
Richard Denison (Jacob)
My father retired from the RCAF while in the states, so that's where I started a few decades ago. I worked in some nice rep. companies on the West coast – Los Angeles, San Francisco, Southern Oregon, Seattle – finally coming to Toronto just to see what this place is like where I was born. I had some great fun with The Tempest Shakespeare Company here for quite a while and started mixing in some TV, film, and voice work. Thanks to a keen director, who is also an actor – so she does it beautifully – a very interesting and layered script, and high level, quality co-players. This is the most fun I've had since I did a scene on This Is Wonderland with no clothes on. Cheers.
Andre du Toit (Lighting Designer)
André’s work as a lighting designer includes An Inconvenient Musical (Rumoli Bros.) 4-H Club/Killer’s Head/Cowboys#2 (Candles are Burning Co-op) Shakespeare…If Music Be (Art of Time Ensemble) Julius Caesar (Hart House Theatre) Raising Luke, In Full Light, The White Bone, Spain and The Unforgetting (SummerWorks), Force Over Area, Behind the Brickz (AMY Project) fourtyseven and fourtyseven: the final issue (Tecumseth Massive), Things Fall Apart (Graduate Study for the Centre of Drama) Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun, Common Criminal, Angel Street, Tails I win, Heads You Lose, Greetings!, Antigone, Down From Here and Fall From Grace (Glenvale Players) and the funk band Elastocitizens at the Horseshoe Tavern and Lee’s Palace. A graduate of the University College Drama Program, André is also a playwright (From Mint Condition to Badly Used) and director (Raul Julia’s Romero). He is currently the Associate Producer of The Factory Theatre and the Artistic Producer of The Lab Cab Festival.
Anthony Furey (Playwright/Producer)
Anthony Furey’s first play was performed when he was 15 by Michael Healey at the Tarragon Spring Arts Fair. In 2005 he wrote and directed the fringe play The Molly Murders. He recently directed Julius Caesar at Hart House Theatre and was the founding artistic producer of the Paprika Festival. His writing appears in The Globe & Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, EYE Weekly and Publishers Weekly. Alongside his producing partners at Penney Enterprises, he has been developing the feature film Utopia with Oscar winner Jon Voight.
Bruce Hunter (Michael)
Bruce has performed in dozens of theatre, television and film projects Hannson, The Red Green Show, Good Will Hunting, Murder at 1600, White Mice, The Danish Play and Coma Unplugged – to name a few. He has won awards for his commercial work in Canada and the U.S. He won the “Pretty funny male improviser” award at the Canadian Comedy Awards, played the lead in the 2003 Cannes award-winning film The Truth About Head, and is one of the founding members of the improv troupe Illustrated Men. He can be seen as Agent Jones in Phil the Alien, as a writer and performer in After Hours with Kenny Robinson and as Rocko in Puppets Who Kill. He was also the host and producer of AndGo an improv television show that aired on CityTV.
Jani Lauzon (Director)
Jani Lauzon is a 3 time Dora Mavor Moore nominated actress, a 3 time Juno nominated singer/songwriter and a Gemini Award winning puppeteer. Her recent CD Mixed Blessings was also nominated for a CAMA award. As an actor Jani has countless theatre, film and radio credits to her name. Her three independent recordings are available on the Ra Records label at www.indiepool.com. For the past 10 years Jani was Co-Managing Artistic Director of Turtle Gals Performance Ensemble, a Native women’s theatre company who produced/toured original collectively created theatre productions. “eu·tha·na·sia” marks Jani’s debut as a film maker and was made possible through imagiNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival/LIFT (Liaison of Independent Film Makers of Toronto) mentorship program. Other theatre directing credits include: Wairoa (CIT) and Lying on the Escarpment (Fringe 2007). Jani is thrilled to be working with such a passionate and talented group.
Billy Merasty (Derek)
Billy Merasty (Cree, Metis) has been making a living as an actor for 26 years. He has worked across the country and in the U.S. Recently he performed in a Kevin Loring play, Where The Blood Mixes, which ran in Luminato 2008 and will be coming back to Factory Theatre in early 2010. Billy has recently been nominated for a Jessie Richardson Award in Vancouver for his performance in Where The Blood Mixes. His other theatre credits include Indian Medicine Show by Daniel David Moses at Theatre Passe Muraille, Dry Lips Oughtta Move to Kapuskasing by Tomson Highway, Copper Thunderbird by Marie Clements at the N.A.C. in Ottawa. Billy recently played the lead in the CTV movie "Elijah", the story of Elijah Harper.
