From press release
TAM LIN – A Dark New Musical
International Playwright Combines Rich Heritage with Toronto’s Brightest New Talents
28 May 2012. Toronto, ON. Ceud mile failte – a hundred thousand welcomes! Epona Productions is thrilled to come to Canada for the world premiere of their new musical drama, TAM LIN. Continue reading Tam Lin – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release
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“A Good Samaritan is a Dead Samaritan” – Gina Gionfriddo, U.S. Drag
A faceless attacker named “Ed” stalks the streets of present day Manhattan. His victims: the good Samaritans unlucky enough to “help” him. Post-university party girls, Angela and Allison, decide the easiest way to earn money fast is finding information about Ed and collecting the reward. They hastily arrange to join a community-advocacy group called S.A.F.E. (Stay Away From Ed). The only problem is the other group members. They’ve all fallen victim to their own self-obsessed outlooks on life and would rather redecorate the corners they’ve backed themselves into. Will Angela and Allison find happiness, or will they be dragged down by not only their friends, but themselves? Continue reading US Drag – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release
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There are two sides to every story. Molly Jacobs is caught in the Grey Ground in between.
Toronto – (June 7, 2012) Molly (Caitie Graham) has attacked someone. She is a loner, a loser, and now a monster. Pushed to the point where only primal instinct remains, on what side will she find herself in a world where everyone listens, but no one really sees? Continue reading Grey Ground – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release
SOUP CAN THEATRE
Presents
ANTIGONE
By Sophocles (Translation by David Greene)
July 4th-15th, Randolph Theatre, Part of the Toronto Fringe Festival
“… And the cities will stir in hatred …”
Soup Can Theatre is proud to announce its next production: a visceral and physical adaptation of Sophocles’ legendary tragedy Antigone that ties ancient Greece and modern-day Toronto together by drawing inspiration from the searing images of the 2010 G20 Summit protests, as well as the worldwide ‘Occupy’ movement. Continue reading ANTIGONE – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release
S-27 is a searing drama drawn from testimony of events in the Khmer Rouge’s S-21 prison, now the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Cambodia. Photographs of former prisoners now covering the museum’s walls inspired the characters and story of this historic fiction. While the ongoing trials of former Khmer Rouge leaders try to establish responsibility for the events of the 1970s, this play explores personal choice within a society. Continue reading S-27 – Toronto Fringe 2012 Press Release