A Season of Firsts: The Wo/Man - The Premier of Theatre Erindale’s
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Theatre and Drama Studies is proud to announce an innovation in the Theatre Erindale Season. This year marks the premiere of our new Studio Series which will showcase the work of our third year students. The focus of the studio is to give the students an “Indy”theatre experience. They will devise and perform their own show in the Fall and then participate in bare bones classical theatre in the Winter term. Performances will take place in our brand new rehearsal and performance spaces in Deerfield Hall on the beautiful UTM campus. The Fall Studio production is The Wo/Man. This devised piece, inspired by Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper, challenges its audience to recognize and reflect on the social constructs of masculinity, femininity, and mental illness. Through ensemble movement, musicality, and magic realism, a story between a mid-twentieth century man and woman unfolds unexpectedly. Directed by Dora-nominated, playwright Rachel Blair (A Man Walks Into a Bar), this new independent form of theatre provides training for our promising third year class. It is an experience that will help launch them into the professional theatre industry. |
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Deerfield Studio, 3359 Mississauga Rd. Thu Nov 10 at 7:00pm Directed by Rachel Blair |
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Theatre and Drama Studies: Contact: Lucy Morgan, lucy.morgan@mail.utoronto.ca, 519-282-7945 |
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