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Episode Notes Emily Dix is a Toronto based theatre artist and photographer. She has been directing, producing and designing for theatre for over 10 years, and is the Artistic Executive Director of Bygone Theatre. Recently, she launched a new initiative, the Toronto Independent Theatre Coalition (TITC) which she runs as Founder and Executive Director. She also works as a freelance photographer, specializing in theatre and live events. www.emilydix.com Instagram: emilydixphotography Bygone Theatre www.bygonetheatre.com Twitter: @bygonetheatre Instagram: bygonetheatre Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bygonetheatre The Toronto Independent Theatre Coalition The Toronto Independent Theatre Coalition is a place for small local theatre companies to connect and support each other's work. By connecting, sharing resources and helping to promote each other's shows, we can all grow together. The primary objective of the TITC is to assist Toronto's independent theatres in growing their network and audience bases. www.the

Episode Notes In this episode, host Phil Rickaby sits down with two solo performers, Janelle Hanna & Laura Anne Harris to talk about performing solo shows and touring Fringe Festivals. Bad Baby Presents: Rules Control the Fun Lark & Whimsy’s second production, Bad Baby Presents: Rules Control the Fun, written and performed by Janelle Hanna, directed by Briana Brown and stage managed by Erin Vandenberg, premiered at the 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival. The play features Hanna’s clown character, Bad Baby, and beautifully explores failure and vulnerability. www.larkandwhimsytheatre.com Twitter: @Lark_and_Whimsy Instagram: lark_and_whimsy Edmonton Fringe Tickets: https://tickets.fringetheatre.ca/performances.php?eventId=601:3056 Destiny USA When Laura moves from Toronto to Syracuse, New York, she wasn’t expecting to be residing in Trump’s America. Gaining her first job as a relay operator for the deaf and hard of hearing reveals the hidden humanity of the American people. www.lauraanneharris.com Twitter: @l

Episode Notes After last summer’s NNNN Much Ado About Nothing, Dauntless City Theatre returns to Berczy Park to delight city audiences with All’s Well That Ends Well, starring Chanakya Mukherjee (The Men in White, Much Ado About Nothing) and Liz Der (Crave) as the unlikely lovers Bertram and Helena. Ranging over walks, hills, gardens, and the famous dog fountain, All’s Well is an intriguing societal and political comedy. One of Shakespeare’s “problem plays”, All’s Well tackles passionate desire, consent, trickery, and toxic masculinity. This play asks: how well do we really know the people in our lives? What are each of us capable in pursuit of our deepest desires? As our relationships deepen, the passions we discover can drive us apart as well as bond us together. Through a comedic lens, All’s Well asks us to sit in the discomfort and problematic spaces that open up. All’s Well builds on Dauntless’ legacy of queering, subverting, and transforming the Bard, featuring a cast reflective of the city of Toronto.

Dylan is an award-winning actor, director, playwright and a founding member of Toronto's Theatrefront. He has performed with The Stratford And Shaw Festivals, Mirvish Productions and in London’s West End. Dylan considers Theatrefront his creative home, and is deeply committed to our roots in the independent theatre community. For Theatrefront Dylan has appeared in eight productions, including fforward, Mojo and Tribes. He also co-wrote and acted in Return, which received a Dora Nomination for Best New Play. Recently Dylan directed acclaimed productions of Space Opera Zero and The Harrowing OF Brimstone McReedy for Toronto’s Eldritch Theatre. He is also the director of Festival Player's of Prince Edward County's Every Brilliant Thing.Twitter:@dylantrowbridgeInstagram:dylantrowbridgeyyzEvery Brilliant Thing is a one-of-a-kind, interactive theatrical event, starring renowned actor and comedian, Gavin Crawford, that engages its audience in thrilling and original ways. At once profoundly funny and deeply moving, E

From the gut-busting pen of Eli Pasic and the producing/acting talents of Isaiah Kolundzic, comes this fast-paced, knockabout, zany comedic bauble! False Claims traces the despicable schemes of Dennis—a devious, layabout nephew who poses as his late aunt’s husband in order to collect her life insurance money! DATES: Limited run of only 9 performances. Friday August 2nd, 8pm - Opening Night! Saturday August 3rd, 8pm Sunday August 4th, 2pm Tuesday August 6th, 8pm - PWYC Charity Fundraiser Wednesday August 7th, 8pm Thursday August 8th, 8pm Friday August 9th, 8pm Saturday August 10th, 8pm Sunday August 11th, 2pm - Closing TICKETS:https://falseclaims.simpletix.com/ CAST & CREW: WRITTEN BY Eli Pasic DIRECTED BY Blair Haynes FEATURING Isaiah Thomas Kolundzic, Kevin Forster, Heather Dick, Kevin Hare, Melissa Taylor, Zachary Groombridge, Kathleen Welch and Judith Fiore DESIGNED BY Emily Dix PRODUCED BY Isaiah Thomas Kolundzic, Emily Dix ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS Blythe Haynes, Eli Pasic STAGE MANAGED BY Jeremy Pearson I

