The 33rd Rhubarb Festival Programme - Week Two

FEBRUARY 8 – 19, 2012

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BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATRE PRESENTS

THE 33RD RHUBARB FESTIVAL February 8 – 19, 2012 Festival Director Laura Nanni Young Creators’ Unit Director Evalyn Parry Advisory Committee Emelie Chhangur, Shannon Cochrane, Kim Crosby,

Brendan Healy, Ravi Jain Head of Production Charissa Wilcox Technical Director Adrien Whan Festival Assistant Morgan Norwich Festival Interns Grey Muldoon, Kari Pederson, Rachel Steinberg Mobile Works Assistants Dan Daley, Sarah Miller-Garvin One-to-One Performance Series Assistants Lisa Aikman, Samantha Aylsworth,

Kat Biondi, Spencer Smith Outside Eyes Jacob Zimmer, Peter Reitzel Head Production Assistant Lindsay Anne Black Production Assistants Rebecca Vandevelde, Lindy Zucker Interim Technical Director Nick Rose Graphic Design Jonathan Kitchen, jakcreative.com Promotional Photography by Tanja-Tiziana, doublecrossed.ca Chamber Crew Lighting Designer Michelle Ramsay Stage Manager Shauna Japp* House Technician Katherine Smith Production Assistant Erin Birkenbergs

Cabaret Crew Lighting Designer Rebecca Picherack Stage Manager Amber Archbell* House Technician Jazz Kamal Production Assistant Suzie Balogh

Special Thanks: Brad Rice; Susie Burpee; Roxanne Duncan; Sandra Lefrancois; Megan Louise Watson; Wade Bogert-O’Brien; Franco Boni; Danny Jellis; Sebastian Koever; Josh Standing; Guillermo Escalante; Claro Cosco; Piffin Duvekot; Maciej Lebioda; Tim Shore; Jeanne Holmes; Chris Fowler; Danny Glenwright; Daniel Jardine; Kai Wa Yapp; Nina Aquino; David Yee; Donna-Michelle St. Bernard; Patrick Bogdanowicz; Randy King; Rene Rail-ip; Jakub Wasikiewicz; Jess Dobkin; Catherine Clarke; Kaleb Robertson; ahdri mandiela; Jocelyn Tremblay; Natalyn Tremblay; Helen Rykens, Matthew Cutler, Karin Lundberg, and staff of the 519 and Fabarnak; Meagan O’Shea and Hub 14; Tina Rasmussen, Tanya Carinci, and the PFA Team at Harbourfront Centre; Workman Arts; Young People’s Theatre; and all our superb volunteers! *with permission from Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.

This project has been supported by the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Program, Department of Canadian Heritage.

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“The body is the physical agent of the structures of everyday experience. It is the producer of dreams, the transmitter and receiver of cultural messages, a creature of habits, a desiring machine, a repository of memories, an actor in the theater of power, a tissue of affects and feelings.

Because the body is at the boundary between biology and society, between drives and discourse, between the sexual and its categorization in terms of power, biography and history, it is the site par excellence for transgressing the constraints of meaning or what social discourse prescribes as normal.”

– Nelly Richard, Cultural Theorist

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WELCOME TO THE 33RD RHUBARB FESTIVAL Emerging from the work this year are bold and thoughtful considerations of the body: the queer body, the vulnerable body, the resilient body, the body re-politicized, chronicled, and mapped out.

Bodies get cold, hot, sweaty, smelly, they feel, they orgasm, they regenerate, they transform, they contract disease, they rebel and surprise, and are not understood by one narrow definition of strength and beauty.

They are complex.

This year’s Rhubarb investigates the complexities of the body in history and contemporary life, in both intimate and public settings. It gives an opportunity to experience your body in one-to-one exchange, in collective participation, and to witness raw, radical moments with others.

Thank you for being here with us.

Laura Nanni, Rhubarb Festival Director

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WEEK TWO FEBRUARY 15 – 19 WEDNESDAY

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MOBILE WORKS

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Tom & Gary’s Decentralized Dance Party (Union Station) – We

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THE CABARET DOUBLE BILL: Yellow Towel & Wed-Sun | 8:00pm | The Cabaret Yellow Towel Dance artist Dana Michel tackles notions surrounding her African Caribbean heritage. choreography and performance by Dana Michel

A highly personal, physical exploration of a body in the grips of Multiple Sclerosis.

