2022 April 27th-May 7th
VENUES
Cataraqui Centre (945 Gardiners Rd) Information Booth Storefront Art Gallery
The Grand Theatre (218 Princess St) A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Kingston School of Art (647a Princess St) Mixed Media
Theological Hall (10-14 Professors' Walk) 13 the Musical
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre (36 University Ave) Workshops
The Spire (82 Sydenham St) Battle of the Bands
The Grad Club (162 Barrie St) Saudade Life of August
The Tett Centre (289 King St W) Young Storytellers Workshops Daft Brewing (768 Princess St) Viva Voce
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3........... Welcome Message & Land Acknowledgment 4............ Staff & Volunteers 5........... Skill Builder Series 6........... Arts Career Series 7........... Youth-Led Projects 8........... Mixed Media 9........... A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder 10......... 13: The Musical 11......... Saudade 12......... Life of August 13......... Additional Events 16......... Feedback & Award Nominations 17......... "I am an artist" & Donations
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MESSAGE FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTORS...
As we reach the 7th annual Juvenis Festival, we could not be more grateful to those who have helped the festival become what it is today. Kingston's youth arts community is innovative, passionate and resilient and we are proud to have a part in sharing their work with its audiences. We experienced first hand the impact of the pandemic and after two entirely virtual festivals, we are excited to welcome you back to in person programming. The world has forever been changed but young artists are stronger for having continued to create and chosen to share their work and passion with others. We thank you for engaging with the festival this year and hope you enjoy Juvenis 2022!
Maya Meyerman Co-Managing Director
Kate Seip Co-Managing Director
LAND ACKNOWLEDMENT The Juvenis Festival takes place in the city colonially known as Kingston on the territory of the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples. We would like to acknowledge the traditional occupants of this land, to honour those who call this land home since time immemorial, and to honour those who live here now but whose spirits are tied to other parts of Turtle Island. It is with humility and gratitude that we honour and respect the privilege to learn, grow, connect, and nurture the creativity of our youth on this land. Today and every day, we invite you to reflect on your relationship to the land, the people, and the ongoing history of the place(s) you call home.
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STAFF
Connor Price-Kelleher Technical Director
Haley Sarfeld Festival Assistant
Kim Dolan General Manager Blue Canoe
Bella DiBernardo Campaign Manager
Cam Watson Managing Director Blue Canoe
SPECIAL THANKS The Juvenis Festival would like to give thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers. This event would not be successful without your help. ALANA LAMBERT-DIAS ANNA DIPAOLO CALLIE CAMPBELL CHANTAL AUCOIN EVELYN SAGIMA JASMINE CAMPBELL JYRA PONIO
MAIA MCLAREN MEADOW DONNELLY-GILMAN PERSEPHONE FLEURY PRANJOL DAS SARAH ZANIBBI XINYUAN LIANG YIWEN WANG
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Free participation for anyone ages 13 to 30! *The Plot Thickens
April 27th @6-7pm with Emily Victoria
Watercolour Basics: From Photo to Painting April 28th @3:30-5:30pm with Izzie Ma
Hawai'ian Hula Dance April 30th @10am-12pm with Lydia Mathi
Intro to Theatre Criticism April 30th @4-6pm with Aisling Murphy
Design & Bind Your Own Mini Zine May 1st @1:30-3pm with Adriana Green
*Cookie Decorating May 1st @3:30-6pm with D'Arcy Arnett
Intuitive Writing May 3rd @12-3pm with Bruce Kauffman
*Stage Management 101 May 4th @2-4pm with Lydia Talajic
Music Dance Workout
May 3rd @3-4pm with Gloria Digby
Intuitive Movement & Ecstatic Dance May 4th @4-5:30pm with Jo Monea
*Creative Writing: How to Get Inspired May 5th @4-6pm with Jimena Ramos Yengle
Vocal Playground for Beginners May 6th @2-4pm with Yiwen Wang
*Audition TechniqueMonologues May 2nd @5-6pm with Tyler Lenhart
*Audition TechniqueSongs/Musical Theater May 3rd @5-6pm with Tyler Lenhart
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For registration and more information! *virtual workshop
*Navigating Work in Arts & Culture
April 28th @3-4pm with WorkInCulture
*The Start-Up Mindset for Musicians April 29th @11am-12pm with Kingston Live
Creative Art Therapies
May 1st @10-11:30am with Synergy Music Therapy & Wellness
*Financial Management for Artists May 2nd @5-6pm with Lydia Talajic
*Careers in Theatre
May 3rd @3:30-4:15pm with the Kingston Theatre Alliance
Arts Entrepreneurship
May 4th @5:30-6:30pm with Watershed Festival
*Careers in Film
May 5th @11am-12pm with Reel Opportunities Canada
Careers in Dance
May 6th @4:30pm-5:30pm with Movement Market
*Youth Arts Roundtable
May 7th @11am-1pm with Maya Meyerman & Bella DiBernardo *virtual workshop
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YOUTH-LED PROJECTS The Youth Project Leader Program gives young people a unique opportunity to create the artistic work they want to be part of while receiving mentorship from established artists and professional development opportunities. 2022 Youth-led projects 13: The Musical "13" is a hilarious, high-energy musical for all ages about discovering that cool is where you find it, and sometimes where you least expect it. A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Filled with laughs, unforgettable characters, and stunning musical numbers, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is a modern classic that will leave you DYING for more. Life of August Life of August is a virtual musical theater work that calls on youth conscience, promoting the role of young people as creators of substantial change. Mixed Media Mixed Media is a 12x12 art show hung at the KSOA Window Art Gallery. Playing with mixed themes while using actual mixed media to create a mural on the walls. Saudade Saudade is an RnB music video that journeys through the bittersweet times of change in our lives. The music video will be screened at the Grad Club along with discussions of the creation process.
