Plays Performed
A Room of One's Own by Lindsay Alston
A dramatic reinterpretation of Virginia Woolf’s lectures on women and fiction given at Gerton College in the 1920s.
Almost Sisters by Robyn Gmeindl and Tara Velanoff
Almost Sisters is a journey of life, love and friendship through the eyes of two young women.
Carte Blanche by James Barr and Sean Collins
Carte Blanche is a punk rock opera, a musical expose of life, love and cynicism. Inspired by the work of Tennessee Williams, it is a story relevant to anyone with a high-stakes relationship.
Savage/Love by Tom Leslie
Savage/Love is a sequence of elliptical poems and speech culled from improvisation exercises on abstract themes of ‘lovers and love’ -moments, and climbing into those moments- real or imagined.
Deus ex Machina by Nathan Bender
Based on Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Deus ex Machina creates a society where there are no families and Ford is God. As the play unfolds, the characters realize that there is a hope in this hopeless world that even Soma cannot simulate.
He by Nick Cumming
Ophelia has survived, barely. He is a literary fantasia; a post-Hamlytic monologue between Ophelia and the Prince.
Chronic Deficiency by Luc Kedzior
The disease that overthrew a generation of youngsters (but why should we care?).
The Queen of Bingo by Jill Smith & Co.
The Queen of Bingo is a look at the lives of two people whose support for each other and love of bingo help them to deal with their insecurities and desires for purpose.
Winter 2004 Production
A forum for new plays, theatre texts and performance pieces
From the Daily Bulletin (Feb 4, 2004):
"UpStart 2004 -- a unique festival to be launched today by the department of drama and speech communication -- will feature eight short theatre pieces ranging from a punk rock opera to a play based on Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
"Designed to give up-and-coming artists the opportunity to produce work in a non-juried arena ... to showcase dramatic creations by students and staff across campus, as well as high school students and theatre artists from Waterloo Region."
A Room of One's Own
Produced, edited, designed by and featuring - Lindsey Alston
Stage Manager - KathrynAnn Pierroz
Sound operator - Jennifer Scullion
Technical Assistance - Lesley Tumber
Chronic Deficiency
Cast
N - Tony Huynh
TBR - Jesse R. Ariss
Mark - Kevin Centeno
Brian - Jon Davoodi
Shelley - Lindsay Weber
S1 - Steve Ferraro
S2 - Tom Rojek
Pizza Promoter - Jeff deShiffert
Director and Writer - Lucas Kedzior
Stage Managers - Jeff de Shiffert/Jennifer Cook
Lighting Operator - James Peltzer
Thanks - God
He
Cast
Kristin Wallace - Ophelia Darryl Gardner - Leth
Nicholas Cumming - Playwright/Director
Jennifer Cook - Stage Manager
Sound Operator - Elizabeth Goldsworthy
Special Thanks to:
Miranda Warner
Jonathan Orton for his Bed
Our Almost Sisters
Brave Boys and Burger King
Savage/Love
Cast
Roberto Machado
Katharine Mills
Nick Storring - cellist
Director - Tom Leslie
Producer - Coral Andrews-Leslie
Lighting board operator - Elizabeth Goldsworthy
Almost Sisters
Cast
Sara - Robyn Gmeindl
Ellie - Tara Velanoff
Written and directed by Robyn Gmeindl and Tara Velanoff
Stage Manager - Andrea Ferguson
Sound operator - Jeff deSchiffert
Sound Crew - Elizabeth Barry, Jeff deSchiffert, Andrea Ferguson, Robyn Gmeindl, Kara Harun, Natalie Mathieson, Steven Schaming
The Queen of Bingo
Cast: Jill Smith, Brett Haynes, Jeremy Taylor
Directed by Jeremy Taylor
Stage manager/bingo winners - Leigh McClymont
Lighting board operator - Aaron Cowan
Deus Ex Machina
Cast
Pete - Steve Watts
Mona - Tamara Mauer
Fish - Mike Burkholder
Jabir - Ariel Bourbonnais
Written and directed by Nathan Bender
Stage managed by Elizabeth Barry
Special thanks to Marlon
Carte Blanche
Cast: Mike Bagshaw, James Barr, Sean Collins, Jeff deSchiffert, Jen Giesbrecht, Kara Harun, Jessica Isard, Justin Mullet
Stage manager - Leigh McClymont
Sound operator - Andrea Ferguson
For UpStart 2004
Producer - Bill Chesney
Technical Director/Sound God - Fraser Smith
Assistant TD, Studio 180 - Travis Hatt, Heather Bedard
Lighting Design - Scott Banks, Jennifer Cook, Darryl Gardner, Travis Hatt
Publicity - Ariel Bourbonnais
House Manager - Jennifer Cook
Technical Liaison - Lori Anderson, Laura Thomas
Assistant to the Producer - Christina Romasz
Technical support by members of the DRAMA 244 class
For UW Drama
Technical Director, UW Drama - Scott Spidell
Resident Costumier - Jocelyne Sobeski
Department Secretary - Robin Atchison