Cahoots Theatre Company | created and performed by Thomas Morgan-Jones & Clare Preuss* | directed by Nina Lee Aquino | composer Michelle Bensimon | associate director Kawa Ada THANKS: Josie Marasco, Richard Lee, Sandra Lefrançois, Derek Kwan, and Peter & Rosemary Preuss. presented in association with

Marine Life Wed-Sun | 8:30pm | The Cabaret A tragic comedy about sibling relationships at the end of the world. written by Rosa Laborde | directed by Natasha Mytnowych | performances by Tommie-Amber Pirie, Phillip Riccio & Scott McCord | musician Scott McCord | set and costume design Patrick Duwors | lighting design Trevor Schwellnus | sound design Eric Meadows | stage manager Robin Munro THANKS: Buddies and the wonderful Rhubarb team, Canadian Stage, Tarragon Theatre, Bea Pizano, Iris Turcott, and Ari Black. presented in association with Aluna

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The Omnibus Bill Wed-Sun | 9:00pm | The Cabaret A gender-bashing parliamentary re-enactment of Trudeau’s famous “bedrooms of the nation” Omnibus Bill. written by Darrah Teitel | directed by Esther Jun* | performances by Margaret Evans, Patrice Goodman, Lisa Li & Natasha Greenblatt | design by Joe Pagnan

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THE CHAMBER Settlers Wed-Sun | 8:00pm | The Chamber A 17th century ghost story from the pioneering ladies of Birdtown and Swanville.

Birdtown and Swanville | written and directed by Aurora Stewart de Peña | conceptual director Nika Mistruzzi | dramaturge Leora Morris | set and costume design Allie Marshall | technical director Remington North | sound designers Alia O’Brien & Andrew Zuckerman | fight director Kaleb Alexander | performances by Donna Maloney, Cara Gee*, Nika Mistruzzi, Brett Donahue & Norman Yeung* Settlers is being developed as part of Buddies’ Residency Program THANKS: Sean O’Neil, Kaleb Alexander, OAC Theatre Creator’s Reserve, The Residency Program, Leora Morris, Scott Hepburn, Andy Belonger & Becky Cloonan, Laura Nanni, Brendan Healy, and Alex Napier

Expectations Wed-Sun | 8:30pm | The Chamber “In this show you will think about what it is that you want to receive from me and I will think about what it is that I want to give to you.” created and performed by Sian Robinson Davies THANKS: mum a co-presentation with

EVERYDAY IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY (nichi nichi kore ko nichi) Wed-Sun | 9:00pm | The Chamber A performance determined by chance, inspired by the work of John Cage. directed by Rose Plotek | performances by Eleanor Hewlings, Amy Nostbakken & Katie Swift THANKS: Lindsey Clark, Norah Sadava, and Philip McKee.

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SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS Trust My Gut Wed | 9:30pm | Cabaret Mezzanine A high-camp, soap-operatic surgery performed to your favourite song. created and performed by Johnny Forever and Marisa Hoicka THANKS: Gale Allen, Shannon Cochrane, Allyson Mitchell, Deirdre Logue, Dan Epstein, Henry Chan, John and Kathleen Hoicka, Elizabeth Chrupczalska-Nawracaj, Laurence Laurence, and our supportive families and friends.

CROTCH

(All the Joseph Beuys references in the world cannot heal the pain, confusion, regret, cruelty, betrayal or trauma…)

Thurs-Fri | 9:30pm | The Chamber An elegy to queer art and personal heartache from internationally-acclaimed San Francisco performance artist Keith Hennessy. installation, text, costumes and performance by Keith Hennessy THANKS: Meagan O’Shea, Grey Muldoon, Maureen Hennessy, Trish Hennessy, Hub 14, Don Shewey, and all the Rhubarb/Buddies workers, and the folks at Ponderosa (Stolzenhagen, Germany) and L’Arsenic (Lausanne, Switz). Keith Hennessy / Zero Performance is fiscally sponsored by CounterPULSE, a thriving performance and culture venue in San Francisco.

