{"id":1299,"date":"2018-02-14T17:04:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T17:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/?page_id=1299"},"modified":"2024-10-17T13:43:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T17:43:30","slug":"2016-2017-young-creators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/fr\/2016-2017-young-creators\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeunes cr\u00e9ateurs 2016-2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Alexandra-Maynard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Alexandra Maynard<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Alexandra is a recent graduate of York University with a B.A. in Theatre, majoring in Creative Ensemble and Playwriting. She has also received a certificate in ballet, modern, and folkloric dance from internationally acclaimed L\u2019\u00c9cole Sup\u00e9rieure de Danse du Qu\u00e9bec. You will often find Alexandra working on many Infinith\u00e9\u00e2tre projects. Recent credits include Janet in Imperial\u2019s annual <em>The Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/em> (2016), producer of <em>Anytime, Anywhere\u2019s Heartlines<\/em> in London, England (2014), and assistant director in Theatre @ York\u2019s Murder in the Cathedral (2013).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Play in development:<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>Trench<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">,\u00a0a bilingual play, centers around the idea that faith does not define you, you define your faith. It specifically deals with faith in the context of Catholicism. A two person show that takes place in present-day Montreal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Andy-Buell.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Buell's Headshot\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Andy Buell<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Andy is a senior student at Westmount High School currently in the arts stream. They are 16 years old and an aspiring illustrator, writer, and voice actor learning to push their creative limits. They\u2019re deeply invested in science fiction, LGBT+ representation, and promoting theatre as an outlet for teens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Play in development:<\/span> <\/strong><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>Stargazers<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\">is a play about a piece of identity launched into space. Exploring how we take parts of ourselves and separate them, and what happens to those pieces we fragment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Callum-Pfohl.jpg\" alt=\"Callum Pfohl's headshot\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Callum Pfohl<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Callum is a second year Concordia BFA playwriting student. Co-wrote\/directed\/produced a show for 2016 Montreal Fringe. His friends call him a cartoon character, and he loathe avocados. He loves nothing more than dancing in his bedroom and Nutella on toast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Play in development: <\/strong>Callum is developing a piece about a father, traumatized by war, being confronted by his grown son about the true story of his missing mother.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Caterina-Incisa-1.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Caterina Incisa\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Caterina Incisa<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Caterina is a Montreal-based writer, actor, and director. Originally from London, England, she moved to Montreal in July 2013 looking for adventure, poutine, and sexy French accents. In June 2016, she graduated from Concordia university with a Master\u2019s degree in English and Creative Writing. She is one-sixth of the infamous improvisation troupe, Big Nixon and founded the theatre company Bangers and Mash in 2015. Her work has been published in Matrix, Headlight, and Soliloquies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Play in development: <\/strong><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\">0 Days Without Crying<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> is about\u00a0a young woman who makes ill-advised and embarrassing attempts to \u201clove\u201d herself.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Charlotte-Dennis.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Charlotte Dennis\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Charlotte Dennis<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Play in development:<\/span> <\/strong><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>Stained Painties<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">is a series of monologues about being a female in your twenties; about loneliness and human interaction. The little secrets and embarrassments we harbor in our bodies.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Derek-Colley.jpg\" alt=\"Derek Colley's Headshot\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yc-col2\">\n<p class=\"artists-head\"><strong>Derek Colley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Derek is a graduate of Concordia University where he studied Religious Studies focusing on the anthropology and history of Christianity. He is a new-comer to theatre but often performs improvisation or sketch comedy around Montreal. His interests include bikes, design, thrift shopping, sewing, writing, Dad-rock and pop-music, and reading about cognitive science, which is perhaps why he is writing a piece about memory.