Stage Whispers

Show Notes: The following are some of the people/organizations/productions mentioned in the interview: Julie Tepperman and Aaron Willis of Convergence Theatre - https://www.convergencetheatre.com/julie-tepperman and https://www.convergencetheatre.com/aaron-willis The Unending - https://www.convergencetheatre.com/past/#the-unending Chandra Pepper Theatre Orangeville - https://www.theatreorangeville.ca/ Roseneath Theatre - https://www.roseneath.ca/ Theatre by the Bay - https://theatrebythebay.com/ Mary of Shanty Bay - https://theatrebythebay.com/mary Simcoe County Theatre Festival - https://theatrebythebay.com/festival Iain Moggach George Brown Theatre School - https://www.georgebrown.ca/arts-design-information-technology/media-performing-arts/theatre Mark Brownell and Sue Miner - https://www.jgshillingford.com/the-interview-mark-brownell-and-sue-miner/ Stephen Dobby - https://www.mandy.com/ca/a/stephen-dobby Kristian Deisen, Barrie, Europa - https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/traffic-jam-inspires-play-by-orillia-woman-5491410 Rochelle Reynolds - https://www.collingwoodtoday.ca/local-news/forget-great-expectations-this-thespian-wants-to-change-expectations-1578262 and Stage Whispers episode #17 The Wolves - https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/62099/the-wolves

Show Notes Talk is Free Theatre 1) Horror trilogy Written in the Blood, Site-Specific Immersive Theatre Experience https://www.tift.ca/shows/the-written-in-blood-trilogy 2) 20 NOMINATIONS FOR THE 42ND ANNUAL DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARDs https://tapa.ca/calendars/dora-awards-2022-nominations-announcement-press-conference/ Theatre by the Bay 1) Mary of Shanty Bay https://theatrebythebay.com/mary 2) July 2023 Simcoe County Theatre Festival Submissions open now to January 6, 2023 https://theatrebythebay/festival The South Simcoe Theatre https://www.thesouthsimcoetheatre.com/shows 1) Season’s subscriptions and tickets for Five Alarm available by emailing [email protected] or phoning the box office at 705-458-4432 2) Four Play Submissions, until Nov. 30 [email protected] 3) Technical Mentorship Workshops - Sound design For full details and sign-up: www.thesouthsimcoetheatre.com The Curtain Club, Richmond Hill Tickets for Suburban Standoff: https://thecurtainclub.org/box-office/ Kempenfelt Community Players https://kempenfeltplayers.com Tickets for KCP’S Elf Jr. The Musical available via their website Theatre Aurora https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=thtau Tickets for Mother of the Maid ​ Mariposa Arts Theatre https://www.mariposaartstheatre.com/shows Tickets for the Rocky Horror Show Bracebridge Rotary Musical Auditions for The Sound of Music on October 1 & 2 For more info, email Jean Polak at [email protected] Newmarket Stage Company Opal’s Husband tickets available by calling the box office: 289-500-2114 More info: https://www.newmarketstageco.ca/[email protected] Borelians Community Theatre Love, Loss and What I Wore tickets available at: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=142719 Blackhorse Village Players Murder at the Howard Johnson’s tickets available soon at: https://thelittleboxoffice.com/blackhorsetheatre/

Episode 42 - Erica Angus - Theatre Collingwood Theatre Collingwood https://theatrecollingwood.ca Gaslight Theatre https://gaslighttheatreproductions.com Theatre by the Bay https://theatrebythebay.com Cingolani Academy https://www.facebook.com/CingolaniAcademy