The Gay Heritage Project Sat 9:30pm + Sun 2:30pm | The Chamber Three leading queer creator/performers tackle ideas of gay identity, community, and heritage. created and performed by Damien Atkins*, Paul Dunn* & Andrew Kushnir* | historian Paul Halferty | consulting director Ashlie Corcoran | lighting design Kimberly Purtell The Gay Heritage Project is being developed as part of Buddies’ Residency Program THANKS: Brendan Healy, Aaron Willis, Julie Tepperman, Chris Stanton, Jessica Greenberg, Shelly Simester, David Oiye, Iris Turcott and Factory Theatre, and Cleve Jones.

The Gay Heritage Project is being developed with the support of

Made to Order Sat | 10:00pm | The Chamber Throughout the festival, visit the Made to Order Café in Buddies’ Ante Chamber between 7-8pm to place an order for your fantasy dance performance, then see it performed live on stage Saturday night.

by Lady Janitor (aka Eroca Nicols) | hostess with the mostess Messapotamia LeFae | performances

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artists infiltrate the city with performances designed for public spaces

Department of Public Memory Wed | 5:30pm | Toronto Reference Library (meet inside the main doors) A public intervention about the things we risk losing to municipal budget cuts. Meet the Department of Public Memory at Bloor St E. entrance to the Yonge/Bloor subway station and travel to Scarborough to visit the site of a bus route threatened by service reduction. created by Maggie Hutcheson & Elinor Whidden | performances by Maggie Hutcheson, Elinor Whidden, Heather McLean, Zita Nyarady & Loree Lawrence | dramaturge Zita Nyarady THANKS: Kris Erickson, Zita Nyarady, Nick Hutcheson, Loree Lawrence, and Toronto Free Gallery.

Tom & Gary’s Decentralized Dance Party Wed | 7:30pm | Union Station | until late Grab your boombox, take to the streets and crush the despotic party paradigms of yore with some free and democratic open-source partying.

THANKS Melissa Wong and Unsilent Night Toronto

YOUNG CREATORS’ UNIT new solo performances from emerging voices in queer performance

Disease of Kings Sat-Sun | 6:00pm | The Chamber A young gay man’s battle with depression, and the glamorous facade he uses to veil his condition. created and performed by Jamie Ebbs | directed by Alistair Newton THANKS: Alistair Newton and Evalyn Parry.

As in Happy Sat-Sun | 6:30pm | The Chamber On the eve of a national referendum on gay marriage, David searches for happiness in the end of a relationship. created and performed by Michael David Lorsch | directed by Brendan Healy BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATRE 13

SUNDAY SOCIALS

a series of special presentations, artist talks, and performance installations

Gertrude and Alice Sun | 2:00pm | The Cabaret Spend some time with Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas and find out what all the fuss was about. created by The Independent Aunties | directed by Karin Randoja | performances by Evalyn Parry, Anna Chatterton & Karin Randoja | written by Anna Chatterton and Evalyn Parry, with additional text selected and adapted from the writings of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas | music by Karin Randoja and Evalyn Parry Gertrude and Alice is being developed as part of Buddies’ Residency Program

Department of Public Memory AGM Sun | 3:00pm | The Cabaret | 60 minutes After a series of excursions into the city, the Department of Public Memory comes to Buddies to present their findings and asks you to help determine how our lost city services can be memorialized. created by Maggie Hutcheson & Elinor Whidden | performances by Maggie Hutcheson, Elinor Whidden, Heather McLean, Zita Nyarady & Loree Lawrence | dramaturge Zita Nyarady THANKS: Kris Erickson, Zita Nyarady, Nick Hutcheson, Loree Lawrence, and Toronto Free Gallery.

Rhubarb & Free Fall Feast: Part One Sun | 4:00pm | The Cabaret | 90 minutes Enjoy a home-cooked meal prepared and hosted by Free Fall ’12 Co-Curator Franco Boni and Rhubarb Festival Director Laura Nanni as they delve into a discussion about by this year’s programming. Part one of a community event continued at Free Fall ‘12 in March.

