world premiere

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

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.