| APRIL, 2005 |
| A Beginner's Guide to Deicide, a new play co-created by Qui Nguyen and ROBERT (ROSS) PARKER, March 31- April 17, 2005 at Center Stage, New York. |
| TERI LORETTO and Margo MacDonald
perform in Third Wall Theatre's Greek,
Arts Court Theatre, Ottawa, April 28, 29, 30, 8pm, May 1, 2pm, May
3, 4, 8pm http://www.thirdwall.com/onstage/greek.php (613) 564-7240 |
| TOM HAYS and IRIS LAPID perform
in Canterbury's O-pro, Gilding the Lily,
a collective directed by Paul Griffin. IRIS and TOM are also assistant directors. June 1 - 4, The Barrie, Canterbury High School Tickets $12 adults, $8. Students. |
| CONGRATULATIONS to ERIK VAN WYCK
for reaching his goal in donations, over $5000.00 ( American!), for
the triathlon he is running in Hawaii, in June to support the Leukaemia
& Lymphoma Society. http://www.active.com/donate/tntgla/VanWyck |
| ROBIN TOLLER, ANDREW DILLON, HAMZA ADAM, JOSH ISSENMAN, RAE-ANNA MAITLAND, CHRIS COCHRANE, CARI LESLIE, IRIS LAPID, TOM HAYS, , NEIL SMITH, COLIN MUNCH, ERIN PLEET, ALEX NEUMAN and JANE MOORE got together for a spring reunion/dinner in Ottawa, April 25. Yea!!!!! |
| COLIN MUNCH plans to tour the fringes this season, working with Dave Dawson. in John Patrick Shanley's The Big Funk. |
| JESSICA HOLMES hosts the Writers Guild Awards in Toronto, April 18. |
| LEVON HENDERSON is DOP for Inconsequential
Consequences, an independent movie shooting this month in Vancouver. |
| RAOUL (BHANEJA) and the Big Time, Rex Hotel, Saturday, Apr. 9, 12 noon - 3pm, PWYC. |
| Playwrights Crucible presents a new work by Norm
Foster, with RAOUL BHANEJA (and others.) Friday, Apr. 8, 10:30pm, Passe Muraille, 416-504-7529, PWYC. |
| The Hollow: A Clown Play, created and directed by Mike Kennard, (Mump of Mump and Smoot), co-created by the company. Until April 9, Monday-Saturday 8 pm. Berkeley Downstairs (26 Berkeley). $15-$30, Monday PWYC. 416-368-3110. |
| SARAH McVIE plays in GCTC's Swollen Tongues, in next year's main stage series, March 7 - 26, 2006. |
| DAVID NUGENT's wonderful new play, The
Boy Jumped Into the Sea, plays at Yale University,
April 1, 2. The play is the thesis for David's MFA. Dave graduates in May. |
| JESSICA HOLMES hosts the CBC Winnipeg Comedy
Festival Gala, April 10, Pantages Playhouse Theatre, Winnipeg,
www.airfarce.com/info/biojessica.html |
April 7 is a night of high school improv at the Winnipeg
Comedy Festival, at Gas Station Theatre, with 14 players
from the Manitoba Improv League, including Westwood High School.
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| Jim McNabb directs Ten Lost Years at Algonquin - the play goes up April 20. |
| ERIK VAN WYCK is running a triathlon in June, in
Hawaii, in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society He is trying to raise $5000.(US) by April 30. Please go to his website to support him, and this so-worthy cause. http://www.active.com/donate/tntgla/VanWyck |
This summer, JESSICA HOLMES is releasing her
comedy CD, Jessica Holmes: 25 Laughs To The Gallon.
It will be available at jessicaholmes.net |
| MATTHEW EDISON plays Ian Kohler, the therapist working with Walter Gretzky, in Waking Up Wally, a MOW about Walter Gretzky and the 1991 brain aneurysm that nearly killed him. The movie may air this fall. |
| MATTHEW EDISON is heading to Halifax this month to shoot a new movie, The Dive from Clausen's Pier. |
| Another Stratford Festival season is coming up and you can watch SARAH McVIE, PAUL HOPKINS, and Canterbury's Dorian Foley performing in classic theatre. SARAH McVIE plays Vee Talbott in Orpheus Descending, Dorian Foley plays Charles in As You Like It. |
| TYLER WESTERLUND - White Cowbell Oklahoma plays
the Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, April 15,16, Barrymore's,
Ottawa, April 22 and The Underground, Hamilton, April
23. The band starts a European tour for Cencerro Blanco April 27. Check out their website for ticket info and dates, to see the video and buy the CD. http://www.whitecowbell.com/gigs.htm |
| TYLEY ROSS and The East Village Opera Company - there's a live show at Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, New York, June 14. Tickets are selling now. http://www.telecharge.com/behindTheCurtain.aspx |
| DUANE KEOGH and The Town Pants
have gigs all through April in Vancouver and Seattle. Check out their
web site for dates and places. http://www.thetownpants.com/live.htm |
| HAMZA ADAM comes home from semester 1 at Studio
58 to play in Ottawa's GCTC's The Last Liberal,
April 26 - May 15. http://gctc.ca/seasons/04-05/index.html |
| MARTIN GERO is writing Duet
for Atlantis, as well as his first Stargate SG-1
script. http://www.craveonline.com/scifi/stories.php?sid=1407
http://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/03/mckayhasunwantedduetinseas.shtml
says: |
| DEREK CARKNER represents the Toronto International Film Festival at the L.A. film studios in April. |
| STEPHANIE MOORE, who has been enjoying the weather and auditions in L.A. this season, will be COMING HOME in April ( yea!) and returning to LA in the fall. |
RAOUL BHANEJA was rushed
to LA for an audition and came this close to landing a pilot for
a new show with Saturday Night Live regular… |
ROBIN TOLLER comes home from LAMDA
for a holiday, April 7. |
| JESSICA BESSER-ROSENBERG graduates from McGill this spring. |
| Both MICHAEL VALLIANT -SAUNDERS and RAOUL BHANEJA will become new fathers this May - Raoul for the first time, Michael for the second. The all-important mums, of course are Birgitte Solem and Gayle Fraser. |
| There was a Bofa contingent in LA this winter - MAUREEN WELCH, STEPHANIE MOORE, RAOUL BHANEJA, JEN GOODHUE, VIK SAHAY, MATTHEW GODFREY, ERIK VAN WYCK were all there for one reason or another - and DEREK CARKNER will be there in April too |
| As Programming Coordinator for the Toronto International Film Festival, DEREK CARKNER will be in L.A. in April, attending screenings and being wined and dined by all of the studios. |
STILL HAPPENING: |
| RAOUL BHANEJA, Train 48, Global. |
VIK SAHAY, Radio Active, YTV. |
| VIK SAHAY, This is Wonderland, CTV. |
| JESSICA HOLMES on CBC's Royal Canadian Air Farce. |
STEPHANIE MOORE, Queer as Folk,
SHOWCASE |
JENNIFER GOODHUE, Comedy Inc, CTV |
KURT SMEATON improvises at Clinton's,
Toronto, Monday nights. Mondays. (STEVE FISHER
provides incidental music.) |
| MARTIN GERO is in Vancouver working as producer and writer on Stargate: Atlantis. TMN, Mondays. |
| STEVE FISHER emails his list and recommendations
of what's on in Toronto, Gracing The Stage,
to anyone who asks for it. MANY people do! steve@gracingthestage.com. |
Canterbury calling… |
New CD's to buy: Duane Keogh: The Town Pants, Weight
of Words Tyler Westerlund:
White Cowbell Oklahoma, Cencerro
Blanco
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