Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. One of Toronto’s fastest-rising writing talents, Kat Sandler is so good that her TWO My Theatre Award nominations are for her second-most-famous work of the year after Fringe’s Best New Play-winner Help Yourself. Nominated for both Best New Work […]
Zeitgeist Stage Company offers a treat in its most recent production of Punk Rock, a rarely-performed British drama by Simon Stephens. Performed in the intimate Plaza Black Box and using an alley-way set design with simple chairs and tables, the focus of this production is on the actors and their characters. With few exits and […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. The brilliant lead of The Summerworks Festival’s Irish romance, Ewa Wolniczek’s perfect accent and soulful character portrait carried The Frenzy of Queen Maeve. One of our Best Fringe/Summerworks Performance nominees in this year’s My Theatre Awards, Ewa joined […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. The architect-designer behind one of the most complicated theatrical undertakings of the year, Jay Pooley constructed an entire 19th century town in Victoria Memorial Park for Single Thread Productions’ The Loyalists, a site-specific, audience-inclusive depiction of The Battle […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Mariuxi Zambrano is the clever and thoughtful designer who gave Hart House’s Rachel Corrie a practical yet metaphorically rife platform from which to tell her story. The Best Designer for a Regional Production nominee took the time […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Amelia Sargisson is the astounding solo performer behind My Name is Rachel Corrie, Hart House’s affecting true story taken from the diary of an American girl who died trying to change the world. A 2012 My Theatre […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Mumbi Otu was the driving force behind Hart House’s outstanding production of My Name is Rachel Corrie (which is also nominated for Best Designer and Best Actress), telling the true story of a girl with designs on […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. A master of timing, Juliet Bowler’s understated and terrifying turn in the Sarah Gazdowicz-directed Pillowman helped to make it one of the best in Boston all year. The Best Supporting Actress in a Regional Production nominee took the time […]