August News Notes Theatre by the Bay, Barrie and Shanty Bay Amazing Race - https://theatrebythebay.com/amazing Mary of Shanty Bay by Leah Holder Tickets @ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/mary-of-shanty-bay-tickets-379238591837 September 20 preview PWYC at the door Theatre Lab, Barrie https://theatrebythebay.com/learn#lab Timberbeast Productions, Gravenhurst Twelfth Night (Gravenhurst Wharf Gazebo) 416-471-8930 or https://littlewoodsmith.com Theatre Collingwood The Foursome, https://theatrecollingwood.ca or call 705-445-2200 Talk is Free Theatre, Barrie - Giants in the Sky https://www.tift.ca/shows/giants-in-the-sky Theatre Huntsville DREAMGIRLS https://www.theatrehsv.org/upcomingevents/clxud5nqbcpmwq0ivi5g3by3enp4fe Tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=136743 Globus Theatre, Lakeview Arts Barn, Bobcaygeon Screwball Comedy by Norm Foster, dinner theatre https://www.lakeviewartsbarn.com/current-season/2022/screwball-comedy tickets: https://secure1.tixhub.com/globustheatre/online/index.asp The South Simcoe Theatre www.thesouthsimcoetheatre.com Side by Side by Sondheim auditions. Email [email protected] before Sept 7 Annual General Meeting Full details on how to sign up: www.thesouthsimcoetheatre.com For board member info, email [email protected] . The Curtain Club, Richmond Hill Seasons subscriptions available: https://thecurtainclub.org/our-season/ Kempenfelt Community Players, Barrie We Will Rock You auditions - https://kempenfeltplayers.com/project/wwry/ AGM - Watch for details closer to September 21 OnStage Performance Group “Santa” casting info: ​http://www.onstagetheatre.ca/contact/ Mariposa Arts Theatre MAT’s film nights return Wednesday, September 14. Watch for more details. Stratford Festival plays mentioned: Death and the King’s Horseman - https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/PlaysAndEvents/Production/Death-and-the-Kings-Horseman 1939 - https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/PlaysandEvents/Production/1939 Shaw Festival plays mentioned: Everybody (Erroneously referred to as “Everyone” in the podcast) - https://www.shawfest.com/playbill/everybody/ Blyth Festival cancellation mentioned (of The Waltz): https://www.stage-door.com/3/news/2022-News/Entries/2022/8/blyth-the-blyth-festival-cancels-the-waltz-due-to-covid-in-the-cast.html

Episode 40 - Surviving the Pandemic: The Community Theatre Perspective August 2022 Huronia Players http://www.huroniaplayers.ca Kempenfelt Community Players https://kempenfeltplayers.com Mariposa Arts Theatre https://www.mariposaartstheatre.com

ACT-CO Festival and Gala Update www.actco.ca If interesting in participating on the Festival Committee or gala Committee, email [email protected] Auditions: Kempenfelt Community Players, Barrie www.kempenfeltplayers.com We Will Rock You auditions https://kempenfeltplayers.com/project/wwry/ Ever After Entertainment - children’s parties and other events in the GTA. Submit your headshot & resume to [email protected] Village Players of Coldwater - holiday panto “Old Father Time” Auditions July 25 and 26. Watch Village Players’ social media for more information. Blackhorse Village Players - Murder at the Howard Johnsons auditions: evenings of August 2 and 4. To book a time, email, [email protected] Call for Creatives: The South Simcoe Theatre, Cookstown www.thesouthsimcoetheatre.com Accepting applications for some set, costume and lighting design. Email [email protected] with short cover letter and resume. Performances: Theatre Orangeville - Summer Arts Festival www.theatreorangeville.ca https://www.theatreorangeville.ca/show/summer-arts-festival Theatre Collingwood - Porchside Festival https://theatrecollingwood.ca/2022-porchside-festival/ https://tickets.theatrecollingwood.ca/TheatreManager/1/login&event=0 Youth to assist with kids summer theatre camp at Theatre Collingwood Email [email protected] Debajehmujig Theatre Centre, Manitoulin Island www.facebook.com/DebajehmujigStorytellers If We’d Listened Tickets: Call 1-705-859-1820 to reserve Theatre Georgian Bay, Collingwood www.theatregeorgianbay.ca Romeo and Juliet https://www.theatregeorgianbay.ca/current-season The Grove Theatre, Fenlon Falls www.grovetheatre.ca The 39 Steps https://www.grovetheatre.ca/the-39-steps Theatre by the Bay, Barrie - A Scandal for All Seasons Collingwood tickets: https://theatrecollingwood.ca/a-scandal-for-all-seasons/ Barrie tickets: https://tprobarrie.ticketpro.ca/?lang=en&aff=cob#def_1526247203 Orillia Opera House - Driving Miss Daisy and Come Down from Up River Tickets are available through the Opera House box office website: https://secure1.tixhub.com/orillia-oh/online/index.asp?_mid_=103068 Leacock Museum, Orillia - Driftwood Theatre’s “Bard’s Bus Tour” Henry Five http://www.driftwoodtheatre.com http://www.driftwoodtheatre.com/tickets/ for details. Muskoka Stageworks, Bracebridge - all female version of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar https://www.muskokastageworks.com/ Education: Theatre by the Bay’s online Master Class Series To purchase: https://theatrebythebay.com/tmc/purchase Watch the free first episodes at www.theatrebythebay.com/tmc