Project pitches for the 2023 Juvenis Festival will open in August. Follow our social media for more info!
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April 30th to May 8th London Hosier..................................Project Leader Caroline Kwok................................... Project Assistant Heather Poechman......................... Assistant Curator
All of the pieces in this exhibition are 12x12 inches and are submitted by youth artists between the ages of 13 and 30!
London Hosier, Project Leader "Mixed Media gave youth artists the opportunity to display their work and I'm so pleased with the outcome. I'm so grateful to have led this project. Here's to Juvenis 2022!"
For more information about our youthled projects, buying tickets or the festival schedule, visit our website at www.juvenisfestival.ca
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Tickets available through the Grand Theatre box office!
May 4th to 7th
CAST THOMAS CHERNEY................................................MONTY JACOB DENOFREO.................................................THE D'YSQUITH FAMILY MADELEINE SMITH.................................................SIBELLA HANNAH KLOSE......................................................PHOEBE ARIEL ZAICHICK........................................................ MISS SHINGLE ISABELLA THOMAS.................................................TOUR GUIDE RAYAN RAHAL..........................................................TOM COPLEY EMILY LOSTRACCO.................................................Lady E PHIL FERNANDEZ...................................................INSPECTOR PINCKNEY CASSIE-HOPE AUBIN..............................................EVANGELINE BARLEY BROCK JEKILL...........................................................MAGISTRATE CINDY CI....................................................................ENSEMBLE CREW CASSANDRA GOULBOURNE.............................. VOCAL DIRECTOR GRACE IRWIN......................................................... PRODUCTION MANAGER CHARITY WESSEL................................................. STAGE MANAGER MAYA HAYNES-POOLE........................................ ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER KATIE MARIZ........................................................... COSTUME/MAKEUP/WARDROBE KEVIN SHAW........................................................... LIGHTING DESIGNER DUNCAN GOULD.................................................. SET DESIGNER/TECH DIRECTOR PETRA BAUER......................................................... HEAD OF PROPS COLIN WASIK......................................................... HEAD OF SOUND AIDEN ROBERT BRUCE........................................ COSTUME CREW BETHANY SCHUFLER-BIBACK............................ LIGHTING CREW
Tobias Partridge, Project Leader
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"Thank you all for coming to our production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder! We hope that you enjoy this show full of laughs, great songs, and of course, lots and lots of murder!."
Tickets available through the Grand Theatre box office!
April 28th to May 1st We are excited to welcome back 13 for the 10th anniversary of the show's Kingston debut, performed in 2012 as Blue Canoe's 2nd all high school show.
CAST
CHARLIE VANSTONE..................................EVAN SAMARA DE JONGE.................................... PATRICE MICAH GARVIN........................................... ARCHIE TRAVIS BALL................................................ BRETT CLAIRE COOPER......................................... KENDRA IADE PETER.................................................. LUCY BROGHAN BAKER...................................... MALCOLM HAYDEN BILLINGS..................................... EDDIE CHARLOTTE PEVERIL................................ CHARLOTTE EMMA DETOMASI...................................... CASSIE STELLA GROEN.......................................... MOLLY SIMONE SCALA-CONLEY......................... SIMON CAI HOLMES............................................... RICHIE EMBER ROBINSON.................................... ENSEMBLE SASHA CAMERON-BOWES....................... ENSEMBLE
CREW
BRENNAN MICHENER............................. DIRECTOR REMIRA PRYCE...........................................STAGE MANAGER BROOKE KERVIN........................................ASST. DIRECTOR/CHOREO EMMA BABCOCK.......................................VOCAL DIRECTOR ALEX BULCH...............................................ASM OF PROPS & COSTUMES JACOB CALVER...........................................ASM OF LIGHT & PROJECTIONS JAE WILKINSON..........................................PROJECTION VIDEO EDITOR Brennan Michener, Project Leader "Working with the youth of Kingston has been a joy. Allowing them to tell a story that reflects their life is truly something electric and magical."
