Jillian Rees-Brown, Michelle Nash, Allison Crowe, and Brandon Lee Carabin. Photo by Mandy Keeping The summer has wrapped up for Bingo Ladies at the Gros Morne Theatre Festival in Cow Head NL! I was lucky enough to make it out for opening night, and the talent there was incredible. Thanks to the actors, artists, and all [...]
Meet Thor, the Bingo Troll! He's very excited (and so am I) that he’s heading out for his fifth production of Bingo Ladies, this summer at the Gros Morne Theatre Festival in Cow Head NL! Will Thor hike the Tablelands? Take the boat tour of Western Brook Pond? Perhaps a dip in the ocean at [...]
As part of my MFA in playwrighting at the University of Calgary, I needed to write a pre-thesis play. In consultation with my supervisor we thought, "why not a musical?" On April 4th and 5th I was given the opportunity to workshop a truncated version of this new musical with a 45 minute staged reading [...]
It feels great to be back at school. After two years of the pandemic and living in Calgary, it felt like it was time to re-invest in some learning. In September I started my MFA in Playwrighting at the University of Calgary. They do keep you busy as a Grad student! But so far I'm [...]
It's hard not to love this place, and after ten years of coming back, it has started to feel like home. I'm lucky to be working back with Rising Tide Theatre in Trinity NL, where I'm acting, as well as arranging music, writing comedy sketches, and music directing the Dinner Theatre and Shenanigan shows. I [...]
Had the greatest time working on this show at the Citadel Theatre this Spring. At a time when there wasn't much theatre going on, getting the chance to act, sing, and dance with such a talented creative team, cast, and crew was a gift!
I am so honoured to have been included in this project with my long time collaborator Richard Ouzounian. It has been a long pandemic, so when Eclipse approached us and asked us to write a song inspired by this time there was certainly a lot of inspiration to draw from. I'm really proud what Richard [...]
Had a wonderful time workshopping the new Opera "February" with Opera on the Avalon while out here in Trinity. As someone who has worked in Musical Theatre as a performer and writer it was absolutely fascinating to look at the similarities and differences in the craft. For example: as a librettist you have even less [...]
Yet again, I feel so lucky to be working at a time like this. I'm back for the summer in Trinity Newfoundland with Rising Tide Theatre, surrounded by a community and natural beauty that I love. I'll be performing in four shows in rep this summer, including the beautiful "West Moon" by Al Pittman, which [...]
Clockwise from top right: Patti Neice (Lunchbox GM), Lenette Randall (actor), Bronwyn Steinberg (Lunchbox AD/Director), Kennedy Greene (SM), Grant Tilly (playwright), Jeselle Lauren (actor), David Sklar (actor). Christmas in April, what could be better? Like a lot of my artist friends, I've been muddling my way through this pandemic. I've found work online as [...]