Workshop: Matthew Heiti on Receiver of Wreck
In October 2010, Matthew Heiti took part in Pat the Dog Playwright Centre’s 24-Hour Playwriting Contest. Along with a strict deadline, all participants were challenged to include the words, “button”, “peach” and “skin”. Heiti must work well under pressure. Not only did his 24-hour script, Receiver of Wreck, win our contest, his play, I Drag My Coffin Through [...]
15/60: Play in an Hour for Kids
How Pat the Dog Playwright Centre Spent Our Summer Non-Vacation The legacy from Spotlight 2009 lives on. Pat the Dog Playwright Centre’s 15/60 Play-in-an-Hour Workshop for kids was such a success we took it on the road. The year, as part of the International Windsor Fringe Festival, facilitators Kevin White and Molly Reisman had kids [...]
Workshop: Johnny Trinh – Sometimes Y
Sometimes Y November 27 & 28, 2009 Setting: Downtown Toronto Sometimes Y is about two men in love, continually orbiting the same relationship, but rarely finding alignment. This story is a collection of memories that creates the universe in which the characters exist, how it was formed and how it unravels. What aspects of the [...]
Workshop: Evan Tsitsias – Strange Mary Strange
Strange Mary Strange November, 2009 The Button Factory Setting: Inside an airplane cabin. The piece explores a woman’s struggle to shake the ghosts and voices of her past as she struggles to move forward and allow herself a chance at happiness. What aspects of the play were you looking to explore during the workshop? I [...]
Workshop: Trevor Copp – Journey to the East
Trevor Copp’s adaptation of Herman Hesse’s novella, Journey to the East, was workshopped at the MT Space rehearsal hall. Using stone, sand, water and chalk with distilled movement, this physical theatre creator was able to push his strong images, thereby freeing up the text captured within. The result? Renewed focus and an energized clearer draft. [...]
