OCTOBER, 2006
 
It's fall... Happy Yom Kippur, Happy Thanksgiving.

BOFA Site news:

Have you checked the Bulletin Board this month? Look what's on!:

DAYTON WALTERS CASTING

10-03-2006 01:34 PM ET (US)
AUDITIONS FOR DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN by Rob Becker. TORONTO – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20TH. The producers are looking for non-union, comedic male performers aged 25-40 with stage experience for future Canadian productions of Broadway’s longest running one-man comedy. For script sides and audition information please contact Diana Grove:

DianaLynnGrove@aol.com.


Check out the Fans and Fame page, now up.
Do you know that www. bofa.ca has a juke box, a working bulletin board, and an archive which contains all the news we have ever put up?

Follow the links to the right on this (the News) page.
The Canterbury High School page is part-way up... and more pages are coming!!
Check out JANE MOORE'S blog.


RAOUL BHANEJA plays the blues...  Raoul & The Big Time, with Jumpin' Johnny Sansone,  Mon. Oct. 23, Toronto, The Silver Dollar, $12.00.

CHRIS COCHRANE plays in Comedy,  Irony,  Satire and Deeper Meaning,  by  Christian Dietriche  Grabbe, Studio 58,   Oct 5-22, $16.50- 20.50.

HAMZA ADAM plays Harold Humphrey  in Studio 58's Population 11 ( They Can't Help But Breathe as One), October 16-22

CHRIS COCHRANE and HAMZA ADAM play together in Studio 58's next production - A Perfect Wedding,  Nov. 23- Dec. 10.

STEPHEN SHEFFER performs in the short film, Doorman,  directed by Etienne Kallos, USA.  The film is a Cinefondation selection for Cannes.

MARJORIE MALPASS performed  in Toronto, Oct 7, 8, as guest star at Second City for its improv set. And  doing stand-up for two sets at the Laugh Resort
She performs stand-up at Yuk Yuk's,  Ottawa, Wednesday, Oct 11, for the New Talent Showcase.


BILL SOUROUR ( BILL SPARKS) has a blog of fun at http://myspace.com/billsparks, and another for his photos, taken in Paris and the Dominican Republic, at http://billsparks.deviantart.com/


See ED HART as Dad, in Vancouver Film School’s 2006 Showcase production of 4 O’Clock Date.


STEPHANIE MOORE  guest stars in Angela’s Eyes, In Your Eyes,  Oct 1, 10 pm


At  Club Saw, Ottawa,  Oct 1, 8 pm, CHRISTIE WATSON and Katie Swinwood, in  Mantis,  for The Cycling Club
Ghost of the Tree is on the same bill. It just won outstanding performance at the London Fringe.

$10.00 at the door.

JESSE GRIFFITHS will be playing the role of Azdak in Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle,  opening at Ryerson Oct.3, for a two-week run.


DEREK CARKNER’s next season of  Idol Chatter is underway:   www.idolchatter.org
or at itunes (IDO CHATTER)


RAOUL BHANEJA is interviewing Christopher Plummer for the  BRAVO documentary Raoul is doing about Hamlet.


TYLEY ROSS and the East Village Opera Company are on tour in October and November.  They perform  in Ottawa,  Oct 10, at  Barrymore’s.  Harbourfront Centre in Toronto,  Oct 8,  8 pm.
Also in October,  they are in Pennsylvania,  New York, Mexico, South Carolina,  Alabama,  Georgia,  Kentucky... check their website!


NEIL HERLAND is now in charge of CBC’s United Nations Bureau in New York! Congratulations! Check out Neil's new photo on the Profiles page.
( Send your own update in! - please!)


You know that MARJORIE MALPASS was diagnosed with acute  leukemia two years ago, and is now doing well.  Her partner, Mike,  is walking for the Leukemia and Lymphona Society.  He has raised almost $6000.00 and his goal is $7500.

The Light the Night Walk happens Oct 14. http://www.lightthenight.org
To donate any amount to help support research into treatments for blood cancers, go to http://www.active.com/donate/ltnvan/1997_mgstack
You can  donate online quickly and securely.  You will receive email confirmation of your tax-deductible donation shortly after you
complete the form.