Brian Jansen is an actor from Etobicoke, Ontario. Uniquely talented and hard working, he has been acting since he was 14 years old. A recent graduate of the Acting for Film & Television program at Niagara College. Brian is the director and one of the Stars of You Want it What Way? A Boy Band Tale. You Want it What Way? “You Want It What Way? A Boy Band Tale” is a sketch comedy dance show all about boy bands. We dance and sing to all of the hits and perform hilarious sketches that poke fun at all the absurdity that comes with being in a boy band. You’ll dance, laugh and sing your Justin Timberlake loving hearts out. www.youwantitwhatway.comInstagram:boybandtaleFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/youwantitwhatwayTickets:http://hamiltonfringe.ca/shows/you-want-it-what-way/

Laura Kyswaty knew from the time she was six years old that she wanted to be a performer. As she grew up she explored her passion through theatre, dance and television.There's a confidence that comes with doing what you love, and loving what you do! In her many years of experience, Laura Kyswaty has appeared on screens both large and small around the world, and onstage across the country.Roles have ranged from comedy to drama, leading lady to supporting cast.Her studies in improvisation at the Second City Conservatory, along with her performance degree from York University, allow her to tackle a wide variety of projects. In her spare time she dances and choreographs for a local Toronto company, is a communication coach for executives in some of North America's top companies, and hangs out with her dog.The Promised Land The Promised Land at the Hamilton Fringe is a comedic homage to 1940s film noir, filled with fast-talking fellas and femme fatales, an ingenue, or two, and a wisecracking former hobo; all inhab

The Second of Two Fringe 2019 Roundup episodes. On each of the Saturdays of the Fringe, we gather a group of performers together to talk about their shows, their Fringe experience so far, and what shows they've loved, and more.Monica OgdenMonica vs. The Internet: Tales of a Social Justice Warrior Instagram: socialjusticewarriorfringe Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MonicavsTheInternetShow/ Twitter: @ragesweater Tickets: https://fringetoronto.com/fringe/show/monica-vs-internet-tales-social-justice-warriorShane AdamzackThe Ballad of Frank Allenweepingspoon.com Instagram: weepingspoon Facebook: https://facebook.com/weepingspoonproductions Twitter: @weepingspoon Tickets: https://fringetoronto.com/fringe/show/ballad-frank-allenCarlyn RhameyThe ADHD Projectwww.squirrelsuit.ca Instagram: TheADHDProject Facebook: https://facebook.com/SquirrelSuitProductions Twitter: @SquirrelSuitT Tickets: https://fringetoronto.com/fringe/show/adhd-projectMadeleine BrownNews Play Instagram: PrairieFirePlz Facebook: https://faceboo

Sarah Joy BennettSarah Joy Bennett is an actor, writer and designer. She is a member of Keystone Theatre, which creates original works in the style of silent film, and with them has toured Canada with their shows The Last Man On Earth and Gold Fever.Other past projects as a co-creator include Theatre Sasa’s puppetry-based The Pressed Fairy Book, and Power Of Flight’s original musical The Ballad Of One-Eyed Jack. She has also performed with Classic Theatre Festival, Odyssey Theatre, Brookstone Theatre, and Metaphysical Theatre. As the burlesque performer Cherry Temple, she has been featured in international burlesque festivals, and at Le Tambour Royal Theatre, in Paris.Her writing work includes Postcards (CBC Radio, Out Front), and Trophy, a Summerworks Festival installation for which she was part of a team of writers and storytellers.Ginette MohrGinette is an award-winning performer, director and playwright. Her twenty-year career in the performing arts has galvanized her love for live experiences and direct

The First of Two Fringe 2019 Roundup episodes. On each of the Saturdays of the Fringe, we gather a group of performers together to talk about their shows, their Fringe experience so far, and what shows they've loved, and more.Kaho KodaDecaying Tongue website: https://www.humanburrito.com/ instagram: humanburritoproductions facebook: https://www.facebook.com/humanburritoproductions/ Tickets: https://fringetoronto.com/fringe/show/decaying-tongueMonica OgdenMonica vs. The Internet: Tales of a Social Justice Warrior Instagram: socialjusticewarriorfringe Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MonicavsTheInternetShow/ Twitter: @ragesweater Tickets: https://fringetoronto.com/fringe/show/monica-vs-internet-tales-social-justice-warriorSarah Joy BennettNight Feed Instagram: nightfeedplay Facebook: https://facebook.com/nightfeedplay Twitter: @nightfeedplay Tickets: https://fringetoronto.com/fringe/show/night-feedShane AdamzackThe Ballad of Frank Allenweepingspoon.com Instagram: weepingspoon Facebook: https://facebook.

