world premiere

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poster for the play. construction paper drawing of a family eating a picnic surrounded by lumberjacks cutting down trees.
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Wednesday, March 20, 2019 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Thursday, March 21, 2019 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Friday, March 22, 2019 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Saturday, March 23, 2019 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

welcome to the tree museum

by Robert Plowman

directed by Andy Houston and Brooke Barnes

broken mirror with images in each broken piece including a subway train, hopscotch grid and man's eye
Thursday, March 15, 2018 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Friday, March 16, 2018 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Saturday, March 17, 2018 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

UpStart '18 - Festival of Student Work

UpStart is a biannual one-act play festival.  This year, the festival will feature three exciting, new theatrical works created and realized by students.

Hamlet Reworked adapted and performed by Gareth Potter*

The Game of String written by alumna Jenn Addesso

Hopscotch written by Joanna Cleary

poster image for production
Friday, March 17, 2017 8:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Saturday, March 18, 2017 8:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Unconscious Curriculum: Rape Culture on Campus

Unconscious Curriculum: Rape Culture on Campus

red phone booth, blue rocket ship and green cardboard box graphics
Thursday, March 17, 2016 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Friday, March 18, 2016 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Saturday, March 19, 2016 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

UpStart 2016: Festival of Innovative Theatre

The 2016 UpStart Festival is the latest edition in the University of Waterloo’s bi-annual one-act play festival, and features three new scripts written, developed, directed and designed by Theatre and Performance students working under faculty supervision.