Debajehmujig’s summer 2022 show “If I’d Listened,” created in collaboration with Manifesto Poetico Where: Debajehmujig Creation Centre, 43 Queen St., Manitowaning, Manitoulin Island When: · Art exhibit runs July 14 to August 7 · Show runs July 22 to August 6, Wednesdays to Saturdays at 7 PM, and Sunday matinee at 2 PM (No shows Mondays or Tuesdays.) Cost: Art exhibit is free; show is $25 Reserve show tickets by calling 1-705-859-1820 More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1215453039201450/1215453069201447?ref=newsfeed [email protected]

Episode 37 June News Shownotes Theatre By The Bay, Barrie https://theatrebythebay.com/festival Talk is Free Theatre, Barrie https://www.tift.ca/whats-on https://www.tift.ca/shows/summer-theatre-camp Theatre Collingwood https://theatrecollingwood.ca/2022-porchside-festival https://theatrecollingwood.ca/a-scandal-for-all-seasons/ Theatre Georgian Bay, Collingwood https://www.theatregeorgianbay.ca/current-season The South Simcoe Theatre, Cookstown https://www.thesouthsimcoetheatre.com/more-info Call for Creatives - Submission Deadline July 11, 2022 to [email protected] Mariposa Arts Theatre, Orillia https://www.mariposaartstheatre.com/events/the-complete-works-of-william-shakespeare https://www.mariposaartstheatre.com/events/the-complete-works-of-william-shakespeare?fbclid=IwAR0EnnFvnEKidxCjzqDugJ5Qfe5hqAqCOB7o2YDTZFdLqLy5dGR5G05f8tQ The Curtain Club Theatre, Richmond Hill https://thecurtainclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-23-CC-PlaybillWeb2.pdf Toronto Fringe Festival https://fringetoronto.com “Flowers for Alex” - Diamond Heart Productions www.diamondheartproductions.ca Moving Art, Barrie https://movingart.ca https://www.facebook.com/movingart/ Junior Theatre Festival https://juniortheaterfestival.com/what-we-do/ The 75h Annual Tony Awards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/75th_Tony_Awards#Winners_and_nominees

An interview with two members of Theatre Georgian Bay Show notes Theatre Georgian Bay – theatregeorgianbay.ca Candy Pryce’s bio: https://www.theatregeorgianbay.ca/candy-pryce Jackie-Rose Brown’s bio: https://www.theatregeorgianbay.ca/jackie-rose Note: Christy Taylor, mentioned in this podcast, is currently a vocal coach who now uses the name Christy Eaglesham, and also teaches young performers through Christy’s Stage door - https://www.facebook.com/christyeaglesham