MATT EDISON performs in  The Caretaker by  Harold  Pinter with  Soulpepper…Oct. 25 – Nov. 25…


TERI  LORETTO and Jim McNabb perform together in The Last Disciple of Abraham,  New Ottawa Repertory Theatre,  Nov. 2-5, 9-12.


BRIAN FROMMER  is designing, directing and shooting a music video about a pirate on Lake Ontario.

DAVID NUGENT is at Stratford, taking acting courses at the Conservatory, and writing the musical he has been commissioned for.


KURT SMEATON and  Becky Johnson, performed for  Bad Dog Theatre, Toronto. Sept 29 . www.baddogtheatre.com.

KURT and MARTIN  GERO inprovised together in Vancouver in June.


BILL SOUROUR is  working in Ottawa as a computer consultant, working mainly on government contracts, and travelling to places like Niagara and New York. 


LEVON HENDERSON is  presently shooting his short film in Vancouver


BEN CLOST plays Curley in Of Mice and Men, Canadian Stage, Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto, Oct 19 - Nov.11.
http://www.canstage.com


Congratulations to all who conceived it, especially  JUDY KIRSH, and to all who helped -- CACDA has met its goal early   and collected $100,000 to help Canterbury High School.  A Donor Recognition Wall is being dedicated at CHS, Oct 10.
www.cacda.com


STEVE FISHER is going to be interviewed about his what's-on in Toronto,  Gracing the Stage,  on CIUT.FM


JEHAN KHOORSHED has almost finished making his studio CD,  with MATT OUIMET, and it sounds great!




JODIE McNAMARA is in Montreal considering beginning university.

DAVE DEVEAU is in BC, at UBC for his Master's degree in Playwriting. His fringe play  got "best ensemble" from NOW magazine and Dave was chosen as one of 10 "Artists to Watch" . Click here to check it out.

ANNA  HUMPHREY and husband, Brett, have a beautiful new baby girl, Grace.  

LAURA FARINA comes to Ottawa in November to read poetry as part of the Tree Series.


RICHARD PARRY as I am sure you know, is a member of the fantastically successful The Arcade Fire.

CHRIS FRASER is running  a series of workshops on creativity in Toronto. 
Wednesdays,Oct.18 - Nov.8, 7-10 pm, central location, $75

Chris says:
I am a lover of creative expression of all kinds
especially writing, filmmaking, photography, singing
in the shower & dancing in the kitchen.
I am in the final stages of a master's in adult education,
focusing on the role of creative expression in
personal and community development.
I’ve taught workshops in poetry, memoir-writing, film, finding
voice, personal power and more.

For info & registration, email
theburningquestion@yahoo.ca

 

STILL HAPPENING:

 
STEPHANIE MOORE in G-Spot, Showcase.
 
MAUREEN WELCH hosts Design U, Mondays, HGTV.
 
VIK SAHAY,This is Wonderland, CTV.
 
JESSICA HOLMES on CBC's Royal Canadian Air Farce.
 

JENNIFER GOODHUE, Comedy Inc, CTV

 
MARTIN GERO is in Vancouver, producing and writing Stargate: Atlantis TMN.
 

STEVE FISHER emails his list and recommendations for what's on in Toronto, Gracing The Stage, to anyone who asks for it. 
steve@gracingthestage.com.

 
DEREK CARKNER sends out Idol Chatter every week, a commentary on the week's reality televison,  by Derek and his friend, Jason.  http://www.idolchatter.org/
 

TERI LORETTO is a weather-person for CBC.

 

CD's to buy:

Tyler Westerlund: White Cowbell Oklahoma, Casa Diablo.
http://www.whitecowbell.com


Jessica Holmes, 25 Laughs To The Gallon.
http://www.airfarce.com/info/25laughs.html

Duane Keogh: The Town Pants, Weight of Words
www.thetownpants.com www.maxmusic.ca/home.php

Tyler Westerlund: White Cowbell Oklahoma, Cencerro Blanco
www.whitecowbell.com/


Tyley Ross: East Village Opera Company, La Donna

www.eastvillageoperacompany.com/store.html


Raoul Bhaneja: Raoul and The Big Time, Cold Outside
www.raoulbhaneja.com

Tyley Ross: East Village Opera Company, East Village Opera Company
www.eastvillageoperacompany.com/store.html


 

 
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