Andy Moro (Set Design)
Toronto based artist and designer Andy Moro is the co-director of Red Pepper Spectacle Arts where he and partner Gabriella Caruso combine art and activism toward collaborative multi-disciplinary projects across Toronto and into the far north. Red Pepper has facilitated countless projects in social service, housing, and community agencies towards greater arts access and diverse opportunities for self-representation in the community. Andy has designed lights, set and/or sound for companies including da da kamera, VideoCabaret, Dancemakers, Buddies in Bad Times, Halfbreed Productions and KICK Theatre. He co-facilitates the production mentorship program at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre where he has also designed Back Streets and Dirt Roads, Girl Who Loved her Horses, Dead White Writer on the Floor, Miikanang, A Series of Savage Events, Trail of Tears, Rez Sisters and Coyote Ugly by Daniel David Moses. He has five Dora nominations and one win to date. Andy is of mixed European and James Bay Cree descent.
Marc Nadjiwan (Sound Design)
Marc Nadjiwan graduated from the Music Industry Arts program at Fanshawe College in Southern Ontario. His CDs include Brother (1995) and Awake (2000). Marc's latest release Philosophy For The Masses features 10 new songs and guest musicians such as; Donne Roberts, George Koller and Debashis Sinha. Additionally Marc has also contributed music for theatre. Some productions include; New World Brave, Agokwe (current Dora nominee) and Coyote City. Although Marc has left the humble and untamed beauty of Northwestern Ontario, he will never forgethis roots.
Reneltta Arluk – Reneltta is a BFA graduate from the University of Alberta and an alumnus of the Centre for Indigenous Theatre. She has recently returned from touring most of Northern Ontario in Square Eyes (Magnus Theatre). Other recent acting credits include: The Rez Sisters (Magnus Theatre), touring northern Greece in Utopian Floes (Caravan Stage Tall Ship Theatre), The Rez Sisters (Theatre Northwest) and Copper Thunderbird (National Arts Centre). Reneltta is thrilled to be in Artifacts with such a great cast and crew. Hope you enjoy and Mahsi!
Samantha Aylsworth (Stage Manager)
Samantha Aylsworth is currently a Theatre Production student at Humber College. She is thrilled to be back at Theatre Passe Muraille, after taking part in the City of Wine festival earlier this year as an Assistant Stage Manager for Humber's production of Pentheus.
Alexa Carroll (Production Manager)
Alexa is stoked to be part of the Artifacts team! Stage Management credits include last year’s remount and the original production of the Fringe hit, Bella Donna. Alexa has also stage managed Burning Passions Theatre’s production of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, The Drawer Boy for the Georgian Theatre Festival as well as How to Get Rid of a Monster and Radio Daze for Smile Theatre. Other credits include Jane Moffat’s Gink and The Dizzy and Dale Chronicles , 2 tours with Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, The Sea for Actors Repertory Company, The Chairs for Modern Times Stage Company and Clouds: The Musical.
Richard Denison (Jacob)
My father retired from the RCAF while in the states, so that's where I started a few decades ago. I worked in some nice rep. companies on the West coast – Los Angeles, San Francisco, Southern Oregon, Seattle – finally coming to Toronto just to see what this place is like where I was born. I had some great fun with The Tempest Shakespeare Company here for quite a while and started mixing in some TV, film, and voice work. Thanks to a keen director, who is also an actor – so she does it beautifully – a very interesting and layered script, and high level, quality co-players. This is the most fun I've had since I did a scene on This Is Wonderland with no clothes on. Cheers.
Andre du Toit (Lighting Designer)
André’s work as a lighting designer includes An Inconvenient Musical (Rumoli Bros.) 4-H Club/Killer’s Head/Cowboys#2 (Candles are Burning Co-op) Shakespeare…If Music Be (Art of Time Ensemble) Julius Caesar (Hart House Theatre) Raising Luke, In Full Light, The White Bone, Spain and The Unforgetting (SummerWorks), Force Over Area, Behind the Brickz (AMY Project) fourtyseven and fourtyseven: the final issue (Tecumseth Massive), Things Fall Apart (Graduate Study for the Centre of Drama) Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun, Common Criminal, Angel Street, Tails I win, Heads You Lose, Greetings!, Antigone, Down From Here and Fall From Grace (Glenvale Players) and the funk band Elastocitizens at the Horseshoe Tavern and Lee’s Palace. A graduate of the University College Drama Program, André is also a playwright (From Mint Condition to Badly Used) and director (Raul Julia’s Romero). He is currently the Associate Producer of The Factory Theatre and the Artistic Producer of The Lab Cab Festival.
Anthony Furey (Playwright/Producer)
Anthony Furey’s first play was performed when he was 15 by Michael Healey at the Tarragon Spring Arts Fair. In 2005 he wrote and directed the fringe play The Molly Murders. He recently directed Julius Caesar at Hart House Theatre and was the founding artistic producer of the Paprika Festival. His writing appears in The Globe & Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, EYE Weekly and Publishers Weekly. Alongside his producing partners at Penney Enterprises, he has been developing the feature film Utopia with Oscar winner Jon Voight.