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>K\u011b X\u012bn Li<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Currently completing their final year at Concordia University in the communications program. Ke Xin will be writing and directing a show for the 2017 Fringe Festival in Montreal with the company B.A.A.P., an interdisciplinary non-hierarchical solo art collective consisting of one member and 3 alter egos: Li, Ke, and Xin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Play in development: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>Pluck&#8217;d<\/em><\/span> is a piece about trying to mend a broken and fragmented family that has been separated by gaps of generation, culture and language. Through the beauty of Christmas and the protection of Saran Wrap.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Emily-Schon-Murdoch.jpg\" alt=\"Emily Schon Murdoch's headshot\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yc-col2\">\n<p class=\"artists-head\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Emily Schon Murdoch<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Murdoch is a director, creator and theatre teacher from Winnipeg, MB. They are the artistic director of Revolution they Wrote: Short Works Feminist Theatre and Performance Festival, and a recent graduate of Concordia University Theatre and Development Program. Murdoch makes art from a feminist perspective and infuses puppetry, storytelling and dance into her practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Play in development:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>The Woods Witch<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">is a play for young audiences that uses mythology and adventure to explore the phases of grief.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Emmanuelle-Brousseau.jpg\" alt=\"Emmanuelle Brousseau's headshot\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yc-col2\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Emmanuelle Brousseau<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Born in Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, Emmanuelle has always been drawn to the arts. Graduating student of the French Production program at National Theatre School of Canada, she also studied scenography, literature, music and film before. After a first try at Montreal\u2019s Fringe Festival with Icepick-mo\u00e9 l\u2019coeur (co-written) in 2015, her play Se rincer l\u2019\u00e2me au windshield washer won the Frankie Award of the Best francophone show at the last Montreal\u2019s Fringe Festival. Emmanuelle is also the co-artistic director of Le Cabinet d\u2019Ing\u00e9niosit\u00e9s, a creation company interested in breaking the traditional scenic space and performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Play in development:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>We are the kids of the 95\u2032 hangover <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8211;\u00a0Four locals at a bar. Some are in love, some are inebriated. Tonight they work through their collective sorrows and party until the sunrises.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Justin-Shaw.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Shaw's headshot\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yc-col2\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Justin Shaw<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Originally from Prince Edward Island, Justin moved to Montreal to train as an actor at the National Theatre School of Canada. Now entering his graduate season, Justin is excited to be continuing his work with Playwrights\u2019 Workshop Montreal to write his solo show, while writing and performing stand-up comedy around the city. In 2014, Justin also completed his education at the University of Prince Edward Island, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts with an Honours in History. Outside of writing and performing arts, Justin is also heavily interested in mental health awareness, child and youth engagement, and professional wrestling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Play in development:<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>The Wrestling Play<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> is the story of a man who takes life into his own hands by quitting his job as a teacher and running away to Mexico to become a professional wrestler.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Kenny-Streule.jpg\" alt=\"Kenny Streule's headshot\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Kenny Streule<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Kenny performed in\u00a0<em>14 Diaries of the Great War<\/em> after graduating from Dawson College in 2010. He has collaborated with many Montreal Talents such as Catherine B\u00e9rub\u00e9, Amy Blackmore and Len Richman. Kenny\u2019s passion for creating has led him to establish his own theatre company Plaid Thursday Productions. Recently, Kenny was in Chocolate Moose Theatre Company\u2019s production of <em>Conspiracy<\/em>! and currently, he is the host of Wild Fucking Improvisers in Action. Kenny&#8217;s first play is\u00a0<em>City Boy (<\/em>Shorstanding Festival).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Play in development:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em> Mal Understood<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">is based on his own challenges of being bilingual in a monolingual world. Three versions of the same man; Kindergarten, Elementary, and High School\u2013all dealing with an evolving insecurity from living between two languages.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/L-McCuaig-Pitre.jpg\" alt=\"Laurent McCuaig Pitre's headshot\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yc-col2\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Laurent McCuaig-Pitre<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Laurent is a graduate of Dawson College\u2019s Professional Theatre program and\u00a0 recently graduated in Playwriting at Concordia University. His theatre company 32-HTC produced his plays <em>If Only<\/em>\u00a0(MainLine Theatre) and <em>This is not a play (<\/em>MTL Fringe). This year, Laurent was privileged to take the stage at Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Prospero in the critically-acclaimed play,<em> Les fl\u00e2neurs c\u00e9lestes<\/em>. This young Thespian also teaches improv to blind and visually-impaired individuals at the Regroupement des aveugles et amblyopes du Montr\u00e9al m\u00e9tropolitain ( RAAMM ), and continues to believe that theatre can change the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Play in development:\u00a0<\/strong>At the age of 33, after soaring to the heights of recognition with a Pulitzer prize for his infamous picture of the vulture and the child, and after losing his best-friend and fellow war photographer, Ken Oosterbroek, to the deadly risk of their dangerous profession, Kevin Carter committed suicide.