Fringe Archives 2003
Stefanie Nelson Dance Group
Brooklyn, USA
presented
2
choreography by Stefanie Nelson & Isabel Gotzkowsky
Two choreographers. Two visions. Two minds for the price of one. Together. Stefanie Nelson
Dance Group and Isabel Gotzkowsky & Friends bring you "2"- a dynamic evening of dance by
two of New York City's most promising choreographers. Come experience stunning imagery,
daring partnering, and boundless energy in this shared dance / theater extravaganza!
60 Min.
Robert Gill Theatre
Dance General Audience
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Big Sandwich Productions
Toronto, ON
presented
A Canadian Bartender at Butlin's
by TJ Dawe
TJ Dawe (Tracks –a top ten show of 2002 , Glenn Sumi, NOW - Labrador, Tired Clichés)
returns with a tale of a working holiday in England, pouring pints at Butlin's Holiday Camp -
the Walmart of resorts - a British cultural institution, and an absolute shithole. "A master
monologist" - Toronto Star "Dawe has storytelling down to a fine art" - Vancouver Sun
www.tjdawe.com.
Cast: TJ Dawe
60 Min.
George Ignatieff Theatre
Play-comedy Mature Audience Warning: language
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Reality Live Productions
Toronto, ON
presented
A Choice Life
by Dan Darin-Zanco
directed by Nina Aquino
"This is your chance, not your choice, so take it." A stranger's final gift of wisdom is offered to
a formal mental patient as she contemplates the futility of existence. A life of loss and abuse has
her longing for the safety of the hospital ward. Will she receive the stranger's gift, or choose to
chance something else?
Cast: Dan Darin-Zanco, Kimberly Thorpe
50 Min.
Factory Theatre Mainspace
Play-drama General Audience Warning: language
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Theatre Terrapax Borealis
Toronto, ON
presented
A Mississauga Marriage
by Andrew T. Borkowski
We all quest for the truth of our lives. We quest with a surpassing hunger. Even in the suburbs.
Fear and love, however, complicate this quest. An examination of modern mores in the mass
corruption zone. And a hope for the sustained discovery of self and soul.
60 Min.
Royal St. George Theatre
Play-drama General Audience
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Placebo Group Productions
Toronto, ON
presented
A Pair of Shorts
Killing Time At The Crossroads Of The Road by Matt Toner
Ring It by Donald Molnar
40 Min.
St. Vladimir Theatre
Play-comedy General Audience Warning: language
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Thought for Food
Scarborough, ON
presented
Aleatory Project, The: An Experiment in Fate
by Helen Juvonen
directed by Steven Arkle
A man. A woman. A hotel room. Everything else is left to chance. During each performance
random elements will give the actors directions to guide them through the play – as they are
performing. No two shows will be the same, except by chance.
Cast: Helen Juvonen, David Tripp Music by: Andrew Clark
60 Min.
Factory Studio Theatre
Play-drama General Audience
Warning: may contain mature content, coarse language, gunshots
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Pumpkin Theatre
Montreal, PQ
presented
An Act of God
written and directed by joel fishbane
God's running for office, but his attraction to a young atheist may cost him the election. "A
hilarious and effortlessly literate romp [that] combines theological wit and political insight. the
cast takes Fishbane's smart yet breezy material and has a ball with it" Matt Radz, Montreal
Gazette
Cast: Shawn Baichoo, Scott Faulconbridge, Jessica Mackenzie, Nathalie Stechysin, Ian Young
80 Min.
Factory Studio Theatre
Play-Comedy General Audience Warning: coarse language
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Angry Bubble Productions
New York, NY
presented
Angry Jellow Bubbles
by The Ensemble
Angry Jellow Bubbles is a non stop roller-coaster ride through the eyes of six women who use
their true life experiences to perform their issues with being a woman humorously told through
song, dance, improv and material written by the cast. Come see the show that has had New York
audiences raving for over four years. For more info www.angrybubble.com
60 Min.
Factory Studio Theatre
Play-comedy Mature Audience
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Other Fish to Fry Productions
San Francisco, USA
presented
Are Ya Working? The Rants of a Post-Industrial Hybrid
by Steven Karwoski
directed by Sean Owens
Come see the Uber Schlepper turned poet, prophet and performer. ("Karwoski's sincerity and
charm win us over to his side…" San Francisco Guardian.) This Polish/Irish American distills
twenty years of schlepping in the trenches of the working world into one hilarious hour of
stories, poems and rants. Directed by Sean Owens
55 Min.
Glen Morris Studio
One-man show General Audience
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MGM Theatre Company/On The Fly Productions
Toronto, ON
presented
Assembly Line of Love, The
by Maxine Marcellin
directed by Christina Pastor
You spend so much time on men. You clean them, cut their hair, dress them right. You make
other women want them...you make them perfect. You shape them up and they ship out.
Sometimes you can't win. Then again, on the Assembly Line of Love, it's all in a day's work.
Cast: Mark Rainey, Maxine Marcellin
45 Min.
Artword Theatre
Play-comedy General Audience
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Dillemma
Guelph, ON
presented
Aviandra : A Trans Warrior
written and directed by Spy Welch
Aviandra: a trans warrior is a play that encompasses trans issues, from within a trans-
feminist/queer perspective. The play traces the dramatic spaces between Northern and Southern
Ontario landscapes by using movement pieces, oral tradition and literature as primary means of
communication. This play paints a visceral and visual landscape that accentuates both the
characters sense of autonomy, identity, and spirit.
