WriteNOW! Festival Of New Works 2010

The WriteNOW! Festival of New Works is a six night, curated one-act playwright’s festival presenting four new theatrical works from Toronto’s emerging theatre community. After three years of near sell-out festival runs (2007, Diesel Playhouse; 2008, Alchemy Theatre; 2009, Bread & Circus) the team at pivotal(arts) is gearing up for their best year yet.

Festival Information:
4th Annual WriteNOW! Festival of New Works presented by pivotal(arts) theatre company
www.pivotalarts.ca
Where: Bread & Circus (299 Augusta Ave, Kensington Market, Toronto)
When: March 15th – 20th 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15 (2 shows per night), $25 festival pass

To purchase tickets go to www.breadandcircus.ca

Show Dates:

March 15/17/19
Dating Yourself by Graeme Gerrard
Directed by Sam Snobelen
Stage Managed by Sonia Vaillant
Lighting Design by Dean Volpe
Starring
Blair Kay
Chris Cornish
Brandon Sim

and

Up in the Clouds (A Collective Creation)
Written by and performed by Laura Anne Harris,
Kent Lam, Morgan Bargent, Trevor Small, Jen Lippa
and Russel Harder
Facilitated and Directed by Deanna L. Palazzo

March 16/18/20
The Four Minute Mile by Kevin Morris
Directed by Daniella Marchese
Stage Managed by by Diego Rupolo
Starring
Trevor Small
Darryl Knight
Suzette McCanny

and

Crime Scene by Daniel J. Karpenchuck
Directed by Shawn Douglas Murphy
Stage Managed by Erica Sibley
Starring
Nigel Downer
Jen De Lucia
Deanna L. Palazzo
Robert Bellissimo
Matt Nadeau
Kathleen Karpenchuk
Paul "PK" Kingston

More on the festival...

pivotal(arts) Artistic Director Shawn Douglas Murphy will be directing his first play with the company. Artistic Producers Jennifer De Lucia and Deanna Palazzo (also Co-Artistic Director) will take the stage under Murphy’s direction in Daniel J. Karpenchuk’s new play Crime Scene.

Graeme Gerrard (pivotal(arts), has written yet another edgy, comical, queer play for pivotal(arts) titled Dating Yourself. Kevin Morris (Buddies and Bad Times, Tarragon Theatre and founding member of pivotal(arts)) will be presenting his new play The Four Minute Mile.

The selected plays go through three months of weekly peer-facilitated workshops (playLab) before being cast and rehearsed. playLabs have run for the last four years and have been filled with over 100 of Toronto’s emerging directors, writers, dramaturges, producers and actors. playLabs run in the summer and fall and are free for all participants.

This year, pivotal(arts) welcomed back their collective creation new play development. With guidance, exercises and dramaturgical support a group of six artists have created a delightful play titled Up in the Clouds anchored and inspired by the theme “Transition.”

The festival offers its writers and their scripts a three-month incubation process, which is a hands-on approach in all areas of the production. pivotal(arts) believes there is a need to present works at all stages of development, making this festival so unique. Therefore, the plays presented are products of process and not necessarily final scripts.


Tickets can be bought online at www.BreadAndCircus.ca and are $15 each (two shows per night) or $25 for a two-night festival pass. Doors open at 7pm and shows begin at 7:30pm sharp. All shows are general seating.

To book an interview or for more information please contact Jennifer at media@pivotalarts.com or 416-455-4924