Michael Ross Albert is the author of several plays including Miss (FringeNYC; Unit 102 Actors Company); The Farmers Lit the Fields on Fire (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); The Grass is Greenest at the Houston Astrodome (FringeNYC, published by Applause in Best American Short Plays 2014-2015); and Karenin’s Anna (Toronto Fringe Festival, “Outstanding New Play,” — NOW Magazine), as well as the 2018 Toronto Fringe hit, Anywhere.Along with the Storefront Theatre, Michael produced the sold-out world premiere production of his play Tough Jews in the heart of Toronto’s Kensington Market. The production was nominated for 6 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, including Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Production.His play Starfishes opened Off-Broadway at the Theatre at Dance New Amsterdam and is included in Best American Short Plays 2010-2011. It has since been performed across the United States and Canada.Michael received an MFA in Playwriting from the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University. Michael is an associate membe

Mark Brownell is a Toronto-based playwright and co-artistic director of the Pea Green Theatre Group with his wife, Sue Miner.He is the author of a number of plays, including Monsieur D'Eon is a Woman, which was nominated for a Governor General's Award. His libretto for the opera Iron Road won a Dora Mavor Moore Award and he was nominated for a Dora for his 2006 play, Medici Slot Machine.Three Men on a Bike From the company that brought you the award-winning Toronto Fringe smash hit Three Men in a Boat. Based upon the further writings of Victorian author Jerome K. Jerome. Pea Green Theatre Group proudly presents Three Men on a Bike! (Being the further adventures of three Victorian gentlemen as they embark upon a disastrous bicycling trip to the continent.) Not to be missed!Three Men on a Bike Tarragon Theatre Mainspace Thu 4th Jul 6:15 pm Sat 6th Jul 10:00 pm Mon 8th Jul 8:45 Wed 10th Jul 5:45 pm Sat 13th Jul 8:00 pm Sun 14th Jul 2:00 pmDirected By: Sue Miner Adapted for the Stage By: Mark Brownell Featuring:

The Tita Collective, an all Filipina collective of multidisciplinary artists in Toronto, will present Tita Jokes as part of the 2019 Toronto Fringe FestivalJuly 3 - 14 at the Tarragon Theatre. They sing, they dance, and they’ll make you snort-laugh halo-halo through your nose!Tita Jokes is a musical sketch comedy spectacle to remember. The show revolves around the Filipinx people in their lives such as aunts, moms, daughters, and partners. Tita Jokes reveals their struggles and heartaches, but also how they cope through comedy and songs. Tita Collective are an all Filipina collective composed of award-winning playwrights, comedians, musicians, dancers, theatre makers and actors. They explore different mediums to tell the stories about the Filipinx diaspora. Directed Tricia Hagoriles, Tita Jokes is created and performed by Ann Paula Bautista, Belinda Corpuz, Isabel Kanaan, Ellie Posadas, Alia Rasul, and Maricris Rivera. The Music Director is Ayaka Kinugawa and Stage Manager is Justine Cargo.In addition to Toro

Kaho Koda is a Japanese theatre creator located in Toronto. Her recent credits include Koki Mitani's University of Laughter (Translator & Director) and Shakespeare's Richard III (Lighting Designer). She is delighted to present her first play Decaying Tongue (Writer & Director) at the Toronto Fringe Festival 2019. Sachi Lovatt is an actress originally from Ottawa. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the UK, where she earned her MA in Professional Acting. After three years in England, she now calls Toronto home and is a proud member of both Equity and ACTRA. Recent credits include The Handmaid’s Tale and narrating the Alarm of War trilogy into audiobooks. Being half Japanese and half British, Decaying Tongue holds a special place in her heart. Decaying Tongue How do you answer the question “where are you from from”? Aya navigates through life as she experiences culture shocks between her two worlds: Japan and Canada. Will she find peace with her constantly evolving identity? Decayin

Jennifer is a writer, producer, and multi-disciplinary performing artist. Favourite performing credits include: "All of Me"(Theatre Insomnia), "Bitchcraft"(PureCarbon), and "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot" (RCPA). As a writer, Jennifer has released two zines under the name Buzzkill, which is now the name of her theatre company. Jennifer is a graduate of Randolph College for the Performing Arts, has completed Canada's National Voice Intensive, and currently trains privately at Armstrong Acting Studios.Get Better Life changing concussions aren’t just for football players. What happens when a busy perfectionist bumps her head too many times? Get Better is a quirky, and dark look into the emotional journey of recovering from a minor traumatic brain injury. Using narrative and physical theatre, "Get Better" reveals the uncomfortable truths about living with invisible injury. This mostly true story explores how this common injury effects relationships, and identity.Tarragon Theatre - Solo Room Thursday July 4th -