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>A Perfect Picture <\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">follows Carter\u2019s life as faithfully as possible, presenting the war-torn photograph at the final day of his life, trying to piece together his tormented past in hopes of surviving his hopeless present in the eyes of God, the audience, the tormenting \u201cTV-show host\u201d of his life and the fame-hungry Vulture.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Nick-Vaudry.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Vaudry's headshot\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Nick Gu\u00e9nette Vaudry<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Over the last two years, Nick had the opportunity to take part in theatre workshops at ICI par les arts, and worked on developing an adaptation of George Orwell\u2019s Animal Farm. In his spare time, he sings and plays guitar. He is especially interested in Metal but he dabbles with other genres of music. Nick particularly enjoys visual arts, such as mangas. He also reviews video games on YouTube. He has experience working in video editing, post-production and has created independent films.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Play in development:<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>The Good Guy Vlog<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\">is about a perfect and popular teen who finds his online world turned upside down when he is caught on film committing an act of violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5363 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Olivier-Lamarche_Headshot_w-250x300.png\" alt=\"Olivier Lamarche\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Olivier-Lamarche_Headshot_w-250x300.png 250w, https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Olivier-Lamarche_Headshot_w.png 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Olivier Lamarche<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Olivier is a bilingual actor in theatre, voice, video games, film and television. He is a graduate of the Concordia University\u2019s Performance Creation (BFA) program and co-founder Montreal theatre company PlayShed. The company is currently in the early stages of creation for its first two original works, one of which is benefiting from the support of the Young Creators Unit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Play in development:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>Work N Progress<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">is an exploration of four moving bodies in space, each representing an aspect of humanity<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Qianna-MacGilchrist.jpg\" alt=\"Qianna MacGilchrist's headshot\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Qianna MacGilchrist<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Qianna is a Second Year Actor at the National Theatre School.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Play in development:<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>Sandpeople<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8211; A\u00a0young girl from the tribe of Sand People finds a young boy lost in the desert. A surreal piece about letting go, existential loneliness, and the eternity of waiting.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Rhiannon-Collett.jpg\" alt=\"Rhiannon Collett's headshot\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Rhiannon Collett<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Rhiannon studied English Literature and Creative Writing at Concordia University. She was a member of BTW&#8217;s Artist Mentorship Program (2014-15). In March 2015, she wrote and performed in her solo show\u00a0<em>GIRLHOUSE<\/em> (Mainline Gala for Student Drama). She recently read her monologue\u00a0<em>Celia\u00a0<\/em>at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre as a part of Nightwood Theatre\u2019s Groundswell Unplugged Festival. In 2013, Rhiannon was awarded the Jack Shadbolt Award for Multiple Arts Excellence in 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Play in development:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>Miranda and Dave Begin Again <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8211;\u00a0Miranda is curating a used underwear archive. Her boyfriend Dave is stalking women \u2013 experimentally. Her sister Eden is tired of only giving blowjobs. Is this the end, or just the beginning? This play was premiere at the 2016 MTL Fringe.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-95\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Rosie-Callaghan.jpg\" alt=\"Rosie Callaghan's headshot\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Rosie Callaghan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Rosie has performed on stages across the country, from her hometown of Montreal, all the way to Prince Rupert, BC. After graduating from Dawson College\u2019s Professional Theatre Program in 2013, Rosie decided to pursue Musical Theatre training at the Randolph Academy of Performing Arts in Toronto. Rosie has a keen interest in revitalizing the Montreal Musical Theatre scene, and believes strongly in promoting and supporting home grown Montreal art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Play in development:<\/span> <\/strong><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>Me &amp; You<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">is a folk musical about a stage manager trying to create the relationship she desires on stage, while dealing with a break-up from her writer boyfriend.