CONTESTS!! Deadline for both is Friday, June 3 - [email protected] Winners will be notified by return email and announced on social media June 4/5 Contest #1 - From Talk is Free Theatre — A session of summer theatre camp for a child 6 to 14! (Value: $170+) Enter by emailing [email protected] with your name and answers to these questions: What is the title of the new musical Leslie Arden is currently workshopping? (Hint: Listen to our interview, episode 34!) Which Stephen Sondheim musical is Talk is Free Theatre is staging in Toronto this June/July? (Hint: Visit https://tickets.tift.ca/TheatreManager/1/online?event=0) Contest #2 - From Theatre by the Bay — Tickets for two to all six plays in the Simcoe County Theatre Festival, June 15 to 26! (Value $150+) Enter by emailing [email protected] with your name and answers to these questions: Where will the Simcoe County Theatre Festival be staged? What is the title, and who are the playwright and director of any one festival play? Hint: Visit https://theatrebythebay.com/festival Georgian Bay District Secondary School, Midland Matilda https://sites.google.com/scdsb.on.ca/gbdssdrama/home Theatre Aurora No Exit, by Jean-Paul Sartre, June 2 to 11. Phone: 905-727-3669 Email: [email protected] Curtain Club Theatre, Richmond Hill I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, by Joe DiPietro - June 10-25 Tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=cclub Wasaga Community Theatre, Wasaga Beach Andrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock, the Musical, June 9 to 12 Tickets: https://wasagabeachschoolofrock.ticketleap.com/school-of-rock-wasaga-beach/ Kempenfelt Community Players, Barrie Auditions information: Elf Jr. Audition information: https://kempenfeltplayers.com/project/elf-jr/ Creative Team for We Will Rock You by Queen and Ben Elton. Send expressions of interest to [email protected] by June 12. Mariposa Arts Theatre, Orillia The Gin Game, by D. L. Coburn at the MAT Centre June 9-19 Tickets: https://www.mariposaartstheatre.com/shows Huronia Players, Midland Kristen DaSilva’s Gibson and Sons postponed. For info https://www.huroniaplayers.ca Huntsville Theatre Company, Huntsville Dare to Dream - youth showcase June 18. Tickets https://calendar.algonquintheatre.ca/default/Detail/2022-06-18-1400-Dare-to-Dream Dragonfly Theatre Bracebridge California Suite June 1 to 11 http://www.dragonflytheatre.ca/ The South Simcoe Theatre, Cookstown Four Play - June 2nd to 5th - Pay-what-you-wish at the door. SST Tea Room at the Theatre, Wing Ding Saturday, June 4th from 10-2pm The Last Resort - June 16 to 26 https://www.thesouthsimcoetheatre.com/ Barrie Public Library Theatre Month Interviews Trudee Romanek: https://barrielibrary.libnet.info/event/6444181 Scott Hurst: https://my.nicheacademy.com/barrie/course/19401/sequence/17779 ] Theatre on the Ridge, Port Perry A New Day Cabaret - 7:30 PM, June 4 at Anglican Church of Ascension https://theatre-3x60.square.site/ Dinner Theatre Golf Tournament Fundraiser, June 24th http://www.theatreontheridge.ca/golf.html Theatre Collingwood Porchside Festival, July 1 to 28. https://theatrecollingwood.ca/2022-porchside-festival/ A Night in Vegas: May 31 to June 5 Tickets: 705-445-2200 or https://theatrecollingwood.ca/a-night-in-vegas/ Theatre Georgian Bay, Collingwood Romeo & Juliet, July 25th to August 1st https://www.theatregeorgianbay.ca Theatre by the Bay, Barrie Amazing Race postponed to Sept 10 Theatre Lab, Barrie Public Library, June 6, 6 PM. Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/barrie-theatre-lab-55-in-person-tickets-342065776947 Simcoe County Theatre Festival June 15 to 26. https://theatrebythebay.com/festival Talk is Free Theatre, Barrie Sweeney Todd - Toronto at Neighbourhood Food Hub June 6 to July 2, https://tickets.tift.ca/TheatreManager/1/online?event=0 Every Brilliant Thing at Theatre Collingwood’s Porchside Festival.