$5 preview performance on Wednesday, Mar 23 at 7:30 p.m. So many talents are brought together to make a world appear and the story contained in that world unfolds before the audience, breathing only in the ephemeral time frame of a live performance.ĭates: Mar. Starting with an empty space, some carefully crafted words on paper, and the extraordinary gifts of actors, designers, technicians, we make something out of nothing. Photo by TJ Jans.Īfter years of directing, I still find the unique alchemy of making theatre a special kind of miracle. I am always appreciative of Drama’s superb staff and faculty when I work at Studio Theatre. I have relished the collaboration with superbly talented MFA designer, Hannah Matiachuk, who is responsible for the luminosity of the physical production. Sarah Feutl and Corben Kushneryk with Morgan Grau in The Kaufman Kabaret by Hannah Moscovitch (March 2016). It has been a gift to work with this lovely group of graduating BFA actors who have brought to the process such extraordinary dedication, energy and skill. It was important to me to keep the image of the poor as a constant presence in the staging of the piece, and the virtuosity of the acting company furthered the chance to realize the hovering presence of the underclass within the cabaret framework. Is he a kind and generous benefactor to his poor employees? Or is he a ruthless opportunist dedicated to race purification? Indeed the script is full of provocative questions about morality, feminism, social welfare, medical ethics and sexual politics, all presented in a meta-theatrical surround. At the centre of the story is the enigmatic A. Hannah has given us an amazingly rich palette with its many layers of theatricality, and a plethora of intriguing characters, some real, some invented. In addition to the fact that she is such an accomplished and imaginative playwright, one of the delights of working with Hannah has been her openness to the cast she honoured their ideas from the beginning of the process. When you are accorded the privilege and challenge of directing the work of a master playwright, the process of script evolution and the shaping of the production is intense and rewarding.Ĭollaborating with Hannah Moscovitch on this relatively unknown episode of Canadian history has been a rush for all of us. Knowing that your team is the first to bring to life an untold story is a special kind of thrill. One of the great pleasures of directing for the theatre is working on an original script. For reason number 25 in our 50 Reasons to Go See A Play series, director Kathleen Weiss speaks to how the making of a world premiere performance is such a special theatre occasion for artists, technicians, administrators and audiences. The fight leads them to The Keep of Keys where they discover a much darker truth.Īs the clock winds down, so too does the hope of Mainspring.Studio Theatre patrons will be the first audiences to see The Kaufman Kabaret by Hannah Moscovitch (March 24 – April 2, 2016), the story of the first entrepreneur to introduce birth control devices to married working-class women in Canada. When the doors to the Kabaret close, Gage and Nightingale slip into the shadows as vigilante crime fighters. Mainspring’s only hope – Nathan Gage and Olivia Nightingale the proprietors of the Klockwerk Kabaret, where desire is brought to life with flesh and clockwork. Powered by steam and clockwork, Mainspring has enjoyed decades of peace and prosperity … until, from a far-away land known as The Keep of Keys, Hieronymus Ebauche unleashes Hell.īorn of a long-forgotten vendetta, Ebauche transports his clockwork demons through a trans-dimensional portal to exact his revenge. Mainspring – a quaint town removed from time and era. “One of the few books out of dozens that I’ve read recently that kept me up all night until I finished it.” Imagine a mashup of Baz Luhrmann and silent film melodrama, with a dash of Doctor Who and classic silver age Batman.” The bad guys were mustache-twirlingly villainous. Then one fateful night, an uncommon enemy from the past (or is it the future?) appears.Nathan and Olivia’s dialogue was deliciously over-the-top. After the doors close, Olivia and amorous husband Nathan take to the streets as masked vigilantes, fighting crooks with elaborate gadgetry devised by Nathan. Set in the alternate dimension known as Mainspring (and its nearby nemesis, the Keep of Keys), the two main characters run a cabaret that features clockwork burlesque dancers, along with the song stylings of the mysterious Olivia. “Jack Wallen’s first foray into steampunk is inventive, fast-paced and fun. Defying Gravity signed paperback $10.00.Original Monologue Written by Jack $5.00.Ghosts of Brookhaven Signed Paperback $10.00.The Haunting of Lilly Marchbanks signed paperback $10.00.
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