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sarah-Segal-Lazar.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Segal Lazar's headshot\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Sarah Segal-Lazar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Sarah is an actor, playwright, and singer-songwriter. She is a graduate of The Dome Theatre and NYU\u2019s Tisch School of the Arts. Her experimental musical <em>Talk, Mackerel<\/em>\u00a0was selected as part of the line-up for the 2014 Wildside Festival. Sarah\u2019s site-specific musical <em>In Memoriam<\/em> premiered at the 2014 MTL Fringe. In January 2015, she released her debut album <em>Two if by Sea<\/em>. She recently starred in the extended, sold out run of <em>Bad Jews (<\/em>Segal Centre). Sarah is also the Founder and Festival Director of The Island Fringe Festival in PEI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Play in development:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>Baggage <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8211;\u00a0Bags come to life to reveal their intimate insides. Stories about women in relation to relationships, about breakups and new beginnings, and about revealing your inner baggage.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Stephen-Booth.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Booth's headshot\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yc-col2\">\n<h4 class=\"artists-head\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Stephen Booth<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Stephen is a graduate of the Concordia BFA Theatre program. He has a great interest in performing solo shows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Play in development:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>You are a drifter<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">is a solo piece about fantasies and potentials. What do we all know? Should we all be secure about what we do know?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Trevor-Barrette.jpg\" alt=\"Trevor Barrette's headshot\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Trevor Barrette<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Trevor is an actor, director, writer\/composer and graduate of John Abbott College\u2019s Professional Theatre Program, where he received the 2008 Carla Napier Scholarship and 2011 Pamela Montgomery Award. Upon graduating, he founded Kaleidoscope Theatre Montreal and has directed their nine productions including four of his own musical creations. As an actor, Trevor has worked for the National Arts Centre, Centaur Theatre, Geordie Productions, Repercussion Theatre, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Play in development:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>Memento Mori <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8211; a\u00a0support group in the middle of limbo; the recently dead but not yet done come together to discuss their hauntings, memories, phases of acceptance and ultimate mortality.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<figure class=\"yc-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Violette-Kay.jpg\" alt=\"Violette Kay's headshot\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Violette Kay<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Violette is a recent graduate of John Abbott College\u2019s Professional Theatre program. There is a special place in her heart for puppetry and movement-based theatre. She recently wrote and performed in the puppet comedy <em>Fridge Horror<\/em> (2016 St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival). Her latest creation, <em>Adoration<\/em>, will premiere at Studio Porte Bleue in March 2017. Violette\u2019s writing often draws inspiration from her experiences as a classical violinist; she dreams of building an army of actor-musicians to create unique music-centric plays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Play in development:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>June<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">is a former acrobat who is battling social anxiety\/agoraphobia. Through looking back on her glory days, she pieces together the events that led her to being unable to leave the house.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"yc-bio\">\n<div class=\"yc-col1\">\n<p class=\"yc-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Yousef-Kadoura.jpg\" alt=\"Yousef Kadoura's headshot\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Yousef Kadoura<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Yousef is an actor and a student at the National Theatre School of Canada. Born in Dearborn, Michigan, and raised in Ottawa surrounded by literature and political discussion, Yousef has worked alongside disability groups and youth mentorship initiatives. He has since dedicated himself to performance and storytelling as tools for education and social education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Play in development: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #2f0bc3;\"><em>One Night<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">is a collision of a thousand and one years of fantasy and reality. As a young man returns to his family\u2019s middle-eastern home, haunted by history and driving himself towards destruction.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandra Maynard Alexandra is a recent graduate of York University with a B.A. in Theatre, majoring in Creative Ensemble and Playwriting. She has also received a certificate in ballet, modern, and folkloric dance from internationally acclaimed L\u2019\u00c9cole Sup\u00e9rieure de Danse du Qu\u00e9bec. You will often find Alexandra working on many Infinith\u00e9\u00e2tre projects. 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