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Charming Monsters – Toronto Fringe 2013 Press Release

From Press Release

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AFTERGLOW THEATRE in association with THE TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL presents:

CHARMING MONSTERS by Aaron Rothermund

Henry is a nuisance in our little town. He came to Claudiaʼs seeking work, and ends up moving in. Lilith wants him to come back home, but will settle for his death. It takes a town to hide a body in this charming new play about the monster in us all.

Afterglow Theatre presents CHARMING MONSTERS through our lens of carefully crafted vision. Original music by Bob Wiseman is sure to delight, and lighting design by Bryan Hall will dazzle. At the helm of this production is Aaron Rothermund with his heart on his sleeve and a fistful of whimsy. Recently Aaron Rothermund directed Into at Berkeley Street theatre, And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens for The Tennessee Project, and Facio at Vanier College/York University.

CAST – Kyle Mac of Haven (TV series), Jamie Sampson of Paranormal Witness (TV series), Roselie Wiliamson of Into (New Face Entertainment), Eve Wylden of Woyzeck (Red Light District), Kathleen Goodleaf of We Few They Many (FRINGE), Lea Russellof Sylvia (Alumnae Theatre) and Kevin Rees of Death (Art & Lies productions).

CREW – Katherine Belyea (Stage Manager), Aaron Rothermund (Writer & Director), Bryan Hall (Lighting & Prop Design), Sam Aylsworth (Costume Design), and Bob Wiseman (Sound Design).

SCHEDULE –

Weds, July 3, 2013 10:30pm – 11:30pm Factory Mainspace
Friday, July 5, 2013 5:15pm – 6:15pm Factory Mainspace
Sunday, July 7, 2013 3:00pm – 4:00pm Factory Mainspace
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 4:45pm – 5:45pm Factory Mainspace
Thursday, July 11, 2013 9:15pm – 10:15pm Factory Mainspace
Friday, July 12, 2013 7:30pm – 8:30pm Factory Mainspace
Saturday, July 13, 2013 4:00pm – 5:00pm Factory Mainspace

“Director Aaron Rothermund effectively stages the play with an unfussy simplicity that allows the audience to focus on the many nuances of the text.” – Wayne Leung

“Rothermund reminds us that the sub-conscious knows much more than we do.”

– S.R. Davis

The Effects of Time Travel on Neurotic Homos – Toronto Fringe 2013 Press Release

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neuroticTHE EFFECTS OF TIME TRAVEL ON NEUROTIC HOMOS
A new comedy about getting older and questionably wiser
 
“If you kill a butterfly in the past, will there be dinosaurs in the future?”
One of the possible Effects of Time Travel on Neurotic Homos
You wake up one day in a chasm of space.  The air is heavy with the smell of time travel.  You are alone….kind of.  You are 15 years old, young and full of idealistic notions of art and your future.  Beside you stands yourself at 25, a self-proclaimed marketing genius that relishes in the perils of modern day cleaning products circa 2003.  You are both there with yourself at 35, sexually charged and unemployed with an iPhone.  Welcome to the Effects of Time Travel on  Neurotic Homos, a sharp witted comedy about personal identity and how it evolves with age.

The Adversary – Toronto Fringe 2013 Press Release

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“Imagine Woody Allen stuck in The Wire”

Monologist Andrew Bailey brings THE ADVERSARY to the 2013 Toronto Fringe.

How is justice brought to the street people, addicts and prostitutes who don’t call the police?

Andrew Bailey, comedian and nebbish, faced questions like this every day he was caretaker of an inner city church. He answers them in his latest monologue, The Adversary, part of the 2013 Toronto Fringe.

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Review: Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl (Seren Lannon/Theatre After Secrets/Black Sheep Theatre)

Rebecca Perry dazzles in her one-woman show at the Storefront Theatre in Toronto

confessionsofredheadcoffeeIt’s been just over a year since I finished my four-year stint as a barista at a Second Cup in Montreal. It’s no wonder that Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl, playing until Sunday at the Storefront Theatre, resonated so well with me. It’s complete proof that all quirky coffee shops are the same, from the employees to the owners to the hipster customers.

Joanie Little is a twenty-something fresh out of college and on the verge of discovering her next move. She works in a coffee shop to pay the bills, to expand on her anthropological leanings and to figure out exactly what she wants out of life.

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