60 Min.
Robert Gill Theatre
Play-drama General Audience
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3 legged dog
Toronto, ON
presented
Awesome Club Playhouse presents, The: It's Raining Fun!
by The Awesome Club
directed by Julie Dumais & The Awesome Club
Who likes LAUGHING and HAVING FUN? Well, join the club! The "AWESOME CLUB,"
that is! (wink!) Where SINCERE is the new CYNICAL, WHITE is the new BLACK and
everyone leaves feeling like their HEART exchanged a HIGH FIVE with their MIND! The
IRONY is that there is none! (Or IS there ...) We're not sure! And neither are YOU!
EXCLAMATION MARK!
Cast: Julie Dumais, Brendan Gall, Martin Gero, Ryan V. Hays, Becky Johnson, Kurt Smeaton,
Graham Wagner & Mysterious Mystery Guests
60 Min.
Royal St. George Theatre
Promotional comedy Mature Audience
Warning: content, language, nudity, gunshots, strobe lighting, ruthless idealism
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Nighthawk Theatre
Richmond Hill, ON
presented
Baby Steps
by Deanna Di Lello
directed by Shane Anderson
Tom and Amys' relationship is strained when they try to decide how to handle an unplanned
pregnancy. Tom is ready for parenthood but Amy is not. One of them will seek outside
intervention, but will it do more harm than good? A play about the boundaries of love.
Cast: Matthew McNama, Michelle Gram, Kristoffer Pedlar, Caitlin Hussey
50 Min.
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
Play-drama Mature Audience
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Innazone Theatre Productions
York, ON
presented
Back Home
written and directed by Tien Providence
A recently divorced man who has lost custody of his only child, a daughter, stumbles home half-
drunk in the early morning of the day she is leaving to live with her mother. She is angry, hurt
and together they argue, reminisce; play dominoes and tries to learn how to let go by staying
together. Cast: Rory Davies, Amanda Stines
55 Min.
Artword Theatre
Play-drama General Audience
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DeCo. Productions
Toronto, ON
presented
Back To Mine
by Stephen Sheffer
directed by Daniel Nyman
What's behind you can bite you in the ass. Deceit = Ross. Sex = Jay. Friendship = Amanda.
Meet Christian, caught up in these equations. ‘Now' reminds him a lot of ‘then' and when
you're straddling the past and present, it's hard to think of the future. >From the creators of "I'm
Gay, Basically" and "Story of Four".
80 Min.
Glen Morris Studio
Play-drama Mature Audience Warning: language, mature content
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Invisible Inc.
Mississauga, ON
presented
Balance
by Frank Meschkuleit and Gordon Robertson
"Balance" is a table top puppet show about a tropical island, and the two friends who destroy it.
A story of love and bile, teddy bears and coconuts. WARNING! Contains puppet torture , plushy
love, anger, and snow.
60 Min.
St. Vladimir Theatre
Puppetry Mature Audience Warning: torture
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Ambivalent Productions
Toronto, ON
presented
Bangkok
by Lilla Csorgo
directed by Kim Purtell
Long after Steve and Faith are convinced there is no point, they persist in their once-yearly
meeting by the pool of an over-priced Bangkok hotel. Faith, an embittered and drink-sodden
shadow of her former vivacious self, compels Steve to remind her of the way they were. What
exactly did happen last year in Bangkok?
Cast: Stephanie Baptist and others
87 Min.
Glen Morris Studio
Play-drama Mature Audience
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Life Theatre
Toronto, ON
presented
Belize "The destination is not the journey"
lived, written and performed by David Austin
in collabortaion with and directed by dora award winner Chris Abraham
11 years ago David fled to a remote island off a small Central American country to escape
Toronto's underbelly and almost didn't come back.
Belize is a straight up true story of life on the edge and the long painful journey home. Belize is
sure to be one of the most bracing and memorable experiences of the Fringe.
Come journey.
90 Min.
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
Play-drama General Audience
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Theatre SKAM
Victoria, BC
presented
Billy Nothin'
by Sean Dixon
directed by Amiel Gladstone
Winner of Best Original Play at the Vancouver Fringe, Billy Nothin' is a quintessential western
with more twists than a lasso. Trapped in a world of leather chaps and cowboy boots, five Wild
West characters collide, encountering murder, metamorphosis, mayhem and a mysterious
woman who may or may not have the answers to set them free.
Cast: Amiel Gladstone, Lucas Myers, Matthew Payne, Meg Roe, Camille Stubel
90 Min.
BYOV A - Honest Ed Alley, 581 Bloor St.West.
Quintessential western comedy General Audience
Warnings: kicking, horses and a cell phone shootout
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Theatre LMNOP
Toronto, ON
presented
Bird's Eye View
created by the company
directed by Cyndi Mason
Squawk! What if there were no natural places left for birds to live? Meet a remarkable
assortment of feathered creatures, as they im-migrate to the Big City and confront its challenges:
finding jobs, renting apartments, avoiding glass towers… Using movement, song, and mask,
three actors create a comical satire of modern life, told from a bird's eye view. Chirp!
Cast: Amelie Lefebvre, Macarena Suazo, Mark Wallace
60 Min.
Palmerston Library Theatre
Physical theatre Family Entertainment (ages 5+)
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Gorgias Theatre
Toronto, ON
presented
Brilliant Traces
by Cindy Lou Johnson
directed by Melissa Haller
Two dysfunctional strangers, Rosannah DeLuce an angry, commitment phobic bride and Henry
Harry a reclusive oil rig chef with a soul-searing secret find themselves trapped together in a
snow-bound Alaskan cabin. "…with characters, story and dialogue so fantastic that they could
exist only within the enchanted realm of the stage." – The New York Times
Cast: Gordon Bolan, Adrienne Rogers
90 Min.
Artword Theatre
Play-drama General Audience
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DDT Inc.
Toronto, ON
presented
By The Bog Of Cats
by Marina Carr
directed by Jeannette Lambermont
In this modern variation on the Medea tragedy, a moody Irish Traveller named Hester Swane has
t