Bruce Hunter (Michael)
Bruce has performed in dozens of theatre, television and film projects Hannson, The Red Green Show, Good Will Hunting, Murder at 1600, White Mice, The Danish Play and Coma Unplugged – to name a few. He has won awards for his commercial work in Canada and the U.S. He won the “Pretty funny male improviser” award at the Canadian Comedy Awards, played the lead in the 2003 Cannes award-winning film The Truth About Head, and is one of the founding members of the improv troupe Illustrated Men. He can be seen as Agent Jones in Phil the Alien, as a writer and performer in After Hours with Kenny Robinson and as Rocko in Puppets Who Kill. He was also the host and producer of AndGo an improv television show that aired on CityTV.
Jani Lauzon (Director)
Jani Lauzon is a 3 time Dora Mavor Moore nominated actress, a 3 time Juno nominated singer/songwriter and a Gemini Award winning puppeteer. Her recent CD Mixed Blessings was also nominated for a CAMA award. As an actor Jani has countless theatre, film and radio credits to her name. Her three independent recordings are available on the Ra Records label at www.indiepool.com. For the past 10 years Jani was Co-Managing Artistic Director of Turtle Gals Performance Ensemble, a Native women’s theatre company who produced/toured original collectively created theatre productions. “eu·tha·na·sia” marks Jani’s debut as a film maker and was made possible through imagiNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival/LIFT (Liaison of Independent Film Makers of Toronto) mentorship program. Other theatre directing credits include: Wairoa (CIT) and Lying on the Escarpment (Fringe 2007). Jani is thrilled to be working with such a passionate and talented group.
Billy Merasty (Derek)
Billy Merasty (Cree, Metis) has been making a living as an actor for 26 years. He has worked across the country and in the U.S. Recently he performed in a Kevin Loring play, Where The Blood Mixes, which ran in Luminato 2008 and will be coming back to Factory Theatre in early 2010. Billy has recently been nominated for a Jessie Richardson Award in Vancouver for his performance in Where The Blood Mixes. His other theatre credits include Indian Medicine Show by Daniel David Moses at Theatre Passe Muraille, Dry Lips Oughtta Move to Kapuskasing by Tomson Highway, Copper Thunderbird by Marie Clements at the N.A.C. in Ottawa. Billy recently played the lead in the CTV movie "Elijah", the story of Elijah Harper.
Andy Moro (Set Design)
Toronto based artist and designer Andy Moro is the co-director of Red Pepper Spectacle Arts where he and partner Gabriella Caruso combine art and activism toward collaborative multi-disciplinary projects across Toronto and into the far north. Red Pepper has facilitated countless projects in social service, housing, and community agencies towards greater arts access and diverse opportunities for self-representation in the community. Andy has designed lights, set and/or sound for companies including da da kamera, VideoCabaret, Dancemakers, Buddies in Bad Times, Halfbreed Productions and KICK Theatre. He co-facilitates the production mentorship program at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre where he has also designed Back Streets and Dirt Roads, Girl Who Loved her Horses, Dead White Writer on the Floor, Miikanang, A Series of Savage Events, Trail of Tears, Rez Sisters and Coyote Ugly by Daniel David Moses. He has five Dora nominations and one win to date. Andy is of mixed European and James Bay Cree descent.
Marc Nadjiwan (Sound Design)
Marc Nadjiwan graduated from the Music Industry Arts program at Fanshawe College in Southern Ontario. His CDs include Brother (1995) and Awake (2000). Marc's latest release Philosophy For The Masses features 10 new songs and guest musicians such as; Donne Roberts, George Koller and Debashis Sinha. Additionally Marc has also contributed music for theatre. Some productions include; New World Brave, Agokwe (current Dora nominee) and Coyote City. Although Marc has left the humble and untamed beauty of Northwestern Ontario, he will never forgethis roots.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
ARTIFACTS
a new play by Anthony Furey
directed by Jani Lauzon
A dying archaeologist receives an artifact unearthed by a farmer that challenges the history of Aboriginal people in Canada. His research assistant and lover must choose whether her ties lie with her profession or with the Aboriginal community she was raised in.
Starring:
Reneltta Arluk, Richard Denison, Bruce Hunter and Billy Merasty.
Lighting design by Andre du Toit
Sound by Marc Nadjiwan
Set/costumes by Andy Moro
Stage manager: Alexa Carroll
Assistant stage manager: Samantha Aylsworth
As part of the Toronto Fringe Festival
Playing at Theatre Passe Muraille
16 Ryerson Ave., Toronto
July 2nd, 6:30pm
July 4th, 2:15pm
July 5th, 7:30pm
July 6th, 5:15pm
July 8th, 9:30pm
July 9th, Noon
July 10th, 11:30pm
$10 Tickets
Go to http://www.fringetoronto.com/ for ticket information.
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