Peak Anxiety Satellite Sun | 5:30pm | the park next to Buddies Release yourself from your burdens, as L.A.-based artist Steve Ounanian broadcasts our collective anxieties into outer space. created and performed by Steve Ounanian Peak Anxiety Satellite was originally commissioned by Distance

*with permission from Canadian Actors’ Equity Association

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

THE 2012 PRIDECAB PROJECT Directed by Chy Ryan Spain DEADLINE: Friday, March 2, 2012 Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is calling out to young queer artists to participate in the 2012 Pride Cab Project, twelve-week arts & history project.

The project culminates in a collectively created ensemble performance at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s 2012 Queer Pride Festival.

Through a series of workshops and interactive events with seasoned, queer activists and artists, we’ll explore both the history of queer culture in our city as well as the realities of what it means to be young and queer today.

We’ll use theatre, music, dance, writing, storytelling and performance art to create a cabaret-style show based on what we discover.

No previous theatre experience is necessary to participate. We’re looking for queer-identified young people (between 15 and 25 years old) who want to participate in making an original show about queer identity and queer history.

Visit our website for guidelines and to download an application form: www.buddiesinbadtimes.com Questions? Please contact Chy Ryan Spain chy@buddiesinbadtimes.com

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Directed by STEVEN MCCARTHY Featuring DELPHINE BIENVENU, JEAN-ROBERT BOURDAGE, TRENT PARDY and FRANCE ROLLAND Set and Costume Designer JAMES LAVOIE Sound Designer DIANE LABROSSE Lighting Designer ANDREA LUNDY 16 THE RHUBARB FESTIVAL

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THE MAIDS

By Jean Genet Translated by Martin Crimp Directed by Brendan Healy September 17 – October 9, 2011 Buddies in Bad Times Theatre proudly welcomes a Studio 180 Theatre production

THE NORMAL HEART

By Larry Kramer Directed by Joel Greenberg

October 14 – November 6, 2011 Buddies in Bad Times Theatre proudly welcomes a Modern Times Stage Company production

HALLAJ

By Peter Farbridge and Soheil Parsa November 18 – December 4, 2011 18 THE RHUBARB FESTIVAL

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre proudly welcomes a Nightwood Theatre production

THE PENELOPIAD

By Margaret Atwood Directed by Kelly Thornton January 10 – 29, 2012

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Toronto’s 33rd annual convergence of contemporary performance Festival Director Laura Nanni February 8 – 19, 2012 Buddies in Bad Times Theatre proudly welcomes a Native Earth Performing Arts production

FREE AS INJUNS

By Tara Beagan Directed by Ruth Madoc-Jones February 28 – March 18, 2012 Candles are for Burning in association with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents

BLISS

By Olivier Choiniere ´ Translated by Caryl Churchill Directed by Steven McCarthy March 27 – April 8, 2012 Buddies in Bad Times Theatre proudly welcomes A Cabaret Company production

DANCING QUEEN

Written and Directed by Sky Gilbert Choreographed by Keith Cole April 18 – 29, 2012 Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents

LOST LOUNGE

By Split Britches (Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver, NYC) May 3 – 5, 2012 BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATRE 19

ESTABLISHED 1979 THE COMPANY Artistic Director Brendan Healy General Manager Shawn Daudlin Head of Production Charissa Wilcox Producer Erika Hennebury (on maternity leave) Director of Development lisaj lander Manager of Marketing and Communications Mark Aikman Rhubarb Festival Director Laura Nanni Young Creators’ Unit Director Evalyn Parry Youth Programme Coordinator Chy Ryan Spain Apprentice to the Artistic Director Alistair Newton* Technical Director Adrien Whan Chamber Technician Katherine Smith Cabaret Technician Jazz Kamal Finance Manager Cynthia Murdy Box Office/FOH Manager & Volunteer Coordinator Chrystal Donbrath Asst. Box Office Manager & Volunteer Coordinator Jenna Harris Bar Manager Paul Hill Assistant Bar Manager Patricia Wilson Box Office Personnel Thom Bryce, Wilson Ho, Evelyn Shaller-Auslander,

Katherine Belyea, Lindsay Bremner Bar Personnel Victoria Gargarella, Michael Mackid, Glenn Dwyer, Special Event Assistant Morgan Norwich Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT), the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), is a participating member of the Creative Trust, and engages under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement (CTA), professional artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association (CAEA).