John Wamsley is a gay, Indigenous actor, dancer, and choreographer born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario. Since graduating from the Theatre and Drama Studies program at Sheridan College and the University of Toronto, he has been fortunate enough to work both on and off stage developing a passion-project entitled off my chest., which was presented at this year's Dark Crop Performance Festival. John's recent credits include the sold out run of the Fringe 2018 Patron's Pick, Everyone Wants a T-Shirt!, Private Harris in The Grand Theatre's production of Timothy Findley's The Wars, and participation within the 31st annual Weesageechak Festival. John is currently the Communications Manager for the Paprika Festival, and continues to do graphic and video design for several theatre companies in the GTA. He also works in a restaurant… typical.Bryn Kennedy has been an actor ever since she can remember, but found her passion for directing in high school when she lead a production of ‘night Mother at the Sears Drama Festi

Natalia Bushnik and Robin Luckwaldt are ​KAIROS Theatre who present their award-winning, touring show, 'The Bathtub Girls' (Critics' Choice - Hamilton Fringe, 2016; Official Selection - Twin Cities Horror Festival, USA, 2018) in Toronto, in the Assembly Theatre's 2019 curated season, May 21st - June 1st!'The Bathtub Girls' is a fiction inspired by the first documented case of sibling matricide in Canada. Two sisters, encouraged by their friends, drown their mother in the bathtub of their family home. We join the girls in their irreconcilable waking nightmare of survival and atonement, which began long before we arrived, and which we have no power to stop. When the water stills, the door’s broken down, the body carried away, who do we punish? Who do you judge?.“A dark but compelling piece of theatre” ​- CBC “Gripping storytelling”​ - City Pages, Minneapolis “Truly phenomenal”​ - Fringe ReviewDirected, Written, and Performed by Natalia Bushnik and Robin Luckwaldt Sound / Set Design by Phoebe Wang Lighting Desig

Kiran Friesen is an actress and writer, known for Bruiser (2000), The Unusual Suspects (2012) and First Round Down (2016).Theatrically, she has enjoyed a number of strong Shakespearean roles such as Gertrude (Hamlet), Lady M (Macbeth), Desdemona (Othello) and Lady Capulet (Romeo and Juliet), not to mention a smattering of other theatrical wonders and oddities (see resume).She wrote, produced and performed her play "Peeler" for the Toronto Fringe Festival to rave reviews.Kiran is appearing in Cement Factory and NightShift Theatre's production of George F. Walker's Risk Everything at the Red Sandcastle Theatre from May 14 - 25, 2019.www.cementfactorytheatre.caTwitter: @CementTheatre Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4207407

Judith is a playwright, director, actor and professor of theatre at the University of Guelph, and the Artistic Director of RARE Theatre Company. She is the author of 15 published plays, many of which are performed all over the world. They include The Crackwalker, Lion in the Streets, Perfect Pie, and Palace of the End. Her play Who Killed Snow White will premiere at the 4th Line Theatre in August, 2018. She has directed and co-created four plays with artists with exceptionalities including Body and Soul, Sick, RARE, and Borne Most recently, she wrote the play Wildfire specifically for 7 performers with Down syndrome, all of whom had appeared in Rare. She wrote two feature films, Perfect Pie and Lost and Delirious, several TV movies and many radio plays. She has twice won the Governor General's award for playwriting, as well as the Toronto Arts Award, a Dora Award, the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, and the Amnesty International Award for Freedom of Expression. She is honoured to have the privilege of collaborat

Pregnancy Pact is a pop-rock musical which tells the story of a group of teens who make a pact to become single mothers together. The 15-year-old Maddie is devoted to her three best friends and they are to her. So, when Brynn gets pregnant, the friends all plan to have children, raising them together and living a dream. Inspired by the 2008 news story of the Gloucester pregnancy pact that took the world by storm, Pregnancy Pact provides a unique chance to examine the intense journey this kind of decision creates. www.edgeproductions.ca Twitter: @3dgeproductions Instagram: the.edge.productions Tickets to Pregnancy Pact: https://www.edgeproductions.ca/store/c3/Toronto_Tickets.htmlgangwaytheatre.com Twitter: @gangwaytheatre Instagram: gangwaytheatreco Miriam Goldstein Miriam is a theatre director and producer based in Windsor, On. She is the founding Artistic Director of The Edge Productions, now entering its ninth season. Miriam’s work as a director focuses on underrepresented human experiences. Miriam is a g