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May 1st LUKA WRENSHALL..................DIRECTOR JOSHUA SHI.............................. SINGER/PERFORMER SUDARSHAN KUMAR............. PRODUCER KAELIN GRASSIE...................... PERFORMER DIANA ANDREA LOPEZ.......... PHOTOGRAPHER/CREW
Luka Wrenshall, Project Leader "Devotion is a song about people coming and going but creating connections in our lives that change us forever."
DIGITAL PROJECT PREMIERE Saudade and Life of August are our digital projects that will be premiering on YouTube on May 1st. Join as at the Grad Club to experience the premiere of these works in-person! 7pm- Welcome + Saudade Viewing 7:30pm- Life of August Avant Premiere 8:30pm- Life of August Premiere DATE: MAY 1ST AT 7:00PM LOCATION: THE GRAD CLUB
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Registration for the Avant Premiere is available on the project page on our website!
CAST
May 1st
BRUNO LA ROSA...................................................CHILD 1/NIÑO 1 CIELO VALENCIA...................................................LADY 2/SEÑORA 2 ONJONUGWA.........................................................MOTHER 1/MADRE 1 CARLA PEZO..........................................................THE BEE JAMES......................................................................MR. SERIOUS/SEÑOR SERIO ALEXANDER RODRIGUEZ...................................NEIGHBOUR 1 /VECINO 1 MILAGROS MORÓN.............................................NEIGHBOUR 2/VECINO 2 MIRANNA MOLINA...............................................THE BEETLE ARIANA SOTO........................................................THE CAT ETHAN PERSYKO...................................................AUGUST
CREW
JIMENA SOFIA RAMOS YENGLE........................PROJECT LEADER ANA CLAUDIA SOSA PARRA..............................PROD MANAGER MACKENZIE PHILIPS...........................................EDITOR CARLA ELIZABETH PEZO LLAGAS....................SCENIC ARTIST JAMES TOT.............................................................SCENIC ARTIST VAI FRIA CElI..........................................................SOCIAL MEDIA ADRIAN SOTO......................................................SOCIAL MEDIA MAYA BELAOCHAGA..........................................STAGE MANAGER ABBEY GAGNON.................................................STAGE MANAGER
Jimena Ramos Yengle, Project Leader "Life of August is a declaration of change, hope and a call to action guided by love."
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The Storefront Art Gallery is an annual Juvenis event that features visual artworks by artists ages 13 to 30. The exhibition features artworks of all kinds with some available for purchase.
This event showcases young people telling thematically connected stories. through song, dance, dramatization and other creative ways. The theme for this installment of Viva Voce is “Away”.
DATE: APRIL 27TH TO MAY 7TH LOCATION: CATARAQUI CENTRE
DATE: MAY 2ND AT 7:00PM LOCATION: DAFT BREWING
CLOSING EVENT Young local artists battle it out onstage by performing a short set in front of a live audience. Guest celebrity judges will crown the 2022 Juvenis Festival Battle of the Beats winner, and the winning act will receive a special prize.
DATE: MAY 5TH AT 6:30PM LOCATION: THE SPIRE
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Join us to celebrate the completion of the 2022 Juvenis Festival! We will be presenting certificates and awards, thanking all those who helped make the festival possible, announcing upcoming Blue Canoe initiatives, socializing and enjoying live music by local youth musicians!
DATE: MAY 7TH AT 6:00PM LOCATION: THE REHEARSAL HALL (TETT CENTRE)
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WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! We rely on feedback from our community to help us continue to improve our festival. If you have any suggestions on what you would like to see during the 2023 Juvenis Festival, please share your feedback using the QR code below or by visiting the "Festival Feedback" page on our website.
Share your feedback!
AWARD NOMINATIONS Are you impressed? Nominate your picks for the 2022 Juvies. Use the QR code below or visit our website to make a nomination for The Juvies!
Award Nominations!
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This year, the Juvenis Festival is celebrating the local and broader youth arts community through the “I am an Artist” campaign. We are highlighting the under 30 community of Kingston and beyond as they perform, create, and collaborate with other artists. “I am an Artist” means Life of August, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, 13: The Musical and live performance. It means Saudade, Mixed Media, and visual mediums. It means Battle of the Beats, Viva Voce, poetry and music. It means young people making art to share with their community. “I am an Artist” means Juvenis Festival and together, we are a diverse demographic of multidisciplinary artists that hope to strengthen our community’s connection in the process.
STAY TUNED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AS WE RELEASE ARTIST FEATURES AND SHARE OUR STORIES!
SUPPORT YOUTH ARTS IN KINGSTON! Donate to our Paypal
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