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Derek Billsman (president), Russell Mathew (treasurer), Joe Siegfried (secretary), J. Paul Halferty (past president), Ellen Ray Hennessy, Mary Breen, Tatum Wilson, Diana Khong, David Salak THE ALEXANDER STREET THEATRE PROJECT BOARD OF DIRECTORS Cathy Gordon (president) Russell Mathew (treasurer) J. Paul Halferty (secretary) Kristyn Wong-Tam *courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts 20 THE RHUBARB FESTIVAL

MISSION STATEMENT – Buddies in Bad Times Theatre strives to fulfill the role of the leading alternative facility-based theatre in Toronto. We are committed to work that challenges the boundaries of theatrical and social convention. As a company we celebrate difference and question assumptions. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is committed to theatrical excellence which it strives for through its play development programs, strong volunteer base, youth-mentorship initiatives and ever increasing wealth of Canadian Queer Talent.

MANDATE – Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is a not-for-profit, professional theatre company dedicated to the promotion of Queer Canadian Culture. We are dedicated to producing, developing, and supporting queer theatrical works that speak to one, or both, of the following criteria: 1. QUEER, referring to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered identity, encapsulates the core of our organization. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is a queer-run organization committed to representing the LGBT community by supporting its artists, and by telling its stories.

2. QUEER, referring to anything different or outside of the norm, represents the nature of artistic work presented at 12 Alexander Street. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is dedicated to work that is different, outside the mainstream, challenging in both content and form. (This second definition of Queer is not LGBT-specific)

give make your tax-deductible donation to Buddies today MAIL Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street, Toronto ON M4Y 1B4 PHONE Box Office 416.975.8555 (Tue-Sat 12-5pm) Admin Office 416.975.9130 (Mon-Fri 10-5) ONLINE www.buddiesinbadtimes.com/donate

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THANK YOU! THE DIRECTORS CIRCLE VISIONARIES Christine Armstrong & Irfhan Rawji Jim Lawrence & David Salak Paul Hains BENEFACTORS Brendan Healy Dean Odorico Derek Billsman Ed Cabell & Roy Forrester Gavin Crawford Lawrence Bennett Jim Tennyson CHAMPIONS Andrew Johnson Jason Churchill Joe Siegfried Mat & Mitz NigE Gough Shine On Foundation Richard Bingham FRIENDS & PARTNERS Adrien Ishak Alnoor Karmali & Doug Arcand Betty Carlyle Brian McBurney Chris Rowlilnson Daniel D. Moses Darren Gobert Diana Khong Doug Kerr & Michael Went Dr Thomas H Beechy Feaz Rahim Heather Ramsay Ian Waldron & Tim Redmann

Jonas Giesen Lionel Tona lisaj lander & Ruthann Tucker Mark A Geman Michael Boyuk Russell Mathew & Scott Ferguson Safe Habour Metropolitan Church Willam Hodge & Robert Wylie LEGACY CIRCLE Ed Cabell & Roy Forrester Russell Mathew & Scott Ferguson

James J Roberston & James Scott Jeff Evans Jerry Doiron John Austin Jon Kaplan Jonathan Heppner Joseph Mulder Karen LeBlanc Katherine Smith Ken Aucoin & Gerald Crowell Mallory Gilbert Marc Michell Mary Breen Michel Beauvais Mitsuko Sada Naomi Campbell Paul Halferty Paul Hartwick Paul Klein Raymond Helkio Richard McLellan Steven Lico Val K Lem

Warren Sorensen William C. Weckesser MONTHLY Brendan Healy Chris Rowlilnson David Salak Derek Billsman Diana Khong Ed Cabell & Roy Forrester Jerry Doiron Joe Siegfried Ken Aucoin & Gerald Crowell lisaj lander & Ruthann Tucker Mary Breen Michel Beauvais Mitsuko Sada Paul Halferty Richard Bingham Richard McLellan Willam Hodge & Robert Wylie

Thank you to all the SUPPORTERS and VOLUNTEERS who give so generously to Buddies each season. We couldn’t do it without you. To find out about becoming a member of our family of donors, please go to: www.buddiesinbadtimes.com/donate.

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Buddies in Bad Times gratefully acknowledges the following supporters for their commitment to the development of contemporary Canadian queer culture at Buddies

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The Lawrence Family Foundation This project has been supported by the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Program, Department of Canadian Heritage.

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