STAGE MANAGEMENT
HOUSE ON FIRE
House on Fire | Dir. Martha Ross
A ragtag group of panelists assemble at a public symposium to discuss Hope: is it a curse or a blessing? A question that philosophers have been debating since the Ancient Greeks. Is Hope a good thing to cling to when one’s situation looks grim? Does the world still have Hope? How do we start behaving like “the house is on fire” without the support of Hope? Are we hard-wired to be hopeful?
Drawing from “Scenes from the Classics” the panelists aim to illuminate some answers to these questions. But instead of answers they descend into unexpected mayhem, at times hilarious, at other times terrifying. They discover truths they weren’t expecting. Perhaps only Pandora knows the real answer.
Cast
Rachel Bannerman
William Dao
Leslie Durward
Büke Erkoç
Jacob Kay
Eiléanór O’Halloran
Joanne Perez
Frosina Pejcinovska
Margaret Rose
Production Team:
Stage Manager: Beka Morrison
Set and Costume Designer: Snezana Pesic
Lighting Designer: Giuseppe Condello
Sound Designer: Lyon Smith
Projection Designers: Nicole Eun-Ju Bell and Dan Petrenko
Production Manager: Giuseppe Condello
Technical Director: Peter Freund
Assistant Stage Managers: Sebastian Lima Santos, Alison Starkey, Cankurt Perek, Daisy Duan
Pacamambo
Pacamambo | By Wajdi Mouawad| Dir. William Dao
A young girl named Julie is found three weeks after going missing. A psychologist speaks with her to find out why she hid with her dog in her grandmother's basement at the foot of her grandmother’s corpse. Why won’t she talk? Because that was the night her grandmother gave her the dream of Pacamambo.
Cast
Julie: Eiléanór O'Halloran
Psychiatrist: Ahlam Hassan
Growl: Joanne Perez
Marie Marie: Rachel Bannerman
Death/Moon: Olivia Regimbal, Amanda Gosio and River Pereira
Crew
Assistant Director and Costume Designer: Nikki Watson
Set Designer and Poster: Brad Gira
Stage Manager and Lighting Designer: Beka Morrison
Assistant Stage Manager and Assistant Lighting Designer: Abigail Esteireiro
Dramaturge: Büke Erkoç
Lone Island Lovers
Lone Island Lovers | By Mick Robertson | Dir. William Dao and Ahlam Hassan
Winner of the President's Award for Best Production, the Robert Gill Award for Best Direction, The Donald Sutherland Award for Best Performance awarded to Frosina Pejcinovska and an Award of Merit for Excellence in Design at the 2019 U of T Drama Festival adjudicated by Autumn Smith.
Lone Island Lovers is a play written by Mick Robertson and developed by the ‘Friends from Highschool’ performance collective. Lone Island Lovers explores the maternal lineage of submissive behavior in romantic relationships. Our protagonist Lady lives in a world where everyone has their own Island. With water on every side, Lady’s opportunities just go on forever; or at least that’s what her Mom says. Lady’s island is neighbored by her Mom’s, her best friend’s and her boyfriend’s. Lady and Her boyfriend are building a land bridge to connect their Islands so that they can finally be together. They are in a caring yet stagnant state, until Lady is hit by a love bomb… by someone else.
Cast
Lady: Frosina Pejcinovska
Guy: Enzo Campa
Best Friend: Leslie Durward
Ex: Prithvi Kahlon
Mom: Margaret Rose
Crew
Stage Manager: Beka Morrison
Set Design: Brad Gira, Isaac Roberts and Nikki Watson
Costume Design: Nikki Watson
Assistant Costume Design: Abby Esteireiro
Lighting Design: Jacob Kay
Sound Design: Khadijah Salawu
The Boy Who Cried
The Boy Who Cried | By Brad Gira | Dir. William Dao
Winner of the Inaugural Janet Bessey Award for Excellence in Stage Management, The President's Award for Best Production, the Robert Gill Award for Best Direction, the Robertson Davies award for Playwriting and the Audience Choice Award at the 2020 U of T Drama Festival adjudicated by Aaron Jan.
Synopsis
Soren is a singer and camp counselor who gets along with everyone—kids, coworkers, and adults— especially her favorite camper, a boy named Jayce. One day, Jayce hates Soren. Then everyone else starts to hate Soren too. Soren searches to find out what is wrong with Jayce, and what is wrong with herself.
Crew
Stage Manager: Beka Morrison
Lighting Designer: Abby Palmer
Sound Designer: Matt Lalonde
Costume and Props Designer: Abby Esteireiro
Assistant Stage Manager: Avery Delorme, Oriana Di Nucci
Cast
Soren: Margaret Rose
Harper: Frosina Pejcinovska
Dr. Kelsey Winslow: Eileanor O’Halloran
Sarah: Stephanie Zeit
Hudson: Ethan Curnett
Landon: Enzo Campa
Adrian: Sascha Houpt
Greyson: Taranjot Bamrah
Archery Expert: Prithvi Kahlon
Constable Virginia Cross: Ahlam Hassan
Guard: Jennifer Dufton
Jayce’s Mom: Erin Whyland
Jenna: Olivia Regimbal
Reece: Isaac Pilozo
Tom: Manoosh Tavakoli
Brent: Liam Donovan
Adi: Grace Faria
Rose: Isabella Fusco
Jake: Eashan Sharma
Natalie: Jennifer Wu
Miles: Dante Camarda
Molly: Sabrina Weinstein
Bullseye: Anton Patsi